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...IISS assessment also foresaw new proliferation problems arising from efforts to dismantle North Korea's nuclear weapons program. If those efforts succeed, said Fitzpatrick, "North Korea is going to have a lot of equipment it doesn't need any more. One concern is whether North Korea might feel disposed to trying to sell some of that equipment, particularly in a situation where North Korea's internal structure was beginning to fray, and there wasn't centralized control over nuclear assets." In that case, there would be several nations, among them Iran, who would certainly be interested in acquiring used components...
...most passionately fought French Presidential election in recent memory wasn't even close: Conservative standard-bearer Nicolas Sarkozy handily beat Socialist candidate Ségolène Royal 53.2% to 46.8% to succeed Jacques Chirac in the Elysée. The win also gives Sarkozy's ruling Union for a Popular Majority party (UMP) a considerable boost ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for June 10 and 17, where victory would give the right the power necessary to push through the vast modernization and liberalization program promised by Sarkozy...
Warren Buffet us looking around for someone to succeed him, eventually, as chairman of Berkshire Hathaway. Since that company's main asset is Warren Buffett, it's an important choice. But Buffett told the Wall Street Journal recently that he doesn't care if the person in question is a college graduate...
What does launching satellites have to do with lifting Africans out of poverty? Just ask Robert Boroffice. He's the head of the space agency of Nigeria--yes, Nigeria--and he is convinced that space programs can succeed where Earth-bound projects have failed. Though blessed with vast oil reserves, Africa's most populous nation has been crippled by years of military rule and mismanagement. According to the World Bank, 70% of Nigerians live on less than...
...UC’s recent decision not to fund club sports in its final grant package brought to light an unfortunate reality: Many Harvard club sports teams are severely underfunded. The Department of Athletics, not the Undergraduate Council, is responsible for ensuring that these important teams exist and succeed. While we applaud the UC for its past attempts to better a bad state of affairs, it ultimately falls to the Department of Athletics to adequately fund club sports. Unless a club sport doesn’t need a coach, equipment, or travel—highly unlikely—it?...