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With Defense Test, China Shows Displeasure of U.S.
Even if news accounts on Tuesday did not provide details about the test — and whether it destroyed its intended target — Chinese and Western analysts say there is no mistaking that the timing of the test, coming amid Beijing’s fury over American arms sales to Taiwan, was largely aimed at the White House.
Moscow Visit By Turkish PM Underscores New Strategic Alliance
In many ways, Russia and Turkey are natural partners. Both feel slighted by the West. Both are nostalgic for past imperial glory. And both are ruled by governments pledging to restore the countries' former greatness.
U.S. “Science Envoy” Dr. Zewail to Visit Turkey
Dr. Ahmed Zewail, one of the three "science envoys" appointed by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, will visit Turkey.
UK - MFA - A call for convergence: Science and Diplomacy in the modern age
The Foreign Secretary (of the UK, David Miliband) spoke at the Royal Society on 12 January 2010 on the connections between diplomacy and science.
China Awards Foreign Scientists, Institutions
For 75-year-old American physicist Yuen-Ron Shen, life has been a series of plane rides between his American laboratory in Berkeley and China.
Peace as people’s will
ndia and Pakistan were separated at birth - and painfully. Since partition, there have been bilateral attempts to arrive at abiding friendship. Yet government initiatives have been hobbled by conflict deepening mutual suspicion. Sadly, each time ties have floundered, stakeholders in strife have won, and ordinary people have lost out.
We need a smarter way to fight the jihadi elite
In recent years, the emergence of this international jihadi elite has often been blamed on European immigration and assimilation policies or, rather, the lack of them. But the case of Bayrak suggests that this elite has a much broader base and radical Islam potentially a much wider appeal.
SPIC MACAY-ICCR to hold ‘Heriage 2010’
PIC MACAY is coming up with one of the biggest festivals ever titled ‘Heritage 2010’, in collaboration with Indian Council of Cultural Relations (ICCR) between January 15 and 30 in the city.
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