Welcome to Juba!
According to one website, accommodations in Juba, the regional capital of Southern Sudan, are “not for the faint-hearted.” Of the eleven “hotels” in Juba listed by the site , most are tent camps. Some huts are available if you want…
Clif Burns
No Room at the Inn
Earlier this month, the Scandic Edderkoppen Hotel in Oslo, Norway, canceled reservations that had been made by a Cuban delegation to an Oslo travel fair. The hotel, a subsidiary of Hilton Hotel Corp., said that it was forced to do…
Tehran’s Tomcats
Back in the 1970s when the Shah was on his throne and Iran was our friend, the U.S. sold Iran a fleet of F-14 Tomcat fighter jets. Iran is still flying them and needs parts. In fact, F-14 parts were…
NRC Loosens Libya Controls
Six months after the State Department removed Libya from the list of state sponsors of terrorism, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission got around to changing its regulations to reflect this removal. In a Federal Register notice issued Friday the NRC amended…
Ninth Circuit Overturns Jiang Conviction
The Ninth Circuit Federal Court of Appeals in California yesterday overturned the conviction of Qing Chang Jiang, who had been convicted of making false statements to a BIS investigator in connection with an export investigation. In unusually harsh language, the…