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T-90Russian Military Hardware Best In The World -- PravdaThe global arms market has been growing steadily during the recent years. Russian arms are in high demand on this market, and it is the weapons and equipment of Soviet development that are competitive most. Their performance...

Lebanon, Israel Take Step Toward Claiming Big Oil, Gas Deposits -- Christian Science MonitorLebanon and Israel dispute their maritime boundary in the eastern Mediterranean, which contains some 8.5 percent of the world's oil and gas under the seabed.The United States has proposed...

 Benghazi Siege: The Ambassador's Last Minutes -- Lateef Mungin, CNN (CNN) -- They were hiding in a place security officers called a "safe area." It was anything but. Outside an angry crowd grew, gunfire rang out and a fire blazed. Thick smoke blinded the three trapped men. The intruders banged on the fortified safety gate of the bunker-like...

State Department Resignations Follow Benghazi Report -- CNNWashington (CNN) -- Three State Department officials, including two who oversaw security decisions at the diplomatic outpost in Benghazi, Libya, resigned in the wake of a review of security failures there, senior State Department officials told CNN Wednesday.The independent review of the September...

US ArmyArmy Seeking Death Penalty For Sergeant Accused of Killing Afghan Civilians -- New York TimesSEATTLE — The United States Army will seek the death penalty against Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is accused of killing 16 civilians in Afghanistan, officials said on Wednesday. Sergeant...

2012 Person Of The Year: Barack Obama, The President -- Michael Scherer, TimeTwenty-seven years after driving from New York City to Chicago in a $2,000 Honda Civic for a job that probably wouldn’t amount to much, Barack Obama, in better shape but with grayer hair, stood in the presidential...

South Korea Elects Its First Woman President, Park Geun-hye -- Donal Kirk, Christian Science MonitorConservative candidate Park Geun-hye has made history by winning South Korea's presidential election, becoming the country's first female president-elect after defeating her liberal rival.Park Geun-hye won a decisive victory Wednesday after a bitterly...

Dictator's Daughter New SKorea President -- The AustralianSOUTH Korea has elected its first female president, handing a slim but historic victory to conservative ruling party candidate Park Geun-Hye, daughter of the country's former military ruler.As leader of Asia's fourth-largest economy, Park, 60, will face numerous challenges, handling a belligerent...

South Korea Elects First Female President -- Voice of AmericaSEOUL — Conservative Saenuri [New Frontier] Party candidate Park Geun-hye has made history by winning South Korea's presidential election, becoming the country's first female president-elect after defeating liberal rival Moon Jae-in of the Democratic United Party by several percentage points.Interacting...

  Jeff, I don't have the exact answer you're seeking, but I want to mention that my MacBook, bought two weeks after they debuted, has lost its screen, keyboard, and touch pad functions, but still is operable with an external monitor,...

  I have a 13" MacBook Pro that appears to have one of the 2 USB ports that is not working. The one that does work will connect easily and power items but the other does not seem to connect. I do get lights on with things like a USB...

I am traveling today. Regular blogging will return late tonig...

  Yep! But you might need an adapter because your MacBook lacks a VGA port. Susn adaptor can be bought in any Applestore or online at Apple directly. Stefan Op 18 dec. 2012 om 22:11 heeft Ariella Vanderveen <ariellav@sbcglobal.net>...

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Panel on Benghazi Attack Heaps Blame On State, Citing 'Systemic Failures' -- Christian Science MonitorAn independent panel investigating the 9/11 attack on the US consulate in Benghazi released a report finding that the State Department failed at securing the compound on multiple fronts.An independent panel investigating the 9/11 attack on the United...

New Imaging System Could Make America's Stealth Technology Obsolete -- Business InsiderThe stealth technology of America's fifth-generation jet fighters, the F-22 and the F-35, could be obsolete after a new discovery from the University of Rochester in New York.One main goal of fifth-generation...

In Sign of Normalization, Pentagon to Reimburse Pakistan $688 Million -- New York TimesWASHINGTON — The Pentagon quietly notified Congress this month that it would reimburse Pakistan nearly $700 million for the cost of stationing 140,000 troops on the border with Afghanistan, an...

After The Sands Of Iwo Jima -- Max Boot, Wall Street JournalThe Marines had the idea of enlisting journalists, making their story far more compelling to the civilians back home.The Marines are the most celebrated but least understood of our four military services. They have done...

A coalition force member demonstrates weapons tactics to Afghan national police during weapons training in western Afghanistan's Farah province, Dec. 12, 2012. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Sgt. Pete Thibodeau Insight: Afghans Turn To AK-47, Fearing Taliban Return Or Civil War -- Reuters(Reuters)...

Russian Arms Sales at $14 Bln in 2012. © RIA Novosti. Mikhail KlimentievPutin’s Arms Dealers Are Selling More Weapons to More Dirtbags Than Ever -- Danger RoomVladimir Putin wants to build a big friggin’ army. But to pay for it, the Russian president has expanded the amount of Russian...