Foreign Policy roundup

selected stories and links from http://foreignpolicy.com/

Americas

Hurricane Ike is wreaking havoc in Cuba.

A Mexican court ruled that Wal-Mart violated the country's constitution.

Canadian PM Stephen Harper dissolved Parliament and called for snap elections.
Asia

In a must-read New York Times Magazine essay, Dexter Filkins investigates Pakistan's double game in the war on terrorism.

China's central bank faces a capital shortage.

Energy costs are cutting into China's outsourcing appeal.

Middle East and Africa

Angola's election was either a farce or a transparent exercise in democracy, depending on your point of view.

China, hosting Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Beijing, reiterated its view that the nuclear dispute should be settled peacefully.

Europe and the Caucasus

Ukraine's PM Yulia Tymoshenko criticized the "hysteria" of President Viktor Yushchenko over the Orange Coalition's collapse, saying, "Pointing the finger at Moscow is stupid."

Russia is dumping aid money into South Ossetia and demonstrating its control over parts of Georgia proper.
Germany's foreign minister is set to challenge Chancellor Angela Merkel in next year's federal elections.