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How Vladimir Putin Went From The Soviet Slums To The World's Stage
Vladimir Putin may be the wild card in world affairs right now, but he didn't gain that influence overnight.The Russian President's ascension to power is filled with spies, armed conflicts, oligarchs,...
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Kim Jong Un Says He's Open To A 'High-Level Summit' With South Korea
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reportedly suggested he would be open to talks with his country's arch-rival, South Korea, in a New Year's speech that was broadcast on state television Thursday....
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Back In 2000, The CIA Made These Predictions For 2015
Back in 2000, the CIA published a 70-page report on what the world would be like in 2015. Here were some of those predictions, according to a December 2000 story from the Telegraph. "International...
View ArticleRobot Funded By The US Military Can Sprint And Jump Just Like A Cheetah
The cheetah was the inspiration for the US military-funded “cheetah robot” created by researchers at MIT. Crafting the robot took five years of designing, testing and tweaking. Developers say the robot...
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Libya's Catastrophic Oil Fires Were Visible From Space
A massive oil fire that raged for days at Libya's largest oil port after a stray rocket attack was visible from space. These photos from NASA's Earth Observatory show how far the smoke plume has...
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The US Will Impose Sanctions On North Korea In Response To The Sony Hack
The US will impose sanctions on North Korea in response to the Sony hack. The sanctions, imposed by an executive order signed by President Obama, will target ten North Korean officials and three...
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These Are The Most Incredible Photos The Air Force Took In 2014
The past year was a busy time for the US Air Force. Aside from coordinating and carrying out airstrikes against ISIS and other militant groups around the world, the branch also had to maintain its...
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Switzerland Is Finally Getting Around To Dismantling Its Cold War-Era Defense...
Switzerland has a vaunted reputation for political neutrality and hasn't fought a war since 1815.The mountainous and land-locked country wanted to keep its stance intact even during the tensest years...
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Here's Whom The US Is Sanctioning In North Korea
After an executive order by President Obama the US will begin sanctions on 10 North Korean officials along with three government entities in response to the Sony hacks. The sanctions are the first part...
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'The Government Is Watching Every Citizen:' The BBC Just Reported From The...
Kashgar is one of the hardest places in China for foreign journalists to visit. The westernmost major city in China's Xinjiang Province is in the middle of a region where Beijing's internal oppression...
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The Secret Dead Of Russia's Undeclared War
Anton Tumanov gave up his life for his country - but his country won’t say where, and it won’t say how.His mother knows. She knows that Mr Tumanov, a 20 year-old junior sergeant in the Russian army,...
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Poland's Would-Be Guerrillas
Marcin Waszczuk is ready for action. Dressed in camouflage fatigues with a Polish flag on the shoulder, the heavyset 41-year-old is the head of Strzelec, one of Poland’s largest paramilitary...
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The Sony Hack Wrecked A LOT Of Equipment
The November hack of Sony "resulted in the destruction of about three-quarters of the computers and servers at the studio’s main operations," David Sanger and Michael Schmidt reported this weekend in...
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Here Comes The Saudi Dynasty Succession Crisis ...
The Saudi dynasty is facing its biggest dynastic challenge in 50 years, and Game of Thrones-style cracks are showing in the imminent transition from King Abdullah’s rule.Abdullah, 90, is currently...
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This Chart Shows The Staggering Hourly Cost Of Operating US Military Aircraft
The US military is set replace many of its aircraft with planes that cost substantially more to operate by the hour.James Fallows, a national correspondent for The Atlantic, noted in a recent cover...
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The 10 Biggest Risks The World Faces In 2015
Just two years ago, Ian Bremmer, the head of Eurasia Group, said political risk in the developed world was "overstated."Today, things are a bit different."Geopolitics is back,"Bremmer and Cliff Kupchan...
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These Amazing Patches Reveal The Most Secretive Units In The US Military
The embroidered patch is a concise way for different units within the military to show what they're about.Patches can cram a lot of visual information and text into a small space, conveying the...
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China Is Building A New Fleet Of Guided Missile Destroyers
On Dec. 22, 2014, China commissioned its latest guided missile destroyer, the Jinan 052C, the semi-official China Military Online reported. The Jinan was commissioned at a naval port in eastern China....
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The Air Force Doesn't Have Enough Man Power
The US drone fleet has been stretched to a "breaking point" due to an increased demand for missions coupled with a shortage of pilots, Dave Majumdar reports for The Daily Beast citing military...
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This All-Female Brigade Is On The Front Lines Of The Syria's Civil War's...
The future of the Syrian Civil War now hinges on the country's most populous city. Once the center of the country's anti-regime uprising, Aleppo is one of the last remaining strongholds of the...
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