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ThinkFast: August 15, 2008
Think Progress — ... his vacation in Hawaii. The United States and Poland reached a deal on Thursday “to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory , in the strongest reaction so far to Russia’s military operation in Georgia. Russia reacted angrily, saying that the move would worsen relations with the United States.” A new study in Science finds that dead zones — “areas of bottom waters too oxygen depleted to support most ocean life” — are spreading. There “are now 405 identified dead zones worldwide , up from 49 in the 1960s — and the world’s largest dead zone ...

ThinkFast: August 15, 2008
Think Progress — ... his vacation in Hawaii. The United States and Poland reached a deal on Thursday “to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory , in the strongest reaction so far to Russia’s military operation in Georgia. Russia reacted angrily, saying that the move would worsen relations with the United States.” A new study in Science finds that dead zones — “areas of bottom waters too oxygen depleted to support most ocean life” — are spreading. There “are now 405 identified dead zones worldwide , up from 49 in the 1960s — and the world’s largest dead zone ...

I Turn To Shit, When You Comin' Home, I Can't Go On*
Happy Furry Puppy Story Time with Norbizness — ... : A leading U.S. technical authority on missile defense said this week that geography and topography would make Azerbaijan a better site to defend the United States and its allies from terrorist rockets than would the locations in Eastern Europe preferred by the Bush administration. Russian President Vladimir Putin, a harsh critic of the original U.S. basing plan, has strongly pushed for the Azerbaijan site. August 15, 2008 : The United States and Poland reached a long-stalled deal on Thursday to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory, in the strongest ...

I Turn To Shit, When You Comin' Home, I Can't Go On*
Happy Furry Puppy Story Time with Norbizness — ... : A leading U.S. technical authority on missile defense said this week that geography and topography would make Azerbaijan a better site to defend the United States and its allies from terrorist rockets than would the locations in Eastern Europe preferred by the Bush administration. Russian President Vladimir Putin, a harsh critic of the original U.S. basing plan, has strongly pushed for the Azerbaijan site. August 15, 2008 : The United States and Poland reached a long-stalled deal on Thursday to place an American missile defense base on Polish territory, in the strongest ...

A Fateful Crossroads for America
Commondreams.org Views — ... in Poland and the promise “that the United States would be obliged to defend Poland in case of an attack with greater speed than required under NATO.” The agreement still must be approved by the Polish Parliament, as well as the Czech Parliament whose prime minister ...