Archive for July 31st, 2005
A small defeat for the empire of bases. But considering how many excess bases have been constructed in Afghanistan and Iraq as well as neighbouring countries I don’t think this will be a problem. In fact, the US has never had more foreign bases than it currently does.
Uzbekistan has ordered US military personnel to leave [...]
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July 31st, 2005
Björn Hallberg
Really? I’m shocked.
A month after Americans who were held hostage in Tehran 25 years ago asserted that the president-elect of Iran was among their captors, U.S. officials said they had turned up no evidence to support that contention.
Detailed analyses performed by the CIA comparing photos of a similar-looking Iranian captor in 1979 and the president-elect, [...]
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July 31st, 2005
Björn Hallberg
Ever heard of Tällberg Forum? Neither had I.
Between July 30 and August 3, 2005, 450 leaders from all over the world will come together in the small, beautiful village of Tällberg in Sweden. They will break out of their ordinary roles to spend a few days exploring a question of growing concern - “How on [...]
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July 31st, 2005
Björn Hallberg
Where is your orange revolution now?
Ukranian President Viktor Yushchenko has hit back at critics who have asked awkward questions about his son’s lavish lifestyle.
Ukrainska Pravda, an online newspaper that backed Mr Yushchenko in the Orange Revolution, reported that his son Andriy, 19, drives a $131,000 BMWM6, the only one of its kind in Kiev, and [...]
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July 31st, 2005
Björn Hallberg