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• Zardari may ‘pull a Putin’ to become Prime Minister: Foreign Policy magazine

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Washington, Dec.6 (ANI): With the pressure from the opposition mounting and relentless attacks being carried out by a hostile media, chances are that Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari may try to replicate Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin and opt to step down, a report in the Foreign Policy magazine said.Since ...
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• U.S. reverses stance on treaty to regulate arms trade

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 177
  The Full Article Here http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSTRE59E0Q920091015 Subject: Obama Takes First Step in Banning All Firearms On Wednesday Obama Took the First Major Step in a Plan to Ban All Firearms in the United States On Wednesday the Obama administration took its first major step in a plan to ...
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• State health officials to begin new 2009 H1N1 Flu vaccination strategy

  
  The AroundFortWayne Blog — Authority: 445
  Press release from the Indiana Department of Health:State Health Officials to Begin New 2009 H1N1 Flu Vaccination Strategy
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• Lebanon Endorses Hezbollah Weapons Stockpile Despite Hezbollah Promises For A Near-Term War On Israel

  
  Mere Rhetoric — Authority: 544
  So much for that vaunted UN ceasefire:Lebanons new government Wednesday endorsed Hezbollahs right to keep its weapons, the latest sign that the Iran-backed group has no intention of meeting a United Nations resolution calling for it to disarm. Lebanons government is a shaky coalition of Western-backed factions and the ...
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• State Department doesnt see military moving against Zardari

  
  The Cable — Authority: 678
  Asrumors swirl about the status and ultimate fate of Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari , some in the StateDepartment are making it clear that they dont see him as leaving officeanytime soon. Since late last month, calls forZardari to step down have increased following the release of alist of names of ...
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• Americas IED Nightmare

  
  Foreign Policy — Authority: 739
  Its a problem that was supposed to be solved bynow. But these deadly little devices are only growing more lethal as the costsof combating them mounts.
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• With cell-sized video, Obama speaks to AfPaks mobile millions

  
  techPresident — Authority: 622
  We might be computer obsessed here in the United States, but in much of the world, mobile is king. The White House and State Department have been doing an impressive job recognizing that if theyre to use digital media to reach target audiences outside the United States, than cell phones and other mobile devices can be ...
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• US, Russia to adhere to START as deadline expires

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 727
  Washington/Moscow, Dec 5 (DPA) The US and Russia will adhere to a nuclear arms reduction treaty even as it is set to expire, as negotiators from the two countries continue work on a new agreement.US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev issued a joint statement Friday pledging to work together ...
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• Clinton Speaks Directly to Afghan, Pakistani People

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 739
  Two new videos recorded by the Secretary of State, who’s in Brussels today for the NATO foreign ministerial meetup. Intelligently, these are released with translated versions in Urdu, Pashto and Dari (and, less intuitively, in Arabic). For Afghanistan, Clinton emphasizes — as counterinsurgency doctrine suggests ...
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• US Embassy Manila updates travel warning for Mindanao

  
  Ajay's Writings on the Wall — Authority: 522
  If there’s one thing in common that the US State Department (through the US Embassy) and the British Foreign & Commonwealth Office share, it’s the fact that their travel advisories to their citizens contain travel warnings for Mindanao. In a parallel post in Barrio Siete , I’ve pointed out how the travel ...
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• In the Heart of Central America: Why now is the time to go to Honduras

  
  Gadling — Authority: 698
  Filed under: Hiking , History , Scuba Diving , Honduras , Ecotourism , Budget Travel , Central America After a week in Honduras , ziplining through the canopy, drinking $1.50 beers on a deserted white sand beach, slaughtering my Spanish pronunciation as I bought a grilled pork skewer from a street vendor, ...
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• Is there a new Pakistan policy or not?

  
  The Cable — Authority: 678
  In his landmark strategy speech Tuesday, President Obamastressed the importance of Pakistan to the success of the fight againstterrorism and extremism in South Asia, but he didnt offer many details. Onereason could be that there are no new concrete deliverables or changes inapproach related to Pakistan to announce, ...
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• Clinton to Press NATO Allies on Afghan Effort

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 902
  Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said she was “encouraged” by European responses and would offer allies clarifications on the 2011 target for troop withdrawals.
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• Stanton switches from White House to State

  
  techPresident blogs — Authority: 125
  A staffing update: Katie Stanton , whose hiring by the White House we covered earlier this year , will be departing the White House new media team headed by Macon Phillips to join the State Department. Stanton, who had been serving as the White House Director of Citizen Participation, will be aiding in the ...
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• ISAlliance Delivers Cyber Security Report

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 517
  By Anthony M. Freed , Information-Security-Resources.com Managing Editor The Internet Security Alliance held a luncheon at the National Press Club today to unveil their much anticipated recommendations to Congress and the Obama Administration regarding the future course of national cybersecurity ...
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• What Is America’s Agenda In Afghanistan?

  
  The Moderate Voice — Authority: 711
  What are the long-term gains/losses for the USA in sending more troops to Afghanistan? Is it a smoke-screen for America’s “other” ambitions? Or, is this another naive manifestation of the decade-old American foreign policy? Will the US “surge” in Afghanistan lead to more violence locally and elsewhere? In ...
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• ISAlliance Delivers Cyber Security Report

  
  Information Security Resources — Authority: 517
  By Anthony M. Freed , Information-Security-Resources.com Managing Editor The Internet Security Alliance held a luncheon at the National Press Club today to unveil their much anticipated recommendations to Congress and the Obama Administration regarding the future course of national cybersecurity ...
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• U.S. to stop counting new missiles in Russia

  
  osmoothie — Authority: 146
  The Washington Times , “ EXCLUSIVE: U.S. to stop counting new missiles in Russia ” by Nicholas Kralev “U.S. and Russian officials signed on Oct. 20 a series of documents, which establish the procedures to be followed for the completion of U.S. monitoring activities at the Russian ICBM production facility at ...
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• Mr. CIA - more on Erik Prince and Blackwater

  
  And, yes, I DO take it personally — Authority: 135
  hoo-boy... surprising but not surprising if you know what i mean... [T]he truth about [Erik] Prince may be orders of magnitude stranger than fiction. For the past six years, he appears to have led an astonishing double life. Publicly, he has served as Blackwater’s C.E.O. and chairman. Privately, and secretly, he ...
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• Clinton Condemns International Homophobia

  
  LGBT asylum news (formally Save Mehdi Kazemi) — Authority: 423
  Image via Wikipedia Source: The Advocate. By Kerry Eleveld On the eve of World AIDS Day, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Monday 30 November made the strongest statement yet by an administration official that the United States will not tolerate efforts to criminalize homosexuality among countries that ...
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