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...major drug traffickers such as the notorious Pablo Escobar. Many of the paramilitary leaders later confessed they had funded their own activities by dealing drugs, but claimed they virtually stopped anti-social crime in areas under their control. Gustavo Duncan, who authored a book on the Colombian paramilitaries, says similar organizations could emerge in Mexico amid the breakdown in state authority. "While Mexico may not ever get as bad as Colombia, some of the factors are very similar," Duncan notes. "When the state cannot keep control in certain areas, it leaves a vacuum for these type of organizations to step...
...launched a loud and extended attack. Paulson eventually clarified that he thought the crisis had many causes, and the majority of his criticisms were meant for the U.S. When Geithner later said China has been manipulating its currency during a Senate review of his appointment, he set off a similar outburst of criticism. (Read ?How to Heal the Global Economy...
...There are hundreds of these and similar land-based long-range missiles ready to launch at a moment's notice. Only the original nuclear club countries have them - America, Russia, China, Britain and France. Those who justify the continued existence of these giant arsenals argue that the stability provided by such "deterrents" far outweigh the risk. The launch of one or all of these missiles - whether by design or by accident - would be a highly improbable event. (See pictures of Hiroshima...
...impossible one. Sometime on Feb. 3 or 4, a British nuclear submarine carrying an estimated 50 nuclear warheads crashed into a French nuclear submarine with a similar payload in the depths of the Atlantic. When the event was leaked to a British newspaper on Feb. 16, both governments were quick to point out that there was no risk to the missiles on board. French defense minister Herve Morin called the collision an "incredible incident," and promised better communication with the British. Some commentators estimated the chance of two submarines intersecting in such a vast body of water...
...that showed that the Russian Navy undertook more underwater ballistic missile submarine patrols in 2008 than it has in a decade. The Russian subs are joined in the word's oceans by nuclear-armed vessels from France, Britain, and China. Under the plains of the American West, and in similar silos in Russia, Air Force missile operators keep constant vigil, launch keys at the ready. Nuclear missiles have no self-destruct button; once launched, they cannot be called back. Twenty years after the end of the cold war, humanity still lives within 30 minutes of its own destruction. The price...