We were able to confirm from broader perspectives the present-day significance of the Japan-U.S. alliance and where the Japan-U.S. relations should be headed in the longer term.
He said the terror groups who sheltered along the Afghan-Pakistan border combined with the country's role in the international drug trade - supplying 90% of the world's heroin - meant the war in Afghanistan needed to succeed.
But supporters of the plan have hit back, with over 50 Conservative activists, including constituency chairmen, the chair of Conservative Future - the party's section for under 30s - and the chair of the National Conservative Convention - which leads the party's grassroots work - urging MPs to listen to the "wider views" of voters.
Until now all these devices have been one-off prototypes, but CUPP's partnering with Origin to make the PunkThis board available as an option on the EON11-S. The machine we played with was a pre-production unit using CUPP's single core ARM module running Gingerbread, but the company is working on a multi-core version with Jelly Bean.
ENGADGET: Origin and CUPP wed x86 and ARM in 11-inch gaming laptop, we go hands-on (video)
Whether the S-S initiative was blocked by the Americans - as Hezbollah and its allies insisted - or was never solid enough in the first place, it does seem to have nosedived, with so far unclear consequences for Syrian-Saudi relations.
The rules currently give a buyer's broker the option--but not mandate--to buy-in the short-seller's undelivered shares--that is, purchase the undelivered shares in the market and charge the seller's broker the cost of doing so.
We were told, of course, that the optimal means of meeting Japan's air defense commitments in the 1990's -- namely, an off-the-shelf purchase of F-16's -- had been categorically rejected by the Japanese and that the FS-X deal was the best of the remaining options.
Of course, compared with the truly horrendous expulsions of the Moriscos and Jews--events on a scale with the 20th-century's horrors--the Inquisition's attack on Protestants might seem minor.
QUIST-ARCTON: Well, the one that's probably most important to Africa is the Great Pyramid of Giza because it's the - actually, it's the only one that is still standing.
At last night's launch of the US-bound Galaxy Player 4.2 -- also known elsewhere as the Galaxy S WiFi 4.2 -- we had the opportunity to try out Samsung's remote viewfinder with the WiFi-equipped WB150F digital camera we saw at CES. The free app -- which runs on Android and iOS devices -- provides select Samsung shooters with a wireless viewfinder and remote.
ENGADGET: Samsung Galaxy Player 4.2 remote viewfinder hands-on (video)
The twin-turbo V6 replaces the naturally aspirated 4.8-liter V8 engine in the previous-generation Panamera S and Panamera 4S. The new bi-turbo engine is also used in the Executive version of the Panamera 4S. The engine's figures themselves are indicators of progress: increases of 20 hp and 15 lb-ft torque when compared to the outgoing V8 engine.
ENGADGET: Porsche Panamera S E-Hybrid plug-in model brings 416 guilt-free horsepower
Daimler cannot sell more big-margin vehicles such as the E-class, AMG E or the S-Class and SUV's in Europe unless it sells more small models that will allow the company to fall in line with E.
Moreover, critical US national security interests, such as the stability of the Egyptian-Israeli peace agreement, Egypt's 35-year strategic alignment with America following Sadat's pivot away from the Soviet Union, and the fate of the Arabian Peninsula's oil-and gas-producing regimes, justifiably weigh in the balance for Washington's decision-makers, and the West as a whole.
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The secretary then proceeded to lay the groundwork for major changes for the Navy's - and the country's - future.
But here's -- here's the thing -- here's the thing that I guess all of us have to be mindful of, it can't be all or nothing, one way or the other.
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Nigeria is sub-Saharan Africa's second-biggest economy after South Africa's and the world's eighth-largest oil exporter, yet the continent's most populous country (with 140m-plus citizens) has yet to fulfil its economic potential.
With the Maybach brand going the way of Duesenberg and DeLorean, Mercedes dealers will debut an even posher version of its top-of-the-line S-Class sedan this fall to help fill the gap in the corporate model line and perhaps compete more efficiently with Bentley and Rolls-Royce for the hearts and wallets of the rich and famous.
FORBES: A New-Car Rebate That's Worth More Than Most New Cars Cost
Ren Zhengfei, the founder of China's Huawei - the world's second-largest telecom equipment maker - has spoken to the media for the first time.
BBC: Huawei founder Ren Zhengfei gives first media interview
The government was angered by the last-minute cancellation of Monday's meeting of ECOFIN - the EU's finance ministers - and are insisting that, in future, meetings of the 27 must not be set aside for meetings of the 17.
What is important is the massive footprint that Rubio is already leaving on the immigration debate, the value that he adds to the Senate's reform-minded "Group of Eight, " and the near-hypnotic effect he's having on some conservatives who -- while they don't like what he's proposing to fix the nation's immigration system -- do like him a great deal.
Like the V-Coupe's, the V-Wagon's stability-control system has a sport map, and once engaged, it makes it hilariously easy to rotate the car under power.
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The Detroit News and Detroit Free Press both reported Friday that GM is moving the engineers -- who have been working on the fuel-cell technology in the company's advanced development laboratories division -- to the company's core production engineering division, which designs vehicles to be brought into production.
Shiffrin's victory is the U.S.'s fourth of the championships -- adding to Ted Ligety's wins in the Super-G, the Giant Slalom and the Super Combined -- and consolidates their place at the top of the medal's table with a total of four gold and one bronze.
Pacific Investment Management 's Co-Chief Executive Mohamed El-Erian will single-handedly run the world's largest bond fund management company when Bill Thompson--half of the company's executive team--retires at the end of the year, Pimco said Friday.
President Medvedev and I have I think successfully established the reset of U.S.-Russia relationships -- the U.S.-Russian relationship over the last several years.
WHITEHOUSE: President Obama's Bilateral Meeting with President Medvedev of Russia | The White House
The founding editor of the BBC's Ceefax service - the world's first teletext service - has died at the age of 85.
The Sony also lacks the built-in IR emitters of the Revue -- there's a wired two-headed IR blaster, but after using the Revue's built-in emitters we much prefer them to stringing IR blaster cables.
ENGADGET: Sony Internet TV Blu-ray Disc Player with Google TV review
After months of hype, speculation and backstage drama, the network's two-hour premiere of 90210 was the highest-rated scripted debut in the CW's two-year history.
The ultimate result will be to provide new grist for Al Gore's--and the administration's--friends in the "green" investment banking world and Silicon Valley.
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