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Saturday, December 27, 2008 13:23
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says no war with India, US leads diplomatic efforts
Pakistan again said on Saturday that it does not want war with India,
as the international community tries to defuse tensions between the
nuclear-armed neighbours after Islamabad moved troops to the border.
Massive
Israeli air raids on Gaza kill at least 140: Hamas
Israel launched a massive wave of air strikes on Hamas targets in Gaza
on Saturday, killing at least 140 Palestinians after warning of a fiery
riposte to ongoing rocket fire, officials said.
Obama
and the Graveyard of Empires
Joint Chief of Staff Chairman Mike Mullen is reportedly recommending
to President-Elect Obama that the U.S. increase by 30,000 its current
force of 32,000 in Afghanistan.
Naked
man dies after 4 taser shocks
A naked man wandering around an apartment complex near Houston, Texas
died after police shocked him with a taser four times.
Pakistan
cancels troops’ leave over India tension Pakistan’s army has cancelled leave and
ordered troops to report to duty because of tension with old rival India
over last month’s militant attacks in Mumbai, a military official
and soldiers said on Friday.
En
Route to Military Rule Safety from external danger is the most powerful director
of national conduct. Even the ardent love of liberty will, after
a time, give way to its dictates.
Web
sites could get film-style ratings The kind of ratings used for films could
be applied to Web sites in a bid to better police the Internet and
protect children from harmful and offensive material, Britain’s
minister for culture has said.
Poll:
75% glad Bush is done A new national poll suggests that three out of four Americans
feel President Bush’s departure from office is coming not
a moment too soon.
Will
the U.S. Break Up?
The larger and more complex a system, the more likely it is to break
down. Something like a simple pendulum with few moving parts could
last many years. But very large, complicated things like the Large
Hadron Collider break down much more quickly.
‘Christ
would fight global tyranny’
In his Christmas message to Britain, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
will hail Jesus as the standard-bearer of justice and call for change.
Peres
hopes Obama doesn’t talk to Iran right away US president-elect Barack Obama should put aside plans to
hold high-level talks with Iran until the Islamic republic’s
elections, Israeli President Shimon Peres said in remarks published
Friday.
When
Trust Runs Out Every society and every institution
rests heavily on trust. There is active trust, the result of “trust,
but verify.” I call this stage one trust. Then there is stage
two trust, which I call default trust: “Trust, and assume
that someone else has verified.”
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