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...develop nuclear power, but to build an atomic bomb. Suppose, moreover, that it manages to do so, and that there is no military intervention in Iran of the kind that Israel visited upon Iraq's Osirak nuclear reactor in 1981. What would happen next? Somehow or other, in all likelihood, others would seek to contain Iran, in the way that the Soviet Union was contained during the cold war. But if that was to be the fate of Iran, who would do the containing? To ask the question is to answer it. "There is an assumption," says Michael Mandelbaum...
...regime made its most provocative move yet last week, resuming work on its uranium-enrichment program, which the U.S. and some of its allies believe is a critical step toward the eventual production of nuclear weapons. The resumption touched off a flurry of international condemnation and raised the likelihood that Iran will be referred to the U.N. Security Council. U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice declared that by resuming enrichment activities, Iran has "shattered the basis for negotiation...
...healthy cardiovascular system may even, to some extent, compensate for tiny defects in the brain. Doctors have long known that suffering one or more strokes, which interrupt the flow of blood to the brain, increases the likelihood of dementia. They assumed that Alzheimer's disease was a completely unrelated problem. In fact, a long-running study of a group of nuns who agreed to donate their brains when they died has found that isn't necessarily the case. About a third of the nuns whose brains at autopsy showed clear signs of the plaques and tangles associated with Alzheimer...
...Ukraine how quickly we can become vulnerable," said Edmund Stoiber, the Governor of Bavaria. In France, which already relies on nuclear energy for more than 75% of its electricity, President Jacques Chirac announced plans to develop a new generation of reactors. In Ukraine itself, critics worried about the likelihood of big price rises in the future. And the pivotal role in the deal given to a Swiss-based intermediary company partly owned by unnamed Ukrainian investors increased concerns for some. "What has happened is a major scam," Yuliya Tymoshenko, the former Ukraine Premier who is expected to do well...
...Brooks says. “I threw up for the next fifteen minutes.” After he graduates, Brooks will go on to further officer training, and by next year, at the age of 22, he will be responsible for his own platoon. In all likelihood, he will be sent to Iraq or Afghanistan in the near future. But before heading off to the desert, Brooksy, say his roommates, will party it up. “He’s a big fan of the Kong,” says Ben M. Niles...