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Daily Telegraph

Ascension Island is left over from the British empire. Its 35 square miles is in the middle of the Atlantic between Brazil and west Africa. It is a discreet base for covert British and American operations in Africa. To prevent the indigenous populati

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CNN (must see the cockroach video!)

The flags also block the view of an huge electronic sign set up at the U.S. mission in Havana, on the 5th floor, that has angered communist officials by displaying streaming news and human rights messages. [This is funny as hell!]

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Herald Sun

In September 2004, Washington accused Sudan of genocide leaving 300,000 people dead and 2.4 million homeless. But Assistant Secretary of State Jendayi Frazer now says the situation "is very different than it was. It's not as systematic.

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SINA

India considers the Syrian venture to be of enormous strategic significance for the value of underlying assets and the role it will play in cementing China-India partnership for acquiring oil and gas equities in third world countries.

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Asia Times

The Americans have warned India that its nuclear deal signed during their Prime Minister's trip to Washington will die in Congress if it doesn't back the US on Iran. From India's perspective that's bare-knuckle diplomacy at its worst.

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Associated Press

The U.S. Navy boarded an apparent pirate ship in the Indian Ocean and detained 26 men for questioning, the Navy said Sunday. The 16 Indians and 10 Somali men were aboard a traditional dhow that was chased and seized Saturday by the U.S. guided missil

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Daily Telegram (satellite photos)

Iran has secretly extended the uranium enrichment plant at the centre of the international controversy over its resumption of banned nuclear research earlier this month, satellite imagery has revealed.

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By VOA News

Hours earlier, Iran barred CNN journalists from the country for misquoting the president as speaking of "nuclear weapons" when he actually spoke of "nuclear technology" during a recent news conference.

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Colin Freeman

The court now faces the daunting task of replacing Mr Amin, who, despite the criticism levelled at him, is generally considered among the more capable Iraqi legal minds willing to work for the court.

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By ANNE GEARAN

``There are a variety of options, a variety of tools at the disposal of the international community once it has been referred to the Security Council,'' Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said.

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by Jessica Bujol

Early in the morning of March 16, 1968, Thompson, door-gunner Lawrence Colburn and crew chief Glenn Andreotta came upon U.S. ground troops killing Vietnamese civilians in and around the village of My Lai.

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by Michael S. Rozeff

The United States is walking at the edge of a cliff. If it bombs Iran to stem Iranian development of nuclear weapons, it fatally poisons U.S. relationships with the entire world of Islam. If it uses nuclear weapons in the assault, it further seals th

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Daily Mirror

America is to spend $1.7 billion on an embassy in Baghdad "more secure than the Pentagon". The embassy will be guarded by 15ft blast walls, ground-to-air missiles, bunkers for use during air offensives, and a large-scale barracks will be b

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