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| On Iran, Reality Bites |
 BAD NEWS: the Obama administration
and the West hold a
lousy hand as they go into talks
with Iran. In a world of dreams
and miracles, the conversations,
starting on Saturday, would end
with the mullahs renouncing their drive
toward nuclear weapons, and the disappearance
of a thunderhead of foreboding
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| THE TWO
ECONOMIES |
 THE creative dynamism of
American business is astounding
and a little terrifying. Over
the past five years, amid turmoil
and uncertainty, American
businesses have shed employees,
becoming more efficient and more
productive. According to The Wall
Street Journal on Monday, the
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G8 diplomats meet as Syria, N Korea crises deepen
AFP
WASHINGTON FOREIGN ministers of the Group of Eight major economies arrived for talks in Washington on Wednesday as pressure mounted for international action over security fears in Syria and North Korea.
Top diplomats from the United States, Russia, Canada, Italy and Japan gathered as Syria, despite continued regime attacks on rebels, promised to respect a Thursday ceasefire and North Korea moved closer to launching a long-range rocket.
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton greeted the ministers, after saying Tuesday she would raise Syria and UN-Arab League envoy Kofi Annan’s ceasefire plan with her Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov on the margins of the two-day G8 meetings.
“I think there will be a very rough couple of days in trying to determine whether we go to the Security Council seeking action, knowing that Russia is still not on board,” she said on Tuesday. Like other G8 capitals, Moscow, a Syrian military ally, has backed the peace plan, but it puts far more weight on the Syrian opposition halting 13 months of violence and has vetoed UN Security Council measures condemning Assad.
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