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CHINA USING THE CONTROL OF RARE EARTH ELEMENTS AS A WAY TO INFLUENCE THE WORLD ECONOMY

NEWS & OBSERVER Oct 29, 2010 HOW CHINA GAINED A RARE EARTH EDGE DURHAM People are wrong if they think that China couldn’t possibly obtain any more power over America than it already has. The latest problem is rare earth elements. Rare earth elements are, well, rare. They are mostly a group of 15 metals […]

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IRAN CONTINUES TO BUILD ITS POWER IN LEBANON

KAHLILI: Ahmadinejad’s Lebanon victory lap As West sues for peace, Islamic regime boldly advances By Reza Kahlili – The Washington Times October 12, 2010 A giant poster of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is on display in the southern village of Bint Jbeil, Lebanon, on Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2010, in preparation for Mr. Ahmadinejad’s visit there.

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CHINA CONTROLS 97% of RARE-EARTH MINERALS

WASHINGTON POST China gives U.S. ‘assurances’ on export of rare-earth minerals By John Pomfret Washington Post Staff Writer Saturday, October 30, 2010; HANOI — China on Saturday assured the United States that it would continue the export of crucial rare-earth minerals that Beijing is believed to have halted as a way to pressure Japan. In

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THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE THE REAL ISRAEL LOBBY

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Real Israel Lobby It’s the American people. William Kristol October 18, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 05 Now we know who constitutes the real Israel lobby: the American public. Especially the Republican-leaning part of it. Consider the results of a new poll, a survey of 1,000 likely voters, conducted

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CHINA PUTS PRESSURE ON US/JAPAN ALLIANCE

TKACIK: China tests U.S.-Japan alliance Asian behemoth flexes its muscles in Japanese waters Illustration: China by Linas Garsys for The Washington Times By John J. Tkacik Jr. – The Washington Times October 5, 2010 In a surprisingly uncharacteristic show of diplomatic backbone last month, the Obama administration sent an unwelcome message to Beijing: America will

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CYBER WARFARE

Annals of National Security The Online Threat Should we be worried about a cyber war? by Seymour M. Hersh November 1, 2010 s Some experts say that the real danger lies in confusing cyber espionage with cyber war. On April 1, 2001, an American EP-3E Aries II reconnaissance plane on an eavesdropping mission collided with

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WYOMING URANIUM MINE SALE TO RUSSIA CAUSES ALARM

4 GOP leaders warn of uranium mine sale Russian agency would take over **FILE** Rep. Spencer Bachus (Bloomberg) By Eli Lake– The Washington Times Updated: 9:50 p.m. on Tuesday, October 5, 2010 leading House Republicans, citing national security concerns, are urging Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner to block the sale of a Wyoming-based uranium mine

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PRESIDENT BUSH SPEAKS AT UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS

Article published Oct 20, 2010 Posted on Wednesday, October 20, 2010 Sold-Out Crowd Gives Former President Bush Three Standing Ovations During Speech By EMILY GUEVARA Staff Writer Former President George W. Bush pulled back the curtain of the Oval Office and gave East Texans a picture of what his job was like during the high

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OBAMA FOLLOWING IN CARTER’S FOOTSTEPS

Published on The Weekly Standard (http://www.weeklystandard.com) The Second Carter Term Obama’s strategic vision is straight out of 1977. October 11, 2010, Vol. 16, No. 04 by Michael Doran President Obama came to power intending to rectify the perceived mistakes of George W. Bush in the Middle East. With that goal in mind, he announced two

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