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Obama Squeezing GOP on Arms Treaty: 'Our Security' is at Stake
By not in system - AOL NewsPushing hard for the START treaty, President Obama kept up his full court press on reluctant Republicans Saturday, warning that failure to ratify the nuclear arms deal with Russia "would be a dangerous gamble with America's national security." ...
Prosecutor Says Servant 'Incapable of Resistance,' Let Saudi Prince Kill Him
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(Oct. 18) -- The prosecutor in the trial of Saudi Prince Saud Abdulaziz bin Nasser al Saud said today that Bandar Abdulaziz, the servant he's accused of beating to death, "let the defendant kill him" after suffering so much earlier "sadistic" abuse, the Irish Times reports. "So worn down by the violence, so subservient and submissive had Bandar become that he was incapable of any effective resistance," the prosecuting attorney, Jonathan Laidlaw QC, said. "He was killed without apparently ever having fought back because the defendant was completely unharmed, without any mark at all, when he ...
Asian Carp, Eh? Canada to Fight Back Against Invasive Fish
By Katie Drummond - AOL News(Oct. 6) -- Hockey prowess, health care norms and the correct way to pronounce the letter "O." On these fundamental disagreements, Canadians and Americans might never see eye-to-eye. But where invasive species of fish are concerned, researchers in the two countries are ready to team up and fight back. Asian carp, the much-maligned fish that's already wreaking havoc in Mississippi and Illinois, threatens to enter the Great Lakes, where it would likely destroy indigenous populations and permanently throw off the region's delicate ecosystem. Nancy Stone, Chicago Tribune / MCT An Asian ...
Obama at UN Sudan Meeting: A Call for Peace
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With little more than 100 days until the much-anticipated referendum on independence for South Sudan, President Obama on Friday attended a high-level meeting at the United Nations to call for a peaceful and transparent voting process. ...
Poll: Majority of Americans Say Iraq War a 'Failure'
By not in system - AOL NewsA small majority of Americans believe the Iraq war, now in its eighth year, will be judged a failure in the light of history, rather than a success. ...
Israeli Attack Kills 10 Aboard Aid Ships Bound for Gaza
By David Sessions - Politics DailyThe Israeli Navy attacked a flotilla of ships carrying aid to Gaza in international waters Monday morning, killing at least 10, the New York Times reports. The raid drew international condemnation as several nations summoned Israeli envoys to explain their country's actions, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan cut short a visit to Latin America to return to the Middle East. Turkey is one of Israel's most important Muslim partners and was the unofficial sponsor of the relief convoy. The United Nations condemned the attacks, and a White House spokesman said the United States ...
Hillary Clinton's National Security Speech: What is the Obama Doctrine?
By Walter Shapiro - Politics DailyAmerican foreign policy may be buttressed by globe-girdling military power and the world's largest economy, but its essential ingredient remains words and paper. No document is more rhetorically ambitious and far-reaching in the foreign policy arsenal than a new president's National Security Strategy. Barack Obama previewed what undoubtedly will be ballyhooed as the Obama Doctrine in his commencement address last Saturday at West Point. Stressing the need to renew America's alliances after the go-it-alone era of Bush administration unilateralism, Obama declared, "We have to shape an ...
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China's Rising Economic, and Political, Power
By Joseph Schuman - AOL News(Dec. 25) -- China's economy grew last year, as the U.S. and other major financial players faltered. It now turns out China produced even more goods and services than previously thought, highlighting the relentless expansion of its financial prowess that's could also bolster China's political power in the year to come. The National Bureau of Statistics of China on Friday revised its measure of 2008 gross domestic product to 31.405 trillion yuan, or about $4.6 trillion, up from the original estimate of 30.067 trillion yuan. That translates into an annual growth rate of 9.6 percent, up from 9 ...
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