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Washington warns Tokyo of 200 NKorean missiles pointing at Japan: report TOKYO (AFP) Jul 13, 2003 The US government has warned Japan that North Korea has positioned 200 medium-range Rodong missiles to target Japan, a report said Sunday, quoting a foreign ministry official here. US intelligence agencies at daggers drawn over Iraq WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 13, 2003 The current debate over Iraq's banned weapons programs has served to sharpen the differences between the US intelligence agencies and different sectors of the US administration. India will not send troops to Iraq: report NEW DELHI (AFP) Jul 13, 2003 India will not contribute troops to a US-led stabilisation force in Iraq as it would compromise the national interest, a report said Sunday. |
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Malaysian Armed Forces ready to send peace monitors to Philippines: report KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) Jul 13, 2003 The Malaysian Armed Forces is ready to deploy officers to monitor a ceasefire between the Philippines and local Muslim separatists, local media reported Sunday. Explosions at military arsenal in Russia's far east VLADIVOSTOK, Russia (AFP) Jul 13, 2003 Violent explosions ripped through the naval arsenal near Russia's Pacific port of Vladivostok early Sunday, injuring 12 people, local emergency officials said. Taiwanese submarines deal in limbo due to funding problem: Jane's TAIPEI (AFP) Jul 13, 2003 The Taiwan navy's plan to acquire eight conventional submarines from the US, a deal guaranteed by US President George W. Bush, could founder due to budget problems, the authoritative Jane's Defence Weekly says. Reunited Ivory Coast combatants virtually impose roadmap for peace ABIDJAN (AFP) Jul 13, 2003 Ivory Coast's warring rebels and loyalist troops have reunited to such a degree since a May truce that they imposed a virtual "roadmap" for peace when a 10-month civil war formally ended on July 4. Navy commissions carrier USS Ronald Reagan NORFOLK, Virginia (AFP) Jul 13, 2003 The US Navy commissioned the USS Ronald Reagan on Saturday, the 13th aircraft carrier in the US fleet and the first named after a living former president. Tenet: The tenacious CIA spy master WASHINGTON (AFP) Jul 13, 2003 CIA chief George Tenet, who took the blame for President George W. Bush's discredited pre-war claim that Iraq had tried to buy nuclear material from Africa, is a Clinton administration holdover who has grown close to Bush. |
US army begins collecting banned arms in Iraqi Kurdistan ARBIL, Iraq (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 The US army has taken in a quantity of weapons handed over by four political groups in Iraqi Kurdistan in compliance with a decision to ban heavy arms, Arbil police chief Jamil Khedr Ismael told AFP Saturday. Sudan opposition call on Beshir to expand peace process KHARTOUM (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 Sudan's northern opposition parties called on President Omar al-Beshir on Saturday to carry forward the peace process with the southern rebels, and expand it to include their factions as well. Move by DR Congo rebel group sparks fears of putsch KINSHASA (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 A unilateral move by the main rebel group in the Democratic Republic of Congo creating three military zones in the area it controls has sparked fears of a possible putsch by the Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD), sources in the capital said Saturday. DR Congo follow-up committee stops work after rebels set up military zones KINSHASA (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 A committee monitoring the peace process in Democratic Republic of Congo suspended its work Saturday, accusing the rebel Congolese Rally for Democracy (RCD) of unilaterally creating three military zones in the country, a spokesman said. NATO should intervene in Iraq: Clinton LONDON (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 NATO and European states should step forward to take part in rebuilding Iraq to internationalise the reconstruction process, former US president Bill Clinton urged at the "progressive governance" conference near London.clear="all"> US-French military ties "excellent": French chief of staff PARIS (AFP) Jul 12, 2003 General Henri Bentegeat, the chief of staff of the French armed forces, this weekend described French-US military ties as excellent, denying they had come under strain because of the US-led war against Iraq. |
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