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US Will Collapse by 2010: Russian

By Harry Kimball, Newser Staff

Posted Mar 4, 2009 11:24 AM CST

(Newser) – The “collapse of the American dream” is complete, says a Russian scholar, and President Obama will declare martial law and the US will splinter into six regions by the end of 2010, the AP reports. Igor Panarin, the dean of Russia's Foreign Ministry school,... Read full story »

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