13:13 Jun 03, '05 / 25 Iyar 5765

(IsraelNN.com) Seeming increasing the level of the travel advisory, Foreign Ministry officials are now urging Israelis in Bolivia to take advantage of the current window of opportunity and leave the country before the violence intensifies.
Officials released a statement earlier today that in the coming hours, one will be able to make one’s way to the airport and leave the country.

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By Carol Giacomo, Diplomatic Correspondent
Sat Jun 4, 8:47 AM ET
SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld accused China on Saturday of enhancing its ability to project power at a time when it faced no threat and said Beijing will have to expand political freedoms to maintain economic growth and influence
The     Pentagon has been raising alarms over China's military modernization for several years. Rumsfeld's rhetorical assault, in a speech to a conference of regional defense ministers, underscores a growing concern in the United States over China's rising military, economic and diplomatic power
.But facing an audience anxious about a possible U.S.-China confrontation in Asia, Rumsfeld toned down parts of his prepared speech and insisted Washington sought neither to destabilize China nor fan a competition for regional influence.

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By STEVE WEIZMAN, Associated Press Writer
Fri Jun 3, 6:57 PM ET
JERUSALEM - Hackers who broke into the computers of some of Israel's biggest industrial corporations also stole sensitive defense data, a senior police investigator said Friday.
The newspaper Yediot Ahronot said civilian defense contractors were hit and there was a suspicion that politicians might also have been targeted. Israeli TV said the defense data was taken from firms producing aerial surveillance drones, or unmanned aircraft.

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By Jephraim P Gundzik
The military implementation of the George W Bush administration's unilateralist foreign policy is creating monumental changes in the world's geostrategic alliances. The most significant of these changes is the formation of a new triangle comprised of China, Iran and Russia.
Growing ties between Moscow and Beijing in the past 18 months is an important geopolitical event that has gone practically unnoticed. China's premier, Wen Jiabao, visited Russia in September 2004. In October 2004, President Vladimir Putin visited China. During the October meeting, both China and Russia declared that Sino-Russian relations had reached "unparalleled heights". In addition to settling long-standing border issues, Moscow and Beijing agreed to hold joint military exercises in 2005. This marks the first large-scale military exercises between Russia and China since 1958.

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