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U.S. to rely on Russia for manned spaceflight - International Herald Tribune

Posted by okami from International Herald Tribune

STAR CITY, Russia: This place was once no place, a secret military base northeast of Moscow that did not show up on maps. The Soviet Union trained its astronauts here to fight on the highest battlefield of the Cold War: space.

Yet these days, Star City is the place for America's hard-won orbital partnership with Russia, where astronauts train to fly aboard Soyuz spacecraft. And in two years, according to the Bush administration's plans, Star City will be the only place for sending astronauts from any nation to the International Space Station.

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European standoff over search engine data - International Herald Tribune

Posted by okami from International Herald Tribune

BERLIN: For more than a year, European data privacy officials have been battling with U.S. Internet search engines, trying to get them to conform to European restrictions on the storage of personal information gleaned from the Web.

Now, as the U.S. titans Google, Microsoft and Yahoo continue to retain personal data beyond the six-month time limit established this year by the European Commission, regulators say their patience is running thin.

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Pakistani tribal chiefs threaten to join Taliban

Posted by okami from Guardian UK

If the united States continues it's present policy of 'cross-border attacks' (ie, incursions) into western Pakistan from Afghanistan, they will be facing troubles in addition to retaliation from the Pakistani army. Tribal leaders of the western area swear that they will join the Taliban if the incursions and attacks continue. These leaders claim to represent half a million Pakistanis, all of whom would go to the Taliban if the US continues this policy.

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tehran times : Pakistan army ordered to hit back at U.S. forces

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TEHRAN (Press TV) -- The Pakistani Army has been given orders to retaliate against any unilateral strike by the Afghanistan-based U.S. troops inside the country.

Army Spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas confirmed the orders in a brief interview with Geo News on late Thursday night.

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Inteligentaindigena Indigenismo : Portland Street Medics Arrested at RNC

Posted by theangryindian from Angryindian.blogspot

Minneapolis-St. Paul RNC A number of Street Medics http://portland-or.net/street-medics/ from Portland were arrested on Monday afternoon (Sep 1st) while tending to injured protesters.

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Chávez Threatens to Expel American Ambassador

Posted by jbcraig from New York Times

Angered by U.S. assertions that cocaine smuggling through Venezuela has surged in recent years, President Hugo Chávez threatened to expel the American ambassador.

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Extremist Steve Sailer is Source for CNN’s ‘Black in America’

Posted by theangryindian

"So many whites want to be able to say, 'I'm not one of them, those bad whites. … Hey, I voted for a black guy for president,'" Sailer wrote.

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