Topic: Strait of Hormuz
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Threats to US: Pentagon officials drop three surprises
Pentagon’s key intelligence officials warned of 'current and future worldwide threats' to US national security in a congressional hearing Thursday. Here are three top surprises.
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Top 4 threats against America: the good and bad news
America’s top spy chiefs and intelligence experts come together every year to share their best guesses about the biggest threats that will face the country in the year ahead. Here are the top four pieces of good and bad news to come out of the annual threat-assessment hearing in Congress Tuesday.
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5 countries with the longest ongoing US sanctions
Sanctions are once again leading the news with trade embargoes tightening around Iran and debates over whether to loosen US restrictions on Cuba and Myanmar.
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Five reasons to attack Iran
Sanctions against Iran are tightening, including Europe’s ban on oil imports. Tehran is highly unlikely to reach a negotiated agreement over its nuclear program, says Matthew Kroenig, a Stanton Nuclear Security fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations believes. In the choice between Iran having nuclear weapons and a US military strike to prevent that, a strike is the least bad option. Here Mr. Kroenig gives five reasons the US should attack Iran.
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5 reasons US must avoid war with Iran
Do the drumbeaters calling for ‘war with Iran’ never learn from history? It is tempting to dismiss their hot air as an attempt to score political points, but its sheer volume is worrying. Two former US hostages in Iran, L. Bruce Laingen and John Limbert, say Obama must ignore the war talk, and offer five key points for Washington to keep in mind.
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Iran seizure of British yachtsmen spotlights stakes in Strait of Hormuz
Iran's seizure of five British yachtsmen of its coast last week highlights the growing role of the country's Revolutionary Guard along a vital oil shipping lane.
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Opinion: The danger of an Israeli strike on Iran
The US needs to make it clear it will not tolerate a first strike.
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World
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Iran sanctions likely to rise as election issue
Tehran dismisses latest UN offer on nuclear program, prolonging the debate over more sanctions.
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U.S. shifts tack on Iran with decision to send envoy to nuclear talks
The US also hopes to establish a diplomatic presence in Tehran for the first time in 30 years, according to the Guardian newspaper.
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Confrontation escalates between Iran and Israel
Iran tested the Shahab-3 missile, which could hit Israel or US Mideast bases.
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Iran hints at nuclear talk progress, but world still wary of possible conflict
Optimistic comments from the Iranian foreign minister suggest that an accord with West may yet be reached.
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World
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Opinion: Waiting for a US-Iran handshake
Iran's diplomatic elite believe that the time has come to lead the region.
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Navy resumes use of sonar off California
Bush's move to allow its use is likely to get legal review, say conservationists who claim it threatens marine life.
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France takes more assertive role in Gulf with planned military base in the U.A.E.
On a three-day trip, President Nicolas Sarkozy also inked economic and nuclear deals with Gulf states.
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Iran promises to come clean on its nuclear program
It says it will provide answers to remaining questions to the IAEA within four weeks.
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A bid for better military relations with China
High-level meetings are part of Admiral Keating's trip this week, following a flap over Hong Kong port visit by USS Kitty Hawk.
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New evidence sparks uncertainty over US-Iran naval incident in Hormuz
Iranian video shows apparently routine activity by Iranian patrol boats, while Pentagon officials say radio threat may not have been from Iranian forces.
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On Mideast trip, Bush hopes to propel historic Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking
In Jerusalem Wednesday, the president called for two democracies, Israel and Palestine, to live side by side.
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World
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Why oil prices are stubbornly high
Drivers have been paying about 10 cents more for a gallon of gas since Dec. 31.
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Israel steps up warnings to Bush on Iran
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict will not be the only issue on his visit to Israel.
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U.S.-Iran naval confrontation in Gulf raises tensions
While the US State Department demands an explanation, Iran's Foreign Ministry calls the incident 'normal.'
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Bush takes altered goals to Mideast
His trip includes Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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