Gifts for travelers: Think local, edible, useful Nov 29, 2008
For the hipster traveler who equates retro with cool, check out retro flight bags with graphics vaguely reminiscent of the Cold War era at the travel store Flight 001 , $52. The Nirvana Organizer from ($40) is a nifty bag that you can attach to a seatback tray table or use for the backseat of a car to keep all essentials straight, whether for a grown-up or a child. (USA Today -- Travel)
Oil, taxes and development Nov 29, 2008
Is this part of a new Cold War with Russia. We are not in a new Cold War with Russia, but we are facing some serious challenges. (International Herald Tribune -- Business)
Russian leader meets Fidel Castro in Cuba Nov 29, 2008
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev met former Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Friday as Moscow rebuilt ties with its Cold War ally during a trip to expand its political and economic reach in Latin America ... Moscow was Havana's main benefactor during the Cold War but the 1991 collapse of the Soviet Union battered Cuba's economy. (International Herald Tribune)
For sale: Prime London real estate, underground Nov 29, 2008
Former tenants include the British secret service, the hot line between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War and 400 tons of government documents. The asking price is $7. (International Herald Tribune)
• SE Idaho scientists track enriched uranium Nov 29, 2008
Most of the enriched uranium was produced in the former Soviet Union during the Cold War. When the scientists find the enriched uranium, they return it to Russia. (Burley South Idaho Press, ID)
Medvedev ends LatAm tour meeting with Fidel Castro Nov 29, 2008
It marked the first visit to Cuba, a former Cold War ally, by a Russian president in eight years. "Everything went very well," Medvedev told reporters at Varadero airport, 150 kilometers (94 miles) east of Havana, where he was seen off by Vice President Jose Ramon Machado. (Yahoo! Asia News)
* Book Review: The thin red line in the Taiwan Strait Nov 29, 2008
It is, therefore, in everybodys advantage to prevent the cold war in the Strait from turning into a hot one, and to this end, leaders in Taipei, Beijing and Washington would benefit tremendously from heeding the warnings and prescriptions provided by the authors in this highly relevant book, and, for those in Taiwan, to overlook the authors creeping bias against the Taiwanese independence movement. This story has been viewed 0 times. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World Business)
India gets intelligence aid from US, UK Nov 29, 2008
The Bush administration has only lately begun to realise that the ISI is a different beast from the one which helped it defeat the Soviet Union in Afghanistan to end the Cold War. The first sign that the ISI had turned rogue came during 9/11 when Pakistan's spy chief who was tasked to go and ask the Taliban to surrender did exactly the opposite. (India Times, India)
Enigma variations Nov 28, 2008
A few hours later, America s then president, George Bush senior, declared victory in the cold war. For over 40 years the United States led the West in the struggle against communism and the threat it posed to our most precious values;That confrontation is now over. (The Economist)
Medvedev in Cuba to improve ties Nov 28, 2008
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World's oldest person dies at 115 Nov 28, 2008
HAVANA -- Russia's president visited old Cold War ally Cuba on Thursday, spending hours with President Raul Castro on the final leg of a Latin America tour designed to increase Moscow's profile in a region long dominated by the United States. Dmitry Medvedev arrived in Havana from Venezuela, where he met with President Hugo Chavez and agreed to help that country start a nuclear energy program. (DetNews.com)
Medvedev Prowls In America's Back Yard Nov 28, 2008
The parallels were obvious: Medvedev's visit was accompanied earlier by warships sailing into the Caribbean Sea, the first such mobilization since the Cold War. Although Medvedev said the visit was not aimed at any country, he added that it would strengthen multi-polarity in the world. (Forbes -- Markets)
New on DVD: Cold War 'Spy,' warm 'Toots,' hero 'Hancock' Nov 28, 2008
New on DVD: Cold War 'Spy,' warm 'Toots,' hero 'Hancock' - USATODAY.com ... New on DVD: Cold War 'Spy,' warm 'Toots,' hero 'Hancock. (USA Today -- Life)
Berlin museum shows off antique gods Nov 28, 2008
But the Pergamon's antiquities were returned to East Germany 13 years later as a symbol of Cold War camaraderie between the Soviet Union and the German Democratic Republic, as East Germany was known. The collection languished in storage in the Pergamon's basement until 2004 when FAAP, a Brazilian culture and education foundation, offered to contribute 380,000 toward restoration of the pieces in return for a yearlong loan to exhibit them in Sao Paulo. (North County Times)
Modest gains for Bush at Summit of Americas / Sweeping promises, sharp divisions as 34-nation meeting ends Nov 28, 2008
The Cold War isn't coming back. Anybody from the left of 20 years ago would never have signed today's agreement. (Yahoo News -- Summit of the Americas)
Russian missile plan gives a new European trade hub an old identity crisis Nov 28, 2008
Dipping deep into his reservoir of black humor, Vladimir N. Abramov tries out this sales pitch for his region, a cold war garrison turned European trade hub that may, once again, become a staging ground for missiles pointed west. "Attracting tourists to see an Iskander is a creative idea," said Abramov, a political scientist. (International Herald Tribune)
Russia praises US on Nato decision Nov 28, 2008
Our relations have been generally good, but in the past six months they have become especially intense," Medvedev told reporters after meeting with Castro. Medvedev is the first Russian leader to visit Havana since Vladimir Putin, then president, closed down Russia's Lourdes intelligence base in 2001. The closure of the base led to a souring of relations between the countries and the visit by Medvedev appears aimed at improving the bilateral relationship. New markets While Havana is looking... (Aljazeera.net)
Mile of London Tunnels for Sale, History Included Nov 28, 2008
Former tenants include Britain s secret service, the famous hot line between America and the Soviet Union during the cold war and 400 tons of government documents ... During the cold war, the British government instructed its telephone department, which later became BT, to set up a secret communications system based on the latest technology that would be able to survive a nuclear attack. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Business)
South Korean train makes last trip to North Nov 28, 2008
"Let's meet again soon!" North Korean railway workers told their South Korean counterparts as they bid one another farewell, one train staff member said. Stay on top of breaking news. (ABC 7 News, DC)
Even now, thanks Nov 28, 2008
These strengths are why we have been able to transform ourselves over and over during our history from an agrarian nation to an industrial one to a high-tech information age giant; from remote and isolationist to the leader of the free world during the Cold War to the de facto leader of the world after the Soviet Union's collapse; from a nation built around white male privilege to an open, meritocratic society in which anyone with smarts and ambition can succeed. We have no doubt that these... (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Opinion)
Liberian President Backs Bid To Move Taylor Trial to Hague Nov 28, 2008
After decades of colonialism followed by decades more of Cold War proxy struggles, deep wariness persists in Africa about the intentions of outside powers. In an interview in her office, Johnson-Sirleaf, who set Taylor's arrest in motion by requesting his extradition from Nigeria, said the case set "a sad precedent of arresting an African head of state.". (Yahoo News -- Hague War Crimes Tribunal)
Meeting Medvedev Halfway Nov 28, 2008
The morning after Barack Obama's election, the congratulatory message from Moscow was in the chilliest tradition of the Cold War ... President-elect Obama should not let this opportunity slip by, for a second signal came last week that Russia does not want the Cold War II that the departing neocons wish to leave on his plate. (Human Events Online)
Madonna gets animated at the Grammys - but it's U2's night Nov 28, 2008
Questionable accommodation in a Swiss Cold War bunker. Get your discount shopping vouchers and codes here. (Yahoo News -- Grammy Awards)
Russia-Venezuela nuclear accord Nov 27, 2008
This is first Russian deployment of its kind in the Caribbean since the end of the Cold War. New alignments. (BBC News)
Obama Asks Gates To Stay At Pentagon Nov 27, 2008
During his 1991 confirmation hearings to be CIA director, Gates was criticized for missing clues about the impending fall of the Soviet Union and for politicizing Cold War intelligence ... He joined corporate boards and wrote a memoir, "From the Shadows: The Ultimate Insider's Story of Five Presidents and How They Won the Cold War.". (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
You Can Make This Stuff Up Nov 27, 2008
What Tom Clancy did for the Cold War, Flynn is doing for the war on terror. His ten books have made him the darling of talk-radio and media hawks. (The American Conservative)
AP reporter Hugh Mulligan dies at 83 Nov 27, 2008
He covered President John F. Kennedy's Cold War visit to the Berlin Wall in 1963 and was there again in 1989 when the wall was torn down. He wrote about space shots and political conventions and was in a blimp overhead when a nuclear submarine flashed its historic message from the North Pole: "Nautilus 90 degrees north.". (Anchorage Daily News)
Medvedev Raises Russia's Profile in Latin America Nov 27, 2008
Medvedev's visit came as Russian warships, docked in a Venezuelan port, prepared to hold training exercises in Moscow's first major naval deployment in the Caribbean since the Cold War. The military show of force is widely seen as a demonstration of Kremlin anger over the U.S. decision to send warships to deliver aid to Georgia after its conflict with Russia, and over U.S. plans for a European missile-defense system. (ABC News -- Wire)
Enron prosecutor takes on Navajo uranium cleanup Nov 27, 2008
As the Cold War threat diminished and the boom slowed, federal inspectors let the companies leave without sealing mine portals, filling in pits or removing waste. The Navajos' subsequent pleas for help prompted government surveys showing dangerous levels of uranium and other toxics, but little was done about it. (Yahoo News -- Nuclear Power and Waste)
Russian leader visits Chavez in Venezuela Nov 27, 2008
Medvedev's visit came as Russian warships, docked in a Venezuelan port, prepared to hold training exercises in Moscow's first major naval deployment in the Caribbean since the Cold War ... "There's certainly a political message that Moscow wants to send to Washington, and that is: 'If you meddle in Georgia, we are going to come into your territory.'" It's a simplistic view, but nevertheless that's clearly the signal," said Johanna Mendelson Forman, a Latin America analyst at the Washington-based... (Atlanta Journal-Constitution)
Russian warships, Medvedev arrive in Venezuela Nov 27, 2008
Russia's first such deployment in the Caribbean since the Cold War is timed to coincide with President Dmitry Medvedev's visit to Venezuela, the first by a Russian president. Russian sailors dressed in black-and-white uniforms lined up along the bow of the destroyer Admiral Chabanenko as it docked in La Guaira, near Caracas, and Venezuelan troops greeted them with cannons in a 21-gun salute. (Globe and Mail -- International)
Workshop on human rights opens Nov 27, 2008
Mr. Bombande said since the end of the Cold War, enormous concerns had been raised by political commentators, scholars and human right activists about sustained violent conflicts in Africa. He said, however, despite the various warning signs, governance failures articulated by responsive regimes, rent-seeking practices and weaker economic policies had produced some of the most violent conflicts the world had ever witnessed in the Mano-River Basin areas. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
DVD reviews: Hancock, 24: Redemption Nov 27, 2008
The Spy Who Came in From the ColdMartin Ritts chilling 1965 adaptation of John le Carres Cold War thriller gets a DVD makeover in a two-disc set with a restored version of the film. Richard Burton stars as a burned-out veteran British agent who strikes up a relationship with a communist sympathizer (Claire Bloom) and is approached by operatives from behind the Iron Curtain to defect. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Obama finds a role for Volcker Nov 27, 2008
Volcker's panel will be modeled on the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board, which was set up in 1956 by then- President Dwight Eisenhower to track spying activities during the Cold War. Volcker will play a key role in shaping the new economic board, which will report directly to Obama. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Business)
Randy Scandinavia? Calm down, boys, you're misinformed Nov 27, 2008
Naturally, when the cold war arrived, the United States began casting an increasingly wary eye on this calm, liberal, peace-loving region of saunas, socialism and smorgasbord, neighboring the Soviet Union. A "lack of moderation discernible on all fronts" is how Dwight D. Eisenhower assessed Sweden in 1960, seeing Scandinavia in general as a cautionary tale about extended social welfare. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Europe to spend $13 bln on Mars rover, space plans Nov 27, 2008
Ministers from ESA countries and Canada meet every three years to agree funding for the agency, which exists to pool resources in a domain dominated since the Cold War by the United States and Russia and now generating an Asian space race. China has carried out its first space walk while India sent a probe to the moon and has ambitions for manned space flight. (EETimes)
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Atari to Bring 'Codename Panzers: Cold War' Out From Behind the (Iron) Curtain Nov 27, 2008
- Cold War Sequel in Award Winning Codename Panzers Real-time Strategy Series to be Published Worldwide by Atari for Windows PC. NEW YORK, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- It's time to reshape cold war history as Atari announces the upcoming launch of Codename Panzers: Cold War, the latest PC real-time strategy title in the acclaimed Codename Panzers series from developers Stormregion and InnoGlow ... The tense period in history when a word out of place could lead to all-out war provides a chilling... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Obama Keeping Gates as Defense Secretary Nov 27, 2008
A former Cold War spymaster, Gates was president of Texas Aersity when President George W. Bush asked him to take over the Pentagon from the combative Donald Rumsfeld in 2006. Rumsfeld, a star of the early years of the Bush administration, had become a magnet for critics of the deeply unpopular Iraq war and his relations with military officers, members of Congress and the media had become strained. (Newsmax)
Russia's Medvedev's Tough Guy Act Nov 26, 2008
Reviving The Cold War. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has been working to extinguish his liberal image and, to some, revive memories of the Cold War, but what will this mean for the future of U.S./Russia relations ... However, for the past six months it seems that President Medvedev has been working hard to dismantle his liberal image and revive memories of the Cold War. (CBS News)
Profile: Robert Gates Nov 26, 2008
In his book, From the Shadows, published in 1996, Mr Gates defended the role of the CIA in undertaking covert action which, he argued, helped to win the Cold War. In a speech in 1999, Mr Gates said that its most important role was in Afghanistan. (BBC News -- Americas)
Firm friends Nov 26, 2008
Russian warships, led by the nuclear cruiser Peter the Great, are in the Caribbean Sea for the first time since the end of the Cold War to begin manoeuvres with the Venezuelan navy ... But the Russian deputy foreign minister, Sergei Riabkov, said suggestions in the media that the naval exercises signal a return to Cold War politics in Latin America were misguided ... "We shouldn't look at it through a very distorted prism of a return to Cold War times because this is not the case," he added. (BBC News -- Americas)
Free and cheap in Frankfurt Nov 26, 2008
Everything from plaid wool jackets to 1960s designer furniture is available at the market, not to mention souvenirs like beer steins, postcards and Cold War paraphernalia. It s up to you whether you want to drive a hard bargain or just pay the $2. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Travel)
U.S. shrugs as Russian ships, president visit Venezuela Nov 26, 2008
"Russia's navy continues to be organized along Cold War lines, prepared to engage U.S. aircraft carriers, Golts said.Venezuela's navy consists of 17 ships, according to Gilmour, and spends most of its time patrolling coastal waters to combat drug trafficking.The joint exercises will begin Dec. 1 in Caribbean waters. "The exercises will involve joint sea rescue, maneuvering and artillery firing drills," said Viktor Zavarzin, the chairman of the Defense Committee in Russia's lower house of... (Anchorage Daily News)
Star-Bulletin reporter killed on duty earns place of honor Nov 26, 2008
A Honolulu Star-Bulletin reporter whose too-short career included covering the Korean War and being blacklisted by a Soviet literary magazine during the Cold War will have her name added to the Journalists Memorial in Washington, D.C.. Sarah Park was only 29 when she died in a plane crash in 1957 while covering a tsunami on Oahu's North Shore. (Honolulu Star-Bulletin)
In Sea Exercises, A Sign for Obama Nov 26, 2008
As Russian sailors, decked out in black-and-white uniforms, arrived Tuesday at the port of La Guaira, the Venezuelans made a point of providing a memorable welcome to Russia in its first big military deployment to Latin America since the Cold War. A 21-gun salute greeted the sailors as they lined the bow of the destroyer Admiral Chabanenko. (Washington Post)
Adventurer: Life On The Edge Nov 26, 2008
By James M. Clash Cold War phantoms haunt a former Soviet military base high in the Siberian Arctic. By James M. Clash Adventurer Jim Clash risks his neck again--this time at the famous Bonneville Salt Flats. (Forbes)
Elderly man fights back when home invaded Nov 26, 2008
"The most stressful time was in Germany during the Cold War," said Ferguson, who was born in the Arnoldsville area of Oglethorpe County and lived there and in Athens before he joined the service. He has five children, including a daughter who is a college professor in Kansas. (Athens Banner-Herald)
U.S. Missile Defense Being Expanded, General Says Nov 26, 2008
5 billion since it began with the "Star Wars" concept of space-based lasers in 1983 -- underwent a major redesign in the early 1990s after the Cold War ended. The system, which is still being tested, is primarily now designed to counter a missile attack from a "rogue state" such as North Korea. (Yahoo News -- Missile Defense System)
CIA Ties With Ex-Nazis Shown Nov 26, 2008
The CIA organized Cold War spy networks that included former Nazis and failed to act on a 1958 report that fugitive Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann was living in Argentina, newly released CIA records show ... "It was not U.S. policy to track Nazi war criminals once the Cold War began," said historian Timothy Naftali of the University of Virginia, a Cold War expert who has studied the new documents. (Yahoo News -- The Holocaust)
Chavez salutes Russians Nov 26, 2008
The Venezuelans provided a memorable welcome as Russia made its first big military deployment to Latin America since the Cold War. A 21-gun salute greeted the destroyer Admiral Chabanenko and the nuclear-powered Peter the Great. (Sydney Morning Herald -- World)
Obama likely to opt for strategic retraction Nov 26, 2008
The days when the U.S. sat comfortably relishing the spoils of the Cold War are long gone, as the war in Iraq and the spreading financial crisis have dragged the country into a difficult situation it has not seen for decades ... After the Cold War ended with the disintegration of the Soviet Union, the U.S. not only maintained the Cold War-era military alliance without a clearly-defined enemy but also pushed forward NATO's eastward expansion while reaping the benefits of the Cold War. (Xinhuanet, China)
Greenland votes on loosening ties with Denmark Nov 26, 2008
During the Cold War, fighter jets and bombers capable of carrying nuclear bombs were kept there. Greenland is the world's largest island -- more than three times the size of Texas -- but has a population of 56,542, about half the size of Charleston, South Carolina. (CNN -- World)
Former Fed Chief Volcker to Advise Obama Nov 26, 2008
The board will be modeled on the Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board set up by US president Dwight Eisenhower in 1956 when, under the threat of the Cold War, US officials sought to created an advisory panel that could circumvent restrictive bureaucracy. Volcker earned his reputation as Fed chief in the 1980s by waging an unpopular battle against inflation. (Newsmax)
UK, U.S. Officials: We Don't Snoop on Each Other Nov 26, 2008
The rule was intended to protect legislators from surveillance during the Cold War. The order, however, does not ban British agencies from using material on U.K. lawmakers gathered by foreign intelligence. (Newsmax)
Russian Warships Arrive Off Venezuela's Coast Nov 26, 2008
The deployment of a Russian naval squadron including a destroyer and the nuclear-powered cruiser Peter the Great is the first of its kind in the Caribbean since the Cold War. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev also is visiting Caracas this week. (Newsmax)
Bush Deserves Our Thanks Nov 26, 2008
Just as Ronald Reagan was portrayed in the media as a fool and is now recognized for having been instrumental in ending the Cold War, I believe Bush one day will be seen as a great president. On Thanksgiving, he deserves our appreciation. (Newsmax)
Little Known About Geithner's Views Nov 25, 2008
Politico: New York Fed Chief Is Obama's Choice For Treasury Secretary, But His Thoughts On Variety Of Fronts Remain A Mystery. In this May 4, 2007 file photo Timothy Geithner is seen in Montreal. (CBS News)
Pakistan Attempts To Rein-In Spy Agency Nov 25, 2008
Moves To Shut Down Political Wing Of Powerful ISI May Do Little To Curb Dubious Influence. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Nov. 24, 2008. (CBS News)
Obama promotes fiscal restraint, big spending Nov 25, 2008
From the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki and the end of World War II to the beginning of the cold war ... Cold war, war on drugs, the Challenger disaster, Beirut and Berlin bombings and Iran-Contra scandal. (Huntington WSAZ-TV, WV)
Mass. firms snaring more US work Nov 25, 2008
"We're not talking about the end of the Cold War," said Korb, now a senior fellow at the American Progress think tank. "It will still grow, but not at the same rate.". (Boston Globe)
In N.D., silos offer a look at risks past Nov 25, 2008
At the height of the Cold War, the plains of North Dakota housed missile silos ... Take a slow, loud elevator cage down into the depths of Oscar Zero, as it is called - the launch control center for what used to be a bevy of Minuteman III nuclear missiles aimed at the late, great Soviet Union - and return now to those days of the Cold War when, unlike today, even when things were bleak, they were at least clear ... Oh, sure, the Cold War end-of-the-world scenarios had plenty of stress overload,... (Boston Globe)
IMF Approves $7.6B Loan For Pakistan Nov 25, 2008
(3:09)Russia's President Medvedev has been trying to extinguish his liberal image and revive memories of the Cold War ... (3:09)Russia's President Medvedev has been trying to extinguish his liberal image and revive memories of the Cold War. (CBS News -- Iraq)
A new spin on Iran's nuclear fuel Nov 25, 2008
On the contrary, the mere post-9/11 proximity of US forces with Iran has translated into a qualitative deepening of diplomatic and security dialogue and interactions between the two countries and, henceforth, with the help of more Cold War style confidence-building measures, the tensions between Washington and Tehran can be lessened considerably. What both Washington and Tel Aviv fail to realize is that their own action, of constantly threatening Iran with nuclear attacks, is tantamount to... (Asia Times Online)
Eyewitness (Sort of)to History Nov 25, 2008
The Cold War was at its height, and I wondered what frenetic activity was going on behind the closed doors I walked past. By the time I reached the main concourse at the entrance to the building, I discovered that the "Extra" edition of the Washington Post was on the newsstand, with the latest news of the events in Dallas. (Thomaston Times, GA)
