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Bush administration defends Russia nuclear deal :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: Nation (World, 9 articles)
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Undersecretary of State John Rood faced opposition from both Democrats and Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee who awaited his testimony Thursday. The administration views the agreement as a breakthrough in cooperation amid rising tensions between U.S. and Russia over missile defense, NATO expansion and Iran. The deal would give the U.S. access to state-of-the-art Russian nuclear technology and help Russia establish an international nuclear fuel storage facility. There's probably no one in the Western world who thinks Iran will suddenly slam into reverse its program of enriching uranium, which the International Atomic Energy Agency recently accused it of developing. Combining skepticism with patience is indeed the best way to look at the situation in Iran, which took a new turn when European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana traveled there over the weekend. It is time to admit the truth: The Bush administration's attempt to halt Iran's nuclear program has failed. EU policy chief Javier Solana has said the new package of incentives offered by world powers to Iran to halt nuclear enrichment is "full of opportunities". Mr Solana, who made the offer in Tehran, said the six powers were ready to help develop Iran's nuclear energy programme for peaceful purposes.
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The U.S. and Iraq Are Repeating the Errors of a Disastrous 1930 Treaty (World, 6 articles)
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WITH only perfunctory debate, the Bush administration is pressuring a divided Iraqi government to approve a security agreement that could haunt Washington's relations with Baghdad for years to come. The outline of the deal, which has not been made public, has been described by a high-level Iraqi insider, Ali A. Allawi, a moderate Shiite who was a post-invasion finance minister. Many killers are still out there The lush farmlands of the Triangle of Death was a place too dangerous for most Iraqis to venture.
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Taliban jail break won't hurt efforts in Afghanistan, NATO says (World, 10 articles)
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Britain and France are sending roughly 1,000 more troops to Afghanistan, officials said today, as Taliban forces seized several villages near the huge NATO military base in southern Afghanistan. LONDON- Defense Secretary Des Browne announced Monday that 230 more British troops are going to Afghanistan, bringing the country's troop strength there to more than 8,000. KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - A roadside bomb exploded near a United States military vehicle on Saturday, killing four American servicemen in western Afghanistan in the deadliest attack against United States forces in Afghanistan this year, officials said.
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Chinese government signs business deals (World, 6 articles)
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Leading businesses in China and the United States, seeking to overcome mutual suspicion of foreign investment, announced $14 billion in new business deals on Monday, on the eve of high-level economic talks to ease tensions between the two countries. A Frontline documentary about coming of age in modern China skips numbers entirely, focusing instead on the individual lives and ambitions of young people from across the country. A marketing consultant hesitates to use too much of the color red in an advertisement, for fear of association with the Cultural Revolution.
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Tough for Gordon Brown to avoid EU nightmare after Irish reject Lisbon treaty (World, 13 articles)
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Ireland's rejection of the Lisbon Treaty has plunged Europe into a familiar bout of hand-wringing about the future of its grand experiment in political and economic integration. A big question mark hangs over the future of the Lisbon Treaty - the set of institutional reforms aimed at streamlining the work of the enlarged European Union. The treaty was rejected by Irish voters in a referendum on 12 June 2008 - and under EU rules, it cannot enter into force if any of the 27 member states fails to ratify it.
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Israel Seems to Make Progress in Talks (World, 8 articles)
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Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Sunday that thousands of housing units that Israel is building on captured land were harming peace talks with the Palestinians. The United States hopes to get the two sides to produce a peace framework by year's end, but the Palestinians say the new housing is a big stumbling block. Ms. Rice added that the Palestinians had also been failing to live up to some of their commitments under the so-called road map for Middle East peace.
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Bhutto's Assassination 'Almost Certainly' Work of Al-Qaeda (World, 6 articles)
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India and Pakistan have fought four wars against each other and came very close to a fifth after the terrorist attack on the Indian parliament in December 2001. Both Pakistan's President Pervez Musharraf and India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh are credited with easing tensions and improving cross-border relations through peace talks. According to Indian media reports (Times Now), political uncertainty in Pakistan "has led to an escalation in infiltration and consequently militancy in Jammu and Kashmir"
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Mugabe vows MDC will ‘never rule Zimbabwe’ (World, 7 articles)
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Eton, Sandhurst and the Scots Guards prepared this adventurer for the exhilaration and the risk of life as a mercenary in Africa. A senior UN official has arrived in Zimbabwe for a five-day visit ahead of the presidential run-off vote, which continues to be marred by violence. Violence is reported to have spread to urban areas near Harare, with opposition activists complaining of being attacked near the capital.
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Press split on Kosovo constitution (World, 4 articles)
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SHKELZEN MALIQI IN EXPRESS Another historic day adds to the series of historic days that have marked the long and winding road of Kosovan independence. PRISTINA, Kosovo - Kosovo's government took control of the newly independent nation yesterday as the country's constitution went into force after nine years of UN administration. The charter, a milestone accomplished four months after leaders declared independence from Serbia, gives the government in Pristina sole decision-making authority.
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Weekend earthquake leaves ten dead in Japan :: CHICAGO SUN-TIMES :: World (World, 4 articles)
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Authorities said 12 people were still missing from Saturday's 7.2-magnitude quake, which tore across the rural area, triggering a series of deadly landslides that barreled into homes and swept away roads. Dozens of soldiers and other rescue workers surrounded the remains of the resort inn, which had been inundated with a deluge of mud, rocks and trees. The more than 1,000 rescue workers and disaster officials have joined the search, their efforts aided by a spell of dry weather.
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Rice Visit Signals Support for Power Deal in Lebanon (World, 4 articles)
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Mr. Suleiman became president as part of a power-sharing agreement reached with the help of Arab mediators in Doha, Qatar, that many saw as a triumph for Hezbollah. That breakthrough came after a week of bloody street battles in May, during which Hezbollah briefly seized control of the capital and humiliated its American-backed political rivals in the government majority. Before the Doha agreement, American officials had urged the government majority not to make concessions to Hezbollah and its allies in the opposition.
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