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Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, bottom second left, visits Iran's Fuel Manufacturing Plant (FMP), a new facility producing uranium fuel for a planned heavy-water nuclear reactor, just outside the city of Isfahan 255 mile (410 kilometers) south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Thursday, April 9, 2009. The West fears the reactor could eventually be used for producing a nuclear weapon. President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has announced the plant's opening during a ceremony in the central city of Isfahan. The plant will produce pellets of uranium oxide to fuel the heavy-water research reactor, which is scheduled to be completed in 2009 or 2010.
Iran   Mideast   Nuclear   Photos   Politics   		 The New York Times 
Iran's Two-Edged Bomb
Tue 9 Feb 2010
| Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala. | WITH Iran having notified the United Nations nuclear watchdog agency on Monday that any day now it will begin enriching its stockpile of uranium in order to power a me... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Chinese use computers at an Internet cafe in Beijing Thursday Feb. 8, 2007. China, regarded as the world's leading source of illegally copied movies and software, had only limited success during a four-month crackdown on Internet piracy and copyright infringement, an official said Thursday.
Attacks   Beijing   Cyber   Photos   Washington   		 Asia Times 
Beijing beefs up cyber-warfare capacity
Tue 9 Feb 2010
| By Willy Lam | While the furor over cyber-attacks against Google has lapsed somewhat, the Sino-American confrontation over the larger issue of Internet security and global digital warfare is expecte... (photo: AP / Greg Baker)
Syrian President Bashar Assad speaks at a press conference in Cairo Monday, Oct. 2, 2000. Assad, in his first press conference since assuming the Syrian presidency in July, said Syria is ready to negotiate peace with Israel whenever Israelis are "tr  Daily Star Lebanon  Mon 8 Feb 2010
Assad vows to stand by Lebanon in any conflict with Israel

| By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Monday, February 08, 2010 | - Powered by | BEIRUT: Syria would support Lebanon in the event of any attack by Israel, Syrian President Bashar Assad told Parliament Spe... (photo: AP Photo/Amr Nabil)
Israel   Lebanon   Photos   Syria   pol  
Mr Jack STRAW, UK Minister for Foreign Affairs, President of the Council,. ula1  The Guardian  Mon 8 Feb 2010
Cabinet did not need to hear legal doubts over Iraq invasion, says Straw

| Chilcot inquiry told that the 'problem of leaks' was used to stop attorney general Lord Goldsmith addressing ministers | Jack Straw arrives to give evidence for the Iraq war inquiry. He has denied i... (photo: The Council of the European Union)
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Malarone anti-malaria tablets purchased The News & Observer Mon 8 Feb 2010
Bad malaria pills in Africa raise resistance fears

| High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality - including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal - ... (photo: Public Domain / Tomhannen)
Africa   Disease   Health   Medical   Photos  
Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate Sarath Fonseka waves to supporters during a protest in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2010. The Boston Globe Mon 8 Feb 2010
Sri Lankan opposition leader Fonseka arrested

| COLOMBO, Sri Lanka-Sri Lanka's defeated presidential candidate was hauled away by military police from his office Monday and will be court-martialed for allegedly plann... (photo: AP / Rafiq Maqbool)
Conspiracy   Democracy   Photos   Politics   S Asia  
A boy waits with his mother for his malaria lab results at a dispensary in Tanga, Tanzania Breitbart Mon 8 Feb 2010
Bad malaria drugs litter Africa, raising fears of resistance

High rates of the most effective type of malaria-fighting drugs sold in three African countries are poor quality - including nearly half the pills sampled in Senegal - ra... (photo: Public Domain / BotMultichillT)
Africa   Drugs   Health   Malaria   Photos  
Nintendo 64 IGN Insider Mon 8 Feb 2010
Nintendo Download: February 8, 2010
| Deadly Viruses and Heroic Vegetables Make for a Memorable Week | February 8, 2010 - From pulse-pounding action to mind-bending puzzles and beyond, this week's lineup of... (photo: Creative Commons / Crales Killer)
Downloadable   Games   Mind   Nintendo   Photos  
Special forces, left, and plain clothed police officers, right, talk with journalists outside the central courthouse in San'a, Yemen, Saturday, May 29, 2004. The Star Mon 8 Feb 2010
Yemen's al Qaeda calls for jihad in region - web
| DUBAI (Reuters) - The Yemen-based wing of al Qaeda called on Muslims in the Arabian Peninsula to wage jihad, or holy war, against Christians and Jews in the region. | "... (photo: AP / Bryant MacDougall)
Dubai   Muslim   Photos   Qaeda   Yemen  
Iranian Vice President Ali Akbar Salehi, head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, listens to a question posed by media in his office in Tehran, Iran, Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2009 The Star Mon 8 Feb 2010
Iran plans major nuclear expansion over next year

| TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iran says it will start producing higher-grade nuclear fuel on Tuesday and add 10 uranium enrichment plants over the next year in a nuclear expansion... (photo: AP / Vahid Salemi)
Defence   Fuel   Iran   Nuclear   Photos  


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A British Chaplain, 12 Mechanized Brigade, speaks to British Soldiers standing in formation for the St. George's Day ceremony at the Shat Al Arab Hotel in Basrah, Iraq. Saint George is the Patron Saint of England. The British Soldiers are part of the coal Jack Straw to face Chilcot Iraq inquiry again BBC News
Escorted by his bodyguard, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad leaves at the conclusion of his press conference at the presidency in Tehran, Iran, Monday, Sept. 7, 2009. Iran's President Moves Ahead on Uranium Processing The New York Times
File - U.S. Soldiers of Echo Company, 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 2nd Battalion Combat Team, from Fort Hood, Texas, rehearse a medical combat extraction with a four-Soldier litter team, at Joint Security Station War Eagle, near Baghdad, Iraq, July 17, 2009. The war against PTSD in the US army Al Jazeera
Iranian Foreign Minister Manochehr Mottaki speaks during a press conference, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, at the International Institute for Strategic Studies regional security conference in Manama, Bahrain. Iran optimistic on uranium exchange: Mottaki Khaleej Times
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Iran Missiles Iran tells Gulf states not to buy 'ineffective' US missiles The Siasat Daily
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, center, flanked by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, left, and Parliament Speaker Boris Gryzlov, with Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov, left background, and Emergency Situations Minister Sergei Shoigu, right background, attends a congress of the United Russia party in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009. Russia's President Dmitry Medvedev on Saturday sharply criticized officials in the dominant Kremlin-backed party for violations in recent regional elections, saying it must learn to win fairly. U.S., Russia optimistic about a nuclear arms treaty Denver Post
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FILE - In this file photo Dec. 9, 2009, incumbent President Traian Basescu speaks to media at the Cotroceni Presidential palace in Bucharest, Romania. Romania pres: Defense body approves US missiles Syracuse
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Britain's Justice Secretary Jack Straw arrives to speak at the Iraq Inquiry in London,Thursday, Jan. 21, 2010. Blix: Straw 'gave incorrect answers' to Iraq inquiry BBC News
Hizbullah to invade Israel?: Update Hizbullah to invade Israel?: Update The Examiner
Colonel John T. Brennan, USAF, 48th Fighter Wing Commander, RAF Lakenheath, UK, listens to a flurry of questions from the media at the Eagles' Landing. The news conference held to inform the local population on the current operations at the base in light Brennan briefed GOP on Christmas Seattle Post-Intelligence
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