“The Iranian nation is about to take its final step in the nuclear issue,” the official IRNA news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying, according to Reuters.
The U.N. security council, with challenges from Russia and China, is still trying to come to an agreement on sanctions against Iran.
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(CNSNews.com) - Over the next 20 years the American people can expect to experience the most severe challenges any generation has faced since the time of the Civil War, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Thursday.
He also pointed to trends in various parts of the world which he said were suggestive of an “emerging [...]

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A fatal attack this week has increased support for an all-out Israeli offensive in Gaza.
SDEROT, Israel – Israel’s military named its offensive in the northern Gaza Strip against Palestinian rocket launchers earlier this month Autumn Clouds. But with Qassam missile salvos landing seemingly unabated in this nearby Israeli town, residents have come up with a [...]

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ATHENS, Nov 16 (Reuters) - Anti-American sentiment, rooted in Greece since Washington backed a military dictatorship there almost 40 years ago, has risen sharply in the past two years, an international survey showed on Thursday.
The survey conducted by TNS ICAP jointly with the Gallup International Association in 63 countries from five continents showed Greece, a [...]

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DEBKAfile Special Military Analysis
Question No. 1: Did Israel counteract Egypt’s permission to let Hamas’ $4million cash infusion from Iran and Saudi through to the Gaza Strip on Thursday, Nov. 16? The answer is no, even though Israeli intelligence knows about Hamas’ regularly smuggled moneys and their destination - not hospitals, schools or food, but guns, [...]

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ISLAMABAD, November 16 (RIA Novosti) - Pakistan has successfully tested a new missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads, its news media said Thursday.
Quoting army officials, Pakistani television channels said the test of a Hatf V/Ghauri missile, with a range of 300 kilometers (186 miles), was conducted as part of a national Hatf upgrading program.
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First it was Poland which came out against the planned Baltic Sea pipeline from Russia to Germany. Now, though, Sweden says it is worried that the Russians will use the installation for spying.
The public relations operation is impeccable. Nord Stream AG has given every assurance that its planned gas pipeline in the Baltic Sea will [...]

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In the waters off Okinawa, the communist-controlled Chinese navy was anything but inscrutable.
A Chinese attack submarine stalked the USS Kitty Hawk carrier group until a routine surveillance flight discovered the vessel.
The Song-class sub was on the surface, five miles away, within firing range.
The vessel can be armed with cruise missiles and Russian-made torpedoes. Its purpose [...]

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A Chinese military surgeon had eight Chinese citizens killed to supply a single foreign patient with a new kidney, said former Canadian Secretary of State for Asia-Pacific David Kilgour on November 14. Kilgour spoke as a special guest at the Asian Human Rights Week forum in Warsaw, on day two of a five day program.
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