That is what this is all about: China faced a barrage of international condemnation from London to Canberra yesterday after it was revealed that it had launched a missile attack on an ageing weather satellite, a test that threatened to open a “Star Wars” space race. Formal protests were lodged with the Beijing government, accompanied […]
In the last few weeks we have heard the right-wing talking heads going on about how the Insurgents, Iran and North Korea are trying to influence the elections. This morning, we have the following as the big story: North Korea agreed on Tuesday to return to six-party talks on dismantling its atomic weapons just weeks […]
The BBC have reported on the deal between the US and India to allow india access to US Civil Nuclear Technology The US and India have finalised a controversial nuclear deal after talks in Delhi between President George W Bush and Indian PM Manmohan Singh. Energy-hungry India will get access to US civil nuclear technology and […]
Well I have been wondering where China would fit into the entire Iran debacle and now we might know: China is hastening to complete a deal worth as much as $100 billion that would allow a Chinese state-owned energy firm to take a leading role in developing a vast oil field in Iran, complicating the […]
Via Information Clearinghouse Putin calls for Iraq troop pullout timetable By AFP 08/18/05 “AFP” — — Russian President Vladimir Putin called for a timetable for the withdrawal of foreign military forces from Iraq. “We deem it necessary to work out a schedule for the staged withdrawal of foreign troops” in Iraq, Putin told reporters following […]
Just In ViaABC News Australia: US accuses Iran of supplying Iraqi insurgent bombs US intelligence believes that a cache of manufactured bombs seized in Iraq about two weeks ago was smuggled into the country from Iran by the Iranian Revolutionary Guard. “We believe they came from Iran’s Revolutionary Guards,” the official told AFP, speaking on […]