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Guest blog: To bash or not to bash - By Clyde Prestowitz
In yesterday's (Nov. 25) Financial Times , my friend Claremont College professor Minxin Pei commented that "China may choose to do nothing (with regard to trying to rein in North Korea) just to prove that the west cannot bash it and beg at the...
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Fri, Nov 26 2010 3:04 PM
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Putin hearts Leo
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin is known for loving both cute things and adrenaline , so it's no surprise that he has taken to movie star Leonardo DiCaprio like a puppy to a new chew-toy. DiCaprio landed in St. Petersburg earlier this week to...
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Wed, Nov 24 2010 2:14 PM
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Why is The Gambia picking a fight with Iran?
Tiny Gambia added itself to Iran's enemies this week when it abruptly cut diplomatic ties with the Islamic Republic and ordered its diplomats to leave the country. The announcement likely marks the end of Iranian investment in the African country...
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Wed, Nov 24 2010 10:45 AM
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Only one Chinese activist RSVPs for Nobel Prize ceremony
Of the 140 Chinese activists and dissidents invited by Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo to attend next month's cerermony in Oslo, it appears that only one is planning to attend, and he's not even in China: Wan Yanhai, who fled to the United...
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Wed, Nov 24 2010 10:03 AM
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Morning Brief: U.S. aircraft carrier headed to Korea
U.S. aircraft carrier headed to Korea Top news: U.S. President Barack Obama and South Korean President Lee Myung-bak have agreed to stage joint naval exercises as a first response to North Korea's shelling of a South Korean military installation today...
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Wed, Nov 24 2010 5:54 AM
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Tuesday Map: The world rearranged by population
This map of unknown original origin has been making the Internet rounds this week. It shows the countries of the world rearranged so that their area is equivalent to their population size. Zoomable full-size version here . (I'm guessing there's...
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Tue, Nov 23 2010 3:32 PM
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Is Kim Jong Un behind the assault?
All the usual caveats on North Korean regime speculation apply, but some analysts seem to be suggesting that North Korea artillery assault on a South Korean island this morning may have been ordered by heir apparent Kim Jong Un or at least related to...
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Tue, Nov 23 2010 9:00 AM
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Sarkozy to journalists: 'See you tomorrow, paedophile friends'
Sarko's temper flares again in response to a reporter's question about allegations that he took kickbacks from a weapons deal with Pakistan to fund his presidential campaign: "And you! I've no evidence against you. But it would seem you're...
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Tue, Nov 23 2010 8:33 AM
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Some light Thanksgiving humor
What better way to bring the family together around the turkey than a joke or two ... about corrupt politicians in distant countries? I've read the following joke now in a number of forms, about a number of countries. Reader Mgcarbeezy sends us the...
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Tue, Nov 23 2010 7:46 AM
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Top 10 ways to tell your new Taliban friend is an impostor
You've probably heard by now that NATO got totally punk'd by an unknown man posing as a high-ranking Taliban leader. How embarrassing. If only they'd looked out for these 10 ways of telling the true Talib from the con man, we wouldn't...
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Tue, Nov 23 2010 6:52 AM
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Morning Brief: North and South Korea exchange artillery fire, two killed
North and South Korea exchange artillery fire, two killed Top story : North Korean artillery rounds struck the South Korean island of Yeonpyeong, killing two South Korean soldiers, wounding another 15 soldiers and three civilians. South Korean artillery...
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Tue, Nov 23 2010 6:01 AM
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Fiji Water at center of junta's political crisis
The Fijian government has expelled Fiji Water's top executive in the country over vague allegations that he was interfering in local politics, the island nation's military leader says : Speaking from China, Commodore Frank Bainimarama said American...
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Mon, Nov 22 2010 11:59 AM
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North Korean media on calls for denuclearization: "Balderdash"
Not surprisingly, there' s no specific mention of the latest North Korean nuclear controversy from the Pyongyang-sponsored Korean Central News Agency . (To be fair, the Puebla State Branch of the Mexican National Preparatory Committee for Commemorating...
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Mon, Nov 22 2010 11:01 AM
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Guest blog: Remembering Chalmers Johnson - By Clyde Prestowitz
I have just learned of the death yesterday of my mentor and friend Chalmers Johnson at his home in Cardiff-by-the-Sea near San Diego. Chal, as he was known to his friends, was a man of many parts -- scholar, teacher, literary critic, activist, conversationalist...
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Mon, Nov 22 2010 9:01 AM
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The Pope's confusing condom comments
For the record, Pope Benedict XVI did not justify use of condoms , as some headlines have suggested, even in limited circumstances. Here's the quote he gave to a German journalist, which was reprinted in the Italian media this weekend: "There...
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Mon, Nov 22 2010 8:45 AM
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