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CIA blunder 'prompted Korean nuclear race'
The United States appears to have made a major intelligence blunder over North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, one that may have exacerbated tensions with Pyongyang over the past four years and goaded... ...
Majority of National Guard Units Rated "Not Ready"
Nearly 90 percent of Army National Guard units in the United States are rated "not ready" - largely because of shortfalls in equipment worth billions of dollars - jeopardizing the Guard's ability to respond... ...
A breach in the church-state wall
Christian Science Monitor by Andrew B. Coan 02/28/07 Significan t constitutional cases don’t always arrive at the ball dressed up as such. Sometimes they come in the modest trappings of an obscure technical... ...
Scientists present plan to fight global warming
Northwest Herald 02/28/07 An international panel of scientists presented the United Nations with a sweeping, detailed plan on Tuesday to combat climate change — a challenge, it said, ‘to which civilization... ...
Stocks Slide after China Sell-Off
Shanghai's major index dropped 8.8%, prompting equity weakness worldwide. Investors were also spooked by a big drop in durable goods orders. http://snipurl.co m/1bjn0 Dow Ends Down 416, Nasdaq Closes... ...
US's Iraq oil grab is a done deal: Iraq's Cabinet Backs Contentious Oil Measure
The exploration and production contracts give firms exclusive control of fields for up to 35 years including contracts that guarantee profits for 25-years. A foreign company, if hired, is not required... ...
Central banks diversify from dollar
Central banks are increasingly diversifying their reserves, including cutting holdings of dollars, according to a survey sponsored by Royal Bank of Scotland Group Plc, the UK's second-largest bank. http://www.bbj.hu/m ain/news_23221_central+ban ks+diversify+from+dollar.h tml From... ...
Gold traders love Dick Cheney
By Mike Whitney Gold traders love Dick Cheney. Every time he opens his twisted lip and barks out another threat to Iran, the dollar takes a powder while gold futures shoot to the moon. Maybe that’s the... ...
Where Bush Would Steer Energy R&D
Overall federal spending on energy research in real dollars is only one-third what it was at its 1978 peak. Some question the administration's emphasis on nuclear research, saying other promising technologies... ...
States Are Running Out of Health Dollars
States are warning that hundreds of thousands of poor children could lose their health insurance if Congress doesn't act soon to come through with more money for the program. Many states have nearly used... ...