European nations protesting Saddam Hussein’s death sentence, as they protested against forcing secrets out of captured terrorists, should tell us all we need to know about the internal degeneration of western society, where so many confuse squeamishness with morality.
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China’s decision to expand the functionality of its satellite navigation network could undermine the economics of Europe’s nascent Galileo system, according to sources close to the project.
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On October 30-31 in the waters of the Persian Gulf, the 25th exercise of the U.S.–led Proliferation Security Initiative (P.S.I.), launched in 2003, took place. The countries involved in the war games have been the United States, United Kingdom, Italy, France, Australia and Bahrain, an Arab state that has a large Shi’a population. Several other [...]

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With the 2006 election, America appears to have reached the tipping point on free trade, as it has on immigration and military intervention to promote democracy. Anxiety, and fear of jobs lost to India and China, seems a more powerful emotion than gratitude for the inexpensive goods at Wal-Mart. The bribe [...]

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MIAMI, Nov. 7 (UPI) — Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has once again threatened the United States with cutting off oil supplies if provoked by the Bush administration.
Although this is not the first time Chavez had issued such a threat, this time the populist Venezuelan leader said “not another drop” of Venezuelan oil would reach U.S. [...]

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When I visited President PW Botha shortly before his death, I spent some time browsing through an extremely fascinating little book about South Africa’s nuclear program by Al Venter, and discussed the White South Africa’s nuclear program. The book was in President Botha’s study and it was signed by its three authors. One was [...]

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The US opposes any ‘Islamic (nuclear) bomb’ and is worried what will happen to Pakistan without President Pervez Musharraf at the helm of affairs, says former secretary of defence William S. Cohen.
Here on a five-day visit, Cohen also said that while Washington prayed for democratic rule in Pakistan, ‘one may anticipate that another strong [...]

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(CBS News) The international journalists’ advocacy group Reporters Without Borders has released its annual list of countries that “systematically violate online free expression.”
The French-based organization’s “Enemies of the Internet” list includes 13 countries in 2006, with three being dropped from the previous year and one new addition: Egypt.
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The U.S. can’t let the Asian giant dominate the Panama canal or a new canal being planned in Nicaragua
The war in Iraq, which so dominated the midterm election campaigns this year, is distracting the United States from significant developments occurring among our neighbors to the south. Unless we pay attention, we could be suffering severe [...]

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The war has started a long time ago between two civilizations - between the civilization based on the Bible and between the civilization based on the Koran. And this must be clear.
There is no Fundamental Islam
Fundamentalism is a word that came from the heart of the Christian religion. It means faith that goes by the [...]

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China says it has reached an agreement with the Egyptian president, Hosni Mubarak, to co-operate on the peaceful use of nuclear energy.
Egypt plans to revive its nuclear energy programme, frozen 20 years ago after the Chernobyl nuclear accident.
Russia has also said it is willing to help Egypt to develop a nuclear energy programme.

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Iran Declared war On America In 1979
“How many Americans realize that Iran declared war on us 27 years ago - in 1979 - and has been killing Americans ever since…North Korea, the world’s leading missile proliferator, and Iran are on the verge of starting nuclear arms races in both Asia and the Middle East - [...]

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To begin with, much of ‘economic growth’ consists of things that add military muscle. When China produces modern weapons-systems — apart from many other systems, it has made major advances in cruise and ballistic missiles, space technologies including technologies to disable enemy satellites, electronic warfare capabilities; when it lays out ‘infrastructure’ in Tibet — that [...]

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AUSTRALIA will help Indonesia develop a nuclear program, conduct joint border protection patrols, expand military and intelligence ties and agree to suppress Papuan independence supporters under a historic security treaty to be signed on Monday.
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