jpost.com - 11/24/2008
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The chief UN nuclear inspector said Monday that Syria had a right to his agency's help in planning a power-producing atomic reactor, in what diplomats described as a rejection of US-led efforts to block the aid. The clash reflected tensions between Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the UN nuclear ...
yglesias.thinkprogress.org - 11/24/2008
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yglesias.thinkprogress.org —
Last night, some friends and I were listening
to “Even Hitler Had a Girlfriend” and the little-known
fact that The Mr. T Experience’s Dr. Frank was a big-time liberal hawk warblogger back in the day came up. Even better, unlike most ...
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What a Time It Was
haaretz.com - 11/30/2008
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haaretz.com —
WASHINGTON - U.S. President George Bush believes that
Israel is offering Syria the Golan Heights without getting
anything in exchange, according to sources briefed on his White House meeting with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert last week. After Olmert ...
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Bush to Olmert: Why are you giving Syria the ...
timesonline.co.uk - 11/19/2008
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Britain re-established high-level intelligence links with the Syrian
authorities as David Miliband made his landmark visit to
Damascus yesterday, according to senior Syrian officials. The move, first raised earlier this year at a meeting in New York ...
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Britain re-establishes high-level intelligence links ...
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ElBaradei leaps into action: Seeks help to build Syrian reactor
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ElBaradei leaps into action: Seeks help to build Syrian reactor [image] IAEA Chairman Mohamed ElBaradei leaped into action again on Monday, saying that his feckless agency has the 'right' to help Syria build a nuclear reactor - for 'peaceful' purposes only of course. The United States is seeking to block the aid. The clash reflected tensions between Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the UN nuclear agency, and key Western nations over whether Syria should be given potentially sensitive nuclear guidance at a time when it is being investigated. Russia, China and developing nations also back the aid project, said diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ...
ON SYRIAN NUKES, WILL OBAMA CAVE INTO EL BARADEI AND RUSSIA AND CHINA?
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JPOST: The chief UN nuclear inspector said Monday that Syria had a right to his agency's help in planning a power-producing atomic reactor, in what diplomats described as a rejection of US-led efforts to block the aid. The clash reflected tensions between Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the UN nuclear agency, and key Western nations over whether Syria should be given potentially sensitive nuclear guidance at a time when it is being investigated. Russia, China and developing nations also back the aid project, said diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the International Atomic Energy ...
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