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...Still, the Bush Administration hopes the Iranians, confronted with the prospect of UN action, will buckle and accept the Western insistence that Iran cannot be permitted to enrich uranium on its own soil (because this technology and industrial capacity would allow it also to create the fissile fuel necessary for a nuclear weapon). If Tehran remains defiant, the U.S. and its allies have an uphill task of persuading a reluctant international community to impose sanctions, or else consider some form of military strike that risks provoking a catastrophic backlash without even necessarily guaranteeing the elimination of Iran's nuclear activities...
...charged stretch of terrain that could soon be fortified with a 698-mile, two-layered fence if House Bill 4437 becomes law. To the common U.S. citizen, it may seem like this “wall” will alleviate domestic immigration tensions, preventing undocumented workers from entering U.S. soil. In reality, this frail three-foot high metal fence, a product of popular misconceptions about immigration, is unlikely to significantly reduce undocumented immigration and merely serves as a symbol of xenophobia and ignorance. Most Mexicans do not view crossing the border as a right—if Mexicans believed this...
...despite all the bluster from all sides, the search for a compromise formula on Iranian enrichment activities remains very much alive. A Russian proposal to enrich the fuel for Iran's reactors on its own soil - so as to prevent material being diverted for further enrichment for a bomb program - right now remains the most likely contender. There's no deal yet, because Tehran is insisting that it retain the right to continue small-scale enrichment for research purposes on its own soil, a demand flatly rejected by the West. But the fact that the parties continue to negotiate even...
...with the new ambassador, Ron Neumann, whose father had also been ambassador to Afghanistan. ?There?s nothing wrong in a son following a father?s footsteps,? said Bush to laughter. Later he thanked U.S. troops at Bagram air base and praised Afghanistan?s transition to democracy. Before leaving Afghan soil, Bush also vowed that Osama bin Laden would be caught. "I am confident [bin Laden] will be brought to justice," Bush said. "What's happening is, is we got U.S. forces on the hunt for not only for bin Laden, but those who plot and plan with him." What...
...sport because it's their passion and, corny as it sounds, for the love of sport." Lofstrom expects the female fortitude to continue in 2010. "The depth of the women's field is great. To have experience at these Games going into the next Games on home soil is an advantage...