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September 24, 2008

Pyongyang’s Laws of Economics

Aggregated from: PoliGazette

The Bush administration and Beijing are on the same wavelength responding to Pyongyang’s request of the IAEA to remove seals and surveillance equipment from Yongbyon. Beijing called for “flexibility”, and US Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill downplayed the significance ...

September 16, 2008

Which candidate is the dangerous one?

Aggregated from: Andrew Bolt

Sarah Palin has given her first interview since being picked as the Republican’s vice-presidential candidate. The media has scrabbled for evidence of fumbles, and evidence that a shootin’, cussin’ redneck is about to plunge the world into war. And away they go. From the Toronto Globe and ...

September 10, 2008

Clark gives in to Bush

Aggregated from: Kiwiblog

New Zealand has dropped its opposition to a US-India nuclear deal after a phone call between George W Bush and Helen Clark. India is delighted: This followed tough negotiations in which several small NSG states agreed under heavy U.S. pressure to weaker language than they had sought to ensure India ...

August 30, 2008

South Ossetia or New York City: it's a difficult choice for the Bush administration

Aggregated from: JOTMAN

Is the White House willing to trade New York City for South Ossetia? It would seem so. AP reports: A key civil nuclear agreement between Russia and the U.S. looks likely to be shelved until next year at the earliest amid mounting tensions over the fate of Georgia's breakaway republics.The nuclear ...

August 27, 2008

North Korea back to building nuclear weapons?

Aggregated from: JOTMAN

According to AP, the Hermit Kingdom "has stopped disabling its nuclear reactor and will consider restoring the plutonium-producing facility in anger over Washington's failure to remove it from the U.S. list of terror sponsors."The North Korean regime may also be annoyed that China's President Hu Jin...

July 31, 2008

India: a trust vote, and a nuclear deal, Javits Rajendran

Aggregated from: open Democracy News Analysis - USA

It’s not time yet, for the ruling party to gloat over their sensational yet marginal victory over the ‘Indo –US Nuclear Deal Issue’ which has long haunted their very existence. But they have emerged as the winners nonetheless. Lok Sabha TV drew eyeballs off the internet to engage many Indi...

July 30, 2008

US military option against Iran 'still on the table'?

Aggregated from: israel matzav

Bush administration officials assured Israeli defense minister Ehud Barak (pictured) that a military strike against Iran remains a possibility to prevent that country from acquiring nuclear weapons, but it is not the preferred US solution (Hat Tip: Hot Air). Bush administration officials reassured ...

July 25, 2008

India: A Trust Vote, and a Nuclear Deal

It’s not time yet, for the ruling party to gloat over their sensational yet marginal victory over the ‘Indo –US Nuclear Deal Issue’ which has long haunted their very existence. But they have emerged as the winners nonetheless. Lok Sabha TV drew eyeballs of the internet to engage many Indians and gave news stations [...]

July 17, 2008

The India-US Nuclear Deal - What Happens Next?

Aggregated from: Desicritics Category: Politics: US

Whichever way the nuclear deal tilts, the prospects are surely troubling to the Congress chief (Sonia Gandhi, not Manmohan Singh). The same Prime Minister who last August backed down after initially acting like a lion (remember the statement - 'this is not a one issue Government' ?) is now s...

July 12, 2008

Barack Obama Responds to Iran Missile Test

Aggregated from: Darryl Wolk Blog

Barack Obama Responds to Iran Missile TestJuly 09, 2008 NBC Today Show...