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Since 2003 more than 1,400 young people from Shanghai have been sent by the Communist Youth League to the interior of China.
BBC NEWS
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Not content with expanding from 16 to 28 members over the past decade in a post-Cold War world in which it confronts no military threat from any source, state or non-state, and not sufficiently occupied with its first ground and first Asian war in Afghanistan, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization – the world’s only military bloc – is eager to take on a plethora of new international missions.
Rick Rozoff
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The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Warns of Future Crises
Andrew Gavin Marshall
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Nato′s new chief hailed the move as "a positive step" and a Russian analyst said Mr Obama′s decision would increase the chances that Russia will cooperate more closely with the United States in the heated dispute over Iran′s nuclear programme. But ex-leaders in the Czech Republic and Poland were annoyed at Mr Obama′s reversal, saying it reinforced a growing impression that Washington no longer views the region as indispensable to US and European security interests. Yet many ordinary citizens who had been sceptical of the shield′s benefits expressed relief that the system would not be built on their soil.
Independent.co.uk
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Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu paid an official visit to Iran on September 12-13, during which he met Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, parliamentary speaker Ali Larijani and the secretary of Iran′s Supreme National Security Council and Iran′s chief nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili.
Asia Times Online
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Security issues dominated the second day of discussions at the 6th summit of the Valdai Discussion Club in Yakutsk. Sessions held on the topics of a nuclear reset and Euro-Atlantic security architecture illustrated the significance of the impasse on both tracks and the need to continue the debate.
RIA Novosti
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The UNASUR summit in Bariloche, Argentina will have to face two grave problems weighing heavily on Latin America: the military coup in Honduras and the militarization of the region as a result of the installation of not one but seven U.S. military bases in Colombia.
Prof. Atilio Borón
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In a series of interviews in August, the Russian Air Force (VVS) commander-in-chief, Colonel-General Aleksandr Zelin, outlined reform plans to enhance air power. He linked the reforms, including development of the new "S-500" air and space defense system, to the future "threat" posed by the United States′ activation in January of the US Air Force Global Strike Command - a new organization that brings nuclear and conventional strike systems under a single command.
Asia Times Online
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The dystopian British sci-fi film 28 Days Later opens with animal rights activists breaking into the Cambridge Primate Research facility to free chimpanzees used in a secret weapons program.
Tom Burghardt
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The most complex genetically engineered corn (maize) yet has been approved for use next year in Canada and the United States without its potential health and environmental risks being investigated, anti-biotech activists charged Wednesday.
Stephen Leahy
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The world is abuzz with the accusations made by senior Fatah member Farouk Kaddoumi (Abu Al Lutf), against Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and former security minister Mohammad Dahlan for having allegedly conspired with former Israeli prime minister Ariel Sharon to get rid of Yasser Arafat in 2004.
Sami Moubayed
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One of the most important factors that influence the development of political processes in the Caucasus, in particular in Abkhazia is the geographical one. It is on the strength of this circumstance that Abkhazia has for centuries been involved in processes leading to conflicts of many great powers′ geopolitical aspirations. Greece, Persia, Rome, Byzantium, Iran, Turkey and Russia were the key players on this arena. While in the XIX cent. it was Turkey and Russia that fought for influence in the area, as soon as in the early XX cent. German and British troops arrived in Abkhazia. After the Russian Empire disintegrated in 1917, both Georgia and Abkhazia embarked on the path of shaping independent states. At the same time, Turkey and Germany stepped up their activity. In the words of General Anton Denikin, "mortal fear of a Turkish invasion" urged the Transcaucasian republics to federate. By that time, Germany had acquired a strategic vision of Georgia.
Sergei M. Shamba, doctor of science in history, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Abkhazia.
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The Ug99 fungus, called stem rust, could wipe out more than 80% of the world′s wheat as it spreads from Africa, scientists fear. The race is on to breed resistant plants before it reaches the U.S.
Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times
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Tony Blair knew of a secret interrogation policy which effectively led to British citizens being tortured in counter-terrorism investigations, it was claimed yesterday.
Mail Online
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Mastermind of 9/11 attacks claims torture ′only makes me tell lies to keep my interrogators happy′
Mail Online
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