IAEA Reaffirms Safety of Bushehr Power Plant

The IAEA has endorsed the Iranian Bushehr Atomic Power Plant: Thus, it can start operating according to international standards. This safety assessment would not please Israel at all. Tel Aviv has made numerous...

Mumbai attacks may destabilise Pakistan, warns study

Stratfor, a Texas-based private research agency, has warned about, what could be described as an apparent desire of Pakistan's 'friends' and 'foes', massive destabilisation of Pakistan. The Stratfor analysis gives credence to the viewpoint of those who have been accusing...

Possible Geopolitical Consequences of the Mumbai Attacks

This is an alarming forcast.  One can hope this does not happen."Summary If the Nov. 26 attacks in Mumbai were carried out by Islamist militants as it appears, the Indian government will have little choice,...

Venezuela's President Chavez to visit Iran

As oil prices continue to tumble in a volatile international market, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez promised to visit Iran soon. Venezuelan and Iran have a very close bilateral relation that ranges from OPEC...

Iran expands nuclear operations

This report does make the world look to Israel to continue to use restraint and not do anything that would create havoc in such an unstable part of the world."Iran has expanded its controversial nuclear programme and...

Ringed by Foes, Pakistanis Fear the U.S., Too

"By JANE PERLEZ ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A redrawn map of South Asia has been making the rounds among Pakistani elites. It shows their country truncated, reduced to an elongated sliver of land with the big bulk of India to the east, and an enlarged Afghanistan to...

An Indian in every Pakistani?

"Shireen M Mazari The writer is a defence analystLack of formal education and sheer ignorance does not by definition imply an innate sense of stupidity. On the other hand, formal education in itself is no guarantee of an intelligent and rational human...

Mini Nuclear Plants For Sale, can power 20,000 homes

Nuclear Energy to be used to generate power to homes. Licensed by the US govt, Hyperion claims it is safe. " Nuclear power plants smaller than a garden shed and able to power 20,000 homes will be on sale within...

Iran says Israeli partners in war to be punished

This is the first time I have heard the term "Israel's assistants" referring to those countries who may assist Israel in attacking Iran.  Another hot spot to watch..  Any developement along the lines of...

South Korea stands firm as tension rises with North

More tensions over North Korea's hard line reasoning.. One now wonders about "what decisive meansures " could take place."SEOUL, Nov. 23, 2008 (Reuters) — South Korea made clear on Sunday it will not back down in...

Iran raises profile in Latin America

This article recalls various Iranian cooperation projects in Latin America and shows progress made with the left leaning governments. After years of neglect by the Bush administration, the Iranian presence in Latin...

Five killed in fresh US missile strike inside Pakistan

Five persons were reportedly killed and six others sustained injuries in a US missile strike in Alikhel area of Pakistan's North Waziristan tribal district on Saturday.Reports claimed that two al-Qaeda operatives, Rashid Rauf and Abu Al-Asr Al-Misri, were among those killed...

Greenpeace blockades ageing Spanish nuclear plant

Greenpeace protestors blocked the entrance to a Spanish power plant today asking for the government to shut it down immediately due to the fact it uses nuclear power. It was set to close next year as it is."The...

US global dominance 'set to wane'

US global dominance 'set to wane' The US navy is likely to have more company in the years to come US economic, military and political dominance...

'Iran already has enough nuclear material for one atomic weapon'

What is the rest of the world going to do to prevent Iran from following up on her threat to bomb Israel. "Iran has produced approximately enough nuclear material to assemble an atomic weapon, according to several...

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