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“Bottom line is we moved away from the disaster scenario and now it’s being endorsed or even underwritten by central bank activity in the U.S. and Europe.”
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2/8/2012 7:17 AM
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The Kremlin is sensitive to the perception that Russia, Mr. Assad’s strongest foreign backer, had given the Syrian leader a green light to crush his political opponents.
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2/8/2012 7:12 AM
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Americans have been frustrated by what they see as Iraqi obstructionism and are now largely confined to the embassy because of security concerns, unable to interact enough with ordinary Iraqis to justify the $6 billion annual price tag.
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2/8/2012 7:09 AM
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The new restrictions also raised new warnings to financial institutions in other nations that they could face big penalties in the United States if they did business with Iran’s central bank.
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2/7/2012 6:52 AM
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Moscow and Beijing now have the blood of Syria’s valiant people on their hands as well.
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2/7/2012 6:51 AM
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The United States closed its embassy in Syria
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2/6/2012 11:01 AM
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Ever since President Dwight Eisenhower, U.S. presidents upon taking office have asked the same question: Why does the country need so many nuclear weapons?
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2/5/2012 4:36 PM
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A report by the Syrian state news agency, SANA, complained of “frenetic media campaigns against Syria disseminating false information about Syria Army shelling of civilians.”
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2/5/2012 7:59 AM
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“We are a snowball,” she said, “and we are rolling.”
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2/5/2012 7:57 AM
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“The president said in June that when the drawdown of surge forces is complete in September, U.S. troops will continue coming home..."
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2/5/2012 7:55 AM
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But since the first Supreme Leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran died in 1989, they made do with a larger-than-life-size cutout of the leader.
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2/4/2012 8:49 AM
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Protesters and police square off in Cairo as anger mounts with the country's interim military government.
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2/4/2012 8:47 AM
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The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, has said it is “premature” to resort to military force because sanctions are starting to have an impact on Iran.
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2/4/2012 8:37 AM
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Iran has refused to address the issue for three years now."
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2/4/2012 8:20 AM
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Driven Away by a War, Now Stalked by Winter’s Cold
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2/4/2012 8:17 AM
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The atomic agency, which is the nuclear proliferation monitor of the United Nations, has long tried to get Tehran to address what it calls evidence of the “military dimensions” of Iran’s nuclear program.
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2/3/2012 7:25 PM
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“A nuclear-armed Iran is not imminent and it is not inevitable. These dire warnings are irresponsible and they don’t align with the best information of the U.S intelligence community.”
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2/2/2012 5:55 AM
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“My leadership will end the Obama era and begin a new era of American prosperity,” Romney Declared.
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2/1/2012 6:59 PM
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“My leadership will end the Obama era and begin a new era of American prosperity,” Romney Declared.
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2/1/2012 6:59 PM
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“So getting exactly to what the French bottom line is hasn’t been easy for them, much less for us.”
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2/1/2012 6:55 PM
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Russia’s long ties to Syria generate billions of dollars in weapons sales, plus the relationship gives Moscow the entree it needs to the table for Middle East peace talks.
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1/31/2012 6:59 PM
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For Soldier Disfigured in War, a Way to Return to the World
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1/31/2012 6:41 AM
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He said it made sense for Hamas to lower its profile at a time when its Islamist allies want to be seen in a better light in the West.
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1/31/2012 6:38 AM
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Anticipating this, the State Department began developing its own drone operations.
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1/30/2012 6:37 AM
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We know that it is politically easier to continue programs that outlive their usefulness or outrun their cost estimates — especially when Republican politicians are so eager to promise the Pentagon a blank check.
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1/30/2012 6:32 AM
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The chamber is all but powerless, and many anticipate that it will be eliminated when a new constitution is written.
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1/30/2012 6:20 AM
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Russia’s deputy foreign minister: “We cannot support any U.N. resolution calling for the support of Assad’s resignation.”
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1/27/2012 6:51 PM
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“We have decided in a common agreement with President Karzai to ask NATO to consider a total handing of NATO combat missions to the Afghan Army over the course of 2013,” Mr. Sarkozy said.
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1/27/2012 6:49 PM
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“I want to mention the main lesson of the Holocaust when it comes to our fate. We can only rely on ourselves.”
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1/27/2012 5:01 AM
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Mr. Panetta has repeatedly stated that he will preserve funding for Special Operations forces, cyberwarfare and intelligence
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1/26/2012 7:05 PM
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“We will cooperate with everyone,” Essam el-Erian, a senior leader of the Brotherhood’s party, said at the news conference, “the people, the Parliament, the cabinet and military council.”
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1/23/2012 6:23 AM
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"The strongest appeal of unmanned systems is that we don’t have to send someone’s son or daughter into harm’s way."
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1/22/2012 7:47 AM
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Recently, two research teams — one at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, and the other at the University of Wisconsin, Madison — announced that they had produced a form of H5N1
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1/20/2012 8:19 PM
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“The sense of hatred is growing rapidly,” said an Afghan Army colonel. He described his troops as “thieves, liars and drug addicts,” but also said that the Americans were “rude, arrogant bullies who use foul language.”
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1/20/2012 5:58 AM
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Suicides among active-duty soldiers hit another record high in 2011
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1/20/2012 5:50 AM
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In response, the Mexican government deployed its military and the federal police
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1/19/2012 7:13 AM
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Israel has kept open the possibility of military action against Iran, saying that a credible threat is necessary to back up the sanctions effort.
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1/18/2012 7:21 PM
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Killed by a U.S. drone...
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1/17/2012 6:48 AM
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Under the terms of the legislation, Mr. Obama must, within 180 days, cut off access to the United States to any public or private financial institution that buys oil through the Central Bank of Iran.
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1/17/2012 6:40 AM
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“The control regime, if you call it that, is still trying to catch up,” he said. “If their approach is too stringent, they risk a blowback.”
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1/17/2012 6:38 AM
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“Russia is sort of a perfect storm for cybercrime,” he said.
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1/17/2012 6:27 AM
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In the final weeks of the military withdrawal, the son of Iraq’s prime minister began evicting Western companies and contractors from the heavily fortified Green Zone
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1/16/2012 7:03 PM
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Most defense spending goes to personnel and operations costs, which are based on the number of troops we have. For 2016, the CBO projected these to cost more than $350 billion
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1/15/2012 7:35 PM
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"The Paul campaign likes to point out that it receives more money from America’s men in uniform than anybody else."
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1/15/2012 7:03 PM
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“It’s a very dangerous business. The vacuum will eventually be filled. By whom, we don’t know.”
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1/15/2012 7:06 AM
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“A day of reckoning will come,” he said. “And I am asking the Egyptian people to keep a record of every case of torture and oppression and the violation of personal liberty.”
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1/15/2012 7:03 AM
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“The people gave their approval of our efforts to put aside disagreements and focus on peace on both sides of the straits, turning crisis into economic opportunity,” Mr. Ma told his supporters.
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1/15/2012 7:02 AM
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In the past, the military has ended frustrations with civilian governments with coups, in 1958, 1969, 1977 and 1999.
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1/14/2012 6:46 AM
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http://debka.com/
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1/13/2012 7:17 PM
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The United States, and Europe, have moved aggressively to block Iran’s ability to sell oil
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1/13/2012 6:45 AM
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NATO and some Persian Gulf countries are preparing military intervention in Syria, the head of Russia’s security council said.
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1/12/2012 11:13 PM
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“Iran is one of China’s biggest petroleum suppliers.”
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1/12/2012 6:33 AM
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“I think the cocktail of diplomacy, of sanctions, of covert activity might bring us something,” the former official said.
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1/12/2012 6:32 AM
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The killing of Osama bin Laden in Pakistan last May added momentum to the peace efforts, underscoring the increasingly limited ties between Al Qaeda and the remaining Taliban.
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1/12/2012 6:31 AM
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Almost exactly two years ago in January 2010, a physics professor, Massoud Ali Mohammadi, was also assassinated in Tehran.
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1/11/2012 7:39 PM
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The bombing, which a city official said was similar to attacks a year ago on nuclear scientists in Iran, came as the United States sought to persuade a skeptical China to help efforts to toughen sanctions against Iran.
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1/11/2012 5:09 AM
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“I wouldn’t discount the possibility that the Israelis would act if they came to the conclusion that basically the world was prepared to live with Iran with nuclear weapons,” he said.
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1/10/2012 7:16 AM
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“Are they trying to develop a nuclear weapon? No. But we know that they’re trying to develop a nuclear capability. And that’s what concerns us."
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1/9/2012 8:31 AM
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“We know that Al Qaeda’s leaders were constantly taking the U.S. counterterrorism operations into account, spending considerable time planning their movements and protecting their communications to try to stay alive.”
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1/8/2012 9:13 AM
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"The president I know and worked for is deeply committed to the peace and security of a Jewish state of Israel."
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1/8/2012 9:12 AM
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Indeed, everyone feels more empowered now. The army has its guns and now runs the country; both the Islamists and the liberals have won electoral mandates
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1/8/2012 8:52 AM
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Overcapacity is the sector's main headwind. There are 576 supertankers on the water now, and 78 are due to be delivered this year, even as demand for shipments has decreased—owing to the economic slowdown and domestic energy discoveries in the U.S.
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1/7/2012 8:20 AM
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“The regime wants to frighten us with these explosions, but we will continue our peaceful demonstrations until we see Bashar out of the country and out of power.”
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1/7/2012 8:16 AM
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Pirates!
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1/6/2012 7:55 PM
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“He is the one with the interest in oppressing these protests and in killing the protesters who only went out to call for his ouster,” Mr. Suleiman added.
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1/6/2012 6:43 AM
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"The fiscal crisis has made that more urgent."
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1/6/2012 6:20 AM
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Said David L. Goldwyn, former State Department coordinator for international energy affairs. “We would take out their frigates.”
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1/5/2012 6:42 AM
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“The place to get Iran’s attention is in the oil sector.”
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1/4/2012 7:47 PM
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In its investigations into the collapse, the central bank found that Kabul Bank’s management maintained two sets of books — a false set in Kabul and a genuine set in Dubai
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1/4/2012 6:18 AM
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“The Islamic Republic of Iran will not repeat its warning.”
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1/3/2012 6:28 PM
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“Even at a trillion dollars, this is a shallower build-down than any of the last three we’ve done. It would still be the world’s most dominant military. We would be in an arms race with ourselves.”
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1/3/2012 7:16 AM
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“The Koch case was a classic case of environmental crime, significant violations of law occurring alongside widespread efforts to conceal those violations, which Koch has admitted."
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1/3/2012 6:58 AM
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“There is nothing more important for people than poppies, and there is nothing more productive for people than poppies.”
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1/2/2012 6:13 AM
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In the name of maintaining stability, the interception and detention of petitioners seems perfectly reasonable, and higher-ups look the other way.
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1/2/2012 5:50 AM
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“Certainly, this type of award falls far short of expectations....It appears to be fairly disappointing for Exxon Mobil.”
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1/1/2012 5:20 PM
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Casualty Count for Two Major Wars...
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1/1/2012 7:37 AM
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"Glorify this year 2012 as a year of proud victory, a year when an era of prosperity is unfolding, true to the instructions of the great General Kim Jong-il," read the editorial.
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1/1/2012 7:17 AM
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While cartel leaders kept money, houses and families in the capital, they were extremely cautious about unleashing violence on its streets.
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1/1/2012 7:14 AM
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“It is our duty not to take the food from our orphans, so I threw a bowl of food in the director’s face and fired him and the cook.”
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1/1/2012 7:01 AM
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And if Iran did build a nuclear bomb, he said, “What are the odds of them using it? Probably zero. They just are not going to commit suicide. The Israelis have 300 of them.”
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12/31/2011 7:11 AM
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Egypt’s generals claim that they are protecting their country.
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12/31/2011 6:57 AM
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Ten prisoners from the paramilitary Irish Republican Army starved themselves to death in a protest that lasted from March until October.
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12/31/2011 6:54 AM
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The government still has not let journalists travel to the country, as it had promised.
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12/30/2011 6:55 PM
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“You should choose your fights wisely,” he said. “If it’s not there, don’t invent something, don’t shed blood needlessly.”
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12/30/2011 7:05 AM
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“There was a big hype at the time -- it was, ‘here we go, we’re going to take care of it and it’s going to last 90 days.’”
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12/29/2011 7:10 PM
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David D. Kirkpatrick reported from Cairo and J. David Goodman from New York.
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12/29/2011 6:56 PM
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“Boeing views Saudi Arabia as a market with great potential and has made it a priority to invest in Saudi Arabia’s aviation industry,” said Boeing Chairman Jim McNerney
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12/29/2011 6:54 PM
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The agreement is part of a broader 10-year, $60 billion arms package for Saudi Arabia that Congress approved a year ago.
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12/29/2011 6:48 PM
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In a speech to the crowd, he also called on the North Koreans to “solidify the monolithic leadership” of Kim Jong-un.
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12/29/2011 6:34 AM
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Those sanctions have not targeted Iran’s oil exports, the world’s third largest. But in recent weeks, the European Union has talked openly of imposing a boycott on Iranian oil
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12/28/2011 7:32 PM
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“I was among those who helped President Putin stabilize the political system. I was among those who helped President Medvedev liberalize it.”
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12/27/2011 6:12 PM
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“Our motto is friendship and brotherhood, but Westerners are not willing to abandon their plots.”
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12/27/2011 6:11 PM
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And nothing could be more contrarian, in the early years of the last decade, than for a hero of the left to embrace George W. Bush. It breathed new life into Hitchens
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12/27/2011 6:08 PM
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The C.I.A. has conducted 64 missile attacks in Pakistan using drones this year, compared with 117 last year and 53 in 2009, according to The Long War Journal
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12/26/2011 9:19 AM
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Mr. Obama, his aides said, is adamant that the United States will not send troops back to Iraq.
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12/25/2011 9:04 AM
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“I can see that there are enough people here to seize the Kremlin,” said Mr. Navalny
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12/25/2011 9:01 AM
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“This is not a guy who has any interest in compromising.”
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12/24/2011 9:52 AM
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“Under the dying wishes of Comrade Kim Jong-il, we will follow our peerless leader and respected comrade Kim Jong-un to the ends of earth and heaven.”
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12/24/2011 9:45 AM
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“We’re buying down risk,” Mr. Shapiro
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12/23/2011 10:07 AM
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