If September 11th 2001 was “the day everything changed”, November 4th 2008 was the day everything changed back – at least as far as the rest of the world is concerned. The “global war on terror” was a Bush concept and will expire with his presidency, long past its sell-by date, as far as the “international community” is concerned: Weary Europeans find it unhelpful to the cause of mollifying their own restive Muslim populations, and wealthy Arabs want to get on with buying up the western world’s banks and soccer teams with a somewhat lighter level of scrutiny than they’ve been subject to these last seven years.
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Zimbabwe rivals 'should both go'
Kenya orders fighter jets to patrol against Somali pirates
- Zimbabwe warns of 'terror' plot after air force chief shot
- 3 armies raid rebel camp in eastern Congo
- Canadian United Nations Envoy Fowler Missing in Niger
- Death toll tops 1,100 from Zimbabwe cholera
- EU divided on sending troops to Congo
- Rebel group in Niger says it kidnapped UN envoy
- Silenced - the sharpest voice against Mugabe
- Troops to leave Sudan oil flashpoint- town official
- Tsvangirai stuck in Botswana as travel papers expire
- Zimbabwe May Ban Remaining News Organizations, Alleges Spying
- Zimbabwe vows to block UN Security move
- Armies 'strike at Uganda rebels'
- UN- Zimbabwe Cholera Deaths Near 1,000
- Zimbabwe Says Botswana Provides Army Training to MDC
- Africans join forces to fight the LRA
Locusts attack rice crops
Locusts swarm over 400 square kilometres of north Mauritania
- Ice expected to start at 6 p.m.
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- F1 tornado confirmed in Natchez
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- President Bush Declares Ice Storm Federal Emergency
- Rare snow melting in Las Vegas as flights resume
- Snowy thunderstorm snarls Seattle traffic
- Storm Targets Major Cities Through Friday
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- More power loss possible in ice-ravaged Northeast
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- Chrysler to Close All 30 Manufacturing Plants for One Month
- Fed Cuts Rate to as Low as Zero, Shifts Policy Focus
- KB Toys files bankruptcy, closing stores
- Kremlin ready to bail out big companies
- New IMF director for ME, Central Asia due next week
- Supermarkets' emergency plans to keep shelves full
- Panic as Ukraine's currency plummets
- Heat rises in Russia-Ukraine gas talks
- Gas pipeline turned on
- Gazprom licensed to explore oil, gas fields in Algeria
- Gazprom may court foreign investors
- Gazprom seeks more of Ukraine gas market -report
- Gazprom, Rosatom ink 6-year cooperation deal
- GDF Suez To Supply Natural Gas To Essent From North Sea
- GIBRALTAR WATERS AFFECTED BY HEAVY OIL SPILL IN SPAIN
- India, Iran to hold talks on gas pipeline project today
- Iraq oil cops seen ready to guard pipeline by 2011
- NT gas pipeline powers on
- OPEC Asks Russia to Cut Oil Supply by 400,000 Barrels
- Pan European Oil Pipeline in fresh bid to pick management team
- Pipeline projects snake way over nation
- Russia to make N. Korea fuel shipment
- Russian Industrial Production Shrinks Most Since 1998
- CNOOC approved to invest 200 bln yuan in South China Sea oil-gas development
- Gazprom Neft posts 85% rise in U.S. GAAP net profit over 9 months
- Government war risk program to include Black Sea
- Archbishop- disestablishment of Church of England not 'the end of the world'
- Government set to expand DNA sampling of serious offenders
- Riot police detained church minister for evangelization
- Sicilian mafia 'decapitated' by mass arrests, say police
- Explosives found in Paris store
Athens Police, Protesters Clash for 10th Day
Fresh riots in Athens as protests in Greece enter eighth day
Violence in Greece continues into second week
Greece calm after 8 days of riots by angry youths
Youths attack Athens police building
Greek protesters invade TV studio and demand to be put on air
Greek protesters unveil banner on Acropolis
Greek riots spark fear of Europe in flames
Greek protesters find stronghold in campus haven
[There ain't no way, no how, this got started spontaneously. The only question is how much planning went into it.]
- Car duty protests challenge Russia's Putin
- Putin orders creation of working group to support strategic enterprises
- Putin takes charge of local film industry
- Sochi 2014 Loans Money To Russian Government
- U.S. Not Concerned About Russian Warships
- Putin to return to Kremlin by summer - Russian political scientist
- Russia claims US plans new bases for Central Asia
- Russia in talks with Iran over sale of anti-aircraft missiles, despite Israeli objections
- Russia mulls buying Israeli drones
- [This sets off the alarm bells, though I can't say why.]
- Russia Sends in 500 Troops to Disputed Village, Georgia Says
- Russia suspends staff reduction in its army
- Russia to provide Lebanon with fighter jets
- Russia urges for oil aid to DPRK
- Russia, Ukraine to hold talks on Black Sea Fleet base in Q109
- Russia- presidential term change near approval
- Russian carrier-based fighters exercise over Atlantic
- Russian police arrest dozens of protesters
- Russian racism fear as skinheads jailed for immigrant murders
- Russian warships head for Cuba
- ASEAN sets summit, welcomes charter
- ECB Ordonez IMF, World Bank Gain Importance In Crisis
- Libya slams U.S. draft on Middle East crisis at UN
- Sam's solution- Spend here, save there
- U.S. under Bush embraced U.N. more than ever -Rice
- [True. AAAARGH!]
- Feds Seize New York Office Building Tied to Iranian Government
- Moguls and Arab States Are Big Donors to Clinton Charity
- [Shock!]
- 4 Qassams land in Negev; child suffers shock
- 54 police officers injured in riot drill
- Egypt police- Booby-trapped suitcase full of explosives discovered
- Hamas divided on extending 'calm'
- [What calm?!]
- UN slams Israel for expelling UN rights envoy
- UNSC Israel-Palestinian peace process is irreversible
- [Really?]
- World Bank Warns Israel to Keep Giving Funds to Gaza
- Israel 'Gov't can't consider Golan demand'
- Israel issues new warning on Iranian nuclear arms
- Israel's plan to free Palestinian prisoners is foolish – and illegal
- 18 killed in Iraq attacks after Bush visit
- Pakistan hauliers refuse to take supplies to Afghanistan
- Pakistan, India row over 'violation' by fighter jets
- Afghanistan's Allies Pledge Cooperation
- Egypt police arrest migrants hiding in truck
- Germany wants new sanctions against Iran report
- India halts talks with Pakistan after Mumbai
- India-Pakistan tensions flare at Afghanistan talks
- Iran is member of Asian Gaza troika
- Iran skipped Afghan meeting over French remarks
- Iraq cabinet wants all non-US foreign troops out by July
- Iraq signs $3bn power deal with GE
- Jews of Yemen reportedly to be relocated in wake of deadly attack
- Malaysian PM to visit Iran
- mp- Iran's parliament vice speaker to visit Egypt
- Pakistan not a terrorist-assisting state- US
- [Yeah, and I'm the queen of England.]
- Pakistan starts releasing Jamaat-ud-Dawa guys
- [*headdesk*]
- Syria, EU closer to economic deal, hurdles remain
- Syria, EU initial cooperation agreement
- Taliban kidnaps seven in Afghanistan, one dead
- Time for EU-Turkey 'Urgency'
- Turkey Iran, Iraq could supply gas for Nabucco
- Turkish jets attack Kurdish rebel targets in Iraq
- U.S. not for “regime change” in Iran
- [The mullahs are doing such a bang-up job!]
- UN Security Council backs Middle East peace push
- [We hoped for peace but no good has come, for a time of healing but there was only terror.]
- US- India's air force 'on alert' after Mumbai attacks
- World's first refrigerated BEACH to be built next to luxury hotel in Dubai
- Indian PM in Pakistan ties plea
- Iran-Syria maritime transport commission to meet in Damascus
- Pakistan refuses UK Mumbai appeal
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- Ancient city discovered in Peru may reveal fate of sacrificial Moche culture
- Derinkuyu, the mysterious underground city of Turkey
- Do you know the Bible Man?
- From acorns, mighty rumors grow
- Ice-belching volcanoes active on Saturnian moon, probe suggests
- Rare Lead Bars Discovered Off The Coast Of Ibiza May Be Carthaginian Munitions
- The Jellyfish Are Coming
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