http://www.consortiumnews.com…
Jason Leopold
A high-ranking CIA official warned Condoleezza Rice in September 2002 that allegations about Iraq seeking yellowcake uranium from Niger were untrue and that she, as national security adviser, should stop President George W. Bush from citing the claim in making his case against Saddam Hussein’s regime, according to new evidence released by a House [...]

http://www.google.com…
MOSCOW — Russia said on Monday it was sending a group of warships to Soviet-era ally Cuba in its latest defiant naval move around US waters, part of a drive to revive old Cold War ties with Latin America.

http://www.grandforksherald.com…
By James MacPherson, Associated Press
Published Wednesday, December 10, 2008
BISMARCK — A Minot Air Force Base officer accused of stealing a missile launch control device will face a court-martial, the military said.
Capt. Paul Borowiecki, who was a missile combat crew member assigned to the base’s 91st Missile Wing, is accused of taking the launch control device [...]

Earl Ofari Hutchinson: Method to Thomas Madness on Obama Birth Certificate
…Thomas’s legal meddle on the Obama birth certificate non-issue fits perfectly in with his jaundiced interpretation of law and its practice and his private vow to get revenge on his liberal tormentors.
Study: Nearly half of world’s jailed journalists come from Web…More [...]

Air Force plans to create fourth B-52 squadron at Minot by 2010…The Air Force will stand up a fourth operational B-52 squadron, likely at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., by late 2009 or early 2010, according to Air Combat Command.
Obama’s Birth Certificate. Hawaii became an American state in 1959, two [...]

legitgov.org
Secretary of Defense Robert Gates and General Norton Schwartz, the Air Force chief of staff, are scheduled to visit the Minot Air Force Base on Monday. Schwartz was appointed by President [sic] Bush this summer during leadership changes following the mishandling of nuclear weapons and equipment by the Air Force, including at Minot.
http://www.kxmc.com…
Military brass to [...]

http://www.upi.com…
HAVANA, Nov. 29 (UPI) — Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and former Cuban leader Fidel Castro met in Havana Saturday, discussing further ties between the countries, officials said.

http://africa.reuters.com…
Sun 23 Nov 2008, 18:35 GMT
By Frank Jack Daniel
CARACAS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - Warships, nuclear power, arms sales and perhaps cooperation on oil prices — Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev is in Venezuela this week with an alarming sounding list to wave under Washington’s nose.
The U.S. government dismisses the importance of Medvedev’s visit on Wednesday to [...]

http://blog.wired.com…
from Danger Room’s Nathan Hodge
A squadron of Russian warships — including the nuclear-powered cruiser Pyotr Veliky — is scheduled to arrive in Venezuelan waters this week. The ships are supposed to take part in joint naval exercises with the Venezuelan navy, but their presence is also symbolic: it’s the first time the Russian navy [...]

LA Times
In the final scheduled foreign trip of his presidency, he hopes to bolster confidence in efforts to rescue the global economy and move forward on North Korean nuclear disarmament.
By Patrick J. McDonnell
November 22, 2008
Reporting from Lima, Peru — President Bush arrived in South America on Friday for the final scheduled foreign trip of his [...]