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...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 if attacked. Yu called for a cold war-style "balance of terror" between the island and China. "If you fire 100 missiles at me, I should be able to fire 100 missiles at you, or at least...
...recalls the teenager boasting how he would be prime minister one day. Latham has spent his entire adult life making his way up from the grass roots: working as an aide to the retired Whitlam, then in the office of New South Wales Labor Opposition leader Bob Carr (now Premier), as a Liverpool City councillor and, since 1994, as the local M.P. for Werriwa. He's diligent, serious and bookish - and a seeker of political tutors. His Labor contemporaries never doubted he'd attain the leadership; some of them, however, were surprised by how quickly he got there, how cleverly...
...arguably the Ivies’ premier signal caller, his rise has coincided with the school’s new-wave offensive juggernaut. At times, his combination of skill and speed has been nearly impossible to defend...
...complexion of the Harvard ground attack has changed dramatically since the Crimson last squared off against Holy Cross. Gone is the running back by committee scheme which split touches equally between Clifton Dawson and Ryan Tyler. Dawson’s arrival as the Ivy League’s premier running back earned him the lion’s share of the carries even before Tyler switched to wide receiver late last season. With that move made permanent last spring, Dawson figures to be in the backfield for as many downs as his conditioning will allow. Though Harvard coach Tim Murphy?...
...Prime Minister Stanislav Gross survived a mandatory vote of confidence in parliament, winning by just 101 votes to 99. Gross replaced fellow Social Democrat Vladimír Spidla, who resigned in June following the party's poor performance in European elections. Gross, at 34, is Europe 's youngest premier. Stemming the Tide LIBYA Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi met with Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi for talks on ways to stop illegal immigrants from Africa using Libya as a launch pad to reach Italy . A day earlier, a boat believed to have departed from Libya and carrying 275 migrants was intercepted...