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Riots Continue In Mozambique Over Food Prices

Posted by War News Updates Editor on September 3rd, 2010

Price Riots Spread in Mozambique — Voice of America

Protests against rising food and fuel prices have spread to central Mozambique, as isolated riots continue for a third day near the capital.

Demonstrators in the town of Chimoio used stones, clubs, and tires Friday to prevent markets and shops from opening. The Lusa news agency reports that six people were injured when police opened fire on protesters.

Is U.S. Navy Dominance Really Ending?

Posted by War News Updates Editor on September 3rd, 2010

The End of U.S. Maritime Dominance? Not So Fast Argues Naval Strategist — Defense Tech

In a new research paper I came across, Geoffrey Till, a top-notch historian and naval strategist, looks at the notion that this is shaping up to be China’s century, not America’s, and that the maritime decline of the U.S.

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Tags: Budgets, China, Congress, Decline, Fleet, Foregone Conclusion, Historian, Maritime Dominance, Match, Naval Ops, Notion, Pentagon, Research Paper, Rise And Fall, Strategist, Top Notch, U S Navy, Warships

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Dueling Naval War Games Between The U.S. And China

Posted by War News Updates Editor on September 3rd, 2010

The US aircraft carrier “USS George Washington” moves to come alongside the pier at a port in Busan, southeast of Seoul, on July 21.

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Tags: Aircraft Carrier Uss, Carnegie Endowment, Chinese Navy, Chinese Summer, Christian Science Monitor, Council On Foreign Relations, Geoff Dyer, Joong Ang Daily, Korea Times, Military Exercises, Msnbc, Naval Exercise, Naval Exercises, Sea Council, Sea Fleet, South China Sea, u.s. china relations, Us Aircraft Carrier, Uss George Washington, War Games, Waters Asia, Yellow Sea

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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials — September 3, 2010

Posted by War News Updates Editor on September 3rd, 2010

At a State Department event marking the start of negotiations, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (l) shakes hands with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas while Secretary Hillary Rodham Clinton watches.

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