The Pentagon announced that it will hasten the deployment of a missile defense system to the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam to strengthen regional protection against a possible attack.

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The attack happened less than three weeks before regional elections in the Basque Country.

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The regional court was in session at the time of the attack, witnesses said.

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Tuesday's attack in Pakistan came amid the start of a new regional immunization campaign.

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At the same time, huge regional differences between the treatments paramedics give mean your chances of surviving a heart attack or a car crash may well depend on where you live.

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The shocking state of large swaths of the existing Eisenhower Interstate Highway System, which our late president rightly implemented as a Cold War hedge to ensure rapid military mobilization after a surprise attack or for speedy logistics re-supply in the event of regional civil emergencies.

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More importantly, Mr Obama is likely to share the view of experts who say an attack would not achieve its goals, and instead spiral out of control into a regional war.

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He made no mention of the possibility that an Israeli attack would draw the U.S. into the conflict and lead to a wider regional war.

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