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Sunday, May 19, 2013   2:05 GMT

Nuclear Iran Unlikely to Tilt Regional Power Balance – Report
Jim Lobe, Joe Hitchon

WASHINGTON - A nuclear-armed Iran would not pose a fundamental threat to the United States and its regional allies like Israel and the Gulf Arab monarchies, according to a new report released here Friday by the Rand Corporation.
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U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arsenals Cling to Bygone Era
George Gao
UNITED NATIONS - In the late 19th century, Russian playwright Anton Chekhov famously touted one golden rule for dramatic productions: if you show your audience a loaded gun in the first act, that gun must go off by the last.
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Pressure Mounting on U.S. over Congo Violence
Joe Hitchon
WASHINGTON - With casualties in the long-running conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) now surpassing every conflict since World War II, U.S. policymakers and advocates are stepping up campaigns to raise awareness and push legislation aimed at encouraging new negotiations, assisting in government reforms, and pressuring the neighbouring countries that have propped up the DRC’s government.
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Politics
>   Nuclear Iran Unlikely to Tilt Regional Power Balance – Report
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>   Climate Change Is Happening… So What?
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Environment
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>   Climate Change Is Happening… So What?
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Development
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>   In U.S.-Mexico Relations, a Shift from Security to Economy
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Human Rights
>   U.S.-Russia Nuclear Arsenals Cling to Bygone Era
>   Pressure Mounting on U.S. over Congo Violence
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>   New York Farmers Aid the City's Hungry
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