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Dec 26, 2008 13:43 | Updated Dec 27, 2008 0:23
Russia plans to supply air-defense missile systems valued at $250 million to seven countries including Syria, Libya and Venezuela, Vedomosti reported, citing an unidentified Russian Technologies Corp official.

Dan Savage on the Prop 8 aftermath, and the argument that religious bigots are simply expressing their heartfelt faith:
“In the wake of Prop 8 millions of gays and lesbians all over the country have decided that we’re no longer going to play by the old rules. We’re not going to let people kick our [...]

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Published: Tuesday November 18, 2008
Russian Defence Minister Anatoly Serdyukov on Tuesday warned Georgia that any efforts to strengthen its military would be punished more severely than during the countries’ brief August war.
“We are concerned over the continuing desire of the Georgian administration to develop its military potential,” Serdyukov said through an interpreter after talks with [...]

1. More and more of the lunatic fringe are losing it.…
Do you see a pattern here?

2. 2 Held in Election Night Beating of Black Youth…
The police said on Saturday that two 18-year-old men were arrested on Friday for the beating. The men, Ralph Nicoletti, of 35 Wadsworth Avenue, and Bryan Garaventa, of 169 Maryland Avenue, [...]

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By Haaretz Staff and Channel 10
Pictures of an American anti-missile radar installed in southern Israel were released earlier this week, depicting a recently completed military base, which will house the first permanent U.S. force to be deployed on Israeli soil.
Construction of the base was completed in the last few days at Mount Keren near the [...]

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By Guy Faulconbridge
Reuters
Wednesday, November 12, 2008; 2:02 PM
MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin on Wednesday rejected U.S. proposals aimed at easing concerns over a missile defense system in Europe and said it would try again to resolve the row once Barack Obama is in the White House.
Russia says the planned U.S. system will threaten its national [...]

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KALININGRAD - The deployment of precision-guided tactical missiles in Russia’s westernmost region would render ineffective a U.S. missile shield in Central Europe, Russia’s NATO envoy said on Wednesday.
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said earlier on Wednesday that Russia would deploy short-range Iskander missile systems in its Kaliningrad exclave near Poland “to neutralize, if necessary, the anti-ballistic [...]

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Clarification: Missile silo fire story
DENVER (AP) — In a story Oct. 30, The Associated Press reported the Air Force replaced the battery chargers at all U.S. missile launch sites after a May 23 fire at a Wyoming launch site, according to an Air Force spokeswoman. Maj. Laurie Arellano now says all the battery chargers are [...]

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Agence France-Presse
Published: Sunday October 12, 2008
MOSCOW (AFP) — Russia test-fired three long-range missiles on Sunday and pronounced its nuclear deterrent strong in a show of force that experts said had not been seen since the days of the Cold War.

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h/t: sott.net
RIA Novosti
Sun, 28 Sep 2008 00:30 UTC
Russia will not allow Czech and Polish inspectors at its missile bases but is ready for further talks on the presence of its observers at U.S. missile shield sites in central Europe, the Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.