Iran still far from bomb
Ynetnews, Israel - 10 hours ago
However, despite of the above, a uniformity of interests has surprisingly emerged among Iran, Israel, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). …
Israeli Officials Express Alarm Over Iran’s Nuclear Program Voice of America
The United States reportedly fears that Israel will bomb Iran’s … Jewish Telegraphic Agency
US fears Israeli [...]

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Iran’s nuclear program, and its president’s vitriol, are certainly cause for concern, but they may have served to draw our attention away from a much more immediate danger - in Pakistan. In fact, there are four main reasons why the events unfolding in Pakistan should trouble us greatly, notwithstanding the greater distance separating the two [...]

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Military chief: Russia to suspend CFE
United Press International - 7 hours ago
8 (UPI) — Russia has no obligation to abide by the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty once the senate passes a moratorium, Russia’s military chief said …
Russia no longer to be bound by CFE limitations - army chief RIA Novosti
What the Russian papers say RIA [...]

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An attack on Iran could trigger horrific retaliation against the U.S. and her allies in the Middle East with chemical and biological weapons including nerve gas, anthrax, and a germ similar to the devastating Ebola virus.
While the U.S. has not overtly threatened to bomb Iran’s burgeoning nuclear facilities, it has warned of using the [...]

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Asia’s main powers are warming up for a big space race. China launched its first lunar orbiter, the Chang’e-1, on a Long March 3A rocket last week. Japan had sent its Kaguya lunar probe a month earlier. India, South Korea and Taiwan are preparing to join in.
This race is largely driven by what scholars call [...]

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PUBLISHERS cannot have enough of books from serious historians about the “whys” of war. Why do they start? Why do they last? What makes a peace fragile? The past is one place to look for answers. Charles Esdaile, a lecturer at the University of Liverpool, is too good a scholar to make easy comparisons between [...]

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A renewed friendship between America and its once-tricky partners may prove to be longer on style than substance
COME back, old Europe, all is forgiven: that seemed to be the tune playing in Washington this week as the leaders of France and Germany—countries once despised by American hawks for their churlish refusal to back the invasion [...]

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As ex-servicemen leave the military, they are causing problems for China’s leaders because of difficult social and economic changes racking the country.
IT IS the army’s recruitment season in Yantai, a port in Shandong province in northern China. A poster in one fishing village calls on citizens to report any attempt to secure one of the [...]

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The European Union, a 27-nation European trading partnership, is Iran’s best trading partner, accounting for 28 percent of its total trade in 2006 and 40 percent of Iran’s imports. In 2006, EU exports to Iran grew eight percent providing 33.4 percent of the Islamic Republic’s total imports.
Europe is also Iran’s primary importer of energy, lapping [...]

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The United Arab Emirates has assumed a central place in the United States’ strategy to tighten an economic siege against Iran. The importance of the oil emirates, which are located on the coast of the Persian Gulf, is growing as it becomes less likely that the United Nations Security Council will impose additional sanctions against [...]

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N. Korea still seen as threat in region
Los Angeles Times, CA - 5 hours ago
… and in a joint statement issued afterward, South Korean and US officials said North Korea was still working on long-range missiles and other weapons. …
Concerns remain despite nkorea nuclear dismantling Radio Australia
S. Korea, US concerned at N. Korean missiles: report Tehran Times
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BEIJING: Industrial discharge and household wastewater have polluted a northern Chinese river so severely that the water is dark red in some parts and has caused chronic illnesses among villagers, a government publication reported.
Some of the 50,000 affected villagers living along the Futuo River in Hebei province said sweet potatoes and soy beans grown there [...]

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Oil is nearly $100 a barrel. Gas may soon reach $4 a gallon. And Americans are being bitten in almost every way imaginable by this insidious oil hydra.
Two billion people in China and India are now eager consumers. They want the cars, gadgets and lifestyle that Westerners have claimed as a birthright for a half-century. [...]

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An increasing number of Middle East experts are ramping up warnings about rapidly destabilizing events all over the region, particularly with respect to Iran, troubling events in Afghanistan and new turmoil in Pakistan. FSM Contributing Editor Peter Brookes has the latest.
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In a first-of-its-kind dual missile defense test, two Raytheon-built Standard Missile-3s, fired from a U.S. Navy ship, simultaneously intercepted and destroyed two short-range ballistic missile targets in space, Nov. 6. This was the first time a Navy ship demonstrated simultaneous engagements against ballistic missile targets outside the earth’s atmosphere. These were the 10th and [...]

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Four years ago Mikhail Saakashvili led the Rose Revolution against the authoritarian President Eduard Shevardnadze. Now as mass protests call for his resignation as president of Georgia, he has imposed emergency rule and accused Russia of fomenting a coup. more…

Photo Gallery: Georgia’s State of Emergency
From the Archive: Ruckus in the Caucasus: Saakashvili’s Firm Grip in [...]

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Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf on Thursday announced that elections would be held in February. Still, oppression of the opposition continues, with thousands being arrested overnight. Legal recourse is non-existent. By Matthias Gebauer in Lahore, Pakistan more…

The US’s Pakistan Problem: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Musharraf
Crisis in Pakistan: Bhutto Plans Mass Rally Against Musharraf
Credibility Gap: Washington’s [...]

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