NKorea prepares mass missile launches: reports
Seoul (AFP) Oct 9, 2008
North Korea is preparing up to 10 more short-range missiles for a mass test-launch, South Korean news reports said Thursday, two days after the North fired at least one missile into the sea. Chosun Ilbo newspaper, quoting a government source, said a US satellite had spotted the North readying about 10 short-range missiles for launch from Chodo, an island navy base off the west coast. ... read more
US report says Afghanistan conflict rapidly worsening
Washington (AFP) Oct 9, 2008
Concern over Afghanistan's downward spiral rose another notch Thursday, amid reports of a draft US intelligence assessment detailing its slide into corruption, drugs and insurgent violence. The New York Times said the draft National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) casts doubts on the ability of Afghan President Hamid Karzai to stem the resurgence of the Taliban. A spokesman for the Director ... more
Suspected US missile strike kills nine in Pakistan: officials
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 9, 2008
A suspected US missile strike on a house in a Pakistani tribal area bordering Afghanistan killed nine people including six Arab militants on Thursday, security officials said. Two missiles hit the building in Tapi, a village in troubled North Waziristan district, an official based in the region told AFP on condition of anonymity. The attack targeted the house of a local Taliban commander ... more
Russia denies missile sales to Iran
Moscow (AFP) Oct 9, 2008
Russia on Thursday denied reports it plans to sell S-300 surface-to-air missiles to Iran, a move that could complicate an attack on that country's nuclear infrastructure. "We have repeatedly said at the highest political level that we do not plan to deliver such types of weapons to countries in... unstable regions," Foreign Ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said when asked about the ... more
China warns Obama, McCain to toe line on Taiwan
Beijing (AFP) Oct 9, 2008
China warned the two American presidential candidates Thursday against supporting the independence of Taiwan, saying such moves will strain China-US relations. The warning came after China learnt Barack Obama and John McCain supported a proposed 6.5 billion dollar arms package to Taiwan. "The Taiwan issue is the core issue in China-US relations," foreign ministry spokesman Qin Gang told ... more
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nuclear-doctrine:
Nuclear test ban commission hopes to persuade waverers
superpowers:
Outside View: Russia trains to fight NATO
korea:
US warns North Korea against raising tension with South
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Outside View: Kayani or Zardari?
Manipal, India (UPI) Oct 9, 2008
It is small wonder that Pakistan's army chief, Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, prefers to dial the number of the ever obedient (to him) prime minister, Yousaf Raza Gilani, rather than that of the newly elected president, Asif Ali Zardari, who apparently has undergone an epiphany since assuming what is formally the highest office in his country.
Zardari has changed from cue boy of Inter-Services ... more
Outside View: Cyberwar threat grows worse
Washington (UPI) Oct 9, 2008
Viruses, worms, identity theft, extortion and other forms of criminal activity are not the only illicit uses of the Internet. "Malware" -- malicious software designed to exploit weaknesses in programs and the computers on which they run -- has now spawned the capability to digitally "soften up the battlefield." The cyberattack has become a major weapon of psychological operations and in ... more
Nuclear inspectors barred from North Korean site: agency
Vienna (AFP) Oct 9, 2008
The UN nuclear watchdog's inspectors at North Korea's nuclear facilities at Yongbyon will no longer have access to the site's nuclear installations, the agency announced Thursday. "The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has today informed IAEA inspectors that, effective immediately, access to facilities at Yongbyon would no longer be permitted," the International Atomic Energy Age ... more
NATO battles to agree new steps against Afghan drug trade
Budapest (AFP) Oct 9, 2008
NATO nations struggled Thursday to agree new steps to combat opium production in Afghanistan by hunting down drug lords and laboratories in an effort to halt the flow of funds to Taliban insurgents. Defence ministers, meeting in the Hungarian capital Budapest, heard a plea from NATO's commander and Afghanistan's defence minister for their nations to take on the drug challenge, but difference ... more
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stans:
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Bulgaria-Russia agreement soon in historic arms licence row
terrorwars:
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