Chinese 'Carrier Killer' Missile Challenges US Regional Power

Dec 29th 2010 – 9:07 AM |AOL News

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Major advances in China's military prowess -- specifically with powerful anti-ship missiles known as aircraft "carrier killers" -- could threaten the U.S. Navy's ability to maintain strategic...

Israel Fears Another 'Anti-Semitic' UN Conference on Racism

Dec 27th 2010 – 7:14 PM |AOL News

Nearly every nation in the world agrees that racism, in general, is a bad thing. What keeps the world from joining forces to tackle the problem is a bitter disagreement over definitions of racism,...

A New Korean War Would Be Devastating, but It Could Happen

Dec 15th 2010 – 5:38 PM |AOL News

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(Dec. 15) -- There would be no winner if war breaks out on the Korean Peninsula. But more than 57 years after the armistice suspended open hostilities between the U.S.-allied Republic of Korea in...

After Nobel, China Snubs Norway, but Not Norwegian Oil

Dec 13th 2010 – 7:39 PM |AOL News

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(Dec. 13) -- After the Norwegian Nobel Committee awarded this year's peace prize to Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, Beijing cracked down on human rights activists at home and lashed out at Norway and...

Poll Shows Strong Public Support for Tax Cut Deal

Dec 13th 2010 – 3:57 PM |AOL News

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(Dec. 13) -- Conservatives, liberals and political independents are markedly in sync when it comes to the deal President Barack Obama forged with Republicans on extension of the Bush-era tax cuts and...

Surging Oil and Gas Prices May Moderate in 2011

Dec 10th 2010 – 3:15 PM |AOL News

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(Dec. 10) -- A bitterly cold start to winter in parts of the U.S. and blockbuster growth in China have helped boost global oil to its highest prices in two years, but economic headwinds could ease...

Poll Shows Most Israelis Want Peace but Doubt It's Possible

Dec 9th 2010 – 8:50 PM |AOL News

(Dec. 9) -- Most Israelis are apparently willing to make the tough territorial sacrifices required for a lasting peace with the Palestinians, even if their government seems far from doing so. And...

Peace Process Falters as US Rethinks Mideast Strategy

Dec 8th 2010 – 6:34 PM |AOL News

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(Dec. 8) -- The U.S.-sponsored Israeli-Palestinian peace process, at an impasse for months, is now officially broken, with the prospect for a substantive revival any time soon looking increasingly...

Stalemates Force Obama to Be Compromiser in Chief

Dec 7th 2010 – 7:38 PM |AOL News

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(Dec. 7) -- It is the season of the stalemate for President Barack Obama. On several of the most pressing issues abroad and at home, Obama is settling in for protracted negotiation or standoff,...

Obama Pressures China to Get Tough on North Korea

Dec 7th 2010 – 7:50 AM |AOL News

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ANALYSIS (Dec. 7) -- The Obama administration's frustration with China is almost tangible amid a whirlwind of diplomacy over warlike action from North Korea. The White House, in the wee hours...

Unemployment Epidemic May Be Here to Stay

Dec 3rd 2010 – 3:23 PM |AOL News

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ANALYSIS (Dec. 3) -- The dissatisfying job numbers for November don't just represent one bad month of meager payroll expansion and snowballing unemployment. They paint the picture of a sputtering...

Obama: Helping the Unemployed Will Help the Economy

Dec 2nd 2010 – 5:46 PM |AOL News

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(Dec. 2) -- Helping long-term unemployed Americans stay afloat isn't just a good idea, it's an economic necessity. That's the argument the White House is making in a fight to get Republican support...

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