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DESTABILIZING THE WORLD
Washington’s Imperial Hubris Coming Home To Roost
ECONOMICS
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World
shares tumble on fresh credit concerns
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Asian Stocks Slump as US Dollar Tumbles, Subprime Losses
Widen
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China to begin dumping US dollar from reserves
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Wall Street plunges on heightened credit fears
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US Dollar Trades Near Record Low Before European Bank
Rate Meetings
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Sarkozy Says US Dollar Drop Risks Triggering Trade War
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Oil Prices' Climb Toward $100 “Slowed”
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World's largest carmaker GM shocks with record-breaking
quarterly loss of $39 billion
GEOPOLITICS
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US focus on 'terror war' sinks image to all-time low
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73%
of Americans Prefer Sanctions and Diplomacy on Iran
o US attack on Iran may "open Pandora's box"
o Stage is set for the inevitable war between Iran-US
o Iran has 3,000 centrifuges working, Ahmadinejad announces
in defiance of West
o Ahmadinejad letter submitted to UAE
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Russia parliament votes to suspend arms treaty, says US-NATO
undermining Russia's defenses
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Sarkozy Pledges Stronger Alliance With US
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Sarkozy's warm words mask deep divisions with US
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French Media Turn Up Their Nose As US Embraces Sarkozy
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Merkel resists US pressure over Iran sanctions
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Germany Extends Commitment in Afghanistan, Defying Voters
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Why the wheels could fall off Merkel’s coalition bus
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Merkel Backs Saudi King’s Peace Initiatives
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Turkish troops poised on Iraq border
o Turkey demands Bush order air strikes against Kurds as
price for holding back troops from Iraq invasion
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US gives OK for "limited and targeted" action
against Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq by Turkey
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Pakistan's
Musharraf 'indispensable' ally, says US official
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Ousted Chief
Justice in Pakistan Urges Defiance
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Musharraf opponents charged with treason:
Thousands of Bhutto backers said arrested
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Bhutto
supporters swell protests in Pakistan
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Pakistan
withdraws thousands of troops from Indian border
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Pakistan
election “expected” by February
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Spain, Morocco Tensions Rising
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German
Bishop compares Israeli treatment of Palestinians to Nazis
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Companies warn fuel will run out in Gaza in five days
o Israelis call upon Mubarak to open Rafah Crossing to
break siege of Gaza
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Israeli settlements expand ahead of Mideast meeting
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Syria invited to join peace talks, say US, Israel
o US Imposes Sanctions to Hinder Syria
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Hamas
urges Abbas to stop "futile" negotiations with Israel
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Israeli Rabbis warn Bush: Annapolis will bring destruction
to US
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UN Holocaust resolution rejecting 'any form of Holocaust
denial' backed by US
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