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 China defence budget seen expanding, UK's shrinking
| LONDON (Reuters) - China is likely to see the largest increase in its defence budget in the next four years and Britain the biggest decrease, a defence information group said in its industry survey ... (photo: AP / Vincent Thian) The Star
China Defence Industry Photos Wikipedia: Military budget of the People's Republic of China |
 Russia's great gas game
| Russia and the European Union are geopolitical neighbours. Whether or not their relationship is in fact neighbourly, rather than tense and confrontational, is of critical importance to both. | Unles... (photo: AP / MTI, Attila Balazs) Gulf News
Europe Gas Photos Russia Wikipedia: Russia European Union relations |
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 Vast oil slicks all but disappear in Gulf of Mexico
| LARA MARLOWE in Washington | THE FIERY explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig that killed 11 men on April 20th was followed by images of stricken wildlife, acrimoni... (photo: AP / Patrick Semansky) Irish Times
Environment Oil Spill Photos US Wikipedia: Deepwater Horizon oil spill |
 US hopes for Iran nuclear talks
| The United States has said it hopes to hold talks with Iran soon and would be prepared to follow up on a plan to provide fuel for Iran's research reactor in exchange fo... (photo: AP / str) Al Jazeera
Iran Nuclear Photos US Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran |
 Iran ready to curb enrichment if swap deal pans out
| Compiled by Daily Star staff | Thursday, July 29, 2010 | - Powered by | Iran has given assurances that it would stop enriching uranium to 20 percent purity if world pow... (photo: AP / Ruhullah Vahdati) Daily Star Lebanon
Iran Nuclear Photos Sanctions Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran |
 Q+A - What threat does Iran's nuclear work pose?
| REUTERS - Turkey said on Wednesday that Iran had promised to stop refining uranium to 20 percent purity if world powers agree to a proposed nuclear fuel swap. | Iran es... (photo: AP / Hasan Sarbakhshian) The Star
Iran Nuclear Photos Weapons Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran |
 Megrahi witnesses delay panel
| A US Senate panel has put off a hearing on the Lockerbie bomber's release because key British and Scottish witnesses "stonewalled" and refused to appear.... (photo: AP / MBC) The Australian
Libya Lockerbie Photos US Wikipedia: Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi |
 Containment Efforts Persist After Michigan Oil Leak
| BATTLE CREEK, Mich. — Response crews were working Wednesday morning to contain an oil spill in southern Michigan that flowed into the Kalamazoo River, a major wat... (photo: AP / Eric Gay) The New York Times
Environment Michigan Oil Spill Photos Wikipedia: Lake Michigan |
 Sit Down With Iran
| On the day that E.U. foreign ministers approved new sanctions against Iran that go well beyond the measures approved by the United Nations, the news came that Iran is p... (photo: AP / Andre Penner) The New York Times
Iran Nuclear Photos Sanctions Wikipedia: Nuclear program of Iran |
