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Inspectors Discover Iran?s Nuclear Weapon Instruction Book
2008-06-02 20:24:00 UN inspectors were shocked by the recent discovery of an Iran ian document describing the process for making the potential core of a nuclear weapon. Tehran called the allegations of pursuing bomb-making “baseless” and claimed that the intelligence was fabricated. However, the 15-page document appears to be the recipe for the process of machining uranium metal into ... More About: Discovery , Nuclear , Intelligence , Book
Food Crisis: World at ?alarming juncture? as leaders gather for FAO summit
2008-06-02 20:21:00 “If not handled properly, this issue could trigger a cascade of other crises — affecting economic growth, social progress, and even political security around the world.” Participants at the High-Level Conference on World Food Security will discuss short-term solutions as well as new strategies to deal with the effects of global warming, growing demand for biofuels ... More About: Developing World , Summit , Biofuels
From the ruins, Chinese begin to rebuild lives
2008-06-02 15:44:00 Like Su, China is already trying to look ahead after the magnitude-7.9 earthquake. Reconstruction has started, even as the communist government attempts to feed and shelter about 5 million people left homeless by the massive disaster. Shopkeepers who lost years of investment are plotting how to get their businesses running again. The government’s open response may ... More About: Earthquake , Chinese , Lehman Brothers , Lives
Gates, Chinese defense official spar over military
2008-06-02 15:41:00 Gates took on Ma’s claims that China wants only to defend itself with intercontinental ballistic missiles and is focused on defensive systems. “I don’t know what you use them for if it’s not for offensive capabilities,” Gates told reporters Sunday. While that kind of system might be considered a deterrent for other countries, Gates said it ... More About: Japan , Military , Poland , Chinese
Russia: Lost in Byzantium
2008-06-02 00:58:00 Putin may be endangering Russia ’s future by revisiting the past. The Byzantine Empire fell in 1453. But you wouldn’t know it in Russia, where Vladimir V. Putin has been behaving as though the 15th century never ended, as though he is the direct descendant of the Byzantine kings and Moscow remains the “Third Rome” it declared ... More About: Lost , Asia , Century
Iran FM calls on Muslims to ?erase? Israel
2008-06-01 16:52:00 Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki called on the world’s Muslim s on Sunday to work to “erase” Israel , in the latest verbal attack by Tehran against the Jewish state. “As the Imam Khomeini said, if each Muslim throws a bucket of water on Israel, Israel will be erased,” Mottaki told a conference in Tehran, recalling a ... More About: Iran , Muslims , Calls
Bhutto Dealt Nuclear Secrets to North Korea, Book Says
2008-06-01 06:46:00 Former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto, on a state visit to North Korea in 1993, smuggled in critical data on uranium enrichment — a route to making a nuclear weapon — to help facilitate a missile deal with Pyongyang, according to a new book by a journalist who knew the slain politician well. Read More… Video: The ... More About: North Korea , Nuclear , Documentary , Missiles
The Hugo Chavez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution
2008-06-01 06:44:00 Chavez, 53, the country’s first dark-skinned leader, has used Venezuela’s immense oil wealth, says Jones, to improve life for millions of impoverished shantytown residents through health and education programmes such as no other leader ever attempted. For Washington, though, the ?Bolivarian revolution? (named after Simon Bolivar, the leader of the independence struggle against Spain ) is ... More About: Education , Health , Story , Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
Russia army unit sent to Abkhazia
2008-06-01 06:40:00 Russia is sending a unit from the army’s railway force to the breakaway province of Abkhazia, the country’s defence ministry has said. The 300 unarmed troops are needed to help carry out repairs on the network, said the head of Abkhazia’s railways. The move has been denounced by Georgia which says Russia is planning a military intervention ... More About: Railways , Army , Russia , Conflict , Unit
Putin Calls U.S. `Frightening Monster,? Urges French Solidarity
2008-06-01 06:37:00 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin compared the U.S. to a “frightening monster” and urged France to distance itself from its American ally. “How can one be such a shining example of democracy at home and a frightening monster abroad?” Putin said in an interview with French newspaper Le Monde transmitted live to journalists in Paris yesterday. ... More About: Europe , Calls , Russia
Iran on track for nuclear milestone
2008-06-01 06:30:00 Iran?s nuclear programme has made big strides in recent months and the country is on course to pass an important threshold for nuclear weapons capability next year, scientists and analysts say. Read More… More About: Iran , Nuclear , Scientists , Track , Milestone
United States uncertain why China is boosting its high tech weapons arsenal
2008-06-01 06:23:00 Is it really that hard to figure out? China is boosting it high tech weapons arsenal in order to take on America. China understands that at some point there will be confrontation between the countries. Most likely it will be over Taiwan. China is positioning itself to defeat America or at least prevent America for ... More About: United States , Arsenal , Asia , Military
Iran Achieves a Four-Front Missile Command, Breakthrough on Nuclear Missile
2008-06-01 06:16:00 There are two significant developments going on at the same time concerning Iran . Iran is now in command of missiles stationed in Syria, Lebanon, Gaza and Iran. Next, Iran has achieved a breakthrough in missile design in order to accommodate nuclear warheads. From the article: Military experts comment that Tehran?s centralized control of four hostile missile fronts ... More About: Nuclear , Missiles , Front
Only fools want China influencing our [Canadian] future
2008-06-01 05:26:00 Those Canadian s who hope to see the new Asian giants rival the U.S. in a few decades as the great global engine and the new big market for Canada simply do not realize that such a change would be an unmitigated disaster for us. China is a brutal one-party dictatorship, a mixture of totalitarianism and unbridled ... More About: India , Future
How America Can Survive the Rise of the Rest
2008-05-31 18:59:00 Despite some eerie parallels between the position of the United States today and that of the British Empire a century ago, there are key differences. Britain ’s decline was driven by bad economics. The United States, in contrast, has the strength and dynamism to continue shaping the world — but only if it can overcome its ... More About: America , Economics , Survive
Hezbollah?s Shadow War
2008-05-31 15:38:00 For their part, Hezbollah’s leaders remain coy on specifics, but have not disputed the characterization that their capabilities are greater than prewar levels. In mid-2007, Nasrallah said his militia has missiles “able to hit every point in occupied Palestine .” Still, finding independent sources on Hezbollah has proven difficult. Western military assessments tend to agree that ... More About: Middle East , Lebanon , Shadow , State Department
Stratfor Intelligence Guidance: Week of June 1, 2008
2008-05-31 06:35:00 Asia in general, and China in particular: The pressure in Asia is starting to show, beginning with South Korea. But anecdotal reports out of China also show the ratcheting of pressure. We have reports of plant closures due partly to informal taxes for earthquake relief imposed by the government and partly to the business environment. ... More About: Google , Asia , Intelligence , June , Energy
What Do We Know about Natural Resources and Civil War?
2008-05-31 05:41:00 Since the late 1990s, there has been a flood of research on natural resources and civil war. This article reviews 14 recent cross-national econometric studies, and many qualitative studies, that cast light on the relationship between natural resources and civil war. It suggests that collectively they imply four underlying regularities: first, oil increases the likelihood ... More About: Resources , Drugs , Relationship , Natural , Oil
South American defence
2008-05-31 01:14:00 Speak fraternally but carry a stick. Is there a new arms race?or just overdue retooling of armies? Even as its leaders talk, Latin America is re-arming?or rather some South American countries are. In the broader region, including Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean, total defence spending shot up to $38 billion in 2007 from $25 billion ... More About: Defence , South American
1913 Intel Site News
2008-05-31 01:01:00 If you’re new to 1913 Intel then welcome. Thanks for coming. You’ve probably noticed that I’ve been focusing on YouTube videos more and more in the last few weeks. Generally, I post articles then later go back and try to add YouTube videos for each article. I like watching the videos myself, so hopefully you’ll ... More About: News , Site News , Photos , Site
Sharia by stealth - Ontario turns a blind eye to polygamy
2008-05-30 15:52:00 It?s an issue the Liberal govenrment of Ontario, led by Premier Dalton McGuinty, doesn?t want to deal with ? polygamy in the Muslim community. Last week the Toronto Star told the story of Safa Rigby, a 35-year-old mother of five children who recently learned her husband of 14 years had two other wives. Ms. Rigby?s ... More About: Islam , Egypt , Canada , Americas , Sharia
Photo Essay: China?s Tragic Aftershocks
2008-05-30 15:47:00 Thousands of Chinese children died in the Sichuan earthquake when poorly constructed schools collapsed on top of them. Now, grief-stricken parents are demanding a reckoning. Read More… Video: China earthquake: Angry parents protest collapse of China’s School More About: Photo , Earthquake , Schools , Tragic
BRIC nations grab power
2008-05-30 06:51:00 The BRIC nations (Brazil, Russia, India, China) are emerging as the new powers destined to inherit world economic leadership by the middle of the 21st century. With China and India combined representing more than one-third of the world’s population (2.4 billion) and undisputed leaders in converting raw materials into finished goods, these Asian giants are headed ... More About: Power , Nations , Grab
How to Survive A Disaster
2008-05-30 06:42:00 This is a fascinating article about survival in a disaster. Most people tend to freeze in a disaster, but the thing to do is act. I recommend reading this article. From the article: But survival is not just a product of luck. We can do far more than we think to improve our odds of preventing and ... More About: People , Earthquake , Disaster , Survive , Brains
EU, China: Honeymoon is over
2008-05-30 06:13:00 So far so good, but it still takes two to tango and the EU is not making the right moves, Bingran Dai of the Centre for Europe an Studies at Fudan University in Shanghai tells ISN Security Watch. “The problem is that the atmosphere has changed drastically since 2006 and the Chinese public and the government feel ... More About: China , Human Rights , Freedom of Speech , Intellectual property rights
Did China?s Hackers Shut Off the Lights?
2008-05-30 06:03:00 Hackers working on behalf of China ’s People?s Liberation Army have penetrated networks controlling electric power grids in the United States, computer security experts believe. And that may have precipitated a massive blackout on the east coast in 2003, as well as a blackout in Florida this year. That’s just one blockbuster assertion in a long story ... More About: Blockbuster , Shane , Hackers , Lights
Globalization?s Aftershocks
2008-05-26 16:31:00 What does the collapse of communism have to do with the credit crunch? According to Italian economist Loretta Napoleoni, author of the best-selling book “Terror Inc: Tracing the Money Behind Global Terrorism,” the fall of the Berlin wall set off a global economic transformation that led directly to the turmoil on Wall Street and will ... More About: Globalization
A Slippery Moment for Mexican Oil
2008-05-26 15:52:00 Output is tanking, but there’s fierce opposition to a plan that could reward Big Oil for helping find new reserves Reform is urgent: Oil output in Mexico , the world’s No. 6 producer of crude, is plummeting. At the Cantarell field, the country’s main source of oil, production is declining 15% annually. Pemex pumped 2.85 million barrels ... More About: Mexican , Americas , Moment
Video: Blaze ?sets off Russian rockets?
2008-05-26 15:44:00 A fire at an air base arms depot in north-western Russia has reportedly set off several missiles, but caused no deaths or injuries. Amateur video shows what appear to be at least two rockets zigzagging through a clear afternoon sky around the Lodeynoe Pole base near St Petersburg. Unofficial sources say that at least 400 air-to-air rockets ... More About: Video , Russian , Missiles , Sets
Damascus Talks Peace, Bids for Sophisticated Military Hardware
More articles from this author:2008-05-26 15:24:00 When Damascus confirmed peace talks with Israel on May 21, a secret high-powered military purchasing delegation, headed by air force-air defenses commander Gen. Akhmad Ratyb, was already in Moscow. With a $5 billion allocation in hand from Tehran, the delegation was bidding for the most advanced products of Russia?s munitions industry. The six main categories of ... More About: Hardware , Peace , Military , Syria 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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