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jueves, 30 de octubre de 2008

Sleepless in Teheran

Irans president, Ahmadinejad, is suffering from exhaustion.

Its probably because he is not sleeping at night. Watching oil prices fall from $147 a barrel to $57 is the kind of thing that gives an Iranian autocrat bad dreams. The Soviet Union collapsed following oil price reduction in the 90s - will that be the fate of the Iranian regime?

Get the low-down here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/29/opinion/29friedman.html?ref=opinion