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11 Mar 08
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Iran Offers Money for Killing Israelis Foreign Confidential....Amid reports that American and European politicians are intensifying their campaign of appeasement toward nuclear-arming, Islamist Iran (scroll down for the stories), an Iranian student group has placed a $400,000 bounty on Israeli... |
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10 Mar 08
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Rumors Surround NY Congresswoman Dateline USA....Sources say some Clinton campaign staffers are fuming over rumors that an antiwar, apparently pro-Palestinian, Democratic New York Congresswoman, Kirsten Gillibrand, whose 20th Congressional District includes several upstate counties,... |
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09 Mar 08
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New Light on Iranian-Hamas-Hezbollah Threat Foreign Confidential....Hamas has provided a rare--and astonishingly brazen--account of the military training its fighters receive in Iran and Syria.Britain's Sunday Times ran an exclusive interview with an unnamed Hamas commander in which he revealed... |
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09 Mar 08
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Castroite Biowarfare Program Concerns Washington Foreign Confidential....There is more to the present US policy toward Cuba than meets the eye. Behind Washington's hard line--President George W. Bush on Friday scolded major democracies that do business in Cuba and rejected calls to end hardline US... |
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09 Mar 08
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Chinese Cops Snatch and Release Rights Lawyer Chinese police on Saturday released human rights lawyer Teng Biao two days after men snatched him off the street and pushed him into a car without license plates.The activist and law lecturer said his abductors, who identified themselves as Beijing Public... |
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08 Mar 08
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S. Korea Stunned by Industrial Espionage Case One of South Korea's most important industries has apparently suffered a stunning blow.South Korean prosecutors say they have arrested and indicted a former LG Electronics employee on charges of illegally providing plasma display manufacturing technology... |
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08 Mar 08
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Beijing Update: No Progress in Human Rights Six months ahead of the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, Reporters Without Borders has issued an update on human rights in China that is sharply critical of the government. Tendai Maphosa reports from London.Reporters Without Borders says that despite... |
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07 Mar 08
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Four Questions for US Presidential Candidates 1. Do you believe that Iran is developing or intends to develop nuclear-armed intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs)?2. Can you imagine a world in which Iran has possession of nuclear ICBMs? Do you think the United States, Israel, or Europe would be... |
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07 Mar 08
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Ships From Syria on Maritime Watchlist Foreign Confidential....The United States has put ships making port calls in Syria on a "Port Security Advisory List" amid concerns about the country's connections to international terrorism and role as a staging point for destabilizing Iraq.The decision... |
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06 Mar 08
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Comment: Obama's Scary Stand on Iran Dateline USA....Barack Obama is an intelligent, inspiring leader. But his position on Iran is worrisome. The Democratic Presidential hopeful hopes to persuade Iran to behave; its bad behavior, according to his most senior military adviser (see story... |
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06 Mar 08
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Palestinian Terrorists Attack Jewish Seminary Foreign Confidential....Breaking news. Palestinian terrorists shot and killed at least six students at a Jerusalem yeshiva today. Two gunmen stormed into the Mercaz Harav Yeshiva in west Jerusalem late Thursday, killing at least eight students, according... |
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06 Mar 08
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Obama Adviser Blames Bush for Iran Threat Insight features a disturbing article about the views of Barack Obama's most senior military adviser regarding America's most dangerous and implacable enemy--imperialist, Islamist Iran. If the article is accurate, it seems an Obama administration would... |
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05 Mar 08
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Chavez Adopts Iranian Proxy War Model Foreign Confidential....Mainstream media outlets are missing a major story. Consumed with hatred of the United States, Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez has imported Iran's proxy warfare model to South America. Chavez aims to use the FARC, which has waged... |
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05 Mar 08
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Israel Extends Campaign Against Hamas Foreign Confidential....Breaking news: JTA reports Israel's Security Cabinet approved an extended military and diplomatic campaign against the Iranian-backed Islamist group, Hamas, and its rocket crews in the Gaza Strip.Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert... |
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05 Mar 08
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Bizarre Iranian Propgaganda Video Attacks McCain Foreign Confidential....Iran's Intelligence Ministry has produced a bizarre, partially animated propaganda video that attacks US Republican Party Presidential candidate John McCain and billionaire financier George Soros (a favorite target of criticism by... |
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05 Mar 08
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Chinese Premier: Inflation Main Concern China's top priorities for the coming year will be curbing inflation and improving living standards for ordinary people. In his speech to the opening session of the Chinese legislature, Wednesday, Premier Wen Jiabao said the government will also pay... |
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04 Mar 08
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Israel Considering New Anti-Missile Measures Foreign Confidential....The JTA news service reports that with Israel still facing Hamas rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip following the end of the army’s limited ground operation there, the Israeli government is considering stronger follow-up measure... |
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04 Mar 08
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Axis of Insanity: Iran's Latin American Ally Acts Up Foreign Confidential....Incredibly, Iranian monster-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is feeding talking points and soundbites to his South American ally, Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez. "The Colombian government has become the Israel of Latin America,"... |
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03 Mar 08
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PLA Buildup Raises Red Flags for Pentagon The United States Defense Department has again voiced concern over rising China's lack of transparency in military matters.Beijing is increasingly developing capabilities--including kinetic energy weapons, high-powered lasers, high-powered microwave... |
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03 Mar 08
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Hong Kong Cuts Taxes Hong Kong has cut taxes after posting a record budget surplus. Hong Kong's government says it will give back to the community a large chunk of the territory's record budget surplus of almost $15 billion for this financial year.Income tax will be cut by 1%... |
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03 Mar 08
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Backed By Iran, Hamas Aims to Hit Tel Aviv Foreign Confidential....Backed by Shiite Iran, Hamas intends to escalate its rocket attacks on Israeli cities and launch a new wave of terrorist attacks against Israeli civilians at home and abroad. The Sunni Islamist group will probably aim for Tel Aviv,... |
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03 Mar 08
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Ahmadinejad Egging on Chavez Foreign Confidential....Iranian monster-in-chief Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is itching for war--in South America. The Islamist leader is urging his most important Latin American friend, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, to confront "bullying powers" --code... |
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02 Mar 08
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The Wild Card in the Race for the White House Dateline USA....The Democratic Party nomination for President of the United States is all about Texas and Ohio. If Hillary Clinton loses the March 4 primary contests in the two big states, her candidacy is "toast," as her husband, former President Bill... |
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02 Mar 08
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US Envoy for NK Nuke Issue Back in Beijing The chief US negotiator with North Korea arrived in Beijing Saturday to try to revive stalled nuclear disarmament talks.Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill told reporters in Bangkok Friday that he might hold talks in Beijing with his North... |
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01 Mar 08
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North Korea Again Aided Iranian Missile Program China Confidential has learned that Iran's recent launch of a space rocket was made possible by North Korea--which is why the Islamist regime lied about its origins on Tuesday. The Hitler admiring, Holocaust-denying Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad... |
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29 Feb 08
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On US-Russia Relations and Pandora's Box Foreign Confidential....Led by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, the US State Department seems to be doing its level best to worsen relations between the United States and Russia. The policy is irrational and unrealistic--the US needs Russian support... |
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29 Feb 08
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China Inks $16 Billion Iranian Gas Deal China is maintaining its position that it does not support actions against Iran that "undermine normal trade and economic cooperation." Even as the United Nations maneuvers toward a vote on expanded sanctions against Iran, which Beijing has reportedly... |
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28 Feb 08
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New Fiber-Optic Link Planned for Pacific A group of six international companies has announced plans to build an ultra-high speed, undersea, fiber-optic cable under the Pacific Ocean, between Japan and the United States. The project is meant to improve Internet and other telecommunication... |
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28 Feb 08
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The Road to Moscow and Middle East Peace Foreign Confidential....The road to Middle East peace--assuming there is such a thing--may actually lead through Moscow, not Washington.So say some Israeli analysts, asserting that Israel and Russia are strengthening their relationship in the face of... |
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28 Feb 08
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Russia Warns Iran on Nuclear Enrichment Foreign Confidential....Increasingly convinced that Iran is developing atomic arms and the means of delivering them--long-range ballistic missiles--Russia is toughening its stance toward the Shiite Islamist nation. Moscow has no intention of living within... |
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28 Feb 08
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WHO Confirms Urban Yellow Fever Outbreak Foreign Confidential....Amid UN forecasts of an urban planet, as reported earlier today, the world body's health agency said Wednesday it is closely monitoring vaccine supplies for yellow fever as it confirmed the first cases of the deadly disease in a... |
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28 Feb 08
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Rumor: Clinton Almost Ready to Quit Dateline USA....A wild rumor is circulating in Washington--that Hillary Clinton is seriously considering ending her Presidential quest this Friday, before next Tuesday's key Democratic Party primary contests in Texas, Ohio, Vermont and Rhode... |
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27 Feb 08
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UN Forecasts Urban Population Explosion An urban planet?That seems to be the future, according to the United Nations. A UN forecast said Tuesday that half the world's population will live in urban areas by the end of this year and about 70 percent will be city dwellers by 2050, with cities and... |
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27 Feb 08
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Clinton's MSNBC Meltdown Dateline USA....Forty-something minutes into Tuesday night's Democratic Presidential candidates debate on US cable network MSNBC, it was painfully--embarrassingly--clear why Hillary Clinton has been losing her bid for her party's nomination. The US... |
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26 Feb 08
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Carbon News: World Credit Trade to Top $90 Billion Carbon World News....Point Carbon said Tuesday that global trade in credits representing reductions of planet-warming gas emissions should rise 56 percent this year from about $59 billion, or 40 billion euros, to approximately $92 billion, or 63 billion... |
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26 Feb 08
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Pakistan Arrests Al Qaeda Terrorist A Pakistani official says an Al Qaeda terrorist has been arrested in connection with a suicide bomb attack that targeted former prime minister Benazir Bhutto last October.Pakistan's Interior Minister Hamid Nawaz says Qari Saifullah Akhtar was involved in... |
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26 Feb 08
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Unique Plan Lets US and Canadian Troops Patrol Each Other's Lands During National Emergencies Dateline North America....US and Canadian troops will be allowed to patrol each other's countries in the event of a national emergency."US Air Force Gen. Gene Renuart, commander of North American Aerospace Defense Command and US Northern Command... |
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26 Feb 08
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Peruvians Protest Against Tourism in Cuzco Foreign Confidential....There is trouble in Lamaland.Protests against a tourism development plan in the ancient Peruvian city of Cuzco have led to the suspension of public transportation and airport operations.Local authorities and media say protesters... |
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26 Feb 08
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Indian Muslims Denounce Terrorism Leading Muslim groups attending an anti-terrorism conference in northern India have denounced terrorism as "un-Islamic."The declaration was made by thousands of scholars and clerics Monday at the country's top Islamic seminary--the 150-year-old... |
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25 Feb 08
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US Ready for Binding Greenhouse Gas Accord Carbon World News....The United States is ready to accept "binding international obligations" to reduce greenhouse gases, which could be announced as soon as July, according to Daniel Price, assistant to President George W. Bush for International Economic... |
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25 Feb 08
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NY Philharmonic in N. Korea; Rice in S. Korea The art of diplomacy....New York Philharmonic Orchestra has arrived in North Korea on a historic trip as the most prominent American cultural institution to visit the isolated country.Speaking to reporters Monday, after arriving at Pyongyang airport, the... |
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25 Feb 08
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Iran Instigating Hamas Offensive Foreign Confidential....As of this writing, Hamas is mobilizing a mass demonstration at the border between the Gaza Strip, which the Islamist Palestinian movement controls, and Israel, which Hamas has vowed to destroy. The demonstration is aimed at... |
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25 Feb 08
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Nazis at Yale? Dateline USA....Some surprisingly sick individuals seem to be crawling around Yale, one of America's most prestigious and elite universities.Students at the Ivy League university's Old Campus were shocked to find a swastika and SS symbol written in packed... |
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24 Feb 08
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Taliban Offer Talks with Pakistan Opposition Parties Foreign Confidential....Pakistan's Taliban militants say they are willing to talk with the parties expected to form the country's new government, but only if military operations against militants and terrorists end in the tribal regions. If the operations... |
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24 Feb 08
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S. Korea Establishing Emissions Market Carbon World News....South Korea has passed an “Act on Climate Change” that will establish an emissions trading market, raise the bar for renewable energy, assist in reducing industrial, home, and vehicle emissions, and increase carbon capture.By 2... |
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23 Feb 08
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Comment: The Spiritual Case for Obama Dateline USA....There is a spiritual case for an Obama presidency. Like nothing else since the passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, election of an African-American President of the United States would address America's original sin: slavery (followed... |
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23 Feb 08
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Bankers Behind Bars Foreign Confidential....Bankers behind bars? Bankers trading pinstripes for prison stripes? it could be the Next Big Thing.Some very smart securities lawyers are predicting a wave of international criminal investigations and indictments of investment... |
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23 Feb 08
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Quote of the Day The precedent set by Kosovo is terrible. It has shattered the whole system of international relations, a system that has existed not for decades, but for hundreds of years.Without any doubt, this could trigger a whole series of unpredictable consequences.... |
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23 Feb 08
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Clinton Campaign Staffers See Looming Defeat Dateline USA....Bill Clinton got it right: Hillary's campaign is "toast" if she does snot win the March 4 Democratic primary contests in Ohio and Texas.Lots of luck.Clinton campaign sources say there is a growing internal expectation of looming defeat.The... |
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23 Feb 08
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Rice Demands NK Disclose All Suspect Activities The United States is toughening its stance on North Korea's nuclear program.US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on the eve of an Asia tour, pressed Friday for North Korea to disclose not only its nuclear weapons programs but also its alleged... |
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