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...There was one key setback for Russia, though: The NATO communiqué endorsed U.S. deployment of its anti-missile system on Czech and Polish soil. Moscow views such deployments as a direct strategic challenge, and has vowed to counter them by deploying new missiles of its own near Poland. Although the Russian position enjoys some sympathy in Western Europe - France's President Nicolas Sarkozy only last month complained the U.S. missile defense system would "bring nothing to security" but would "complicate things" with Russia - there was no sign of that view in the final text agreed by NATO foreign ministers...
...Most soils harbor bacteria and the bacteria are living and therefore transmitting electrical signals basically through the soil,” Edwards said. “By creating an anode-cathode setting in the soil, it’s actually possible to draw current and therefore generate energy...
...least in the short term, if GM, Ford or Chrysler went bust. That's because of a domino effect that would probably result in the subsequent failures of parts suppliers that also sell to factories operated by Toyota, Honda and Nissan in the U.S. Vehicles built on American soil accounted for 63% of Japan's total U.S. sales in 2007, according to the Japan Automobile Manufacturers Association. A sudden parts shortage could force companies to shut down some of those assembly lines, generating major losses...
Publicly, Rice has talked up the idea that Pakistan is now ruled by a democratic civilian government committed to eradicating militant groups from Pakistani soil, and making peace with India. But neither Pakistan's generals nor India's political leadership have any doubt about who controls the critical levers of power in Pakistan - and it's not the government of President Asif Ali Zardari...
...added it to its list of international terrorist organizations) and many of its members were arrested. But most were simply released, and LeT continues to operate openly in the guise of its parent organization, Jamaat ud Dawa, while its clandestine military arm maintains its structures on Pakistani soil...