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    Both nations are strident critics of the United States and Israel. "Iran is attacked like us by the empire ... We are accused of exporting terrorism, but they are the killers." Iran’s spreading influence in South America is causing concern both in the United States and Israel. Full Article at JTA
    Iran is attacked like us by the empire ... We are accused of exporting terrorism, but they are the killers.
    Hugo Chávez – Hugo Chávez SOURCE: JTA 4 weeks ago

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  1. A staff member of the U.S. center adjusts the American flag prior to a briefing with US Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lisa Jackson at the UN Climate Summit in Copenhagen, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency says she will take commonsense steps to regulate carbon emissions to protect the health of Americans.
  2. Japan's Saki Minemura spikes the ball against China during the women's volleyball final match at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong December 9, 2009.
  3. Japan's Yuki Ishii spikes the ball against China during the women's volleyball final match at the East Asian Games in Hong Kong December 9, 2009.
  4. A policeman guards a check-point in Peshawar, in Pakistan's restive North West Frontier Province, December 9, 2009. Peshawar and its surrounding areas near the border with Afghanistan are the epicentre of the battle against militants, who recently raised security alarm bells with a suicide bombing and gun attack near Pakistan's military headquarters, 30 minutes from the capital.
  5. A man feeds his geese in the village of Blace, southern part of Kosovo, December 9, 2009.
  6. Kohei Kawamoto of Japan competes in the men's 100-meter butterfly swimming final of the East Asian Games in Hong Kong Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. Kawamoto won the sliver medal.
  7. NATO commander James Stavridis flanked by KFOR Commander Lt.Gen Markus Bentler, right, gives a press conference in Pristina, Kosovo on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. Stavridis said that Kosovo might serve as a model for overcoming obstacles the international community faces in establishing security and cooperation with local stakeholders in Afghanistan.
  8. NATO commander James Stavridis gives a press conference in Pristina, Kosovo on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. Stavridis said that Kosovo might serve as a model for overcoming obstacles the international community faces in establishing security and cooperation with local stakeholders in Afghanistan.
  9. Shadows of dancers in traditional Lao costume are cast onto the stadium ground during the opening ceremony of the 25th Southeast Asian Games in Vientiane, Laos, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009.
  10. NATO commander James Stavridis gives a press conference in Pristina, Kosovo on Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2009. Stavridis said that Kosovo might serve as a model for overcoming obstacles the international community faces in establishing security and cooperation with local stakeholders in Afghanistan.
  11. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 09: Brian Friedman attends the Woman's Own Children Of Courage Awards at Westminster Abbey on December 9, 2009 in London, England.
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  15. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 09: Gillian McKeith attends the Woman's Own Children Of Courage Awards at Westminster Abbey on December 9, 2009 in London, England.
  16. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake reacts to a question during a media conference in Colombo December 9, 2009. Blake, the U.S. diplomat responsible for South Asia, on Wednesday welcomed the progress in the reconciliation process following the end of Sri Lanka's quarter-century war with the Tamil Tiger rebels but acknowledged there was still a "tremendous amount of work to be done."
  17. LONDON, ENGLAND - DECEMBER 09: Peter Andre attends the Woman's Own Children Of Courage Awards at Westminster Abbey on December 9, 2009 in London, England.
  18. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Robert Blake listens to a question during a media conference in Colombo December 9, 2009. Blake, the U.S. diplomat responsible for South Asia, on Wednesday welcomed the progress in the reconciliation process following the end of Sri Lanka's quarter-century war with the Tamil Tiger rebels but acknowledged there was still a "tremendous amount of work to be done."