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Iran's unchecked enrichment work, along with North Korea's nuclear test this year, means that many other countries could soon seek to acquire nuclear weapons.
ECONOMIST: A slightly warmer relationship between the West and Russia
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Syria is on the US State Department's list of state sponsors of terrorism, along with North Korea, Sudan, Cuba, Iran and Libya, but is the only one of these countries to have full diplomatic relations with Washington.
BBC: NEWS | Middle East | Syria under US sanctions threat
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Opinions in America's intelligence community are divided, but a recent CIA-sponsored national intelligence assessment again predicted (over State Department dissent, it was said) that before 2015, Iran, along with North Korea and possibly Iraq, could have missiles capable of hitting the United States.
ECONOMIST: Great Satan v axis of evil | The