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Russia launches military satellite MOSCOW (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 Russia late Thursday launched a Molnia-M rocket carrying a military communications satellite from its Plesetsk space center in the north of the country, Russian space officials said. Air Force Academy probers unimpressed by means to deal with sexual assaults WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 The US Air Force Academy has a "less than optimal environment" for responding to allegations of sexual assault against female cadets because of inadequate reporting procedures, inattentive commanders and a lingering resistance to women at a formerly all male institution, according to an investigation. Pentagon denies deal to deliver F-16s to Pakistan WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 The Pentagon denied Thursday reports that the United States plans to release to Pakistan advanced versions of F-16 fighter jets that were sold in late 1980s but never delivered because of Islamabad's nuclear arms program. |
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Air Force Academy probe unimpressed by means to deal with sexual assaults WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 The US Air Force Academy has a "less than optimal environment" for responding to allegations of sexual assault against female cadets because of inadequate reporting procedures, inattentive commanders and a lingering resistance to women at a formerly all male institution. Kurdish parties to enforce selective weapons ban in northern Iraq ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 The two main Kurdish parties sharing control of Iraqi Kurdistan have signed a memorandum banning residents of the area, with the exception of their fighters, from carrying weapons, officials from the two groups said Thursday. Congress weighs US intelligence on Iraqi weapons WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 In closed-door sessions Thursday, Congress probed US intelligence which said on the eve of the US-led war that Iraq had chemical and biological weapons ready for use. Serbia-Montenegro seeks membership of NATO's Partnership for Peace BELGRADE (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 Serbia and Montenegro has officially requested to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation's (NATO) Partnership for Peace programme, Foreign Minister Goran Svilanovic said Thursday. India still seeking US answers ahead of commitment to troops for Iraq NEW DELHI (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 India was on Thursday seeking further clarification from the United States about a possible troop deployment to Iraq before deciding on Washington's request, Defence Minister George Fernandes said. BBC journalist grilled over British dossier on Iraqi weapons LONDON (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 A journalist who claimed Britain's government "sexed up" its dossier on Iraq and weapons of mass destruction to make a more convincing case for war faced fierce questioning by parliament's cross-party foreign affairs committee Thursday. |
Reports of imminent US release of F-16s surprises Pakistan ISLAMABAD (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 Reports in two US publications that the United States will finally release F-16 fighter jets paid for by Pakistan more than a decade ago delighted officials but prompted scorn from the opposition Friday. Kenyan navy boat rescues Tanzanian fishermen in Indian Ocean MOMBASA, Kenya (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 Eleven Tanzanian fishermen, whose fishing vessel broke down in the Indian Ocean, were rescued by the Kenyan navy on Thursday after six days at sea in chilly weather, police said. British Defence Chief meets Pakistan PM, visits Kashmir border ISLAMABAD (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 British defence chief General Sir Michael Walker met with Pakistan Prime Minister Zafarullah Jamali Thursday to discuss military cooperation between the two countries and also visited the tense Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir, officials said. Sea-based missile defense test fails WASHINGTON (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 An interceptor missile fired from an Aegis cruiser failed to intercept its target over the Pacific in the first unsuccessful test of a sea-based missile defense system that the United States hopes to deploy by 2005, officials said Thursday. Russian warplanes in massive bombing raids against Chechen rebels MOSCOW (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 Russian warplanes launched massive bombing raids Thursday against a group of 500 Chechen rebels who were preparing to seize two towns in the south of the breakaway republic, Interfax-AVN reported quoting military sources. Some 5,000 people try to leave Liberia on Ghanaian navy ship MONROVIA (AFP) Jun 19, 2003 Some 5,000 Ghanaians and Liberians have been trying to get on board a Ghanaian navy ship sent by Accra to evacuate its nationals from war-torn Liberia, informed sources told AFP Thursday. |
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