Posted by Matt in March 19th, 2010 |
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Water is scarce in arid Saudi Arabia. Now the king has hired a team of German scientists to search for groundwater trapped in aquifers beneath the massive kingdom’s sands. Their pioneering work could provide solutions for other desert countries.
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Posted by Matt in February 28th, 2010 |
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Saudi Arabia would obtain nuclear weapons within a “few months” as part of a broader Middle East arms race if Iran develops nuclear weapons, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak said today.
A nuclear-armed Iran would result in “an intensive nuclear wave in the Middle East,” Barak said on CNN’s “Amanpour” program. Turkey and Egypt would probably [...]
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Posted by Matt in February 17th, 2010 |
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According to him, if Iran designs A-bomb, it will provoke arms race in the region enabling Turkey to become a nuclear power.
“Not only Turkey but Saudi Arabia too will be willing to have their nuke weapons. I believe Greece is unindifferent to regional processes,” Netanyahu stated.
Israel warns Greece: Turkey will soon become nuke power | [...]
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Posted by Matt in February 4th, 2010 |
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A senior adviser to the US and Israeli governments has warned that Iran is capable of developing a stockpile of nuclear weapons by as early as 2012.
According to the adviser, who is regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on Iranian defence strategy: “All the evidence is that Iran wants to have enough bombs [...]
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Posted by Matt in January 16th, 2010 |
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Blame China, Saudi Arabia and, yes, Canada.
Much of the fault of the financial crisis has been heaped on Wall Streeters, unscrupulous mortgage lenders and weak regulators. But in a new research paper, economist Ricardo Caballero says there is another major group of contributors to America’s monetary mess who are not getting the blame they deserve: [...]
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Posted by Matt in January 9th, 2010 |
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Over the next few days, Russia will change the world. It has completed a new oil pipeline and port complex that sets Russia up to become a more powerful oil exporter than Saudi Arabia. The ramifications for Europe and Asia are profound: The shape of the global economy—and the global balance of power—will be altered [...]
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Posted by Matt in December 17th, 2009 |
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Syria and Hezbollah are receiving marching orders from Iran in the event that Israel attacks Iranian nuclear sites.
Several individuals will be targeted for assasination located in Israel, UK, France, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.
The Kuwaiti newspaper al-Sayissa reported Wednesday that Iran has urgently summoned either Syrian Vice President Farouk Sharaa or Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Muallem [...]
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Posted by Matt in December 13th, 2009 |
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“If North Korea and Iran cannot be contained, we face the real danger of a cascade of proliferation of nuclear-armed states,” he told a conference on the challenges facing the incoming White House team. “Indeed, I believe that today we are clearly at the tipping point of nuclear proliferation.
“Already, North Korea’s nuclear advances have [...]
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Posted by Matt in December 12th, 2009 |
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What the global battery boom means for the future of South America’s poorest country.
Field of dreams: The global demand for lithium, the lightweight metal used to make high-powered batteries for cell phones, laptops, and hybrid cars, is expected to triple in the next 15 years. Fifty to 70 percent of the world’s supply of this [...]
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Posted by Matt in November 27th, 2009 |
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China has attained prosperity underl the current world system, so why would it want to destroy it? This question doesn’t exactly inspire confidence in Gunilla Herolf.
China has attained propserity at a huge cost – the instability and possible collapse of the current regime. Firstly, actual communism in China is losing it’s legitimacy. With capitalism going [...]
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