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BLACKFIVE (Free subscription) | yesterday
(h/t Steve Hayes) President Obama's National Security Adviser is ret. gen. Jim Jones. He recently gave an interview to the German magazine Spiegel in which he makes some statements that evoke questions about his commitment to our efforts in Afghanistan. SPIEGEL: The Obama administration is reviewing the strategy for Afghanistan. General Stanley McChrystal, the top US commander in Afghanistan,...
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Neptunus Lex (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
A lengthy, but fascinating deep dive from the German magazine Spiegel into the 2006 Israeli air strike into the Syrian desert against a suspected uranium enrichment site. The Norks and Iran play their customarily toxic roles, while Israel plays to survive. Regional players point to the Palestinian issue as the one that must be solved before peace [...]
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France24 (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Frosty relations between Ukraine and Russia have surfaced once again over the issue of gas, and this winter the ongoing dispute has an added dimension - Ukraine goes to the polls on January 17 for a presidential election which incumbent Viktor Yushchenko is highly unlikely to win.Moscow puts the blame for the recurrent gas disputes squarely on Yuschchenko.In an interview with German magazine...
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The Inquisitr (Free subscription) | yesterday
A German magazine has accused mega-publisher Ubisoft of denying it a review copy of Assassin’s Creed II because the mag couldn’t guarantee a positive review. On the cover of the latest issue of Computer Bild Spiele, a headline reads: SCANDAL! PUBLISHER WANTED US TO GUARANTEE A SCORE OF ‘SEHR GUT’ ['VERY GOOD'] Sadly, this doesn’t necessarily surprise me....
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habser | 11/10/2009
According to the latest reports from the German magazine Autobild, it seems that Porsche is currently working on a new 911. The new car will not be just a number change, like the 996 and 997! It appears that we will see a brand new vehicle vehicle that will make its offic
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USA Shopping Online @ 2dayplaza.com (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The German magazine Computer Bild Spiele has a bit of a scandal on its December cover. Apparently, Ubisoft might have tried some strong-arm tactics regarding Assassin's Creed 2's review score. The big “Assassin's Creed 2 SKANDAL!” denounced by the magazine's December title would be a backfired attempt by the company if this turns out to be true. The bad publicity could...
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Conscientious (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Recently, German magazine Photography Now approached me for an interview. To give me an idea of such interviews, they sent me an older issue, which featured a long and very interesting interview with Gerhard Steidl . Unfortunately, the interview was in German and not available online - so I asked the makers of Photography Now whether I could translate the interview and re-publish...
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Hamburg - Britain has quietly urged Afghan's newly re-elected president, Hamid Karzai, to make peace with the less radical part of the Taliban, a German magazine, Stern, claimed Monday. In a story on its website, stern.de, it said that London's confi...
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GameGrep Feed (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The first Assassin's Creed sold millions and met with some generally favourable reviews. They had positive and negative things. But it seemed like the negatives were more noticeable. And the dev's noticed and promised to fix some of the problems with the first game. But a German Magazine company was told by Ubisoft to give the game a high score or they will not receive an early copy....
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Geostrategy (Free subscription) | yesterday
But there is another side to the story As an article in the German magazine Spiegel points out; ‘It is not, however, due to some quirk of geology that China enjoys a virtual monopoly on special industrial metals. These sought-after resources are also found buried underground elsewhere in the world. In fact, geologically speaking, there should be no shortages at all. The availability of...
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Michael Goldfarb - The Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
As President Barack Obama prepares to make a final decision on Afghanistan, National Security Adviser Jim Jones dismissed and even seemed to mock a request for more troops from General Stanley McChrystal. “You could have 200,000 troops there and the country will swallow them up as it has done in the past,” Jones said. The comments came in a little-noticed interview with Der Spiegel , a German...
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GameGrep Feed (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
The first Assassin's Creed sold millions and met with some generally favourable reviews. They had positive and negative things. But it seemed like the negatives were more noticeable. And the dev's noticed and promised to fix some of the problems with the first game. But a German Magazine company was told by Ubisoft to give the game a high score or they will not receive an early copy....
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
... sign a legally binding document at the end of this year," said Medvedev when interviewed by German magazine Der Spiegel, whose scripts were released b ...
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IOL (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Berlin - American Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday urged Iran to accept a UN-drafted proposal to have uranium for a medical reactor enriched abroad.Clinton, visiting Germany for celebrations marking the 20th anniversary of the collapse of the Berlin Wall, said there would be consequences if the Iranian leadership "failed to fulfil their obligations" on the nuclear issue.The White...
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
"If Iran fails to take steps in its control to demonstrate its responsibility to the world, then sanctions may be necessary," White House spokesman Robert Gibbs told a daily press briefing. Gibbs noted Russian President Dmitry Medvedev had delivered a similar message on Saturday, when he spoke about sanctions during an interview with a German magazine.
