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After nine years of what is now
America’s longest war, 100,000
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and corrupt government makes
fighting the Taliban even harder.
With a population of 1.3 billion and
its economy growing an average
of 10 percent a year, CHINA is fast
becoming a superpower capable
of challenging the U.S., both
economically and politically.
Sixty years after the start of the
Korean War, NORTH KOREA’S
unpredictable leader Kim Jong Il
continues to test nuclear weapons
and threaten South Korea, where
the U.S. has 28,000 troops.
PAKISTAN is a nuclear-
armed country threatened by
Islamic extremists. Osama bin
Laden is thought to be hiding
in the lawless tribal region
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