At least 18 Palestinians, many of them civilians including children, and three Israeli soldiers were reported killed in heavy fighting in Gaza on Wednesday, one of the bloodiest days in weeks.
The Israeli military said it had struck at, and hit, armed militants, and was checking the reports of civilian casualties.
Amid the violence, Israel resumed the [...]

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Latin America’s three leading economies – Argentina, Brazil, and Mexico – have dusted off old blueprints for nuclear generators and are developing projects that could more than double the region’s capacity from the power source. Chile, Uruguay, and Venezuela are following suit by studying projects to start nuclear energy programs.
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Anticipating a showdown with Iran, Israel decides secretly to deploy a submarine off its arch-foe’s coast.
But how? The quickest route from Israel’s Mediterranean coast is via the Suez Canal, which runs through Egypt and which the classified vessels shun. So the submarine is hidden in the belly of a commercial tanker, which delivers it [...]

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The World Food Program warns that the country will need massive aid to prevent widespread hunger.
The ravages of floods and soured diplomacy have turned North Korea’s chronic food shortages into an imminent humanitarian crisis, the World Food Program warned Wednesday, declaring that the secretive dictatorship will require massive food aid in the coming months if [...]

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The Middle East’s famous Fertile Crescent was the birthplace of agriculture, the first settlements and civilization. But a new study shows that climate change will dry up the area’s rivers and destroy its agriculture — with devasting effects for the region. By Volker Mrasek more…

Picture Gallery: The Fertile Crescent at Risk
Global Food Crisis: The Fury [...]

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Iranian judiciary chief Ayatollah Mahmoud Hashemi Shahroudi told leaders of the Gulf Arab state of Qatar on Wednesday that his country was willing to put its controversial nuclear expertise at the service of all Muslim states.
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For many years our politicians have spoken confidently of once again becoming energy independent. However reality seems to be gradually creeping into the halls of government. The Assistant Energy Secretary Alexander Karsner recently was quoted that “the places where oil can be found and extracted and brought to bear in the world are decreasing. It [...]

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This new world order will be characterized by fierce international competition for dwindling stocks of oil, natural gas, coal and uranium, as well as by a tidal shift in power and wealth from energy-deficit states like China, Japan and the United States to energy-surplus states like Russia, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. In the process, the [...]

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Concerned that not enough attention is being paid to the risk of a nuclear attack, a Senate committee yesterday looked at the consequences of such a terrorist strike in Washington — and said that more could be done to save lives.
A hearing, called by the Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, featured charts showing [...]

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Today starts Vladimir Putin’s visit to Libya. It’s the first time in history that Russia’s President leaves on a visit to this country. An array of Russian officials and top-managers of the largest corporations will accompany Vladimir Putin. Moscow intends to make Tripoli its strategic ally in Northern Africa, and for the sake of it [...]

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The principal characteristic of twenty-first-century international relations is turning out to be nonpolarity: a world dominated not by one or two or even several states but rather by dozens of actors possessing and exercising various kinds of power. This represents a tectonic shift from the past.
The twentieth century started out distinctly multipolar. But after almost [...]

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