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Britain To Unveil Plans To Replace Nuclear Missile System London (AFP) Nov 22, 2006 
Britain is to publish proposals by the end of the year on how to replace its ageing nuclear deterrent Trident missiles, Prime Minister Tony Blair told lawmakers Monday. Blair confirmed a question from the leader of the smaller opposition Liberal Democrats Menzies Campbell that the government's position on whether to maintain the Trident missile system would be set out by the turn of the year. He also said he was "sure" lawmakers would get a chance to vote on the issue. "I believe it is important that we maintain the independent nuclear deterrent," he told Campbell during the weekly "prime minister's questions" in the lower chamber House of Commons.
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White House - Iran Assessment Report Inaccurate
Washington (XNA) Nov 23, 2006The White House flatly denied on Monday a news report which said a secret CIA assessment found no conclusive evidence of Iran's nuclear weapons program. White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said the article was just another "error-filled piece" in a "series of inaccuracy-riddled articles about the Bush administration." Official Says NKorea Won't Give Up Nuke Weapons 
Seoul (AFP) Nov 22, 2006North Korea will not give up its nuclear weapons even though it has agreed to return to six-nation talks on scrapping its atomic programme, a senior North Korean diplomat was quoted Wednesday as saying. "The (six-party) talks will begin soon ... how can we abandon our nuclear weapons? Do you mean that we conducted a nuclear test to give them up?" First Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok-Ju was quoted by South Korea's Yonhap news agency as saying. English Police Test Hand-Held Fingerprint Scanner 
London (AFP) Nov 22, 2006Police in England and Wales began trialling hand-held electronic fingerprint readers on motorists Wednesday, the latest piece of new high-tech equipment being wielded in the fight against crime. Police say the device could save vast amounts of time and resources by identifying suspects on the spot rather than taking them to a police station -- should their prints be on the national database. The scanner allows officers to search the 6.5 million fingerprints held on record and should produce a result within five minutes. |
Boeing Awarded $296 Million JDAM Contract
St. Louis MO (SPX) Nov 23, 2006Boeing last week was awarded a $296 million U.S. Air Force contract for 12,889 Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) tail kits. Boeing will deliver the Lot 11 JDAM kits in 2008 and 2009. Known as the world's most accurate bomb, JDAM is a GPS-aided, near-precision weapon that the U.S. Air Force and Navy have used extensively in global combat operations, including Afghanistan and Iraq. Boeing Signs 1.6 Billion Dollar Deal To Sell Surveillance Planes To South Korea 
Seoul (AFP) Nov 22, 2006South Korea on Wednesday signed a 1.59 billion dollar deal to buy four surveillance planes from US aircraft giant Boeing, officials said. "A formal contract was signed here today," a Defense Acquisition Programme Administration spokesman told AFP. One of the modified 737 planes will be delivered in 2011 and three in 2013, he said of the deal first announced earlier this month. Nuclear Strikes From 'Rogue States' Possible 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 22, 2006Russia's Air Force commander said Wednesday he considers nuclear missile launches by terrorists or 'rogue states' to be a genuine threat. "Increasingly probable and dangerous for the U.S., Russia and European countries are single or multiple missile strikes from third countries, known as rogue states, countries with unstable, non-democratic regimes, or terrorist organizations with access to missile technology," Vladimir Mikhailov said. |
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Mideast Focus On Lebanon
United Nations (UPI) Nov 22, 2006As the top U.N. political affairs officer prepared to deliver his monthly briefing on the Middle East to the Security Council Tuesday, the murmur around the horseshoe-shaped table was of Lebanon and yet another political assassination. It was only hours earlier when Beirut's Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel, 34, a Maronite Christian and, perhaps more telling, member of the anti-Syria March 14 movement, was ambushed in a Christian area near Beirut. Will Gemayel Killing Spark Talks 
Beirut (UPI) Nov 22, 2006The assassination of Minister of Industry Pierre Gemayel, an outspoken anti-Syria politician, jolted Lebanon. But will the tremors from this political earthquake prompt the country's political foes to reconsider their intransigent stances and avert an open confrontation? Gemayel's killing in broad daylight deepened the country's most pronounced post-civil war crisis, sparking renewed fears of sectarian clashes. Damascus And Baghdad, Again, Come Together 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 22, 2006As the West, especially the U.S. and Britain, is trying to rethink its policies in Iraq and the Greater Middle East, regional nations are doing the same: Damascus and Baghdad are coming back to talks after 25 years of disarray. Questions arise as to whether it is linked to the Western behavior. This month, British Prime Minister Tony Blair has repeatedly said settlement in Iraq and Palestine should involve Syria and Iran. |
NATO's Afghan Caveats Harmful
Washington (UPI) Nov 22, 2006NATO members have come through with only 85 percent of the troops and capabilities to which they've committed, and some of the 36 countries who contribute a total of 33,000 troops to ISAF have also placed caveats limiting their use to peaceful missions, top U.S. military and diplomatic officials said Tuesday. Germany is of particular concern, said Amb. Daniel Fried, Secretary of State for European and Eurasion Affairs, at a breakfast with reporters Tuesday. Iraq Civilian Slaughter Grows 
Washington (UPI) Nov 22, 2006The good news is that the rate of U.S. fatalities in Iraq has significantly fallen since the end of Ramadan. The bad news is that the civilian slaughter keeps soaring to new heights. More than 1,300 Iraq civilians are believed to have been killed in sectarian strife in the first 20 days of November, making this month already by far the most deadly month of the entire insurgency for such figures. A Royal Question Mark 
Paris (UPI) Nov 22, 2006There was a dismal sense of deja vu about the first interviews given by the new standard-bearer of France's Socialist Party for next year's presidential elections. Segolene Royal is an attractive fresh face and the first woman to have a serious prospect of leading France, but the policies sounded old, defensive and divisive. |
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