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When nuclear war breaks out in December between the United States, Russia and North Korea, American taxpayers should be furious.
The war is just another U.S. military exercise.

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“There is only one China in the world, and Taiwan is part of China’s territory,” Chu lectured. “China’s sovereignty and territorial integrity will brook no division.” The authoritarian tone here (“will brook no division”) is reminiscent of the way China’s emperors used to sign their decrees: “Hear and tremblingly obey!”

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North Korea sets off an earthshaking explosion _ and claims it was nuclear. Was it? For scientists, that was not a quick and easy question to answer.
Like earthquakes, large explosions send out shockwaves that can be detected on seismographs. Big nuclear bombs make big waves, with clear signatures that make them fairly [...]

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JAPAN and the US will step up work on their missile defence system after North Korea said it tested an atom bomb, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said today.
“To maintain the safety of the Japanese country and people and to increase the relationship of trust based on the Japan-US alliance, Japan will [...]

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TEHRAN, Iran - North Korea’s claim to have tested an atomic bomb could embolden Iran as it defies the U.N. Security Council and the United States over its own nuclear program, analysts said Monday.
For months, Iran has been under close scrutiny by the United States and Washington’s allies, who claim the country [...]

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JERUSALEM – In spite of assertions by some officials here to the contrary, Israel has placed its forces in the Golan Heights bordering Syria on heightened alert for possible confrontations following a series of statements by Syrian President Bashar Assad that his military is preparing for war with the Jewish state, WND [...]

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Series of developments beginning in 1993

- 1993: North Korea shocks world by saying it will quit the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty, later suspends its withdrawal.

- 1994: North Korea, United States sign agreement in Geneva, the North pledges to freeze, eventually dismantle, nuclear weapons program in exchange for help building two power-producing nuclear reactors.

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Oct 9 (Reuters) - North Korea said on Monday it had safely and successfully carried out an underground nuclear test, flying in the face of a warning from the U.N. Security Council.
The world has five “official” nuclear powers — the United States, Russia, China, Britain and France.
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The underground nuclear explosion North Korea carried out early Monday, Oct. 9, confronts US president George W. Bush with one problem that has run out of control and another, Iran’s nuclear program, which soon will.
The European-Russian-Chinese insistence on diplomacy with Iran – no sanctions, no military action – is close to reaching [...]

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China’s search for new regional allies turns up an oil-rich partner in the Middle East
China’s decision to send 1,000 soldiers to South Lebanon with the UNIFIL mission is the latest example of Beijing’s increased involvement in the Middle East. The overall importance of the broader Middle East for China’s geostrategy is growing.
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The Iranian drive to develop illicit nuclear weapons and North Korea’s declared intention to test an atomic bomb are generating a great deal of verbiage, but no action. The dangers should be clear clear.
THIS INACTION is also leading to the death of the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). As international treaties go, [...]

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FOLLOWING through on a promise it made in the United Nations only last week, North Korea exploded a nuclear device on Monday October 9th deep under a mountain in north-eastern Hamgyong province. The regime of Kim Jong Il immediately declared that its nuclear test would serve to defend “the peace and stability [...]

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China and Germany on Monday vowed to promote cooperation between the two armed forces.
“China-Germany military ties have deepened in recent years,” Chinese Defense Minister Cao Gangchuan told Wolfgang Schneiderhan, Inspector General of Germany’s Federal Defence Forces, who is on a visit to China.

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Beijing Harasses Dissidents — Even in America
It’s no secret that China in recent years has stepped up its repression of political, religious and journalistic freedoms, to only the mousiest of objections from the outside world.
Less well known is that China feels so unconstrained that it is brazenly harassing dissidents in the suburbs [...]

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WASHINGTON, Monday, Oct. 9 — North Korea said Sunday night that it had set off its first nuclear test, becoming the eighth country in history, and arguably the most unstable and most dangerous, to proclaim that it has joined the club of nuclear weapons states.
Russia: North Korea test greater than reported
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