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Tanks Roll Over Russia?s Image
2008-05-13 06:30:00 I don’t know about you, but the sight of Russia n missiles rolling across Red Square made me a little nervous. It’s the Russian way of subtle intimidation. From the article: If anyone was having trouble grasping the fact that Russia has an image problem, the sight of intercontinental ballistic missiles rolling across Red Square on Victory Day ... More About: Prime Minister , Leadership , Roll , Image
India can now fire missiles from under water
2008-05-13 04:15:00 I’m sure we can count on China passing this technology on to Pakistan. China wants Pakistan to keep India on its toes. From the article: With this, India has become capable of launching missiles from air, land, ships and submarines and joins an elite group that includes the US, Russia, France and China. The performance of the missile system was ... More About: Technology , Military , Missiles
Lebanon to West: Wake Up Fast!
2008-05-12 20:30:00 Rick: ?Sam, if it?s December 1941 in Casablanca , what time is it in New York ?? Sam: ?Um, my watch stopped.? Rick: ?I bet they?re asleep in New York . I?ll bet they?re asleep all over America .? You bet America is asleep. The entire western world is asleep. Sitting back now will cost us big time ... More About: Lebanon , West , Wake , Fast , Wake up
The world is in an alarming state of flux
2008-05-12 14:56:00 The world is in a state of flux. China is growing rapidly, but is very unstable. Russia has been doing much better economically in the last few years, but there are storm clouds on the horizon. Russia oil output looks like it may start to decline shortly. The Russian military machine is decaying faster than ... More About: World , The World , State , Flux
At least 100 dead as powerful quake hits southwest China
2008-05-12 14:44:00 A powerful earthquake struck Monday close to densely populated areas of southwestern China , flattening schools and homes and killing more than 100 people, according to early estimates. The quake, with a magnitude of 7.8 on the Richter scale, was felt in cities across a swathe of southeast Asia including the Thai capital Bangkok, more than 1,800 ... More About: Quake , Washington Times , Dead , Southwest
Documents indicate that Chavez helped Colombia rebels
2008-05-12 14:41:00 Documents that Colombia says it recovered from a slain guerrilla leader give the clearest indication yet that Venezuela n President Hugo Chavez sought to arm and finance insurgents across the border. The documents ? more than a dozen internal rebel messages ? detail several years of close cooperation between top officials in Venezuela’s government and military and ... More About: Cooperation , Armed Forces
DISASTER IN BURMA: The Dead Calm After the Storm
2008-05-12 14:37:00 Uprooted trees, destroyed houses, disease. Burma is in chaos more than a week after Cyclone Nargis, and the real disaster is happening now. Drugs and aid aren’t reaching the people who desperately need it. But the Burmese are helping each other, and anger at the junta is mounting. By our reporter in Rangoon, Burma more… ‘Like ... More About: Asia , Tragedy , Disaster , Storm , Berlin
The Dollar: Shrinkable but (So Far) Unsinkable
2008-05-11 18:53:00 Now, however, people in international financial circles detect a subtle shifting of the ground in confidence about the dollar. A few years ago, the suggestion that another currency could rival the dollar would have been ridiculed. Today, some economists say the dollar could begin surrendering some of the advantages of dominance to the euro ... More About: Economy , Middle East , Cars , People , China
China preparing for nuclear war
2008-05-11 06:50:00 Defense analysts for the British intelligence service MI6 believe China is preparing for the “eventuality of a nuclear war.” The conclusion follows evidence that Beijing has built secretly a major naval base deep inside caverns which even sophisticated satellites cannot penetrate, says a report in Joseph Farah’s G2 Bulletin . In an unusual development, the analysts ... More About: Nuclear , War , Nuclear War
As Gazprom Goes, So Goes Russia
2008-05-11 06:45:00 ON a frigid evening in February, the hottest place to be here was the Kremlin Palace theater. The draw inside the towering hall wasn?t Tina Turner or Deep Purple ? rock icons well past their prime ? but Gazprom , Russia ?s most powerful corporate leviathan, which was celebrating its 15th anniversary. Gazprom certainly had reason to party: ... More About: Anniversary , Natural Gas , Leviathan
The dragon awakens: China, how did it happen?
2008-05-11 06:41:00 China’s growth over the past few years has been nothing short of miraculous, and it is predicted that the economy will overtake America’s within a generation. But how did it all happen? And what are the implications for the rest of the world? Read More… More About: China , Dragon , The Dragon
Danger in America
2008-05-11 06:25:00 Product Description Most everyone senses there is something seriously wrong with our country. Here is a call to action by a fearless Washington insider, the Honorable Stephen M. Studdert. He masterfully paints an astonishingly vivid and nuanced portrait of the problems existing within the hallowed halls of our political and economic world. He speaks with a voice of reason. America in Danger describes ten national and international situations with the potential to cause serious social, emotional, financial, and even physical harm to Americans in the near future. Stephen Studdert s Oval Office experience has given him knowledge and insights that are especially valuable today. As American citizens decide who they will elect as the next president, it is essential that the threats described in America in Danger be publicly discussed. If the American people do not understand the nature of these threats, they cannot ask the candidates the hard questions that will determine which candidate ...
In India, Death to Global Business
2008-05-11 03:00:00 How a violent?and spreading?Maoist insurgency threatens the country’s runaway growth On the night of Apr. 24, a group of 300 men and women, armed with bows and arrows and sickles and led by gun-wielding commanders, emerged swiftly and silently from the dense forest in India ’s Chhattisgarh state. The guerrillas descended on an iron ore processing plant ... More About: Business , Trucks , Global , Buses
Almighty Dolor
2008-05-10 16:36:00 Hedging the dollar with foreign-currency C.D.?s Your choices include single-currency C.D.?s ? euros, Canadian dollars, British pounds, even Brazilian reais or Indian rupees ? or multicurrency C.D.?s bundling predetermined baskets of denominations. For instance, the Viking Index C.D. is made up of Norwegian, Danish and Swedish currency. Other financial institutions offer ways to, in essence, bet ... More About: Baskets , Financial , Mutual fund , Jay Z , Almighty
Putin?s imperial Russia
2008-05-10 16:20:00 Dmitry Medvedev may be the new president, but his predecessor is still the one with power. We can expect a few proclamations and perhaps even token policy changes. Unfortunately, the early signs show that Medvedev’s statement about developing civil freedoms and ending “legal nihilism” were only a show for the West. Such displays are needed to ... More About: Elections , United States , European Union , Signs , Russia
More Chinese submarines in South China Sea
2008-05-10 07:10:00 Hong Kong, China ? Over the past 20 years, China’s military investment has grown faster than any other country. The bamboo curtain that formerly enveloped the country has become a copper curtain. Furthermore, China has become more difficult to negotiate with than even the former Soviet Union. The tactic of deceiving one’s opponent or competitor is ... More About: Military , Submarines , Ethics , Chinese
Agni V, next goal of DRDO
2008-05-10 06:57:00 Agni V would be a three-stage, all composite, solid propellant fuelled and advanced version in the Agni Class of Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles . Most of the systems for the Agni V would be from Agni III. Hyderabad , May 9 India n defence scientists have embarked on Project Agni V, to develop a long range missile that can ... More About: Goal
US says Syria, Iran behind Lebanon violence
2008-05-10 06:53:00 The Bush administration accused Iran and Syria on Friday of fueling ongoing violence in Lebanon by inciting members of the radical Shiite Hezbollah movement to take up arms against the country’s western-backed government. As Hezbollah militants seized control of large parts of Beirut , the administration denounced the show of force, which it said was being supported ... More About: Middle East , Elements
A Burmese Tragedy
2008-05-10 04:14:00 ‘LIKE THE APOCALYPSE’ The worst natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami has hit Burma, home to a despotic military regime. Despite a storm that locals claimed was “like the apocalypse,” the junta sought to complicate the arrival of any foreign aid out of mistrust of the West. By Jürgen Kremb and Thilo Thielke more… Interactive Graphic: Cyclone ... More About: Tragedy
Why Oil Wealth Fuels Conflict
2008-05-10 04:09:00 The number of oil-producer-based conflicts is likely to grow in the future as stratospheric prices of crude oil push more countries in the developing world to produce oil and gas. In 2001, the Bush administration ’s energy task force hailed the emergence of new producers as a chance for the United States to diversify the sources ... More About: Wealth , Oil , War , Conflict
The Curse of Oil Wealth
2008-05-10 04:07:00 And the correlation between oil and violence is likely to grow stronger, since as Ross points out, countries in Africa, the Caspian basin, and Southeast Asia will soon become ?significant oil and gas exporters. Some of these countries, including Chad , East Timor, and Myanmar, have already suffered internal strife. Most of the rest are poor, ... More About: Wealth , Diamonds , Curse , Oil
The Truth About Syria
2008-05-09 21:08:00 “A breath of fresh air… relentless and unapologetic.” ?The New York Post Acclaimed Middle East expert Barry Rubin investigates Syria : its support of the Iraq insurgency, ferocious political repression and mix of competing religious and ethnic groups. American policymakers have been wrestling with the Syria question for years, but it has gained particular urgency in light ... More About: Truth , The Truth
CIA: China?s military could get ?adversarial
2008-05-09 20:45:00 China?s rise is posing serious challenges and its military buildup and international behavior could produce an ?adversarial? relationship with the world, CIA Director Michael V. Hayden said last week. ?After two centuries of perceived Western hegemony, China seems to be determined to flex its muscles,? Hayden said. Read More… More About: Military , China , Hegemony
Moscow holds massive military parade
2008-05-09 18:40:00 Russia’s new President Dmitry Medvedev and Prime Minister Vladimir Putin have surveyed a massive military parade in Moscow ’s Red Square a day after the State Duma confirmed Putin in the premiership. Flag-carriers from a military honour guard led the parade to mark the 63rd anniversary of Russia’s victory over Germany in World war II. The cadets carried ... More About: Victory , Military , Anniversary
Flu pandemic: Who should die?
2008-05-09 18:37:00 Doctors know some patients needing lifesaving care won’t get it in a flu pandemic or other disaster. The gut-wrenching dilemma will be deciding who to let die. Now, an influential group of physicians has drafted a grimly specific list of recommendations for which patients would not be treated. They include the very elderly, seriously hurt trauma ... More About: Pandemic
Putin signals he intends to stay in charge of Russia
2008-05-09 07:02:00 When Boris Yeltsin left the Kremlin eight years ago, he gave Vladimir Putin the pen he had used to sign important documents and decrees, a gesture symbolizing the transfer of power to Russia ’s new president. When Putin left the Kremlin, he took the pen with him. Putin, who became prime minister Thursday, has signaled that ... More About: Charge , Stay
Civil war fears grip Lebanon
2008-05-09 07:00:00 Thursday’s gun battles broke out only minutes after the Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, appeared on TV to accuse the Lebanese government of declaring war on his movement, whose raison d’etre is to resist Israel . He said the only way out of the current crisis was for the government to rescind the decisions it took on Monday ... More About: Middle East , Lebanon , Grip , Civil War
Target: Iran?
2008-05-09 06:35:00 On Israel ’s 60th birthday, the Jewish state may be readying for its biggest fight yet. What that could mean for the next American president. Arguably, it is at even greater risk now than it was then. Very soon now Israel could be engaged in the biggest battle for existence it has ever faced in its not-so-short-any-longer ... More About: Iran , Press Release , Barack Obama , Missiles
Trouble in the pipeline
2008-05-09 06:21:00 Russia’s oil industry WHEN the price of oil reached another record on May 6th, of over $122 a barrel, analysts pointed to attacks on pipelines in Nigeria and turmoil in Iraq as the immediate causes. Even small disruptions to supplies from such places can cause the price to jump, since only Saudi Arabia has the capacity ... More About: Oil , Russia , Pipeline
China: Superpower or Basket Case?
More articles from this author:2008-05-09 06:06:00 China as an ?emerging superpower? makes for a compelling story line in the media. It is reinforced by the propaganda image that the current Chinese leadership would like us to accept. But the reality is quite different. Although recent events in Tibet and western China ? and the central government?s response ? appear to be ... More About: China , Propaganda , Basket , Case 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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