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...thin. It’s the specifics, rather than the supremacy of the drone approach itself, that have come under attack. Pakistanis decry U.S. counterterrorist strikes in their country as a “violation of sovereignty” (apparently, contracting out assassination missions to third parties isn’t their preferred method), but these protests really boil down to wanting the missiles in their own hands. Soft-hearted lefties contend that drones take out innocent civilians along with targets. But justifiable as these concerns are, as tracking software grows more advanced and imaging resolution more clear, the purely...
...historic Aug. 30 general election, the Japanese people - about 70% of eligible voters cast ballots - ended a half-century of nearly unbroken rule by the Liberal Democratic Party (LDP). Hatoyama's party took 308 of the 480 seats in the House of Representatives, 12 seats shy of a two-thirds majority that would have allowed the party to single-handedly pass bills rejected by the upper house. The LDP won 119, slightly more than a third of what it had before Prime Minister Taro Aso dissolved parliament in July. Aso stepped down as party chief the day after elections...
...contemplates running for a third term next year, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe must first get over the swine flu, which he was diagnosed with over the weekend. But he has another thing to worry about besides his health: his impressive record on national security appears to be fraying...
Thus as the May 2010 presidential election approaches, Uribe is focused on changing the Constitution so he can run for a third term while the other candidates are vowing to ape his security policies while failing to focus on the blind spots - like the alarming number of displaced persons. "People think things are going so well so they would rather not admit there's a problem," says Rojas, of Codhes. "It's the politics of sticking your head in the sand...
...what happens in the Shanghai bourse should not matter outside China. Only locals can trade in Chinese A shares, which comprise the composite index. But markets are supposed to anticipate the economy's health, so the fall in the index could possibly signal a relapse in the world's third largest economy. The jitters in Asia and the rest of the world are rooted in the fear that China will not be able to help pull the global economy from recession, a big blow to recovery hopes given the inability of the U.S., Europe and Japan to play that role...