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• Russian president approves new military doctrine: Preemptive Nuclear Strikes - RIA NovostiRussian President Dmitry Medvedev has approved the country's new military doctrine which allows preventive nuclear strikes against potential aggressors.
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• Africa-Gate? U.N. Fears of Food Shortages Questioned - Fox News
The U.N.'s controversial climate report is coming under fire -- again -- this time by one of its own scientists, who admits he can't find any evidence to support a warning about a climate-caused North African food shortage.
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• Europe Could Face Years-Long Debt Grind - ABC News
Is there any way out of Europe's debt morass? Greece's efforts to restore confidence in its finances have only called attention to its woes, and now investors are fretting debt contagion could spread to other countries, starting with similarly troubled Portugal, but with markets wondering who's next.
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• Iranian plan will put nation a step closer to having material for bomb - Washington Post
Iran's formal notification Monday to a United Nations nuclear watchdog that it will begin producing higher-grade enriched uranium marks a new and potentially dangerous turn in Tehran's confrontation with the West over its nuclear ambitions.
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• New lawyer in Haiti case: Missionaries acted with 'heart' - USA Today
Newly appointed lawyers for the U.S. missionaries accused of child trafficking emerged from a court hearing Monday and said their clients violated no laws when they tried to rescue 33 Haitian children.
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• Khamenei: Iran Set to Deliver 'Punch' to Stun West on Anniversary - Fox News
Iran's Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Monday that Iran is set to deliver a "punch" that will stun world powers during this week's 31st anniversary of the Islamic revolution, AFP reported.
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• UN prepares to intervene as Iran declares new nuclear plans - Ha'aretz
The United Nations nuclear watchdog fears Iran's plan to start producing higher-enriched uranium will damage chances to save a proposed atomic fuel supply deal between Tehran and world powers and is prepared to intervene as necessary, its spokeswoman said on Monday.
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• Iran begins to build unmanned planes - Jerusalem Post
Iran has launched two production lines to build unmanned aircraft with surveillance and attack capabilities, the defense minister announced Monday.
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• US, France lead calls for sanctions against Iran - Ynet News
International pressure for new sanctions against Iran grew on Monday after Tehran announced plans to make higher-enriched uranium and add 10 nuclear sites in a year, raising Western fears it wants to develop atom bombs.
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• Russia Sees No Problem in Arming Iran - CNS News
The Russian government sees no problem selling weapons, including advanced anti-aircraft systems, to Iran, saying that arms sales are fine so long as there is no U.N. weapons embargo on the Islamic Republic.
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• India successfully tests nuclear-capable missile - Jerusalem Post
India again successfully test-fired a nuclear-capable missile Sunday that can hit targets across much of Asia and the Middle East, a Defense ministry press release said.
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• Iran plans 10 new enrichment plants in 2010/11 - Reuters
Iran plans to build 10 new uranium enrichment facilities during the next Iranian year, its atomic energy chief was quoted as saying, in comments likely to further raise tension with the West.
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• Iran Detains 7 Tied to U.S.-Funded Radio for Spying - Fox News
Iran has arrested seven people linked to a U.S.-funded Farsi-language radio station for allegedly fomenting unrest, and accused some of the suspects of working for American spy agencies, Iranian state media reported Sunday.
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• Special Forces Assassins Infiltrate Taliban Stronghold in Afghanistan - Fox News
American and British forces poised to assault the Taliban stronghold of Marjah, in Afghanistan's southern Helmand province, have begun targeting insurgent leaders for assassination, The Sunday Times reported.
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• U.S. Senator Lieberman: Impose sanctions on Iran or attack it - Ha'aretz
The world faces a stark choice between imposing tough sanctions on Iran to stop its nuclear program, or attacking it, United States Senator Joe Lieberman said Saturday.
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• Assad: Syria will stand by Lebanon - Jerusalem Post
Further peace overtures from Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu on Sunday do not appear to have satisfied the Syrians.
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• Not too late for Iran sanctions - Jerusalem Post
Several hours after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad announced his country's atomic agency would begin producing higher enriched uranium, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday it was time for the international community to rally together to put significant pressure on the Islamic republic to abandon its nuclear program.
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• Al-Qaeda is a wounded but dangerous enemy - Washington Post
In the past six weeks, Americans have witnessed two jarringly different -- but completely accurate -- views of al-Qaeda's terrorist network. One image was that of terrorist leaders being hunted down and killed by satellite-guided, pilotless aircraft. The other was of an agile foe slipping past U.S. defenses and increasingly intent on striking inside the United States.
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• Haitian Lawyer for Jailed US Missionaries Fired - NewsMax
The Haitian lawyer for 10 U.S. Baptists charged with child kidnapping tried to bribe the missionaries' way out of jail and has been fired, the attorney who hired him said Saturday night.
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• Khamenei: Israel's disappearance certain - Ynet News
Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said Sunday that Israel was going downhill.
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