there is a lot of hullaballo about north korea reversing the disablement procedures at yongbyon. i take the measures seriously as a signal by pyongyang but it is important to keep in mind that the substance of the reversal is quite limited. as the news reports indicate north korea had completed eight of the eleven disablement steps. north korea still had to finish unloading spent fuel rods f...
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the us state department now says north korea isnt putting yongbyon back into operation but simply moving equipment around the site. ok i dont find this story completely uninteresting the role reversal between seoul and washington is rather new i guess.......
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shooting rampage leaves six people dead isaac zamora 28 surrendered to police after allegedly shooting six people to death tuesday. among the dead were construction workers motorists and a sheriffs deputy. bodies were found at multiple crime scenes according to the police. the suspect led police on a chase that reached speeds of 90 miles per hour. ap via cnn tropical storm hanna may hit united s...
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providing surgical services should be global public health priority when you think of public health efforts in developing countries you probably think of childhood vaccinations programs for clean water malaria and tb eradication campaigns. surgery is rarely considered as a tool for improving the health of the worlds poorest people. prompted by an article in their online journal suggesting that ...
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link curb on sms messages in jammu and kashmir to continue other links comm unications break down in kashmir ban on sms to continue in jk sc he supreme court monday allowed the jammu and kashmir government to continue curbing sms messages in the state on the boil for three months over the amarnath shrine board land row. a bench of chief justice k.g. balakrishnan extended its aug 5 order suspendi...
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adil najam most pakistanis seem to like senator barack obama the democratic party candidate for president. however for most senator obamas pakistan connections were limited to a his rather strong words about pakistan including about sending troops into pakistan and b his choice of senator joeseph biden who has a long and deep interest in foreign affairs including pakistan. most pakistanis are not ...
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milestone...the u.s. military monday handed control of iraqs anbar province to iraqi security forces. u.s. forces will withdraw to bases and rejoin iraqi operations in anbar only at the request of the provincial governor. anbar is a sunnidominated province whose inhabitants turned against u.s. forces soon after the u.s.led invasion of iraq in 2003. anbar towns such as fallujah and ramadi became in...
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in pakistan kandahar and taliban operations the captains journal made the following observation concerning pakistan army operations in the nwfp. without security the population will not side with nato or the karzai government. the same can be said of the situation in waziristan and to the south in and around quetta. the population might hate the taliban but will learn to live with them if they are...
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health is a function of wealth and it always will be in the absence of universal health care. setting aside the differing approaches taken by barack obama and john mccain to health care access the broader problem of inequality extends far beyond american borders. a report commissioned by the world health organization finds a majority of people in the world do not enjoy good health because of a t...
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...ying out inside iran as it believes an american led attack will go ahead within weeks according to de telegraafs sources. h ttpinfowar s.net iran claims to have 4000 working nuclear centrifuge s httpwww. voanews.co m......
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well the democratic national convention is over and their message was clear they dont like george w. bush and john mccain is more of the same. while its a good start to denounce human rights violations and a mismanaged economy never mind that the us economy grew rapidly in the second quarter despite consumer confidence concerns and inflation worries the answers to the problems they highlighted wer...
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a new profile on frances has just been posted on voice of america. the piece titled american activist promotes democracy worldwide can be read or downloaded as an audio file here. see below for other recent voa coverage of frances and her work.......
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quote french foreign minister bernard kouchner says the european union is considering sanctions against russia following its recognition of independence for the georgian territories of south ossetia and abkhazia. france has called an eu meeting monday in brussels to focus on what steps the 27member bloc will take in terms of future relations with russia. for voa tom ri...
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the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff secretly convened a highly unusual meeting of senior american and pakistani commanders on an aircraft carrier in the indian ocean on tuesday to discuss how to combat the escalating violence along the border between pakistan and afghanistan. while officials from the two allies offered few details on wednesday about what was decided or even discussed at the ...
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hace un par de semanas vi la guerra de los clones la altima pelacula en la saga de la guerra de las galaxias. los acontecimientos en esta pelacula transcurren en algan momento entre el ataque de los clones y la venganza de los sith. han circulado varios reviews en internet que dicen que esta pelacula es tan mala como un plato de espaguetti con mayonesa luego de permanecer una semana en la nevera...
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top us marine general james conway says he wants to see the us marine presence in afghanistan increaseaas troop needs in iraqs anbar provinceaare set to start drawing down in early september. the requirement right now in iraq is much more about nationbuilding than it is fighting. and quite frankly young marines join our corps to go fight for their countryaconway said at a pentagon briefing. its ou...
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somalias modernday pirates are using their lucrative trade to fund fighters on both sides of the countrys escalating conflict according to a maritime expert in kenya. four ships were seized by gunmen in 48 hours last week from the gulf of aden or along somalias southern coastline making it the busiest ever period for the pirates who make the region one of the worlds most dangerous for shipping. wh...
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...compensation can make up for the risk we have taken with our lives in this hell hole. of which my brother inlaw was killed by a road side bomb last week. please view website for confirmati on httpww w.voanews. comburmese archi...04 2011.cfm h ttpnews.bb c.co.uk2hi middle east298845 5.stm news article wednesday 30 april 2003 5 years ago the above figure was given to me as my share and to ...
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president dmitry medvedev has declared that russia formally recognises the independence of the breakaway georgian regions of south ossetia and abkhazia. mr medvedev told the bbc russia had tried to preserve georgian unity for 17 years but that the situation had changed after this months violence. he said moscow now felt obliged to recognise south ossetia and abkhazia as other countries had done wi...
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cisjordania los recibe como haroes israel libera a 198 prisioneros palestinos horas antes de que la secretaria de estado norteamericana condoleezza rice aterrizara en tel aviv para sostener reuniones en relacian con un acuerdo de paz para el medio oriente. el presidente palestino mahmoud abbas los recibia cuando hicieron su emotivo retorno a ramallah en cisjordania. abbas expresa beneplacit...
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the surge in iraq worked. the surge in iraq worked. say it again and then it will be true. forget the bombs. forget the fighting. forget the dead people. the surge is working. john mccain says so after all. so what if 21 people were killed and 32 people were wounded in a suicide attack in iraq today and the suicide bombing the day before that happens all the time right like the suicide b...
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