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Major Concern If North Korea Launches Long-Range Missile Washington (AFP) May 19, 2006 
The United States warned Friday that it would be a major international concern if North Korea launched a long-range missile, amid reports Pyongyang may be preparing to test-fire the weapon. "If in fact North Korea did launch a long-range missile, it will be a real source of concern to the international community," State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters.
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Will North Korea Take A Lead From Libya
Seoul (UPI) May 22, 2006Now that the United States has restored full diplomatic ties with Libya, will North Korea follow in the one-time rogue state's footsteps by giving up its nuclear ambitions to improve ties with Washington? Just What Is The Libyan Model 
Washington (UPI) May 22, 2006Although once enemies, the rapprochement between the United States and Libya advanced further this week with the announcement that diplomatic relations between the two countries are being restored. This rapprochement began in 2003 when Libya agreed to pay restitution to the families of 270 people who died aboard Pan Am Flight 103, which Libyan agents were responsible for bombing. Money And Power Up Against The National Security Agency 
Washington (UPI) May 22, 2006Outraged that some telecom companies are selling out their customers to the government? Then vote with your wallet, or so argues one activist group. |
Effects-Based Airpower And Space Power
Washington DC (AFNS) May 22, 2006The term effects-based operations (EBO) entered the military lexicon during the Gulf War of 1991 and has propagated widely since then. Initially some Air Force members used EBO to help explain that war's dramatically successful outcome. US delegation due Monday in Kyrgyzstan to settle air base rent 
Bishkek (AFP) May 20, 2006 Washington is to send a delegation to Kyrgyzstan to negotiate over Bishkek's demands for a hundred-fold rent increase on a US airbase in the Central Asian state, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev said Saturday. New Tests For Sino-Russian Ties 
Beijing (UPI) May 22, 2006The strategic partnership forged between China and Russia as a counterweight to American predominance on the world stage a decade ago is gaining momentum. Both countries are taking incremental steps to deepen their bilateral relationship. |
House Will Probe DHS Transport Contract
Washington (UPI) May 22, 2006U.S. lawmakers say they will hold hearings to probe a Department of Homeland Security transport contract, which members of Congress from both parties charge raises procurement and security concerns. Department officials have vigorously defended both the way the contract was awarded and the security procedures under which it is operated. US Officials Explain Guard Border Plan 
Washington (UPI) May 22, 2006U.S. President Bush's decision to deploy 6,000 National Guard troops to the U.S.-Mexican border will cost around $756 million. That estimate does not include the funding already programmed in to pay the training and personnel costs for the more than 100,000 soldiers likely to fulfill that duty, a top Pentagon official said Thursday. AFRL Awards ISIS Contracts To Northrop Grumman 
Rome NY (SPX) May 22, 2006The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) recently awarded two contracts, with a combined value in excess of $15.5 million, to Northrop Grumman in support of its "Integrated Sensor Is Structure (ISIS)" program. ISIS envisions a stratospheric airship operating as a surveillance platform more than 70,000 feet above the Earth. |
Israel's Olmert says Iran could obtain nuclear bomb in 'months'
Washington (AFP) May 21, 2006 Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Sunday that Iran could obtain a nuclear bomb in "months" and vowed that Israel would take the "necessary measures" to stop this occurring. "The issue of Iran is a very serious one," Olmert said in an interview with CNN television, saying that Iran's alleged bid to develop a nuclear bomb "can be measured by months rather than years". EU offers reactors to Iran, threatens arms embargo 
Vienna (AFP) May 20, 2006 The EU is calling on world powers to help Iran's nuclear and other industries if Tehran stops enriching uranium but wants Russia and China to join in sanctions, including an arms embargo, if Iran does not, according to a copy of a draft proposal seen by AFP Friday. Energy, Iran in focus as German FM begins Gulf tour 
Kuwait City (AFP) May 20, 2006 German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier arrived in Kuwait Saturday at the start of a Gulf tour focused on Iran's nuclear ambitions, Middle East unrest and energy supply strategy. Kicking off a six-day trip, Steinmeier touched down in Kuwait City ahead of stops in Oman, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Qatar -- the members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). |
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