World Politics

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• No 10 says the EU now has its own Foreign Office

  
  Telegraph.co.uk News Blog — Authority: 813
  Before the Lisbon Treaty was a done deal, the British Government used to get very touchy about the European External Action Service that it will create. We were told repeatedly that the EEAS will not be a “foreign ministry” and the new High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Baroness Ashton will not be a foreign ...
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• 9/11 Defendants to plead not guilty

  
  WagerWeb Entertainment — Authority: 524
  The five men facing trial in the Sept. 11 attacks will plead not guilty so that they can air their criticisms of U.S. foreign policy, the lawyer for one of the defendants said Sunday. Scott Fenstermaker, the lawyer for accused terrorist Ali Abd al-Aziz Ali, said the men would not deny their role in the 2001 attacks ...
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• So, who gets to dine with Obama at his first State Dinner?

  
  WagerWeb Entertainment — Authority: 524
  Washington notables are still scrambling for an invitation to the White House state dinner tonight in honor of Indian prime minister Manmohan Singh. The event, to be held in a heated tent on the South Lawn, will display who’s truly on Obama’s A-list, and the lobbying for a seat has likely been “relentless,” ...
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• IRAN’S OPPOSITION DEFIANT IN FACE OF CRACKDOWN

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 152
  Former vice-president sentenced to six years for his part in post-election protests BY FREDRIK DAHL Reuters Iranian opposition leader Mirhossein Mousavi said yesterday that the reform movement would not be cowed by the hardline government’s harsh methods as riot police prevented a demonstration by ...
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• The devastating book which debunks climate change

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 172
  Just imagine if we learned we were about to be landed with the biggest bill in the history of the world - simply on the say-so of a group of scientists. Would we not want to be absolutely sure that those scientists were 100 per cent dependable in what they were saying? Should we not then be extremely worried - and ...
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• The latest on ClimateGate

  
  The Lonely Conservative — Authority: 586
  Climate Depot has links to all the latest on the “ ClimateGate ” scandal revealed through hacked emails last week. Of course, much of the media is ignoring the scandal of the century. Some are pooh-poohing it, like the LA Times – who now say the science doesn’t matter. Alan Caruba summed it up quite ...
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• Young Pakistanis: Muslim First, Pakistani Second

  
  CAFFEINATED POLITICS — Authority: 511
  This caught my attention in the Sunday newspaper.  Sobering poll numbers. I always pay attention when people cite their religion as a way to identify themselves above nationality.  Regardless of which world religon we talk about this is troubling, and we need to pay attention to this trend happening ...
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• SNL Mocks Obama’s China Diplomacy

  
  The Lonely Conservative — Authority: 586
  Wow! Saturday Night Live’s spoof of Obama and our debt to China was a bit more than a spoof. It’s definitely worth watching to the end. Noel Shephard was spot on when he wrote “…it is nice to see the folks at “SNL” continuing to bash the man NBC helped become President.” H/T Lew
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• The Afghan Bottom Line

  
  Shadowed Forest of World Politics — Authority: 126
  To win in Afghanistan, Washington needs a plan. To garner support for the effort, it needs to articulate that plan. Heres a proposal.The question of how to bringing sufficient peace, stability, and good governance to Afghan society so that the war can end with hope for Afghans and the world has no easy answer, but the ...
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• CONTINUING GAZA ROCKET ATTACKS ON ISRAEL LEAD TO IAF STRIKE

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 152
  BY GREER FAY CASHMAN and HERB KEINON The Jerusalem Post IAF aircraft bombed two Hamas weapons plants in northern and central Gaza Strip overnight Saturday, as well as an arms smuggling tunnel in the southern Strip. According to the IDF Spokesperson’s Office, the attack was in response to the Kassam rocket ...
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• Feng Zhenghu at Narita Airport

  
  China Digital Times (CDT) — Authority: 635
  Oiwan Lam from Global Voices has translated updates from Feng Zhenghu, an activist who has been living in Japan’s Narita Airport for nearly three weeks after the Chinese government refused him re-entry. Feng has been updated his status via a Google document and Twitter . From a November 7th update: I was ...
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• 26/11 – Are we solving it right?

  
  Mohan's Blog — Authority: 115
  In the early days people fought for independence because of slavery. Later on they fought for the similar independence because of religions/linguistics/communities. And now we have come very long way. Many are still striving for such variations in independence even after knowing that it has almost saturated. In fact ...
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• Israels Right to Defend or Right to Kill Civilians?

  
  Where Bears Roam Free — Authority: 123
  The Mainstream Media (MSM) is Americas Lapdog. And America is Israels Lapdog. Hence, the media always portrays that Israel has a right to defend its land and that it is the victim. Never mind that the fact is that Israel has been killing defenceless civilians in their own lands for decades. Here is news that a truce ...
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• Obuma - no difference from Bush - both lie

  
  Where Bears Roam Free — Authority: 123
  src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4LsSppYxSHk&hl;=en_US&fs;=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"> Quote: "I will promise you this, that if we have not gotten our troops out by the time I am president, it is the first thing I ...
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• Uh, Harry?

  
  Suburban Guerrilla — Authority: 657
  We’re not going to give you an “A” for effort. Either you deliver, or pay the price.
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• /b/tards and Pirates Beware

  
  Oregon Commentator — Authority: 134
  “If you want, I can teach you how to make a bomb out of a toilet paper roll and a stick of dynamite.” There was an interesting article published yesterday on boingboing.net about Britain’s new Internet laws that I think students (and owners of Utorrent) may be interested in. The author of the article, Cory ...
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• Zhang Zuhua and Jiang Qisheng: For Blue Skies, First Clear the Air on Human Rights

  
  China Digital Times (CDT) — Authority: 635
  Zhang Zuhua and Jiang Qisheng , two of the original drafters of Charter 08 , have written a response to what they think is the approach of the U.S. to China relations. The current administration is treading carefully on the subject of human rights , emphasizing first environmental issues. But Zhang and Jiang argue ...
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• Media Fail to Grasp Meaning of Asia Trip

  
  The Impolitic — Authority: 435
  James Fallows is disgusted by the media narrative that followed President Obama home from his Asian tour. Should be read in full, but this one vignette from new US Ambassador to China, former GOP governor Jon Huntsman, tells the story of the medias failure to grasp the facts on the ground. "The trip was the top ...
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• PALESTINIAN GROUPS AGREE NOT TO FIRE ROCKETS INTO ISRAEL

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 152
  Hamas has come to an agreement with armed groups in the Gaza Strip not to fire rockets at Israel, the group’s interior minister, Fathi Hamad, told reports on Saturday. He said the decision was made to avoid possible IDF reactions, and that all factions had now agreed to a cease fire. Hamad added, however, that if ...
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• IRAN TO HOLD WAR GAMES TO PROTECT NUCLEAR FACILITIES

  
  San Francisco Sentinel — Authority: 152
  Iran will begin large-scale air defense war games on Sunday to help protect its nuclear facilities against any attack, a senior commander said. Brigadier General Ahmad Mighani also suggested Iran could itself produce an advanced missile defense system that Russia has so far failed to deliver to the Islamic Republic ...
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