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...rejects the notion that its response to North Korea may be encouraging Iranian defiance. "We don't accept North Korea as a nuclear power, and we don't accept their continued nuclear program as a fait accompli," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said Monday, adding that Iran's technological progress would not change how the U.S. views the situation...
...fluff confetti," which isn't quite as salacious as it sounds. With a final invocation he sends us - mostly New Yorkers, but including recruits from California and Georgia - to our battle stations. We'd be there until after midnight, when we'd fulfilled our final mission: confetti accompli...
...Islamists who control the city occupy a whitewashed compound in Mogadishu. They are eager to present their domination as a fait accompli. "We are ready to be a nation," says Foreign Minister Ibrahim Hassan Addou. "We want Somalia to be peaceful, and we want to establish good relations with the rest of the world." With both hands, he beckons toward the open window in his office. "Feel free to look around," he says. "You can go where you want to go and see what you want...
...fact, have convinced Iran that China and Russia are unlikely to buckle to U.S. pressure for tough sanctions, and the most hawkish element in Tehran may be encouraged by a perception that North Korea's defiance has forced the U.S. to deal with nuclear arsenal as a fait accompli. Even before Pyongyang's test, Iran's position appeared to be hardening against a compromise with the Western demand for suspending enrichment. Tehran's leaders appear to believe that a deadlock in which they continue enrichment while facing limited sanctions will ultimately force the West to make more concessions to Iran...
Logitech is a lithe innovator. Take, for instance, its Wireless DJ music system, which I recently reviewed. Rather than accept Apple's control over home audio as a fait accompli, Logitech built a system that freely streams iTunes-purchased tracks around the house. Logitech's latest mouse proves that the company never stops looking forward...