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http://www.washingtontimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070817/NATION04/108170082/1008
“Inside the Ring”
Bill Gertz
August 17, 2007
“Division rejected”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The senior Air Force commander in the Pacific this week threw cold water on a Chinese military proposal to divide up the Pacific Ocean into U.S. and Chinese spheres of influence.”
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http://asia.news.yahoo.com/070817/3/36joq.html
Friday August 17, 5:07 PM
“HK shares sink in worst weekly loss since Sept. 01”
(Updates to close)
By Rita Chang
HONG KONG, Aug 17 (Reuters)
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http://www.townhall.com/columnists/OliverNorth/2007/08/17/return_of_the_bear
“Return of the Bear”
By Oliver North
Friday, August 17, 2007
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “WASHINGTON — The great horned owl is a magnificent raptor with feathers so soft its prey can’t even hear it coming until it’s too late. But even this superb hunter has a major challenge to overcome: It cannot move its eyes. To scan forest or field for danger — or its next meal — the owl, its eyes fixed straight ahead, must rotate its head. Today, the U.S. national security apparatus is much like an owl with a stiff neck.
For more than three years now, our White House, State Department and Pentagon have been fixated on America’s adversaries in the Middle East and Southwest Asia. Our preoccupation has been on Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Syria, Lebanon and Gaza. Unfortunately, we seem to have missed what’s happening in Russia. Not to carry the wildlife metaphor too far, but “the Bear” is back.”