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Ex-Soviet Scientist Reportedly Assisted Iran Nuclear Weapons Program

VIENNA (AP) – A former Soviet nuclear scientist’s son-in-law has told the U.N. atomic agency that the scientist’s involvement in alleged Iranian efforts to develop nuclear arms is broader than originally thought, diplomats have told The Associated Press. The International

BREAKING: Berlusconi Promises to Resign Amid Italy Debt Woes

ROME (AP) – Italian Premier Minister Silvio Berlusconi said for the first time Tuesday that he would resign once parliament approves economic reforms, and Greek politicians said they were close to agreeing on a new government to lead their country

Obama And Sarkozy Diss Netanyahu

On the UK’s Daily Mail: Nicolas Sarkozy was caught branding Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu ‘a liar’ when a microphone was left on during a private conversation at the G20 summit. The French president thought he was having a discreet

Nicaragua's Ortega Poised For Re-Election Win

From Reuters: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, a former Marxist guerrilla leader, looks likely to win re-election on Sunday after heavy social spending won him strong support among the country’s poor. Ortega has overseen a period of economic progress in his

Israel's Warnings on Iran Get Quiet Nods in Gulf

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) – Among the many alliances of convenience in the Middle East, one is so unusual that the partners can barely hint about it publicly: Israel and the Gulf Arab states linked by shared fears over

Breaking: Greek Prime Minister Survives Confidence Vote

ATHENS, Greece (AP) – Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou survived a confidence vote early Saturday, calming a vicious revolt in his Socialist party with an emotional pledge to step aside if necessary and seek a cross-party government lasting four months

Navy Vet May Be Evicted For Hanging Flag

From the Associated Press: SPRINGFIELD, Ore. — Edward Zivica, a 70-year-old who served in the Navy in the 1960s, faces a hard choice come Veterans Day next week: He can obey the rules and remain in his apartment complex, or

US Vets Joining Occupy Wall Street Movement

From the Associated Press: NEW YORK — Thousands of U.S. military veterans are heeding the rallying cry of Occupy Wall Street, saying corporate contractors in Iraq made big money while the troops defending them came home — and can’t make

Chinese Military Easing Recruiting Standards

From the Associated Press: BEIJING — China’s military is accepting recruits who are heavier and have more visible tattoos, conceding to rising prosperity and individuality among the nation’s young. In keeping with a drive for better educated recruits, the military

Report: Hackers Now Backing Down On Plans To Target Drug Cartel

This is an update from our report yesterday. From the UK Guardian: Plans by the hacker collective Anonymous to expose collaborators withMexico’s bloody Zetas drug cartel – a project it dubbed “#OpCartel” – have fallen into disarray, with some retreating

Panetta Doubts N Korea Will Give Up Nukes

From the Associated Press: SEOUL, South Korea — Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday he is skeptical that diplomacy will push North Korea to give up its nuclear program, and he raised the prospect of the North’s stance leading to

Lithuania Trying To Sue Holocaust Survivors

From Russia Today: [youtube JFqu-zA5BrI nolink] Lithuania declared this year as one of remembrance for the country’s holocaust victims. But that does not include focusing on the brutality that people endured under the Nazis, as the country seems to pursue

McCain: With Libya Over, Now We Should Go After Syria

From the Associated Press: SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan — Sen. John McCain said Sunday that military action to protect civilians in Syria might be considered now that NATO’s air campaign in Libya is ending. However, President Obama’s administration has made clear

New Memorial Honors Valor Of Jewish Military Chaplains

From the Washington Times: On a bitter winter night in 1943, four Army chaplains stood on the deck of the torpedoed and foundering USAT Dorchester while hundreds of American soldiers around them prepared to slip into the icy depths of

Obama: All Troops Out of Iraq by Years' End

WASHINGTON (AP) – President Barack Obama on Friday declared an end to the Iraq war, one of the longest and most divisive conflicts in U.S. history, announcing that all U.S. troops would be withdrawn from the country by year’s end.

NATO: We Didn't Know Gaddafi Was In Convoy

Targeting him would be illegal. They wouldn’t do that….(sarc.) From the Associated Press: BRUSSELS — NATO said its commanders were not aware that Libyan dictator Moammar Gadhafi was in a convoy that NATO bombed as it fled Sirte, as NATO’s

US Army At War With….Kittens?

From the militarytimes.com: COIN operations against kittens? As the wars edge toward a close in Iraq and Afghanistan, the U.S. Army is hunting a new enemy-an adorable, furry widdle kitty enemy. I mean, isn’t the yawning kitten in Army’s new