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Satellites Collide: First Traffic Accident in Space
Like most members of the Baby Boomer generation who grew up watching movies about space exploration and following our nation's quest to put...
Foreign Policy Insider Holbrooke Visits Pakistan
President Barack Obama's special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, Richard Holbrooke, who arrived in Pakistan on February 9, met the next day with...
Read moreBiden: Global Cop Through “Alliances”
Vice President Joseph Biden told attendees of the 45th annual Munich Security Conference that President Obama plans to have the United States continue...
Read moreRussia’s Puzzling Role in Afghan Theater
On February 5, we reported about the fate of the U.S. air base at Manas, Kyrgyzstan, which has played a key role in...
Read moreFate of U.S. Base in Kyrgyzstan Uncertain
Kyrgyzstan's President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said on February 3 that his government had decided to shut down the U.S. air base at Manas. Manas...
Read moreFirst Iranian-produced Satellite Launched
Iran’s official news agency, IRNA, announced on February 3 that on the previous day the Islamic nation had launched its first domestically produced...
Read moreGaza Cease-fire Continues to Break
For the second time in two days, the cease-fire between the Hamas Palestinian terrorist faction that controls Gaza and neighboring Israel was broken...
Read moreGlobalization Talk at Davos
German Prime Minister Angela Merkel proposed a new “global financial architecture” at the Davos World Economic Forum on January 30. But press coverage...
Read moreRaul Castro’s Visit to Russia
Cuban President Raul Castro began an eight-day visit in Russia on January 29, when he met informally with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev at...
Read moreMitchell Discusses Gaza in Israel, West bank
George J. Mitchell, the Obama administration's special Middle East envoy, traveled to Israel from Cairo on January 28 for a meeting with Israel's...
Read moreThe Expanding War in Afghanistan
In an announcement made to reporters in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on January 20, General David Petraeus, the U.S. Central Command chief,...
Read moreA Sinking Island
Iceland’s government has become the first state casualty to collapse from the economic crisis currently engulfing the globe. A new election is scheduled...
Read moreAnother Busy Week in the Middle East
The world's attention remained focused on the Middle East during the week of January 25, as President Barack Obama met with his special...
Read moreBritish Pound, Banks Sinking
As the British pound continues downward relative to foreign currencies and the nation’s banks continue sucking up taxpayer money, nationalization seems to be...
Read moreProtesting Gun Control in England
When Tony Blair was still prime minister, a peaceful protest march surprised both media and government in England as it drew huge, sympathetic...
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