Spasms of violence flared up in both the North and East of the Democratic Republic of Congo this past week just as the United Nations began deploying upward of 50% more peacekeepers and in the face …
Malaysian PM outlines plans for East Asian Community
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi outlined his vision for an East Asian Community (EAC) incorporating a free trade area, a non-aggression zone and political and security cooperation as Malaysia …
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Iraq Leaflets Contain Anti-U.S. Propaganda
Leaflets urging people to "count all the American tanks you see and report them to us" were strewn across the courtyard of a two-story building that doubled as a hospital for those who fought U.S. …
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Iranians Refuse to Terminate Nuclear Plans at IAEA Meeting
VIENNA, Nov. 25 - Iran refused Thursday to abandon plans to operate uranium enrichment equipment that could be used either for energy purposes or in a nuclear bomb-making project, European and Iranian …
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Insurgents: Rebels Attack in Central Iraq and the North
As predicted in last week?s WAR Report, whilst the 1st Marine Division has fought insurgents in Falluja (Intel Report>), various other insurgent groups have launched sustained attacks in many other …
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Munitions found in Northern Ireland linked to IRA: source
The security forces have found a cache of ammunition suspected of belonging to Northern Ireland's main Roman Catholic paramilitary group, the Irish Republican Army (IRA), a security source said. The …
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Bush Chooses Rice to Replace Powell
President Bush has selected Condoleezza Rice, his national security adviser and trusted confidant, to replace Colin Powell as secretary of state, officials said Monday, in a major shakeup of the …
Japan blasts Chinese submarine intrusion as Beijing stays silent
Japan's media said the country's distrust of China had grown with the intrusion of a Chinese nuclear submarine, as Beijing stayed silent for a second day on Tokyo's demands for an apology."Tokyo had …
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Karzai to Crack Down on Warlords, Drugs
Hamid Karzai pledged Thursday to use his five-year term as Afghanistan's first elected president to crack down on warlords and the re-emerging country's booming drug economy.Accepting his victory in …
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Drugs complicate Colombia's peace plan
Francisco Javier Zuluago, otherwise known as "Gordolindo," is one of Colombia's most notorious drug traffickers, having served as a trusted aide in one of the country's powerful drug cartels. But …
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