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• Hillary Clinton on Pakistan-US Relations

  
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  Hassan Abbas I conducted an interview with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington, DC about Pakistan and the United States’ relations with the Muslim world, originally published on my blog Watandost . Hassan Abbas: During your recent visit to Pakistan, you won the hearts of many through ...
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• North Korean plane carrying smuggled arms seized in Thailand

  
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  A lethal cargo of rocket launchers, grenades and other weapons seized in Thailand at the weekend may be just a glimpse of what US and UN investigators say is a global North Korean illegal arms smuggling network used to finance its proscribed nuclear weapons programme. Authorities in Bangkok said today it was ...
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• Summit Is Seen as U.S. Versus China

  
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  The political script for a big climate-change conference in this Danish city has U.S. President Barack Obama and other world leaders flying in later this week to christen a new era of global environmental cooperation. In reality, the summit is shaping up as a pivotal economic showdown between the U.S. and China. ...
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• Laos, Vietnam strengthen ties

  
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  The further expansion of comprehensive cooperation between Laos and Vietnam was the goal of an agreement signed by the countries’ friendship associations in Vientiane on Thursday.A memorandum of understanding (MoU) was signed between Laos-Vietnam Friendship Association President Dr Somkot Mangnomek and Vietnam-Laos ...
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• (The Amazing) Michael Yon: Arghandab & The Battle for Kandahar

  
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  People are confused about the war. The situation is difficult to resolve even for those who are here. For most of us, the conflict remains out of focus, lacking reference of almost any sort. Vertigo leaves us seeking orientation from places like Vietnam—where most of us never have been. So sad are our motley ...
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• CFR President Admits Wars of Agenda To Serve "...Global Order"

  
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• New unmanned US stealth jet gathers data in Iran

  
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  US Air Force spokesmen confirmed this week that the hitherto secret unmanned, high-altitude stealth jet, the "Beast of Kandahar," was present at the big US air base of Bagram, in Afghanistan. Photos of the Beast on the Bagram tarmac - outside its regular base at Kandahar near the Iranian and Pakistani borders - ...
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• New York Simit Wars

  
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  Photo from Istanbul Eats So it turns out that the Gulluoglu baklava joint in NYC is NOT the same as the famous — only in this location — Güllüoglu Baklavaci in Karaköy, Istanbul.  As if that weren’t bad enough, there’s another simit in town! Ashley’s European Bakery (96 Chambers St.) is baking up ...
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• Blackwater Guards Tied to Secret Raids by the C.I.A.

  
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  James Risen & Mark Mazzetti | Washington | Dec 11 NYT - Private security guards from Blackwater Worldwide participated in some of the C.I.A.’s most sensitive activities — clandestine raids with agency officers against people suspected of being insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan and the transporting of ...
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• 62% Favor The Pungo Village Plan

  
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  The previous poll was about development south of Virginia Beachs Green Line. 62% backed the Pungo Village Plan, 25% want to keep the status quo , while 11% want to push against the Green Line. The new poll question is on foreign policy: Is the war in Afghanistan winnable? President Obama wants to commit more ...
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• RUSSIAN FEDERATION WEEKLY SITREP

  
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    by Patrick Armstrong Putin phone-in. On Saturday, Putin gave another marathon phone-insession ( Eng )( Russ ). As befits the PrimeMinister’s job, everything was domestic (except for a bit about the WTO and theJackson-Vanik amendment). The discussion was very detailed and, as ever, ...
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• Why is He Acting Like Bush?

  
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  So the Grauniad * is covering Obamas picking up his Nobel Peace Prize, and their title says it all, Nobel peace prize: Norwegians incensed over Barack Obamas snubs : Barack Obamas trip to Oslo to pick up his Nobel peace award is in danger of being overshadowed by a row over the cancellation of a series of events ...
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• Surprising Results of CFR Survey

  
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  What the U.S. Elite Really Thinks About Israel By Jeffrey Blankfort, Counterpunch The Council on Foreign Relations is always near the top of the Left’s list of bogeymen that stand accused of pulling the strings of US foreign policy. It is right up there with the Bilderberg Group and the Trilateral Commission, ...
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• Pakistan is the challenge, say US lawmakers

  
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  Washington, Dec 10 (IANS) Top US lawmakers agree that Pakistan constituted the principal challenge for US policymakers as all major terror groups, including perhaps Osama bin Laden, were based in that country.John Kerry, Democratic chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, acknowledged Pakistan was at the ...
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• Pak Army has failed to engage sanctuaries of Afghan Taliban: Petraues

  
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  Washington, Dec. 10 (ANI): While acknowledging that the Pakistan Army’s operation has “significantly degraded” the Taliban, US Central Command Chief General David Petraeus has said that the Pakistani troops have, however, failed to take stern action against the terror sanctuaries of the Afghan Taliban ...
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• Peak Oil: The real reason for the war in Afghanistan – the one the controlled media won’t tell you about!

  
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  Land and People by mercia According to the corrupt politicians who infest the House of Commons and our controlled corporate media, the war in Afghanistan is about “fighting terror” and “bringing democracy to the Afghan people”. Land & People has sought to show, over the last month, that it is nothing of ...
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• “Peak Oil”

  
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  You may not have heard of the phrase “peak oil” just yet, but you will hear and see that phrase more often in the months ahead. It is a term that is being discussed at supra-governmental level, in government departments, universities, research institutes, think-tanks and even in the media. “Peak oil” is going ...
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• Questions Raised About Obama’s El Salvador Ambassador

  
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  Today, the Obama White House announced the nomination of Mari Del Carmen Aponte as U.S. Ambassador to El Salvador. It is not Ms. Aponte’s first brush with an ambassadorship. In 1998, President Clinton nominated her to be Ambassador to the Dominican Republic. She was forced to withdraw her name from consideration ...
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• Petraeus Warns of a Long and Expensive Mission in Afghanistan

  
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  Gen. David H. Petraeus told a Senate panel on Wednesday that building an Afghan security force would cost $10 billion a year.
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• Turkish Ambassador to US Resigns

  
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  Turkish Ambassador to the US Nabi Sensoy reportedly resigned on Tuesday and asked to be reassigned, three months short of his retirement. No official reason has been given, but Turkish newspapers report that Ambassador Sensoy had been asked by Ankara to forward a request to the White House that the Turkish ambassador ...
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