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German Defense Minister embarks on Afghan visit for command handover BERLIN (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 German Defense Minister Peter Struck left Sunday for Afghanistan where he will oversee the handover of command of the international peacekeeping force to NATO, amid a growing debate on a German role in stabilizing areas outside the capital Kabul. German Defense Minister calls for NATO role in Iraq FRANKFURT (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 German Defense Minister Peter Struck called for NATO to assume a role in Iraq and said that German peacekeeping troops could join such a mission, in a newspaper interview published Sunday. Indian Air Force microlight plane crashlands, pilots safe NEW DELHI (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 A microlight aircraft belonging to the Indian Air Force crash-landed Sunday near a village on the outskirts of the capital New Delhi but there were no casualties, a defence ministry official said. |
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China raises issue of newly discovered chemical weapons with Japan BEIJING (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 China made a protest to Japan over the injuries of dozens of people in northeastern Heilongjiang province, after they dug up chemical weapons left by the retreating Japanese army nearly 60 years ago, the foreign ministry said Sunday. Chinese FM Li arrives in Japan to discuss bilateral ties, NKorea TOKYO (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing arrived in Japan Sunday for a four-day visit focussed on bilateral ties and upcoming six-way talks on the North Korean nuclear crisis. Japanese FM Kawaguchi hopes to visit SKorea to discuss NKorea crisis TOKYO (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Japanese foreign minister Yoriko Kawaguchi said Sunday she wanted to visit South Korea to discuss the North Korean crisis before the expected six-way talks on defusing tensions over the Stalinist nation's nuclear weapons programme. Estrada mistress complains of harassment after Philippine rebellion MANILA (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 A mistress of deposed Philippine president Joseph Estrada has accused the government of President Gloria Arroyo of harassing her and denied any involvement in last month's failed rebellion, according to a report published Sunday. Chirac Nobel peace prize winner? Don't hold your breath, Norwegians say OSLO (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 French President Jacques Chirac's chances of winning this year's prestigious Nobel peace prize, for which he boasts a nomination, are microscopic, Norwegian experts say. NATO Cold Warriors seek new direction in Afghanistan KABUL (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 NATO takes over command of the peacekeeping force in Afghanistan on Monday, hoping to carve out a new role for itself in the post-Soviet era and analysts say its indefinite mandate could provide some needed continuity to the mission. |
British defence minister to take blame for weapons expert's death: report LONDON (AFP) Aug 10, 2003 Britain's Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon is being lined up as the government's "fall guy" over the apparent suicide of David Kelly, the weapons expert at the centre of an uproar over the way Britain was led into the Iraq war, a British newspaper reported Sunday. British navy seizes ship smuggling Iraqi oil DUBAI (AFP) Aug 09, 2003 The British navy has intercepted a ship smuggling 1,100 tonnes of fuel out of Iraq and is towing it back to the southern Iraqi port of Umm Qasr, a spokesman for British forces in Iraq said Saturday. Iraqi trailers made hydrogen, not weapons, DIA experts tell press NEW YORK (AFP) Aug 09, 2003 The two laboratory trailers found in Iraq produced hydrogen for weather balloons and not illegal weapons, intelligence analysts told The New York Times in a report published Saturday. Bosnian Serb army puts weapons arsenal up for sale as NATO looks on BANJA LUKA, Bosnia-Hercegovina (AFP) Aug 09, 2003 The NATO-led mission in Bosnia said Saturday it will closely watch an upcoming auction of a huge arsenal of weapons by the Bosnian Serb army, which was implicated last year in a breach of the UN arms embargo on Iraq. Jemaah Islamiyah behind Jakarta blast: defense minister JAKARTA (AFP) Aug 09, 2003 Indonesia's Defense Minister Matori Abdul Jalil said the Jemaah Islamiyah extremist network was behind the deadly car bomb blast at a US-run hotel in Jakarta, the official Antara news agency reported. China simplifies armed forces command structure in modernisation drive BEIJING (AFP) Aug 09, 2003 China would simplify the command structure of the country's navy and air force as part of a drive to modernise its armed forces, a pro-Beijing Hong Kong-based paper reported Saturday. |
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