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...today, it doesn't have the hardware. That may be changing. Last week, Lee Wen-chung, chairman of the defense committee in Taiwan's legislature, disclosed that the island was developing missiles that could reach Chinese cities. "Taiwan has the technology and capability to develop a medium-range missile program, which is supported by a secret government budget," Lee told TIME. "We've entered the test-fire phase and may be able to begin mass production in two to five years." In a statement last month, Premier Yu Shyi-kun made it clear that Taiwan would use the missiles...
...other cardiac problems than women who exercised. But don't discount the impact of slimming down. In another study in J.A.M.A., research from the ongoing Women's Health Study found that overweight and obese women - regardless of how regularly they exercised - were up to nine times as likely to develop diabetes as women of normal weight. Bottom line: there's no easy way around it. Stay trim and active...
...Yudhoyono will also have to set straight the country's stance on the development of key industries such as mining and oil-and-gas production. Although Indonesia is rich in natural resources, investors in recent years have shied away from development projects because of confusion over industry regulations as Jakarta grants more power to local governments. In one case, three years of haggling between Exxon-Mobil and Indonesian oil company Pertamina, now in the process of being privatized, has stalled the development of the massive Cepu oil field on the island of Java. The negotiations were dealt a serious blow...
...will in no way try to acquire nuclear weapons because it is against our religion and culture." MOHAMMAD KHATAMI, Iranian President, at a parade marking the anniversary of Iran's 1980 war with Iraq, stating that his country would continue to develop peaceful nuclear technology...
...first nuclear device in the Rajasthan desert; he was later appointed scientific adviser to the Defense Ministry and head of the Department of Atomic Energy. A skilled pianist and author of a book on music theory, he once reportedly declined an offer from Saddam Hussein to help Iraq develop its own nuclear program...