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Although Georgia on Sunday announced that it would withdraw its troops from the breakaway territory of South Ossetia, it remains uncertain whether the hostilities between Russia and Georgia will end anytime soon. Indeed, they could continue to spread as Russia continues to launch air strikes on Georgian targets. And Russian warships sank a Georgian missile boat within a couple of hours of Georgia's withdrawal announcement...
...uranium-enrichment program. To Bush, time is critical; not only is his term running out, but the world's ability to keep Iran from nukes through diplomacy is also fading. As the Olympics began, the world's most dangerous game was joined in Beijing, its outcome still perilously uncertain...
...essence; not only is his term was running out, but the world's ability, via diplomacy, to keep Iran from getting nukes is also slipping away. As the Olympics begin, the world's most dangerous game is about to be joined in Beijing, its outcome still perilously uncertain...
Whether Sadr's apparent pressure move will work remains uncertain. But U.S. military officials are likely to take it seriously. The U.S. commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, has kept up a dialogue with key figures from Sadr's ranks, and U.S. officials in Baghdad have repeatedly spoken hopefully about Sadr's plans to transform his movement into more of a humanitarian organization. Even while Maliki's government clashed in the streets of southern Iraq and Baghdad with Sadr's fighters earlier this year, American officials did not call for Sadr's capture or destruction but were openly holding...
...away like the cubes of glacier--dating back to 1816--that the scientists drink in glasses of whiskey at a farewell party. As it warms, we'll probably lose more, but the hope is that through projects like NEEM, we will finally understand our climatic past before meeting our uncertain future. The scientists here think we're running out of time--a concept that loses all meaning through the nightless arctic summer. I force myself to go to bed at about 11:30 and try to sleep despite the light. I wake up once to use the bathroom and stagger...