Israel’s anxiety as Jews prefer GermanyTelegraph.co.uk, United Kingdom - 37 minutes agoIn 60 years, Israel’s political leaders and military planners no doubt hope that peace will have broken out and that they won’t have to conduct such …

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Javno.hr

Finding the Center in LebanonArab News, Saudi Arabia - 1 hour agoThe United States, Iran, France, Israel and some Gulf countries too have favored one side over the other. Even at the sectarian level, loyalties have been …Hezbollah’s shots ring in Bush’s ears Asia Times OnlineA new US military intervention unlikely Middle East TimesHezbollah shooting […]

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Javno.hr

Who’s Following Bush’s Mideast TripTIME - 1 hour agoBoth men will find the diplomatic and military options for changing Iran’s nuclear ambitions and anti-Israel stance as limited and ineffectual as Bush does. …Video: Bush heads to Mideast ReutersVideo‘Sorry - closed’ Jerusalem PostBush heads to Mideast to talk peace, oil CNN International Christian Science […]

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Israel at 60: A grim balance sheetTehran Times, Iran - 1 hour agoA: In spite of its impressive military arsenal, and virtually unlimited support from the United States, Israel’s long-term prospects are not good. …

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CTV.ca

Is it an Israeli Birthday Party or a Palestinian al-Nakba?BBSNews, NC - 1 hour agoIsrael continues to occupy, rob, humiliate, threaten and slaughter its neighbours. Israel’s military occupation of Palestine is illegal under international …Israel at 60: A time for celebration and introspection Nation Multimedia‘Music gives me hope’ guardian.co.ukBush aims to ‘encourage’ on Mideast trip […]

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letter to Bush about a premptive strike on IranCASMII, DC - 3 hours agoThe letter that follows asks President Bush to seek congressional authorization before launching any possible military strike against Iran and affirms …

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Turkish Press

Rebels offer Russia military baseTVNZ, New Zealand - 3 hours agoGeorgia’s breakaway Abkhazia region wants Russia to open a military base on its soil, the separatists’ leader said in a proposal likely to anger Georgia and …Video: Abkhazia downs two more Georgian spy planes RussiaTodayMedvedev’s test case with the West Christian Science MonitorWho’s the […]

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US Attachés Expelled by Russia Tried to Visit Military Factory …New York Times, United States - 4 hours agoBy CJ CHIVERS MOSCOW — The two American military attachés who were expelled from Russia early this month, days ahead of the Victory Day martial parade on …

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PRESS TV

Poland: US Defense Offer UnsatisfactoryVoice of America - May 13, 2008Washington says the anti-missile system is intended to defend the United States and NATO allies against potential ballistic missile attacks by what it calls …Poland Calls US Pressure Over Missile Shield a Negotiating Tactic Deutsche Welle all 26 news articles

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Canada.com

Cease-fire holds in Sadr City after deadly clashesThe Associated Press - 4 hours agoThe Sadr City fighting and cease-fire have brought into question the authority of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, who currently lives in Iran. …Iran involved in Sadr City truce, says Iraqi MP ReutersUS hits Qaeda base Arab TimesSadr ceasefire begins to take […]

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TV3 News

‘Warm Spring’ Greets Hu-Fukuda Summit, but Tensions PersistWorld Politics Review - 5 hours agoJapanese national security officials have identified China’s military modernization as a potential threat and have repeatedly called on Beijing to make its …JIM HOAGLAND: Will Japan and China be new allies in Asia? Orlando SentinelThe ghosts of Jiang, Koizumi haunt Hu’s […]

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Brisbane Times

Lebanese army expands deployment to impose orderThe Associated Press - 5 hours agoPresident Bush and Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal accused Iran of exacerbating the situation by supporting Hezbollah. …Video: Inside Story - Lebanon’s army - 11 May 08 - Part 1 AlJazeeraEnglishThe US Should Oppose Hezbollah and its Iranian and Syrian Masters […]

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Monsters and Critics.com

China transfers 11420 soldiers to quake-hit SichuanXinhua, China - 6 hours agoBEIJING, May 14 (Xinhua) — Chinese military used 34 planes on Tuesday to ship 11420 soldiers into the quake-jolted Sichuan Province for relief work, …Video: 9,000 Feared Dead in China Quake AssociatedPressChina quake toll crosses 11000; several areas still inaccessible SifyAt least […]

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Javno.hr

La. furniture salesman guilty of spying for ChinaThe Associated Press - 6 hours ago… arrested in Los Angeles and charged with stealing military and aerospace trade secrets regarding the space shuttle and other programs on China’s behalf. …US citizen born in Taiwan admits spying for China ReutersLouisiana furniture salesman pleads guilty to spying for China […]

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Daily Star - Lebanon

Hearings on the Chicago Iran ResolutionHuffington Post, NY - 6 hours ago10:41 Alderman Joe Moore, sponsor of the resolution opposed to a US military attack on Iran and urging the US to engage in diplomacy. …Our world: How Lebanon was lost Jerusalem PostTehran is here Ynetnews‘Shock and awe’ in Beirut The […]

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Hürriyet

Officials say Turkish planes bomb PKK in Northern IraqReuters - 7 hours agoThere were also clashes on the Iraq-Iran border between those rebels and Iranian forces but no casualties, he said. Iranian forces have often clashed in …Eleven PKK separatists killed in eastern Turkey HürriyetTurkish and Iraqi Kurdish Rapprochement Ominous for PKK Jamestown FoundationIranian […]

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PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)

Venezuela’s Chavez to buy Chinese K-8 planesReuters - 7 hours ago… assault rifles from Russia. Top White House officials have questioned the arms purchases given there have been few military conflicts in the region. …Chavez to sign two-billion-dollars military deal in Moscow: Report Times of IndiaNight Hunters Heading for Venezuela KommersantVenezuela to buy […]

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RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty

Putin names reactor salesman as energy ministerReuters - 7 hours agoThe surprise nomination will put Shmatko, a nuclear reactor salesman with a military education and no experience in oil or gas, at the helm of Russia’s …Video: Russia reappoints key ministers RussiaTodayOn the Russian Front Reason OnlinePutin focuses on Russian shipbuilding in display of […]

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Iraq war Feith: Israel didn’t push for warYnetnews, Israel - 7 hours agoWhen asked why Israel did not publically object to military action in Iraq, he said this was a result of the strong relationship between Israeli officials …

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Updated 5/13: Evanston City Council backs Iran resolutionPioneer Press Online, IL - 7 hours ago… members passed a resolution backed by local peace groups Monday night, calling for opposition to US military intervention or use of force in Iran. …Evanston city council votes to oppose US military intervention Daily Northwestern all 2 news articles

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Voice of America

Gates Urges Military to Focus on Iraq, AfghanistanWashington Post, United States - 20 hours agoBy Josh White COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., May 13–Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates this morning implored the US military to focus more on wars against …US Defense Secretary Says Large-Scale war Less Likely Voice of America all 231 news articles

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Voice of America

Gates warns against wasteful military spendingInternational Herald Tribune, France - 9 hours agoThe Air Force and Navy, he said, would be cast as “America’s main strategic deterrent” against potential adversaries such as Iran, North Korea and China. …US must focus on Iraq, less on future wars-Gates ReutersGates: Basra operations ‘awakened’ Iraqis to Iranian involvement […]

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Alalam News Network

Poland Calls US Pressure Over Missile Shield a Negotiating TacticDeutsche Welle, Germany - 10 hours agoWarsaw has made its cooperation in the project contingent on military assistance from the US, primarily in the modernization of its air defences.Poland: US Defense Offer Unsatisfactory Voice of America all 11 news articles

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Preventing an arms race in spaceInternational Herald Tribune, France - 10 hours agoFailing that, neither nation sees a choice but to respond - Russia by extending its aging ballistic missile forces, and China by readying a space weapons …

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Global scrutiny follows reports of Chinese nuclear baseChristian Science Monitor, MA - 10 hours agoThe sheer importance of the underwater nuclear deterrent can be gauged from the fact that even the US and Russia will ensure that two-thirds of the …

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The Southern Ledger

Myanmar and China’s natural disasters: Good relief, bad relief, no …San Francisco Chronicle,  USA - 11 hours agoA news report in today’s Globe and Mail notes: “To the outside world, the reaction of Myanmar’s military regime to last week’s…cyclone seems not just …The deluge to come The AustralianJunta Obstructs Aid While Burmese Die […]

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Nukes in the Taiwan CrisisFAS Strategic Security Project Blog, DC - 27 minutes ago… by Military Power of the People’s Republic of China as the Pentagon’s most prominent unclassified annual threat report - and most US ballistic missile …

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FACTBOX-Iraq’s tricky relationship with IranReuters - 34 minutes agoIran denies the charges. The US military said this month it had “multiple” detainees in custody who say the Iranian-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah is …

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Bush vs. Iran: Military ‘on table’ or shelf?Baltimore Sun, United States - 34 minutes agoby Mark Silva With all his repeated talk of keeping military options “on the table” when it comes to Iran, President Bush has fueled speculation in the …

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FinalCall.com

Carter’s rogue diplomacy hinders peaceAtlanta Journal Constitution,  USA - 1 hour agoBy Melvin Konner Jimmy Carter vented his anger against Israel again last Thursday, giving the Jewish state a birthday present penned in poisoned ink …United States should withhold aid to bring Israel to the … Salt Lake TribuneJews Against Jewish Survival FrontPage magazine.comCarter’s […]

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