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Weapons NewsCredit crunch fails to produce the feared economic catastropheSo the sky did not fall in. While the Chicken Littles of the world economy, led by Gordon Brown, George Soros and Warren Buffett, may still repeat mechanically the IMF’s surprising judgment that the world - especially America - faces its worst financial crisis since the 1930s, their hearts are no longer in it. Mr Brown, after last week’s election woe, can no longer blame the world economy for his political failure. Mr Buffett, having speculated against the dollar for years and declared that credit derivatives are financial weapons of mass destruction, has finally begun to find attractive opportunities to invest his money and told his shareholders last week that the worst of the credit crisis was probably over. Mr Soros, in his forthcoming book, The New Paradigm for Financial Markets, states unequivocally: “We are in the midst of a financial crisis the likes of which has not been seen since the Great Depression.” But after making $3 billion for Quantum Endowment Fund by anticipating last year$’s bear markets, he is now hedging his bets, as is only to be expected from the world’s most successful hedge fund manager. “I may well be proven wrong,” he told The New York Times last week, adding that he might yet again turn out to be “the boy who cried wolf”.Read Full Article Iran Protests to U.N. About Clinton CommentsIran protested Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s statement that the United States would ?totally obliterate? Iran if it attacked Israel with nuclear weapons.Read Full Article Bush Says Syria Nuclear Disclosure Intended to Prod North Korea and IranThe president said the disclosure was intended to warn North Korea and Iran about the dangers of spreading nuclear weapons.Read Full Article Surrender in East TimorThe suspected gunman in an assassination attempt on President José Ramos-Horta of East Timor wept on Tuesday after surrendering with 11 other mutinous soldiers and handing over their automatic weapons.Read Full Article Angola Allows Chinese Ship to Dock, but Not Unload Arms for ZimbabweAngola announced that a ship bearing arms for Zimbabwe, the country’s longtime ally, would not be allowed to unload the weapons while it docked in the Angolan capital.Read Full Article External News for: weaponsPanel: Extending nuclear weapons life successful - The Associated PressFAS Strategic Security Project (blog)Panel: Extending nuclear weapons life successfulThe Associated PressALBUQUERQUE, NM — An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, ...Scientists: The Nukes are AlrightHuffington Post (blog)Advisory Panel Says Warhead Life-Extension Could Suffice for DecadesGlobal Security NewswireJASON and Replacement WarheadsFAS Strategic Security Project (blog)all 192 news articles »Panel: Extending nuclear weapons life successful - The Associated PressFAS Strategic Security Project (blog)Panel: Extending nuclear weapons life successfulThe Associated PressALBUQUERQUE, NM — An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, ...Scientists: The Nukes are AlrightHuffington Post (blog)Advisory Panel Says Warhead Life-Extension Could Suffice for DecadesGlobal Security NewswireJASON and Replacement WarheadsFAS Strategic Security Project (blog)all 192 news articles »Weapons suspect held on bond - Jackson Clarion LedgerWJTVWeapons suspect held on bondJackson Clarion LedgerPearl police officers stopped Christopher Gomez Quezada, 37, of Phoenix late Tuesday night on I-20 near Airport Road and found the weapons in her car. ...Bond set at $250K in traffic-stop weapons caseWDAM-TVBond Set At $250K For Woman Facing Weapons ChargesWAPT.comPearl explosives bust may be linked to Arizona weapons seizureWLBT-TVMyFox Phoenix -SunHerald.com (registration) -Phoenix New Timesall 42 news articles »Panel: Extending nuclear weapons life successful - The Associated PressFAS Strategic Security Project (blog)Panel: Extending nuclear weapons life successfulThe Associated PressALBUQUERQUE, NM — An independent panel says the United States can extend the life of aging nuclear weapons for decades with existing programs, ...Scientists: The Nukes are AlrightHuffington Post (blog)Advisory Panel Says Warhead Life-Extension Could Suffice for DecadesGlobal Security NewswireJASON and Replacement WarheadsFAS Strategic Security Project (blog)all 192 news articles »Weapons suspect held on bond - Jackson Clarion LedgerWJTVWeapons suspect held on bondJackson Clarion LedgerPearl police officers stopped Christopher Gomez Quezada, 37, of Phoenix late Tuesday night on I-20 near Airport Road and found the weapons in her car. ...Bond set at $250K in traffic-stop weapons caseWDAM-TVBond Set At $250K For Woman Facing Weapons ChargesWAPT.comPearl explosives bust may be linked to Arizona weapons seizureWLBT-TVMyFox Phoenix -SunHerald.com (registration) -Phoenix New Timesall 42 news articles »Beirut weighs issue of Hezbollah weapons - United Press InternationalUnited Press InternationalBeirut weighs issue of Hezbollah weaponsUnited Press International20 (UPI) -- Lebanese lawmakers cited the issue of Hezbollah weapons as complicating the drafting of a policy statement expected from the new government ...and more » |
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