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Outside View: NATO -- relevant or relic?
July 8, 2009... Byline: HARLAN ULLMAN BRUSSELS, July 8 (UPI) -- Yesterday in Brussels, NATO kicked off a yearlong process to draft a new strategic concept. The last strategic concept was adopted a decade ago at the Washington Summit marking the alliance's 50th anniversary, when NATO was at war in what...

Missile launches show N. Korea's defiance.
July 7, 2009... PYONGYANG, North Korea, July 7 (UPI) -- North Korea demonstrated its utter disregard of the U.N. Security Council's strong resolution against its May 25 nuclear test by launching seven ballistic missiles during the weekend. As if to prove a point to the United States, the country it...

Commentary: Israeli know-how.
July 7, 2009... Byline: ARNAUD DE BORCHGRAVE WASHINGTON, July 7 (UPI) -- He speaks like an American, looks like an American, and acts like an American -- because he is an American. He is Israel's new ambassador to the United States, a citizen of both countries. Michael B. Oren (born Michael Bornstein),...

Outside View: Obama's bold game.
July 7, 2009... Byline: M.D. NALAPAT MANIPAL, India, July 7 (UPI) -- With the same confidence that allowed the junior senator from Illinois to launch a campaign for the presidency of the United States, Barack Obama has decided to "reset" U.S.-Russian relations, banking on the forward-looking vision he...

Pakistan seeks re-arrest for LeT's Saeed.
July 7, 2009... ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, July 7 (UPI) -- Islamabad lawyers plan to challenge a decision by the Supreme Court to free Hafiz Muhammad Saeed, who is suspected of ties to the November attacks in Mumbai. The Supreme Court in Pakistan rejected calls by the government to re-arrest Saeed on technical...