MUCH ADO ABOUT CHINA

August 25, 2009 at 13:24

When Maclean's magazine banners across the top of its cover "When China Rules the World," as it did last month -- and it is not a Monty Python send-up of swarms of incomprehensible people in Mao suits -- I know it is time to raise a peep of dissent.

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CANADA, RUSSIA, PLAYING GAMES IN ARCTIC

August 17, 2009 at 14:02

It's entirely understandable, say three of the country's leading experts on polar politics, if Canadians are confused about the sometimes-friendly, sometimes-frosty rhetoric surrounding Canada's relations with Russia over the vast Arctic backyard the two neighbours share.

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RUSSIAN SUBS PATROLLING THE EAST COAST

August 05, 2009 at 14:37

A pair of nuclear-powered Russian attack submarines has been patrolling off the eastern seaboard of the United States in recent days, a rare mission that has raised concerns inside the Pentagon and intelligence agencies about a more assertive stance by the Russian military.

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CUTBACKS ASIDE, CUBA WON'T UNDO COMMUNISM

August 04, 2009 at 13:18

Raul Castro announced Saturday that Cuba will cut spending on education and health care, potentially weakening the building blocks of its communist system in a bid to revive a floundering economy.

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U.S. 'READY' FOR NORTH KOREAN MISSILE

July 03, 2009 at 12:17

U.S. missile defenses are prepared to try to knock down the last stage of a Taepodong-2 missile that North Korea is expected soon to launch if sensors detect the weapon threatens U.S. territory, the commander of the U.S. Northern Command told The Washington Times.

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