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.

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More News On The Riots In Mozambique

10 more killed amid Mozambique rioting — The Telegraph
Mozambique Riots Spread North, Protesters Injured in Clashes With Police — Bloomberg
Mozambique police fire rubber bullets at Maputo rioters — BBC
Mozambique: Violent Unrest, Frustration in Maputo — Global Voices
Factbox: Violence in Mozambique — Reuters
In pictures: Mozambique food riots — BBC

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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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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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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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Leadership Change To Be Announced In North Korea?

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


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North Korea’s Kim Jong-il May Go Public With Dynastic Rule — Christian Science Monitor

Speculation is rampant that North Korea’s Kim Jong-il will go public with plans to name his son his heir at a rare political conference.

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-il is expected to convene the first high-level conference of the ruling Workers’ Party in about 40 years amid widespread speculation that the world will finally get the answer to one great question:

Will Kim’s third son, Kim Jong-un, be confirmed as heir to power?

If so, he would be the third in a line that began when Kim Jong-il’s father, the late “Great Leader” Kim Il-sung, took over at the time of the founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948.

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More News On Leadership Changes In North Korea (Maybe)

North Korea Signals Succession Plans Under Way — NPR
North Korea Preps ‘Dear’ Leader’s Mystery 20-Something Son for Rule — J.J. Gould, The Atlantic
Kim Jong Un ‘rubber-stamping dictator’? — UPI
North Korean Congress May Discuss Kim’s Successor — Bloomberg
Pyongyang’s New Leader for the Old Guard — Andrei Lankov, Wall Street Journal
Amid succession fears, Kim Jong-un rising to power — Korea Times

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