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QUITO, Ecuador, Oct. 14 — In his unlikely race to power, Rafael Correa is as anti-establishment as any politician on a continent where populists have surged by spewing invective against market reforms and the Bush administration. The leftist economist has called President Bush “tremendously dimwitted,” threatened to default on Ecuador’s foreign debt [...]

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In 2006, OPEC’s trade surpluses will match those of developing Asia, at a time when the U.S. is vulnerable to financial machinations.
In fact, as we pass another anniversary of the OPEC embargo launched on Oct. 17, 1973, the developed world and America in particular are far worse off today in terms of [...]

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Earlier this year, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad arrived in China � and quickly made himself at home. The occasion was a meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), a regional group linking China, Russia and Central Asia. During the summit, Mr. Ahmadinejad seemed to be everywhere. He delivered a major address broadcast [...]

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North Korea … Iran … and the list is growing. The treaty that once limited the spread of atomic weapons know-how is unraveling.
PARIS — When North Korea announced its nuclear test last week, it was just the latest sign that the effort to contain the spread of atomic weapons was breaking down: [...]

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SEOUL, Oct. 15 (UPI) — Four in 10 South Koreans blamed the United States more than any other country for North Korea’s test of a nuclear weapon, a survey said.
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This is just one more example showing how the South Korean people hate America. Why we continue to protect them is beyond [...]

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WASHINGTON [MENL] — North Korea has completed a series of missile launches that some analysts believe was meant to test a nuclear command and control system for Iran.

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For too long, Japan has endured continual harassment from North Korea, and even China, which keeps harping about Japan’s atrocities in World war II. North Korea refuses to publicly admit to its criminal conduct and to properly disclose the whereabouts of all the Japanese it has abducted over the years.
It’s about time [...]

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Russia is the only major industrial nation that is losing population. Its people are succumbing to one of the world’s fastest-growing AIDS epidemics, resurgent tuberculosis, rampant cardiovascular disease, alcohol and drug abuse, smoking, suicide, and the lethal effects of unchecked industrial pollution.

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TEL AVIV – Syrian President Bashar Assad has fortified positions along his country’s border with Israel and is preparing the Syrian army for war with the Jewish state, according to an Israeli Defense Forces assessment released today.
“Assad is preparing his army for a confrontation with Israel,” Yossi Beyditz, head of research for [...]

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