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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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Comments OffLeadership 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
Posted in North Korea Tags: Christian Science Monitor, Dictator, Dynastic Rule, Gould, Heir, Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Korea Times, Leadership Change, Leadership Changes, North Korea, North Korean, Preps, Pyongyang, Republic Of Korea, S Republic Of Korea, Succession Plans, Upi, Wall Street Journal, Workers Party Comments OffNo U.S. Bailout For Afghanistan’s #1 Bank
Posted by War News Updates Editor on September 3rd, 2010
A security guard stands outside the main offices of Kabul Bank on September 1.Radio Free Europe
Obama Administration: No Plans for Afghan Bank Bailout — FOX News
Obama administration officials rejected a call Friday for the U.S.
Posted in World News Tags: Administration Officials, Afghan Taliban, Afghanistan News, Bank Bailout, Bank Depositors, Bank Investments, Christian Science Monitor, Fox News, Hamid Karzai, Kabul Afghanistan, Kabul Bank, Moral Hazard, Obama, Panics, Radio Free Europe, Security Guard, Shakeup, Treasury Department, U S Treasury, U S Treasury Department, Wall Street Journal Comments OffMajor Arrest In Mexico’s Drug Cartel Wars
Posted by War News Updates Editor on August 31st, 2010
Edgar Valdez, a US citizen also known as Barbie, was arrested in central Mexico after police tracked his movements for more than a year. 
Posted in World News Tags: Additional Details, Ajc, Central Mexico, Christian Science Monitor, Cnn, Crime Writer, Drug Cartel, Drug Lord, Drug War, Edgar Valdez Villareal, Edgar Valdez Villarreal, Mexican Drug Kingpin, Mexican Police, Mexicans, Mexico City, mexico drug cartel war, New York Times, News Reporters, Police Arrest, Reuters, Tuesday Morning Comments Off
Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials — September 3, 2010
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