Chávez aid to Latin America: Bolstered by windfall oil profits, Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez’s government is now offering more direct state funding to Latin America and the Caribbean than the United States — $8.8 billion in aid, financing and energy funding so far this year, according to a tally by The Associated Press .

Russia-Georgia dispute: Just as relations between Russia and the post-Soviet nation of Georgia were improving from their nadir last year, a bizarre phantom air war this month has unleashed mutually hostile rhetoric and escalated tensions.

US-India nuclear deal: The United States gave India nearly everything it wanted in a landmark nuclear energy deal, but a wave of opposition has left India’s government reeling and raised serious doubts about the deal’s future.

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