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...they’ve learned their lesson since then, right? Well… not really. Even today—despite Cheney’s ceaseless apocalyptic warnings about terrorists smuggling nuclear bombs into American cities—the administration has still not provided enough funds to finish securing Russian nukes before...
...International terrorism has as its goal to prevent the election of President Bush to a second term." VLADIMIR PUTIN, Russian President, speaking at a press conference in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, in comments widely seen as supporting George W. Bush. He later explained he would respect "unconditionally" the choice of the American people...
...just as oil is seen driving American foreign policy, so too are China's geopolitical strategies increasingly influenced by the country's inability to meet its energy needs solely through domestic production. Last week Russian President Vladimir Putin began a state visit to China, during which Chinese President Hu Jintao was expected to press for the swift approval of several proposed billion-dollar, oil-and-gas joint ventures between the two countries, including a pipeline to connect Russia's oil fields with China's main domestic distribution network...
...move seemed designed to embarrass the Kremlin, but it underscored China's vulnerability. Meanwhile, Beijing's planned pipeline is in danger of being thwarted by its regional nemesis, Japan, which has offered to pay for part of the multibillion-dollar project?so long as it terminates in the Russian port of Nakhodka, which is nearer Japan. Moscow seems inclined to take Japan's offer, and "China feels betrayed," says Bernard Cole, an expert at the National War College on China's oil needs...
...concern is about getting a job after graduation…I would take an economist’s approach and look at each candidate’s program for job creation, balanced budget, and free trade,” said Latvian-Russian Sergey Trishin ’05 of how he would vote in this election, if he could...