LIGNET: China Nixes Export of Metals Needed for America’s Defense

The United States, Japan and India are in a desperate hunt for 17 precious metals – metals that are essential to the defense and aerospace industries and that they aren’t going to be getting any more from China, the largest producer.

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Libya: Crisis-Plagued Government Struggles for Control

With the transitional government’s failure to impose order since taking control of Libya last November, the integrity of the upcoming elections are in doubt and a worst-case-scenario for Libya and North Africa is appearing more likely.

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A front loader lifts soil containing rare earth minerals in Jiangsu, China. (STR/AFP/Getty Images)