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Has Russia’s Heat Wave Changed Stance on Climate Change? (Time.com)

August 2nd, 2010

Time.com - Once highly skeptical of climate change, Russian President Dmitri Medvedev says the extreme heat the nation is suffering is the result of global warming

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Iran derides Obama’s “cowboy” nuclear stance (AP)

April 7th, 2010

Next to a portrait of the late Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Khomeini, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad delivers his speech in a public gathering at the city of Oroumiyeh 540 miles (900 kilometers) northwest of the capital Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, April 7, 2010. Iran's hard-line president on Wednesday ridiculed President Barack Obama's new nuclear strategy, which turns the U.S. focus away from the Cold War threats and instead aims to stop the spread of atomic weapons to rogue states or terrorists. (AP Photo/ISNA, Ruhollah Vahdati)AP - U.S. allies on Wednesday lined up behind President Barack Obama’s new policy aimed at reducing the likelihood of nuclear conflict. But Iran — classified as a possible target…

Brazil leader rapped for stance on Cuba dissidents (AP)

March 10th, 2010

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, gestures during an interview with The Associated Press, in Brasilia, Tuesday, March 9, 2010. Lula da Silva warned that U.S.-proposed sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program could lead to war in the Middle East. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)AP - Brazil’s president came under withering criticism Wednesday at home and in Cuba for his deference to the island’s communist government over political prisoners and hunger strikes for human…