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(http://www.nytimes.com)
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about 14 hours ago
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While the U.S. has the world's fastest supercomputers, it faces increased pressure from countries like India and China.
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(http://www.newsdaily.com)
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about 9 hours ago
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People in a vast seismic zone in the southern and midwestern United States would face catastrophic damage if a major earthquake struck there and should ensure that builders keep that risk in mind, a government report said on Thursday. The Federal ...
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(http://www.dni.gov)
- scanned by: GavinChua
about 8 hours ago
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"Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World" is the fourth unclassified report prepared by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) in recent years that takes a long-term view of the future. It offers a fresh look at how key global trends m...
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(http://www.globalsecurity.org)
- scanned by: GavinChua
2 days ago
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U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has confirmed he will close the Guantanamo Bay detention facility, ending one of the most controversial chapters in U.S. President George W. Bush's war on terror.Guantanamo has not only been controversial due to h...
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(http://www.thestandard.com)
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3 days ago
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Despite the fact that the list is heavily weighted toward West Coast technology entrepreneurs, it gives some fascinating insights into the heroes of the software and Internet industries.
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(http://www.iht.com)
- scanned by: GavinChua
3 days ago
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Chinese diplomacy which stands apart from Western diplomacy. Offers good insight into how China will rise up as a superpower: "The question is not whether you have an aircraft carrier, but what you do with your aircraft carrier," Major G...
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(http://www.iht.com)
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3 days ago
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This is a worthwhile pursuit, not just in affecting US policy on climate change. But also taking lessons from threats to the Mekong Delta, to build a resilient Mississippi Delta and offer a better post-Katrina response in future.
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(http://www.iht.com)
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3 days ago
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The Philippines government charting a trailblazing way (or clutching at straws?) to attract foreign investment during the global economic downturn. What would other governments do to retain and attract foreign investment as well as to avoid brain ...
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(http://www.guardian.co.uk)
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2 days ago
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A disturbing and remarkable trend in the year 2008. You wouldn't think it possible in today's high-tech, high-security world.
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(http://www.globalissues.org)
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5 days ago
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Excellent blog-thesis on current trends in the global arms trade: "The latest data covering global arms sales shows that sale of arms in 2007 increased to almost $60 billion, 70% of which went to developing countries. Updated graphs and chart...
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(http://www.atimes.com)
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4 days ago
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In late September Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen called for the revival of a controversial law which would require the country's more than 2,000 associations and NGOs to complete a complex registration process and submit to stringent financial r...
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(http://www.memebox.com)
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7 days ago
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Big Plans are susceptible to changes in the world around us, and even bold visionaries can have wrong assumptions about the future.
After blanketing the media landscape over the summer with The Pickens Plan, T Boone Pickens has announced that...
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