Leaders of Sunni Arab states are embarking on a military spending spree in an attempt to contain the growing threat from Iran.
Alarmed by the progress of Iran’s nuclear programme and the prospect of a military clash between its Shia regime and the United States, Gulf leaders intend to use billions of dollars of oil revenue [...]

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Washington: A new poll on Thursday underscored deep Arab unhappiness with the United States but said the negative image could be repaired if Washington brokered a comprehensive Arab-Israeli peace agreement.
The survey of 3,850 people in six Arab countries rated President George W. Bush as the most disliked world leader, while the United States and Israel [...]

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Are we in the midst of a momentous turn in world politics? Donald Rumsfeld has been shuffled out of the Pentagon. Daniel Ortega, Washington’s nemesis from the Sandinista Revolution of the late 1970s, is back as President of Nicaragua. Hugo Chavez has been triumphantly re-elected, and Bolivia and Ecuador also have new [...]

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Feb 9, 2007 — Who would have though the astounding rate of chaos, murder, rape, and utter destruction that’s sinking Sudan deep deep—absolutely deep into catastrophic eternity is admirable? While if you think the ongoing manmade mess in Sudan is loathed by every person, you’re out of the hot globally conventional political style.
It is a [...]

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VINTO, Bolivia: President Evo Morales signed a decree nationalizing a tin smelter owned by the Swiss mining company Glencore International AG, a first step toward his declared ambitions to win his government a larger share of Bolivia’s mineral wealth.
Morales did not immediately name the terms for the takeover of the Vinto plant, the country’s only [...]

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Russian President Vladimir Putin has criticised the United States for what he said was its “almost uncontained” use of force around the world.
Washington’s “very dangerous” approach to global relations was fuelling a nuclear arms race, he told a security summit in Munich.
Correspondents say the strident speech may signal a more assertive Russia.
The White House said [...]

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China has emerged as both mammoth producer and consumer, and that means more countries, including key US allies, depend on China for their economic well-being. The second article in this three-part series on worries besetting China-US relations explores how one nation’s expanding influence over global trade policy diminishes the other’s influence and flexibility. As the [...]

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In the coming days, Iran is expected to make what is being billed as a major announcement on its nuclear programme to coincide with the anniversary of the Iranian revolution.
But just how close is Iran to mastering nuclear technology?
Both Iran and some of its critics may have their own reasons for exaggerating the progress - [...]

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MUNICH, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) — NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Saturday that NATO needs to find new partners to address the global security concerns and a strategic partnership between NATO and Russia is in the interest of both sides.
NATO “needs to find partners” in order to deal with the current and upcoming [...]

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NK: Recently we’ve seen the rise of left leaning regimes throughout South America, many of which have espoused an anti-U.S. discourse. Simultaneously, many South American countries are cultivating greater economic ties to China. What are China’s fundamental economic objectives in South America?
SP: I think China’s most important focus is economic. In order [...]

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Pentagon chief Robert Gates has told Congress that U.S. troops should be increased in view of the “uncertainty” in Russia and several other countries, notably China, North Korea and Iran.
Is the United States preparing for a clash with Russia and China, two of the world’s leading nuclear powers?
“By naming potential U.S. adversaries, Gates has openly [...]

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Chávez’s plan to take over, by decree, the telecommunications and power industries has thrown a fright into the Caracas stock exchange. Private investment is drying up, and many entrepreneurial Venezuelans are thinking of leaving the country. Unlike his mentor Fidel Castro, Chávez is not nationalizing all economic activity, but his policies are creating a government-dominated [...]

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MUNICH, Germany (AFP) - Russian President
Vladimir Putin has launched a full-frontal attack on the United States, saying it had broken from international law and made the world a more dangerous place.
Putin’s denunciation of US policy, made at a high-level security conference in Munich, prompted dismay among senior officials and politicians from the United States and [...]

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I have just installed a forum for 1913 Intel. This will give you a better method to have discussions with people about various news items.
The forum currently has two sections: a section for news discussions, and a section for website issues. Once the forum get more posts I’ll start adding more sections.
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MUNICH, Germany - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Saturday that the United States’ increased use of military force is creating a new arms race, with smaller nations turning toward developing nuclear weapons.
Speaking at a conference of the world’s top security officials, including the Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, Putin said nations “are witnessing an almost [...]

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