<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428</id><updated>2011-04-21T11:22:47.410-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Daily World News - TOPLines</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1999</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116543332741512086</id><published>2006-12-06T11:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-06T11:28:47.436-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fiji's Qarase Flies to Island Village Following Coup (Update2) - Bloomberg</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/12/5/worldupdates/2006-12-05T115333Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-279009-3&amp;sec=Worldupdates&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=6X12RaXvC8vwHLjEyZEM"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=GkwWWaGJwmoJ&amp;imgurl=thestar.com.my/archives/2006/12/5/worldupdates/2006-12-05T115333Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONP_1_India-279009-3-pic0.jpg width=53 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Malaysia Star&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aYnz.kYC8.30&amp;refer=home&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=6X12RaXvC8vwHLjEyZEM"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fiji's Qarase Flies to Island Village Following Coup (Update2)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bloomberg&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;3 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;By Emma O'Brien and Ed Johnson. Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Fiji's deposed Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase flew home to his island village as the military commander who overthrew his government prepared to dissolve &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://rawstory.com/news/2006/State_of_emergency_declared_in_Fiji_12062006.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=6X12RaXvC8vwHLjEyZEM"&gt;State of emergency declared in Fiji&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Raw Story&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://today.reuters.co.uk/News/NewsArticle.aspx?type=worldNews&amp;storyID=2006-12-06T061248Z_01_SYD275930_RTRUKOC_0_UK-FIJI.xml&amp;WTmodLoc=NewsLanding-C1-Headline-7&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=6X12RaXvC8vwHLjEyZEM"&gt;Fiji military warns will suppress any uprising&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Reuters.uk&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_4784891&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=6X12RaXvC8vwHLjEyZEM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Denver Post&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=101054ad-13ef-4540-a1d3-b37f6093f787&amp;k=32931&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=6X12RaXvC8vwHLjEyZEM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Canada.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.themercury.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3578371&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=6X12RaXvC8vwHLjEyZEM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The Mercury (subscription)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2703428&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=6X12RaXvC8vwHLjEyZEM"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;ABC News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111384807&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 2447 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116543332741512086?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116543332741512086/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116543332741512086' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116543332741512086'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116543332741512086'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/fijis-qarase-flies-to-isla_116543332741512086.html' title='Fiji&apos;s Qarase Flies to Island Village Following Coup (Update2) - Bloomberg'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116543211927613802</id><published>2006-12-06T11:08:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-06T11:08:39.316-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fiji military takes over gov´t appoints caretaker PM - CCTV</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/12/5/worldupdates/2006-12-05T115333Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-279009-3&amp;sec=Worldupdates&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=p392RcHAJMbKHPD-zYIJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=GkwWWaGJwmoJ&amp;imgurl=thestar.com.my/archives/2006/12/5/worldupdates/2006-12-05T115333Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONP_1_India-279009-3-pic0.jpg width=53 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Malaysia Star&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cctv.com/english/20061206/101788.shtml&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=p392RcHAJMbKHPD-zYIJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fiji military takes over govÂ´t appoints caretaker PM&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;CCTV&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;A military commander is now in control of Fiji. 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Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116543119846272531</id><published>2006-12-06T10:53:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-06T10:53:18.463-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Iraq Study Group Report Goes Public Today - CBS News</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/articles/2006/12/06/ap/headlines/d8lr85ho0.txt&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=H-l2RfGNNsP4HLO6nYIJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=YqhVNSGQE_MJ&amp;imgurl=www.siouxcityjournal.com/content/articles/2006/12/06/ap/headlines/d8lr85ho0.jpg width=80 height=60 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Sioux City Journal&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/06/iraq/main2232860.shtml&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=H-l2RfGNNsP4HLO6nYIJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Iraq Study Group Report Goes Public Today&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;CBS News&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;(CBS/AP) A long-awaited study expected to call for a US change of course in Iraq is intensifying pressure on President Bush to find a way out of a war that has lost favor with the American public.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0293323466700.html&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=H-l2RfGNNsP4HLO6nYIJ"&gt;Iraq Study Group Set to Release Findings&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;FOX News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/12/06/iraq-study.html&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=H-l2RfGNNsP4HLO6nYIJ"&gt;Iraq Study Group report to be released&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CBC British Columbia&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20061206/NEWS99/61206008&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=H-l2RfGNNsP4HLO6nYIJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Detroit Free Press&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=5775293&amp;nav=2HAB&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=H-l2RfGNNsP4HLO6nYIJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;WHO-TV&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/11960.html&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=H-l2RfGNNsP4HLO6nYIJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Earthtimes.org&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.socialistworker.org/2006-2/612/612_03_Iraq.shtml&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=H-l2RfGNNsP4HLO6nYIJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Socialist Worker Online&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111591165&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 668 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116543119846272531?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116543119846272531/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116543119846272531' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116543119846272531'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116543119846272531'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/iraq-study-group-report-goes-public_06.html' title='Iraq Study Group Report Goes Public Today - CBS News'/><author><name>dr. 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Bush speaks to the press after receiving the official report of the Iraq Study Group from Co-Chairman and former U.S. Congressman Lee Hamilton and Co-Chairman and former Secretary of State James Baker in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington December 6 2006. REUTERS/Larry Downing (UNITED STATES)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - The United States faces a "grave and deteriorating" situation after nearly four years of war in Iraq a high-level commission warned bluntly on Wednesday prodding President Bush to launch a diplomatic offensive to stabilize the country and allow withdrawal of most combat troops by early 2008.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear="all"/&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116543119698850456?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116543119698850456/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116543119698850456' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116543119698850456'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116543119698850456'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/panel-try-diplomacy-in-iraq-then-leave.html' title='Panel: Try diplomacy in Iraq then leave     (AP)'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116543114920514652</id><published>2006-12-06T10:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-06T10:52:29.226-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fiji military takes over gov´t appoints caretaker PM - CCTV</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/12/5/worldupdates/2006-12-05T115333Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-279009-3&amp;sec=Worldupdates&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=Bn52RbeqPMbGHNzbkYAJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=GkwWWaGJwmoJ&amp;imgurl=thestar.com.my/archives/2006/12/5/worldupdates/2006-12-05T115333Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONP_1_India-279009-3-pic0.jpg width=53 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Malaysia Star&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cctv.com/english/20061206/101788.shtml&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=Bn52RbeqPMbGHNzbkYAJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fiji military takes over govÂ´t appoints caretaker PM&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;CCTV&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;A military commander is now in control of Fiji. 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WASHINGTON (AP) - A commission on the war in Iraq recommended new and enhanced diplomacy Wednesday so the United States can ``begin to move its combat forces'' out of the country responsibly.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/06/AR2006120600419.html&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=v_J2RYDvBsvWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;Bush Receives Iraq Study Group Recommendations&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Washington Post&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/12/06/iraq/main2232860.shtml&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=v_J2RYDvBsvWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;Iraq Study Group Report Goes Public Today&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CBS News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://today.reuters.com/business/newsarticle.aspx?type=tnBusinessNews&amp;storyID=nCOL631511&amp;imageid=top-news-view-2006-12-06-141831-RTR1K3WB_Comp%5B1%5D.jpg&amp;cap=U.S.%20President%20George%20W.%20Bush%20speaks%20to%20the%20press%20after%20receiving%20the%20official%20report%20of%20the%20Iraq%20Study%20Group%20from%20Co-Chairman%20and%20former%20U.S.%20Congressman%20Lee%20Hamilton%20and%20Co-Chairman%20and%20former%20Secretary%20of%20State%20James%20Baker%20in%20the%20Cabinet%20Room%20of%20the%20White%20House%20in%20Washington%20December%206%202006.%20REUTERS/Larry%20Downing%20(UNITED%20STATES)&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=v_J2RYDvBsvWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Reuters&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.themilwaukeechannel.com/politics/10470385/detail.html&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=v_J2RYDvBsvWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Milwaukee Channel.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.rawstory.com/news/2006/Iraq_Study_Group_concludes_need_for_1206.html&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=v_J2RYDvBsvWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Raw Story&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://washingtontimes.com/national/20061206-122230-4580r.htm&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=v_J2RYDvBsvWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Washington Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111591165&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 792 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116542330341896913?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116542330341896913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116542330341896913' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116542330341896913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116542330341896913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/panel-start-withdrawing-from-iraq.html' title='Panel: Start Withdrawing From Iraq - Guardian Unlimited'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116542324488209251</id><published>2006-12-06T08:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-06T08:40:44.883-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Panel: Bush Iraq Policy 'Not Working' - ABC News</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_4719-Bush-Receives-Panel-Report-On-Iraq-Calls-For-Unity.html&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=gfJ2RaqTAZuaHIrZkYUJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=ZhJ0mPAJfrMJ&amp;imgurl=www.playfuls.com/bizworld/gimages/Iraq06122.jpg width=80 height=60 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Playfuls.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=2704606&amp;cid=1111591165&amp;ei=gfJ2RaqTAZuaHIrZkYUJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Panel: Bush Iraq Policy 'Not Working'&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;ABC News&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;33 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;President Bush center puts his hands on Iraq Study Group Co-Chairmen Lee Hamilton left and James A. 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The Iraq Study Group is to release an eagerly awaited plan for a change of course in Iraq as US leaders grope for a way out of the country&amp;#039;s bloody slide into chaos US President George W. Bush got a preview of a high-powered commission&amp;#039;s report on overhauling his Iraq strategy as the White House encouraged Baghdad to talk security with Iran and Syria.(AFP/File/Mandel Ngan)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - A long-awaited study expected to call for a U.S. change of course in Iraq is intensifying pressure on President Bush to find a way out of a war that has lost favor with the American public.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear="all"/&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116539689054341783?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116539689054341783/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116539689054341783' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116539689054341783'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116539689054341783'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/iraq-report-to-ramp-up-pressure-on.html' title='Iraq report to ramp up pressure on Bush     (AP)'/><author><name>dr. 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WASHINGTON -- Poised to become the secretary of defense Robert M. Gates told a Senate committee yesterday that he doesn't believe the United States is winning &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003463800_gates07.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=p4R2Rc3iBJvSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;Panel OKs Gates for what he is â and who he isn't&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Seattle Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_4786251&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=p4R2Rc3iBJvSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;Gates: US not winning war&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Denver Post&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2006/12/06/gates_hearing/&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=p4R2Rc3iBJvSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Salon&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aFcKJLPkFZxc&amp;refer=home&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=p4R2Rc3iBJvSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16061996/&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=p4R2Rc3iBJvSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;MSNBC&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascitystar/news/politics/16172474.htm&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=p4R2Rc3iBJvSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Kansas City Star&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111507276&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1506 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116539512428747416?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116539512428747416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116539512428747416' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116539512428747416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116539512428747416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/gates-says-us-isnt-winning_116539512428747416.html' title='Gates says US isn&apos;t winning war in Iraq - Boston Globe'/><author><name>dr. 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WASHINGTON -- Poised to become the secretary of defense Robert M. 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Others are unidentified.  (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - The Bush administration signaled differences Tuesday with some of the recommendations of a commission exploring new approaches in Iraq but said there was support for many of the proposals as well.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear="all"/&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116539193551364015?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116539193551364015/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116539193551364015' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116539193551364015'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116539193551364015'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/iraq-panel-to-urge-changes-bush.html' title='Iraq panel to urge changes; Bush briefed     (AP)'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116536717072052117</id><published>2006-12-05T17:06:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T17:06:10.720-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US not winning war in Iraq warns Gates - Irish Examiner</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=131004&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=fBd2RdzQMLiYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=rUPtPXhNtGIJ&amp;imgurl=images.news14charlotte.com/media/2006/12/5/images/0105-gates.jpg width=80 height=59 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;News 14 Charlotte&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/irishexaminer/pages/story.aspx-qqqg=world-qqqm=world-qqqa=world-qqqid=20014-qqqx=1.asp&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=fBd2RdzQMLiYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;US not winning war in Iraq warns Gates&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Irish Examiner&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;45 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;THE man lined up as the next US Defence Secretary last night conceded the US is not winning the war in Iraq and warned that if that country is not stabilised in the next year or two it could lead to a âregional conflagrationâ.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/politics/16171482.htm&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=fBd2RdzQMLiYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;Gates warns of broader Mideast war&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;San Jose Mercury News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.slate.com/id/2154941&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=fBd2RdzQMLiYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;Robert Gates' impressive confirmation hearings.&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Slate&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aQm5n2VOhBq4&amp;refer=home&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=fBd2RdzQMLiYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.torontodailynews.com/index.php/WorldNews/200612050us-not-winning&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=fBd2RdzQMLiYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Toronto Daily News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cbc.ca/story/world/national/2006/12/05/gates-hearing.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=fBd2RdzQMLiYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CBC British Columbia&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/011069-248914800.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=fBd2RdzQMLiYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Times Online&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111507276&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1245 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116536717072052117?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116536717072052117/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116536717072052117' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536717072052117'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536717072052117'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/us-not-winning-war-in-iraq-warns-gates.html' title='US not winning war in Iraq warns Gates - Irish Examiner'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116536618300298962</id><published>2006-12-05T16:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T16:49:43.053-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gates OK'd for Defense by Senate Panel - Forbes</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/67399/Defense_Secretary_Gates_Says_U_S_Is_Not_Winning_Iraq_War&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=nhN2RcTFL6CcHfe68PwI"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=c9s3GmhyYmsJ&amp;imgurl=www.digitaljournal.com/images/photo/Copy_2_gates.jpg width=63 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;DigitalJournal.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2006/12/05/ap3230903.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=nhN2RcTFL6CcHfe68PwI"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gates OK'd for Defense by Senate Panel&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Forbes&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;By ROBERT BURNS 12.05.06 6:07 PM ET. 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Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116536569920981721</id><published>2006-12-05T16:41:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T16:41:39.210-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New defence chief admits US is not winning the war in Iraq - Independent</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/12/6/worldupdates/2006-12-06T024045Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-279107-1&amp;sec=Worldupdates&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=uRF2RZmqIpCCHN7lqY0E"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=akuVGW7yHfoJ&amp;imgurl=thestar.com.my/archives/2006/12/6/worldupdates/2006-12-06T024045Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONP_1_India-279107-1-pic0.jpg width=60 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Malaysia Star&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2042970.ece&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=uRF2RZmqIpCCHN7lqY0E"&gt;&lt;b&gt;New defence chief admits US is not winning the war in Iraq&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Independent&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;33 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;By Andrew Buncombe and Rupert Cornwell in Washington. 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&lt;nobr&gt;27 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The man picked by President Bush to run the Pentagon admitted yesterday that the US was not winning the war in Iraq and warned that an attack on Iran could backfire with devastating consequences.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/05/gates.confirmation/&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=gBF2RenEDJ7MHIOlyYQJ"&gt;Warner: Bush Gates should keep Congress in loop on Iraq&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNN&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/05/washington/05cnd-scene.html?hp&amp;ex=1165381200&amp;en=bda82f09e4b8f84b&amp;ei=5094&amp;partner=homepage&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=gBF2RenEDJ7MHIOlyYQJ"&gt;Senators Praise Gates as a Welcome Change&lt;/a&gt; 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&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116536564062935161?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116536564062935161/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116536564062935161' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536564062935161'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536564062935161'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/rumsfeld-successor-were-not-winning.html' title='Rumsfeld successor: &apos;We&apos;re not winning war&apos; - Guardian Unlimited'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116536522705315033</id><published>2006-12-05T16:33:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T16:33:47.053-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US: 'We're Not Winning War In Iraq' - MyFox Saint Louis</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/12/6/worldupdates/2006-12-06T024045Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-279107-1&amp;sec=Worldupdates&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=4g92Rf7GDJvSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=akuVGW7yHfoJ&amp;imgurl=thestar.com.my/archives/2006/12/6/worldupdates/2006-12-06T024045Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONP_1_India-279107-1-pic0.jpg width=60 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Malaysia Star&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.myfoxstl.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=1690729&amp;version=1&amp;locale=EN-US&amp;layoutCode=TSTY&amp;pageId=3.4.1&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=4g92Rf7GDJvSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;US: 'We're Not Winning War In Iraq'&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;MyFox Saint Louis&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The United States is not winning the war in Iraq the incoming Defence Secretary has warned. Robert Gates who is President Bush's choice to run the Pentagon said the next year or two would determine whether the Middle East explodes into violence.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3577247&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=4g92Rf7GDJvSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;â¦ but he should get his way when it comes to Rumsfeld's &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The South African Star (subscription)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/05/gates.confirmation/&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=4g92Rf7GDJvSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;Warner: Bush Gates should keep Congress in loop on Iraq&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNN&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/05/washington/05cnd-scene.html?hp&amp;ex=1165381200&amp;en=bda82f09e4b8f84b&amp;ei=5094&amp;partner=homepage&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=4g92Rf7GDJvSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;New York Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=4f9118f0-3a7e-426a-90ed-8dd21d11acc9&amp;k=61928&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=4g92Rf7GDJvSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Canada.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aQm5n2VOhBq4&amp;refer=home&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=4g92Rf7GDJvSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Bloomberg&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4381273.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=4g92Rf7GDJvSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Houston Chronicle&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111507276&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1220 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116536522705315033?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116536522705315033/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116536522705315033' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536522705315033'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536522705315033'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/us-were-not-winning-war-in-iraq-myfox_05.html' title='US: &apos;We&apos;re Not Winning War In Iraq&apos; - MyFox Saint Louis'/><author><name>dr. 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Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116536493614840108</id><published>2006-12-05T16:28:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T16:28:56.150-08:00</updated><title type='text'>New defence chief admits US is not winning the war in Iraq - Independent</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/12/6/worldupdates/2006-12-06T024045Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_-279107-1&amp;sec=Worldupdates&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=vw52RZO7EcySHf_63PsI"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=akuVGW7yHfoJ&amp;imgurl=thestar.com.my/archives/2006/12/6/worldupdates/2006-12-06T024045Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONP_1_India-279107-1-pic0.jpg width=60 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Malaysia Star&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/article2042970.ece&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=vw52RZO7EcySHf_63PsI"&gt;&lt;b&gt;New defence chief admits US is not winning the war in Iraq&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Independent&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;20 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;By Andrew Buncombe and Rupert Cornwell in Washington. The man picked by George Bush to be the next Defence Secretary has admitted the US is not winning the war in Iraq and said the soaring violence threatens &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.myfoxstl.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=1690729&amp;version=1&amp;locale=EN-US&amp;layoutCode=TSTY&amp;pageId=3.4.1&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=vw52RZO7EcySHf_63PsI"&gt;US: 'We're Not Winning War In Iraq'&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;MyFox Saint Louis&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2006/12/05/ap3230903.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=vw52RZO7EcySHf_63PsI"&gt;Gates OK'd for Defense by Senate Panel&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Forbes&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3577247&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=vw52RZO7EcySHf_63PsI"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The South African Star (subscription)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/politics/4381273.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=vw52RZO7EcySHf_63PsI"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Houston Chronicle&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://euronews.net/create_html.php?page=detail_info&amp;article=394534&amp;lng=1&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=vw52RZO7EcySHf_63PsI"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Euronews.net&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.hoinews.com/news/news_story.aspx?id=22860&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=vw52RZO7EcySHf_63PsI"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;WHOI&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111507276&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1220 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116536493614840108?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116536493614840108/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116536493614840108' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536493614840108'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536493614840108'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/new-defence-chief-admits-us-is-not.html' title='New defence chief admits US is not winning the war in Iraq - Independent'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116536485807819059</id><published>2006-12-05T16:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T16:27:38.080-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gates OK'd for Defense by Senate Panel - Forbes</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.spokesmanreview.com/ap/story.asp?AP_ID=D8LQPI680&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=bw52Rcf5J5vSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=Niv54aol_2kJ&amp;imgurl=www.spokesmanreview.com/ap/media/GATES_PENTAGON.sff.jpg width=61 height=80 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;The Spokesman Review&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/ap/2006/12/05/ap3230903.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=bw52Rcf5J5vSHK2RuIYJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gates OK'd for Defense by Senate Panel&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Forbes&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;By ROBERT BURNS 12.05.06 6:07 PM ET. 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Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116536467984788472</id><published>2006-12-05T16:24:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T16:24:39.846-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Senate panel recommends approval of Gates nomination: AP - MarketWatch</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1806152006&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=gw12RdChEJCCHN7lqY0E"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=CSZ_aQG2uGgJ&amp;imgurl=images.scotsman.com/2006/12/05/2006-12-05T163908Z_01_NOOTR_RTRIDSP_2_OUKTP-UK-USA-GATES-CONGRESS-IRAQ.jpg width=79 height=49 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Scotsman&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/senate-panel-recommends-approval-gates/story.aspx?guid=%7B6547173B-6986-4DE6-A319-5142B0D918CA%7D&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=gw12RdChEJCCHN7lqY0E"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Senate panel recommends approval of Gates nomination: AP&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;MarketWatch&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;By Gabriel Madway. 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Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116536467731036692</id><published>2006-12-05T16:24:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T16:24:37.310-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Gates Nomination to Be Defense Secretary Clears Panel (Update1) - Bloomberg</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1806152006&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=uw12Rc-HOsXkHI2V-N4L"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=CSZ_aQG2uGgJ&amp;imgurl=images.scotsman.com/2006/12/05/2006-12-05T163908Z_01_NOOTR_RTRIDSP_2_OUKTP-UK-USA-GATES-CONGRESS-IRAQ.jpg width=79 height=49 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Scotsman&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&amp;sid=aQm5n2VOhBq4&amp;refer=home&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=uw12Rc-HOsXkHI2V-N4L"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Gates Nomination to Be Defense Secretary Clears Panel (Update1)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Bloomberg&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;By James Rowley and Anthony Capaccio. 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The man tapped to run the Pentagon said he will respect the military he is charged to lead and will not be afraid to tell President Bush what he thinks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061205/gates_iraq_061205/20061205?hub=TopStories&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=aAt2RcCTDsySHf_63PsI"&gt;Gates says US is not winning Iraq war&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CTV.ca&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/08599156607400.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=aAt2RcCTDsySHf_63PsI"&gt;Welcome Candor on Iraq&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;TIME&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://wkrn.com/nashville/news/will-presidents-choice-be-next-defense-secretary/63728.htm&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=aAt2RcCTDsySHf_63PsI"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;WKRN&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/011069-248914800.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=aAt2RcCTDsySHf_63PsI"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Times Online&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA/MGArticle/LNA_BasicArticle&amp;c=MGArticle&amp;cid=1149192030493&amp;path=&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=aAt2RcCTDsySHf_63PsI"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Lynchburg News and Advance&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/12/winning_senate_.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=aAt2RcCTDsySHf_63PsI"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Chicago Tribune&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111507276&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1182 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116536408067039976?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116536408067039976/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116536408067039976' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536408067039976'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536408067039976'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/senate-panel-unanimously-approves_05.html' title='Senate panel unanimously approves Gates nomination - NavyTimes.com'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116536403055534877</id><published>2006-12-05T16:13:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T16:13:50.560-08:00</updated><title type='text'>US failing in Iraq with 'unsatisfactory' strategy admits new ... - Times Online</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=1806152006&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=Mwt2Re7dLM3aHNC14Y4J"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=CSZ_aQG2uGgJ&amp;imgurl=images.scotsman.com/2006/12/05/2006-12-05T163908Z_01_NOOTR_RTRIDSP_2_OUKTP-UK-USA-GATES-CONGRESS-IRAQ.jpg width=79 height=49 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Scotsman&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/011069-248914800.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=Mwt2Re7dLM3aHNC14Y4J"&gt;&lt;b&gt;US failing in Iraq with 'unsatisfactory' strategy admits new &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Times Online&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Robert Gates the incoming US Defence Secretary said yesterday that the US was not winning the war in Iraq and that time was running out.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA/MGArticle/LNA_BasicArticle&amp;c=MGArticle&amp;cid=1149192030493&amp;path=&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=Mwt2Re7dLM3aHNC14Y4J"&gt;Gates says US not winning the war&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Lynchburg News and Advance&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://newsblogs.chicagotribune.com/news_theswamp/2006/12/winning_senate_.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=Mwt2Re7dLM3aHNC14Y4J"&gt;Winning (Senate) hearts and minds&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Chicago Tribune&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/6211590.stm&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=Mwt2Re7dLM3aHNC14Y4J"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;BBC News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16061996/&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=Mwt2Re7dLM3aHNC14Y4J"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;MSNBC&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/news/shownews.jsp?content=w120567A&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=Mwt2Re7dLM3aHNC14Y4J"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Macleans&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/senate-panel-recommends-approval-gates/story.aspx?guid=%7B6547173B-6986-4DE6-A319-5142B0D918CA%7D&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=Mwt2Re7dLM3aHNC14Y4J"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;MarketWatch&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111507276&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1182 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116536403055534877?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116536403055534877/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116536403055534877' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536403055534877'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536403055534877'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/us-failing-in-iraq-with-unsatisfactory.html' title='US failing in Iraq with &apos;unsatisfactory&apos; strategy admits new ... - Times Online'/><author><name>dr. 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The man tapped to run the Pentagon said he will respect the military he is charged to lead and will not be afraid to tell President Bush what he thinks.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/021063890553a1200.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=6gp2RerlIsCYHfuDpfwI"&gt;Pentagon nominee seeks Iraqi change&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Stuff.co.nz&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20061205/gates_iraq_061205/20061205?hub=TopStories&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=6gp2RerlIsCYHfuDpfwI"&gt;Gates says US is not winning Iraq war&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CTV.ca&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=4f9118f0-3a7e-426a-90ed-8dd21d11acc9&amp;k=61928&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=6gp2RerlIsCYHfuDpfwI"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Canada.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/analysis/154&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=6gp2RerlIsCYHfuDpfwI"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;BuzzFlash&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/08599156607400.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=6gp2RerlIsCYHfuDpfwI"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;TIME&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/05/gates.confirmation/&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=6gp2RerlIsCYHfuDpfwI"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNN&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111507276&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1182 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116536396003718201?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116536396003718201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116536396003718201' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536396003718201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536396003718201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/senate-panel-unanimously-approves.html' title='Senate panel unanimously approves Gates nomination - NavyTimes.com'/><author><name>dr. 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Washington - Robert Gates who is expected to become the next US secretary of defence offered a candid view on Iraq during his first appearance before a Senate panel considering his nomination.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.iht.com/articles/2006/12/05/news/gates.php&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=cgp2RafEGKjEHP-miIEJ"&gt;US not winning the war in Iraq says Pentagon nominee&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;International Herald Tribune&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/021063890553a1200.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=cgp2RafEGKjEHP-miIEJ"&gt;Pentagon nominee seeks Iraqi change&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Stuff.co.nz&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=4f9118f0-3a7e-426a-90ed-8dd21d11acc9&amp;k=61928&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=cgp2RafEGKjEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Canada.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.buzzflash.com/articles/analysis/154&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=cgp2RafEGKjEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;BuzzFlash&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/05/gates.confirmation/&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=cgp2RafEGKjEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNN&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://wkrn.com/nashville/news/will-presidents-choice-be-next-defense-secretary/63728.htm&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=cgp2RafEGKjEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;WKRN&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111507276&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1182 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116536383558452263?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116536383558452263/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116536383558452263' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536383558452263'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536383558452263'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/bushs-defence-choice-speaks-frankly-on.html' title='Bush&apos;s defence choice speaks frankly on Iraq - Monsters and Critics.com'/><author><name>dr. 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WASHINGTON Dec. 5 - When Robert Gates faced Senate confirmation to be director of Central Intelligence in 1991 the hearings stretched over four months and featured hundreds of witnesses &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/05/gates.confirmation/&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=xwl2Rc3WNqqKHIyRuaAE"&gt;Warner: Bush Gates should keep Congress in loop on Iraq&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNN&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16061996/&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=xwl2Rc3WNqqKHIyRuaAE"&gt;Gates: 'US not winning in Iraq'&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;MSNBC&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/021063890553a1200.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=xwl2Rc3WNqqKHIyRuaAE"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Stuff.co.nz&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.monstersandcritics.com/usa/features/article_1230000.php/Bushs_defence_choice_speaks_frankly_on_Iraq&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=xwl2Rc3WNqqKHIyRuaAE"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Monsters and Critics.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.abqtrib.com/news/2006/dec/05/senate-hears-defense-head-nominee/&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=xwl2Rc3WNqqKHIyRuaAE"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Albuquerque Tribune&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/08599156607400.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=xwl2Rc3WNqqKHIyRuaAE"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;TIME&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111507276&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1176 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116536366474770989?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116536366474770989/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116536366474770989' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536366474770989'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536366474770989'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/senators-praise-gates-as-welcome.html' title='Senators Praise Gates as a Welcome Change - New York Times'/><author><name>dr. 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Scott Applewhite)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Robert Gates seemingly clinching confirmation as the new secretary of defense said Tuesday the United States is not winning in Iraq and he&amp;#039;s confident President Bush will listen to his ideas about forging a new war strategy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear="all"/&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116536313438504997?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116536313438504997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116536313438504997' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536313438504997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116536313438504997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/gates-okd-for-defense-by-senate-panel.html' title='Gates OK&amp;#039;d for defense by Senate panel     (AP)'/><author><name>dr. 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Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116533624297344399</id><published>2006-12-05T08:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T08:30:42.993-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Warner: Bush Gates should keep Congress in loop on Iraq - CNN</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www1.whdh.com/news/articles/national/BO35901/&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=q551RcW4MajEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=yhKQwL-TF_8J&amp;imgurl=www1.whdh.com/images/news_articles/389x205/061109_robert_gates.jpg width=80 height=42 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;WHDH-TV&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/05/gates.confirmation/&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=q551RcW4MajEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Warner: Bush Gates should keep Congress in loop on Iraq&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;CNN&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The outgoing Republican chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee warned President Bush and Defense Secretary nominee Robert Gates on Tuesday to consult with Democrats before changing Iraq policy.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://voanews.com/english/2006-12-05-voa21.cfm&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=q551RcW4MajEHP-miIEJ"&gt;Bush Urges Senate to Confirm Gates as Defense Secretary&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Voice of America&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2006/12/gates_we_arent_.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=q551RcW4MajEHP-miIEJ"&gt;Gates: 'We' aren't winning war in Iraq&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;USA Today&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.projo.com/news/content/gates5_12-05-06_4V36P8L.31736e1.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=q551RcW4MajEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Providence Journal&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.thestate.com/mld/thestate/16165453.htm&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=q551RcW4MajEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The State&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=06/12/05/1452228&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=q551RcW4MajEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Democracy Now&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.thestar.co.za/index.php?fArticleId=3577247&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=q551RcW4MajEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The South African Star (subscription)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111507276&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 623 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116533624297344399?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116533624297344399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116533624297344399' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116533624297344399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116533624297344399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/warner-bush-gates-should-k_116533624297344399.html' title='Warner: Bush Gates should keep Congress in loop on Iraq - CNN'/><author><name>dr. 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Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116533516187561592</id><published>2006-12-05T08:12:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T08:12:41.876-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Senate panels considers Gates nomination today - WHNS</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.southernillinoisan.com/articles/2006/12/05/ap/headlines/d8lqmp680.txt&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=b5p1RYDOHcjuHNWUvPoI"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=QJSXyc8oCMYJ&amp;imgurl=www.southernillinoisan.com/content/articles/2006/12/05/ap/headlines/d8lqmp680.jpg width=55 height=79 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;The Southern&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.fox21.com/Global/story.asp?S=5769306&amp;nav=2KPp&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=b5p1RYDOHcjuHNWUvPoI"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Senate panels considers Gates nomination today&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;WHNS&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;7 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;CAPITOL HILL Robert Gates can expect a lot of questions about the war in Iraq today as the Senate Armed Services Committee considers his nomination to be defense secretary.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/12/05/gates.confirmation/&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=b5p1RYDOHcjuHNWUvPoI"&gt;Warner: Bush Gates should keep Congress in loop on Iraq&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNN&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/05/america/NA_GEN_US_Gates_Pentagon.php&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=b5p1RYDOHcjuHNWUvPoI"&gt;Tuesday hearing on defense secretary nominee may shed light on his &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;International Herald Tribune&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://voanews.com/english/2006-12-05-voa21.cfm&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=b5p1RYDOHcjuHNWUvPoI"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Voice of America&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/19396/&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=b5p1RYDOHcjuHNWUvPoI"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Kansas City infoZine&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/william-e-jackson-jr/why-bob-gates-is-the-wron_b_35579.html&amp;cid=1111507276&amp;ei=b5p1RYDOHcjuHNWUvPoI"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Huffington Post&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111507276&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 606 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116533516187561592?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116533516187561592/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116533516187561592' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116533516187561592'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116533516187561592'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/senate-panels-considers-gates.html' title='Senate panels considers Gates nomination today - WHNS'/><author><name>dr. 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(Jim Young/Reuters)" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;AP - Robert Gates the White House choice to be the next defense secretary conceded Tuesday that the United States is losing the war in Iraq and warned that if that country is not stabilized in the next year or two it could lead to a "regional conflagration."&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br clear="all"/&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116533433064633610?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116533433064633610/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116533433064633610' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116533433064633610'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116533433064633610'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/gates-says-us-is-not-winning-iraq-war.html' title='Gates says U.S. is not winning Iraq war     (AP)'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116531113995125529</id><published>2006-12-05T01:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T01:32:20.110-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Military chief in control of government - Los Angeles Times</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/pm-defiant-as-army-seizes-police-weapons/2006/12/04/1165080877059.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=lzx1RdS7CMqmHcCvvf0I"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=-zAIXGMoaq4J&amp;imgurl=www.smh.com.au/ffximage/2006/12/04/laiseniaqarase_wideweb__470x3390.jpg width=79 height=57 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Sydney Morning Herald&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-briefs5.1dec0516835560.story?coll=la-news-a_section&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=lzx1RdS7CMqmHcCvvf0I"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Military chief in control of government&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Los Angeles Times&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Fiji's military commander announced today he had taken control of the country from the elected government confirming the South Pacific nation's fourth coup in less than two decades.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/fiji/article/0196424700.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=lzx1RdS7CMqmHcCvvf0I"&gt;Military seizes power in Fiji&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Guardian Unlimited&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35716&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=lzx1RdS7CMqmHcCvvf0I"&gt;POLITICS-FIJI: Confusion Reigns as Military Completes Coup&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Inter Press Service (subscription)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/australasia/article2040337.ece&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=lzx1RdS7CMqmHcCvvf0I"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Independent&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/01/fiji.factbox.reut/&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=lzx1RdS7CMqmHcCvvf0I"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNN&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2006/12/05/2003339152&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=lzx1RdS7CMqmHcCvvf0I"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Taipei Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6208758.stm&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=lzx1RdS7CMqmHcCvvf0I"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;BBC News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111384807&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1557 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116531113995125529?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116531113995125529/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116531113995125529' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116531113995125529'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116531113995125529'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/military-chief-in-control-_116531113995125529.html' title='Military chief in control of government - Los Angeles Times'/><author><name>dr. 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Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116530947937620002</id><published>2006-12-05T01:04:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T01:04:39.393-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fiji police chief vows to arrest Bainimarama - Ninemsn</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-12-04-voa12.cfm&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=IDZ1Ra_LFKiuHJOoiJAJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=L_GcuatAFfIJ&amp;imgurl=www.voanews.com/english/images/AP_Fiji_Coup_3dec06.jpg width=80 height=49 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Voice of America&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=168770&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=IDZ1Ra_LFKiuHJOoiJAJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fiji police chief vows to arrest Bainimarama&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Ninemsn&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;By Max Uechtritz. 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Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116530902412340903</id><published>2006-12-05T00:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T00:57:04.123-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Military 'takes control of Fiji' - Times of India</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://english.sabah.com.tr/6D6DF14419914A4FA3FB9FAC9644E1E2.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=VzR1RbenHr3mHLzrtJEJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=Qq_KS6E9ptwJ&amp;imgurl=english.sabah.com.tr/2006/12/05/im/34A8701855D2AB40B98E2A90b.jpg width=80 height=64 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Sabah&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Fiji_military_takes_over_dismisses_govt_Commander/articleshow/712971.cms&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=VzR1RbenHr3mHLzrtJEJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Military 'takes control of Fiji'&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Times of India&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;SUVA: Fiji's military has taken over the government and dismissed elected Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase military commander Voreqe Bainimarama announced on Tuesday.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/fiji/article/0196424700.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=VzR1RbenHr3mHLzrtJEJ"&gt;Military seizes power in Fiji&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Guardian Unlimited&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1804817.htm&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=VzR1RbenHr3mHLzrtJEJ"&gt;Alexander Downer angered by Fijian President's actions&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;ABC Online&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35716&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=VzR1RbenHr3mHLzrtJEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Inter Press Service (subscription)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.myfoxal.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=1686480&amp;version=1&amp;locale=EN-US&amp;layoutCode=TSTY&amp;pageId=3.4.1&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=VzR1RbenHr3mHLzrtJEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;MyFox Birmingham&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/01/fiji.factbox.reut/&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=VzR1RbenHr3mHLzrtJEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNN&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://euronews.net/create_html.php?page=detail_info&amp;article=394266&amp;lng=1&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=VzR1RbenHr3mHLzrtJEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Euronews.net&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111384807&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1514 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116530902412340903?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116530902412340903/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116530902412340903' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530902412340903'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530902412340903'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/military-takes-control-of-_116530902412340903.html' title='Military &apos;takes control of Fiji&apos; - Times of India'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116530896059133561</id><published>2006-12-05T00:56:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T00:56:00.620-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fiji military chief seizes power in coup - Raw Story</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-12-04-voa12.cfm&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=GjR1RYmkNIzMHMiHmYUJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=L_GcuatAFfIJ&amp;imgurl=www.voanews.com/english/images/AP_Fiji_Coup_3dec06.jpg width=80 height=49 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Voice of America&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Fiji_military_chief_seizes_power_in_12052006.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=GjR1RYmkNIzMHMiHmYUJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fiji military chief seizes power in coup&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Raw Story&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;34 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Wellington- Fiji's military chief Commodore Voreqe "Frank" Bainimarama confirmed Tuesday he had launched a military coup to take over the government overthrowing civilian prime minister Laisenia Qarase.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2700867&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=GjR1RYmkNIzMHMiHmYUJ"&gt;Fiji's Military Takes Control of Nation&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;ABC News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/fiji/article/0196424700.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=GjR1RYmkNIzMHMiHmYUJ"&gt;Military seizes power in Fiji&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Guardian Unlimited&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cctv.com/english/20061205/100603.shtml&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=GjR1RYmkNIzMHMiHmYUJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CCTV&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/01/fiji.factbox.reut/&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=GjR1RYmkNIzMHMiHmYUJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNN&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/comments/02205820874601-500102100.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=GjR1RYmkNIzMHMiHmYUJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Daily Telegraph&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/world/20061204-1622-fiji-coupfears.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=GjR1RYmkNIzMHMiHmYUJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;San Diego Union Tribune&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111384807&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1519 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116530896059133561?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116530896059133561/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116530896059133561' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530896059133561'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530896059133561'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/fiji-military-chief-seizes-power-in.html' title='Fiji military chief seizes power in coup - Raw Story'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116530889996394166</id><published>2006-12-05T00:54:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T00:54:59.963-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Military chief in control of government - Los Angeles Times</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://english.sabah.com.tr/6D6DF14419914A4FA3FB9FAC9644E1E2.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=3DN1Rd79HriYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=Qq_KS6E9ptwJ&amp;imgurl=english.sabah.com.tr/2006/12/05/im/34A8701855D2AB40B98E2A90b.jpg width=80 height=64 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Sabah&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-briefs5.1dec0516835560.story?coll=la-news-a_section&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=3DN1Rd79HriYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Military chief in control of government&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Los Angeles Times&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;52 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Fiji's military commander announced today he had taken control of the country from the elected government confirming the South Pacific nation's fourth coup in less than two decades.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/fiji/article/0196424700.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=3DN1Rd79HriYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;Military seizes power in Fiji&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Guardian Unlimited&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1804817.htm&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=3DN1Rd79HriYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;Alexander Downer angered by Fijian President's actions&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;ABC Online&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35716&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=3DN1Rd79HriYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Inter Press Service (subscription)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/01/fiji.factbox.reut/&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=3DN1Rd79HriYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNN&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/05/asia/AS_GEN_Fiji_Coup_Fears_Hero_To_Villain.php&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=3DN1Rd79HriYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;International Herald Tribune&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1205/fiji.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=3DN1Rd79HriYHI3YiYUJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;RTE.ie&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111384807&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1514 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116530889996394166?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116530889996394166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116530889996394166' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530889996394166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530889996394166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/military-chief-in-control-of_05.html' title='Military chief in control of government - Los Angeles Times'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116530883499787966</id><published>2006-12-05T00:53:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T00:53:54.996-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Military 'takes control of Fiji' - Times of India</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://english.sabah.com.tr/6D6DF14419914A4FA3FB9FAC9644E1E2.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=mzN1ReLSAcbGHNzbkYAJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=Qq_KS6E9ptwJ&amp;imgurl=english.sabah.com.tr/2006/12/05/im/34A8701855D2AB40B98E2A90b.jpg width=80 height=64 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Sabah&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Fiji_military_takes_over_dismisses_govt_Commander/articleshow/712971.cms&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=mzN1ReLSAcbGHNzbkYAJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Military 'takes control of Fiji'&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Times of India&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;SUVA: Fiji's military has taken over the government and dismissed elected Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase military commander Voreqe Bainimarama announced on Tuesday.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35716&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=mzN1ReLSAcbGHNzbkYAJ"&gt;POLITICS-FIJI: Confusion Reigns as Military Completes Coup&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Inter Press Service (subscription)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.myfoxal.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=1686480&amp;version=1&amp;locale=EN-US&amp;layoutCode=TSTY&amp;pageId=3.4.1&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=mzN1ReLSAcbGHNzbkYAJ"&gt;Fiji Military Takes Power&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;MyFox Birmingham&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/01/fiji.factbox.reut/&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=mzN1ReLSAcbGHNzbkYAJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNN&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.theage.com.au/news/World/Fiji-PM-defiant-as-coup-creeps-forward/2006/12/05/1165080908303.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=mzN1ReLSAcbGHNzbkYAJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;The Age&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=73605&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=mzN1ReLSAcbGHNzbkYAJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Sofia News Agency&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/asap/index.cfm?page=asap_view&amp;id=D8LQEPOO0&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=mzN1ReLSAcbGHNzbkYAJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Hudson Star Observer&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111384807&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1514 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116530883499787966?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116530883499787966/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116530883499787966' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530883499787966'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530883499787966'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/military-takes-control-of-_116530883499787966.html' title='Military &apos;takes control of Fiji&apos; - Times of India'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116530854217553008</id><published>2006-12-05T00:49:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T00:49:02.176-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Military chief in control of government - Los Angeles Times</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://english.sabah.com.tr/6D6DF14419914A4FA3FB9FAC9644E1E2.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=dDJ1Re7qIMvWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=Qq_KS6E9ptwJ&amp;imgurl=english.sabah.com.tr/2006/12/05/im/34A8701855D2AB40B98E2A90b.jpg width=80 height=64 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Sabah&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-briefs5.1dec0516835560.story?coll=la-news-a_section&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=dDJ1Re7qIMvWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Military chief in control of government&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Los Angeles Times&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;46 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Fiji's military commander announced today he had taken control of the country from the elected government confirming the South Pacific nation's fourth coup in less than two decades.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/fiji/article/0196424700.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=dDJ1Re7qIMvWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;Military seizes power in Fiji&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Guardian Unlimited&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1804817.htm&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=dDJ1Re7qIMvWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;Alexander Downer angered by Fijian President's actions&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;ABC Online&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35716&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=dDJ1Re7qIMvWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Inter Press Service (subscription)&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.myfoxal.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=1686480&amp;version=1&amp;locale=EN-US&amp;layoutCode=TSTY&amp;pageId=3.4.1&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=dDJ1Re7qIMvWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;MyFox Birmingham&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/01/fiji.factbox.reut/&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=dDJ1Re7qIMvWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;CNN&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/05/asia/AS_GEN_Fiji_Coup_Fears_Hero_To_Villain.php&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=dDJ1Re7qIMvWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;International Herald Tribune&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111384807&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1514 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116530854217553008?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116530854217553008/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116530854217553008' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530854217553008'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530854217553008'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/military-chief-in-control-of.html' title='Military chief in control of government - Los Angeles Times'/><author><name>dr. 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Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116530843118275214</id><published>2006-12-05T00:47:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T00:47:11.183-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Fiji's prime minister says coup under way - Hudson Star Observer</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6208758.stm&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=_zF1Rd-bIqjEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=MKfKP_X-wfkJ&amp;imgurl=newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42384000/jpg/_42384010_leaders203getty.jpg width=79 height=59 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;BBC News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.hudsonstarobserver.com/asap/index.cfm?page=asap_view&amp;id=D8LQEPOO0&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=_zF1Rd-bIqjEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Fiji's prime minister says coup under way&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hudson Star Observer&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;4 hours ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;Fiji's elected leader said Tuesday that armed troops had surrounded his house and other government buildings in a lockdown of the capital.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.myfoxal.com/myfox/pages/News/Detail?contentId=1686480&amp;version=1&amp;locale=EN-US&amp;layoutCode=TSTY&amp;pageId=3.4.1&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=_zF1Rd-bIqjEHP-miIEJ"&gt;Fiji Military Takes Power&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;MyFox Birmingham&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/plea-for-aussie-troops-rejected/2006/12/05/1165080909814.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=_zF1Rd-bIqjEHP-miIEJ"&gt;Plea for Aussie troops rejected&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Sydney Morning Herald&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://rawstory.com/news/2006/NewZealand_retaliates_against_Fiji__12042006.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=_zF1Rd-bIqjEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Raw Story&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6208758.stm&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=_zF1Rd-bIqjEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;BBC News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/04/AR2006120400076.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=_zF1Rd-bIqjEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Washington Post&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-briefs5.1dec0516835560.story?coll=la-news-a_section&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=_zF1Rd-bIqjEHP-miIEJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111384807&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1491 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116530843118275214?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116530843118275214/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116530843118275214' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530843118275214'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530843118275214'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/fijis-prime-minister-says-coup-under.html' title='Fiji&apos;s prime minister says coup under way - Hudson Star Observer'/><author><name>dr. 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Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116530757658830762</id><published>2006-12-05T00:32:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T00:32:56.590-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Military 'takes control of Fiji' - Times of India</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6208758.stm&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=sC51Rb2xM8vWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=MKfKP_X-wfkJ&amp;imgurl=newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42384000/jpg/_42384010_leaders203getty.jpg width=79 height=59 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;BBC News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Fiji_military_takes_over_dismisses_govt_Commander/articleshow/712971.cms&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=sC51Rb2xM8vWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Military 'takes control of Fiji'&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Times of India&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;1 hour ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;SUVA: Fiji's military has taken over the government and dismissed elected Prime Minister Laisenia Qarase military commander Voreqe Bainimarama announced on Tuesday.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.news.com.au/story/02359920876549-170200.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=sC51Rb2xM8vWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;Military has control of Fiji: army chief&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;NEWS.com.au&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.itv.com/news/world_9a01f88aed2c87497e4b9ac4f666360c.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=sC51Rb2xM8vWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;Miltary coup underway in Fiji&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;ITV.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200612052026/coup_in_fiji_-_military_takes_over_government&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=sC51Rb2xM8vWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Radio New Zealand&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/australasia/article2040337.ece&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=sC51Rb2xM8vWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Independent&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-fg-briefs5.1dec0516835560.story?coll=la-news-a_section&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=sC51Rb2xM8vWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Los Angeles Times&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1205/fiji.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=sC51Rb2xM8vWHPaPvYcJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;RTE.ie&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111384807&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1491 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116530757658830762?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116530757658830762/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116530757658830762' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530757658830762'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530757658830762'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/military-takes-control-of-fiji-times.html' title='Military &apos;takes control of Fiji&apos; - Times of India'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116530738924769993</id><published>2006-12-05T00:29:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T00:29:49.246-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Alexander Downer angered by Fijian President's actions - ABC Online</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6208758.stm&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=9y11Rd7gKsvwHOPIjJ4O"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=MKfKP_X-wfkJ&amp;imgurl=newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42384000/jpg/_42384010_leaders203getty.jpg width=79 height=59 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;BBC News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.abc.net.au/worldtoday/content/2006/s1804817.htm&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=9y11Rd7gKsvwHOPIjJ4O"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Alexander Downer angered by Fijian President's actions&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;ABC Online&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;22 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;ELEANOR HALL: Returning now to our lead story the coup in Fiji New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark says Fiji's President Josefa Iloilo has acted outside his constitutional powers by dissolving Parliament and sanctioning the removal of Prime Minister &lt;b&gt;...&lt;/b&gt;  &lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/fiji/article/0196424700.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=9y11Rd7gKsvwHOPIjJ4O"&gt;Military seizes power in Fiji&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Guardian Unlimited&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.news.com.au/story/02359920876549-170200.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=9y11Rd7gKsvwHOPIjJ4O"&gt;Military has control of Fiji: army chief&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;NEWS.com.au&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2700867&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=9y11Rd7gKsvwHOPIjJ4O"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;ABC News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.itv.com/news/world_9a01f88aed2c87497e4b9ac4f666360c.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=9y11Rd7gKsvwHOPIjJ4O"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;ITV.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200612052026/coup_in_fiji_-_military_takes_over_government&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=9y11Rd7gKsvwHOPIjJ4O"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Radio New Zealand&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/australasia/article2040337.ece&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=9y11Rd7gKsvwHOPIjJ4O"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Independent&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111384807&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1491 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116530738924769993?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116530738924769993/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116530738924769993' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530738924769993'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530738924769993'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/alexander-downer-angered-by-fijian.html' title='Alexander Downer angered by Fijian President&apos;s actions - ABC Online'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116530734833907431</id><published>2006-12-05T00:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T00:29:08.340-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Key facts about Fiji - CNN</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6208758.stm&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=yy11RfjhCsXkHNaegYoJ"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=MKfKP_X-wfkJ&amp;imgurl=newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/42384000/jpg/_42384010_leaders203getty.jpg width=79 height=59 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;BBC News&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/asiapcf/11/01/fiji.factbox.reut/&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=yy11RfjhCsXkHNaegYoJ"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Key facts about Fiji&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;CNN&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;37 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;-- Located in the southwestern Pacific Fiji has 320 islands covering 18376 sq km. Indigenous Fijians make up 51 percent of its 906000 population Indian-Fijians 44 percent and other races 5 percent.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=168770&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=yy11RfjhCsXkHNaegYoJ"&gt;Fiji police chief vows to arrest Bainimarama&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Ninemsn&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Fiji_military_takes_over_dismisses_govt_Commander/articleshow/712971.cms&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=yy11RfjhCsXkHNaegYoJ"&gt;Military 'takes control of Fiji'&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Times of India&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2006/12/05/asia/AS_GEN_Fiji_Coup_Fears_Hero_To_Villain.php&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=yy11RfjhCsXkHNaegYoJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;International Herald Tribune&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=2700867&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=yy11RfjhCsXkHNaegYoJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;ABC News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&amp;storyID=2006-12-05T051247Z_01_SYD275930_RTRUKOC_0_UK-FIJI.xml&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=yy11RfjhCsXkHNaegYoJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Reuters.uk&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.zeenews.com/znnew/articles.asp?aid=340089&amp;sid=WOR&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=yy11RfjhCsXkHNaegYoJ"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Zee News&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111384807&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1491 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116530734833907431?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116530734833907431/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116530734833907431' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530734833907431'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530734833907431'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/key-facts-about-fiji-cnn.html' title='Key facts about Fiji - CNN'/><author><name>dr. Andri</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='27' height='32' src='http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/4599/1712052934mkj4.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34039428.post-116530721484633892</id><published>2006-12-05T00:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2006-12-05T00:26:54.846-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Coup in Fiji - military takes over government - Radio New Zealand</title><content type='html'>&lt;br&gt;&lt;table border=0 align= cellpadding=5 cellspacing=0&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td width=80 align=center valign=top&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0i-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.voanews.com/english/2006-12-04-voa12.cfm&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=Ri11RfD-KJCCHN7lqY0E"&gt;&lt;img src=http://news.google.com/news?imgefp=L_GcuatAFfIJ&amp;imgurl=www.voanews.com/english/images/AP_Fiji_Coup_3dec06.jpg width=80 height=49 alt="" border=1&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-2&gt;Voice of America&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-0&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/latest/200612052026/coup_in_fiji_-_military_takes_over_government&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=Ri11RfD-KJCCHN7lqY0E"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Coup in Fiji - military takes over government&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;font color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;b&gt;Radio New Zealand&amp;nbsp;-&lt;/font&gt; &lt;nobr&gt;47 minutes ago&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;The head of Fiji's military says his troops have taken over the running of the country and he has temporarily assumed the presidency.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-1&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.rte.ie/news/2006/1205/fiji.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=Ri11RfD-KJCCHN7lqY0E"&gt;Military coup in Fiji ousts PM&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;RTE.ie&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-2&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.independent.co.uk/world/australasia/article2040337.ece&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=Ri11RfD-KJCCHN7lqY0E"&gt;Military has taken control of Fiji says commander&lt;/a&gt; &lt;font size=-1 color=#6f6f6f&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Independent&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;font size=-1 class=p&gt;&lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-3&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.news.com.au/story/02359920876549-170200.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=Ri11RfD-KJCCHN7lqY0E"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;NEWS.com.au&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-4&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-12/05/content_5435854.htm&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=Ri11RfD-KJCCHN7lqY0E"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;Xinhua&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-5&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.itv.com/news/world_9a01f88aed2c87497e4b9ac4f666360c.html&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=Ri11RfD-KJCCHN7lqY0E"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;ITV.com&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;- &lt;a href="http://news.google.com/news/url?sa=T&amp;ct=us/0-0-6&amp;fd=R&amp;url=http://www.newswire.co.nz/main/viewstory.aspx?storyid=349783&amp;catid=3008&amp;cid=1111384807&amp;ei=Ri11RfD-KJCCHN7lqY0E"&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;newswire.co.nz&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;font class=p size=-1&gt;&lt;a class=p href=http://news.google.com/?ncl=1111384807&amp;hl=en&gt;&lt;nobr&gt;&lt;b&gt;all 1468 news articles&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/nobr&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;br clear=all&gt; &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/34039428-116530721484633892?l=toplines.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/feeds/116530721484633892/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=34039428&amp;postID=116530721484633892' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530721484633892'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/34039428/posts/default/116530721484633892'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://toplines.blogspot.com/2006/12/coup-in-fiji-military-take_116530721484633892.html' title='Coup in Fiji - military takes over government - Radio New Zealand'/><author><name>dr. 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