Things Fall Apart
Russian President Putin says that the war in Iraq has pushed the world into its most serious post-Cold-War crisis...
"North Korea warned Wednesday that Japan would face 'self-destruction' if it puts a spy satellite into orbit," AFP reports...
There's more: India and Pakistan are also reverting to their typically militaristic stances. India has just test-fired a surface-to-surface 28-foot Prithvi missile, which can carry a one-ton nuclear warhead 93 miles. Pakistan has responded by launching a short-range missile of its own.