Posted by Matt in July 13th, 2008 |
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More strategic unhelpfulness out of China.
From the article:
The BBC has found the first evidence that China is currently helping Sudan’s government militarily in Darfur.
The Panorama TV programme tracked down Chinese army lorries in the Sudanese province that came from a batch exported from China to Sudan in 2005.
The BBC was also told that China was [...]
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Posted by Matt in June 6th, 2008 |
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The BBC’s Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, looks at increasing speculation that Iran may come under attack because of its nuclear programme.
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The talk has alarmed, among others, the former German Foreign Minister, Joshka Fischer.
Germany has, with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council, taken the lead in talks with Iran about its nuclear [...]
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Posted by Matt in May 16th, 2007 |
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The island-city of Tyre was considered unconquerable, until Alexander the Great marched up its causeway. Researchers have now revealed that the conquerors actually had a little help — from Mother Nature.
The Lebanese town of Tyre, one of the longest standing settlements in the world, sits atop the remains of an ancient, bloody and peculiar military [...]
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