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	<pubDate>9 Feb 2010 03:14:42 -0500</pubDate>
	<title>Geostrategy-Direct - Cutting Edge Intelligence</title>
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	<title>BACKGROUNDER </title>
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 FBI's Washington office botched interrogation of airline bomb suspect/ 
 China intelligence tied to disappearance of Polish code official/ 
 Report on theft of cable in Sea of Okhotsk cites NSA's Pelton case/ 
 Navy warns piracy will increase in waters near Haiti following quake </description>
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<title>DOSSIER: Maj. Gen. Benny Gantz</title> 
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 Hizbullah defeated in 2009 elections, but maintains power over Beirut </description>
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<title>FOCUS ON IRAN</title> 
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 Iran's Defense Ministry introduces engine for space-launch vehicles/ 
 Iran set to deploy range of new missiles for air force, navy/ 
 Indian Oil Co. pursues several new energy projects in Iran </description>
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<title>FOCUS ON AL QAIDA</title> 
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 Al Qaida in Iraq shifts tactics to covert, anti-regime operations/ 
 Al Qaida seen planning strikes against high-value targets in Gulf states/ 
 Al Qaida commander announces plan to target Christians in Nigeria </description>
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<title>FOCUS ON THE PERSIAN GULF STATES</title> 
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 Obama assures Gulf states on accelerated missile defense deliveries/ 
 Top Hamas financier, arms supplier killed in UAE hotel room/ 
 Saudi Arabia plans to bolster border with Yemen </description>
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<title>NORTHEAST ASIA REPORT</title> 
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 Liu Xiaobo: Free speech one of 'basic human rights' for all Chinese/ 
 U.S. sets out to build 'action-oriented' partnership with China </description>
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<title>MIDDLE EAST REPORT</title> 
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 King shakes up Jordanian intelligence, helping U.S. in Afghanistan/ 
 Israeli report: Turkey's Erdogan plans stronger ties with Iran, Syria/ 
 U.S. appoints first envoy to Syria since Hariri assassination </description>
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<title>MILITARY TECHNOLOGY</title> 
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 U.S. missile interception test fails against simulated Iran attack/ 
 U.S. African Command offers advanced planes to Algeria/ 
 Israel develops non-lethal Thunder Generator for anti-riot, border ops </description>
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