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There are two basic paths to producing bomb-grade material. One involves reprocessing the plutonium contained in spent nuclear fuel, a path taken by North Korea in the 1980s. But that method requires first building a nuclear reactor, a costly and cumbersome endeavor. Khan's experience in Europe steered him toward the cheaper option. Working the contacts he had made in Europe, he set out to acquire the rotational machines, known as centrifuges, that enrich uranium into bomb-grade material...
...Constitution and the protections of International Humanitarian Law guaranteed by the Geneva Conventions. The difference between these countries’ provisions is, at once, simple and frightening: while the British made an exception that allowed them to hold prisoners indefinitely, the U.S. further denied those indefinitely-held prisoners basic rights, resulting in today’s emerging horror stories of gruesome prisoner abuse...
...cynical among the Vatican press corps believed that the "flu" that had been reported in the official bulletins was in fact a cover for something much worse. Sources at the Vatican discount that scenario, noting both the Pope's relatively robust appearance Sunday and the fact that the basic details about his condition were being released at regular intervals. Navarro-Valls and others who manage the flow of information in the Roman Curia would have nothing to gain from telling the world's one billion Catholics not to worry if they knew that tomorrow would bring bad news. Still...
...poisoned chalice, and that their own leaders should only be put forward once a new constitution is in place and the U.S. is on the way out. Incumbency has certainly proven to be a burden for the Shiite parties in Basra, where popular discontent at their failure to provide basic services appears to be turning voters against the Shiite list...
...almost certain to redouble their efforts in the coming weeks, as if to show that the election hasn't altered the strategic reality. And as long as turnout out in Sunni areas was low and the community questions the legitimacy of its outcome, they'll have achieved their basic strategic objective for the campaign season...