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...hopes he can now sell his peaches to Russia , where he says he would get higher prices than in Tbilisi. In the old days when Georgia was still under Soviet rule, he says, his family sold its harvest of apples and peaches to Russian markets. But since the border was closed to trade following Georgian President Saakashvillis' souring relations with Moscow, that's no longer possible. He can sell his fruit but only at a fraction of the price, he says. "Where are we supposed to sell now? America is too far away. Russia is better for us than America...
...deadliest attacks on non-American troops in Afghanistan since 2001, prompting French President Nicolas Sarkozy to travel to Kabul in an effort to reassure his country's forces. On Aug. 19, a group of suicide bombers tried to storm a U.S. military base near the Pakistan border. Several blew themselves up, but the base's security was not breached...
...exist about when a shipment is planned or may be en route, or where loading, unloading, or temporary stops may occur," it says. "Details may be lacking until late - perhaps when those doing the transporting stop for rest or maintenance, or when delays occur at a port, bridge, or border, including stops associated with routine inspections...
Beyond picking off terrorists and nuclear warheads stuck at border crossings, the report cites a couple of potentially cataclysmic events where a conventional strike from out of the blue could save the day. The system would be perfect for destroying an enemy missile carrying a nuclear warhead on its launch pad (apparently, the NRC has some doubts about the effectiveness of the nation's "Star Wars" missile shield and the utility of hundreds of warplanes). It would also be ideal for taking out an unexplained super-weapon (perhaps an electro-magnetic pulse nuclear bomb) that could lead to the "loss...
...Afghan-supporting finance network spanning France, the Netherlands, and Germany. Uzbekistan - whose radical groups also receive funding collected in Europe - may also be becoming a new transit point for Afghan-bound radicals. And with Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf stepping down, "there's real concern the already wild and lawless border region will become a virtual Taliban-al Qaeda colony...