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At Odds with the U.S., Pakistan Deepens Ties with China (Time.com)

November 2nd, 2010

Time.com - Pakistan’s security establishment, under pressure from Washington over its failure to back the war in Afghanistan, seeks alternative benefactor

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Analysis: High-seas raid deepens Israeli isolation (AP)

May 31st, 2010

The Mavi Marmara ship, the lead boat of a flotilla headed to the Gaza Strip which was stormed by Israeli naval commandos in a predawn confrontation, sails into the port of Ashdod, Israel, Monday, May 31, 2010. Israeli naval commandos stormed a flotilla of ships carrying aid and hundreds of pro-Palestinian activists to the blockaded Gaza Strip on Monday, killing nine passengers in a botched raid that provoked binternational/b outrage and a diplomatic crisis. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)AP - Israel’s bloody, bungled takeover of a Gaza-bound Turkish aid vessel is complicating U.S.-led Mideast peace efforts, deepening Israel’s international isolation and threatening to destroy the Jewish state’s ties…

US envoy cancels Mideast trip, Israel feud deepens (AP)

March 16th, 2010

Undercover Israeli police officers detain a Palestinian demonstrator during clashes in east Jerusalem, Tuesday, March 16, 2010. Dozens of masked Palestinians hurled rocks at police and set tires ablaze across the holy city's volatile eastern sector, where thousands of officers, including reinforcements brought in from other locations, were in place for a fifth straight day. (AP Photo / Dan Balilty)AP - A U.S. envoy’s postponement of his Mideast trip appeared Tuesday to deepen one of the worst U.S.-Israeli feuds in memory — even as Israel’s foreign minister signaled his…

Greece deepens cuts, says ‘IMF option’ open (AP)

March 3rd, 2010

Greek prime minister George Papandreou addresses to Socialists lawmakers at the Greek Parliament in Athens, on Tuesday, March 2, 2010. Greece is grappling with an acute debt crisis that unfolded after the conservatives lost general elections last October to the Socialists who revealed a massive budget shortfall. The government is set to announce more severe economic austerity measures on Wednesday, following EU demands for deeper spending cuts. (AP Photo / Thanassis Stavrakis)AP - Greece announced painful new austerity measures Wednesday, cutting salaries for government workers and raising taxes at the sales register, winning approval from the European Union as it tries…