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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh seen during their meeting before dinner in New Delhi, India, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. President Dmitry Medvedev arrived in India on an official visi

Russia Pursues India Nuclear Deals

Wall Street Journal

By JACKIE RANGE in New Delhi and GREGORY L. WHITE in Moscow Russia hopes to increase its nuclear-power presence in India and gain ground against Western suppliers with plans to sign a deal this week, during a state visit by President Dmitry Medvedev. Mr. Medvedev's three-day visit, which began Thursday, comes after a large U.S. nuclear-business...

photo: AP / RIA-Novosti, Dmitry Astakhov, Presidential Press Service

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The surprising life of a polar archipelago

International Herald Tribune

Life on this planet always surprises us. Animals turn out to be smarter than humans expect....

Mayor Boris, the liberal

The Guardian

November was a big month for Boris Johnson. Policy initiatives flowed, on transport, on...

Sainsbury's Britishness test

The Guardian

It was only in June that Sainsbury's boss, Justin King, criticised campaigns encouraging...

IAF gears up to foil 9/11 type strikes

An Indian technician clears an Indian Su-30 fighter aircraft for takeoff at the Indian air force base, in Kalaikunda, about 150 kilometer (94 miles) west of Calcutta, India Thursday, Nov. 17, 2005. An India-U.S. joint air force exercise under the code name "Cope India 05" started Nov. 7 amidst protests by tens of thousands of people who objected to closer military ties with Washi

The Times of India

5 Dec 2008, 0041 hrs IST, Rajat Pandit, TNN Text: NEW DELHI: With intelligence inputs holding terrorists could strike through the aerial route after the maritime one, the IAF has cranked up...

photo: AP / Bikas Das

US jobless at highest since 1982

TVNZ

Dec 5, 2008 7:50 AM The number of US workers on jobless benefits rolls hit a 26-year high last month, data showed on Thursday, and it may head higher as a deepening economic slump forces a broad spectrum of firms to cut jobs. Contributing to the...

photo: AP / Manish Swarup

US, China join forces

At the center of the U.S. and Chinese delegations, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, center left and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan, center right, clap their hands at the Eco Partnership signing ceremony during the U.S.-China Strategic Economic Dialogue in Beijing, China, Thursday, Dec. 4, 2008. China's chief trade envoy urged Washington on Thursday to stabilize its economy and protect Beijing's U.S. investments as the two sides opened economic talks overshadowed by the global financial crisis and tensions over currency. "We hope the U.S. side will take the necessary measures to stabilize the economy and financial markets, as well as to guarantee the safety of China's assets and investments in the United States," Wang told Paulson and other U.S. officials at the Strategic Economic Dialo

Manila Bulletin

BEIJING, China (AFP) â United States (US) and Chinese officials joined forces Thursday against the world financial crisis, vowing to ward off the threat of a world recession as major US automakers appeal to be rescued from bankruptcy. "Jointly...

photo: AP / Elizabeth Dalziel, Pool

Israel preparing a 'go it alone' air strike against Iran's nuclear facilities without consulting the U.S.

Revolutionary Guards' Shahab-3 missile, a weapon capable of carrying a nuclear warhead and reaching Europe, Israel and U.S. forces in the Middle East, passes a picture of the Iranian supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a military parade, marking the 28th anniversary of the onset of the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988), in front of the mausoleum of the late revolutionary founder Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran, Iran, Sunday, Sept. 21, 2008. Hard-line President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Sunday that Iran's military will "break the hand" of any aggressor that target his country's nuclear faciliti

The Daily Mail

Israel is preparing to go it alone in a military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, it was reported yesterday. Officials in the Israeli Defence Ministry told the Jerusalem Post that while they prefer to act in consultation with the U.S.,...

photo: AP / Vahid Salemi

Thai king ill, misses much-anticipated speech

Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadaj and Queen Sirikit review the Royal Guards at the Royal Plaza Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. King Bhumibol is scheduled to make a radio speech Thursday night, Dec. 4, 2008 on the eve of his birthday and may Thais are hoping that he will offer guidance on the current political cri

The Star

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand's revered and influential king missed his traditional birthday eve address due to illness on Thursday, a speech many Thais had hoped would provide short-term relief to the country's intractable political crisis....

photo: AP / David Longstreath

Russia's Putin vows commitment to EU cooperation

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaks during a meeting in his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, Monday, Feb. 26, 2007. Putin and his foreign minister expressed concern Monday about talk of potential strikes against Iran in a televised exchange th

Novosti

MOSCOW, December 4 (RIA Novosti) - Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Thursday Russia was committed to cooperation with the European Union, which has strengthened economic stability for both sides. "Our joint work will improve the...

photo: AP /RIA Novosti, Presidential Press Service, Mikhail Klimentyev