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Pakistani, Chinese presidents meet in Beijing Beijing (AFP) Oct 15, 2008 
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari met his Chinese counterpart Hu Jintao on Wednesday as he looked to Islamabad's loyal ally for crucial financial and nuclear energy investments. Zardari, on his first state trip since taking office in September, was greeted by Hu at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, the seat of power in China. Hu extended an effusive welcome, stressing close bilateral ... read moreUN inspectors back inside North Korea: US 
Washington (AFP) Oct 14, 2008Inspectors from the UN nuclear watchdog are back in North Korea, resealing nuclear facilities after Washington took Pyongyang off its terrorism blacklist, the US State Department said Tuesday. "I understand that the IAEA has resumed its work. It has started to reapply seals," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack, referring to the International Atomic Energy Agency. "I think ... more
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North Korea's Kim visits nuclear subs as Putin hails 'invincible' bond
Kim Jong Un tours nuclear sub plant, slams US-S. Korea 'threat': KCNA Russian strike could collapse Chernobyl shelter: plant director EU to probe Czech aid for two nuclear units Japan vote moves world's biggest nuclear plant closer to restart Global nuclear arms control under pressure in 2026 Macron, on UAE visit, announces new French aircraft carrier North Korea says Japan's nuclear ambitions must be stopped 'at any cost' India's parliament passes bill to open nuclear power to private firms Russian nuclear-capable missile Oreshnik deployed in Belarus 
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Turkish army launches legal action over leaks on deadly rebel attack
Ankara (AFP) Oct 15, 2008Turkey's army chief announced Wednesday legal action over leaked reports on a deadly Kurdish rebel attack which accused the army of neglecting prior intelligence. "We have launched legal action against those who have leaked secret information and those who have used it," a visibly angry General Ilker Basbug said in televised remarks in the northwestern city of Balikesir. His outburst ... more Spain holds exercise to hone response to nuclear attack threat 
Madrid (AFP) Oct 15, 2008Spanish security services on Wednesday began staging a large-scale field exercise as part of a US-backed programme to prevent the use of radioactive materials by terrorists. More than 250 representatives from 17 nations are taking part in the three-day exercise, which includes the mock deactivation of a radioactive "dirty bomb" and search for radiocative material, the interior ministry said ... more Russia's Police To Say Farewell To Kalashnikov Rifles 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 16, 2008Russian police are to replace the legendary Kalashnikov assault rifle and the Makarov pistol with Yarygin pistols and PP-2000 submachine guns, a senior Interior Ministry official said on Thursday. "All police officers are supposed to switch from the Makarov pistol to the Yarygin pistol, with Kalashnikov rifles to be replaced with PP-2000 or Vityaz submachine guns," said Lt. Gen. Mikhail ... more  |
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Pentagon bans SERE interrogation techniques
Washington (AFP) Oct 15, 2008The Pentagon has revised a directive on detainee interrogations to specifically prohibit the use of techniques developed for a pilot survival training program from Chinese torture methods, officials said Wednesday. Critics charge that the so-called SERE techniques served as the basis for coercive interrogation practices that spread after the September 11 attacks to military detention centers ... more Outside View: NATO and the Taliban 
Manipal, India (UPI) Oct 15, 2008 There are indeed parallels between the insurgents in Iraq and the Taliban. Both have brown complexions and prefer to avoid a shave. Both get excitable when challenged and regard the United States and its military allies as the enemy. But that is where the similarities stop. The Iraqi insurgents are overwhelmingly nationalist, usually moderate in their religious views and have taken to a ... more Iraq unhappy with Odierno's Iran bribe comments 
Baghdad (AFP) Oct 15, 2008Iraq criticised as "inappropriate" on Wednesday comments by US commander General Raymond Odierno accusing Iran of trying to bribe Iraqi MPs to derail a planned military pact with Washington. "The Iraqi government expresses its deep concern after the statements attributed to General Raymond Odierno," said government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh, describing the remarks as "inappropriate." ... more Alion Awarded Contract For US Navy's CG(X) 
McLean VA (SPX) Oct 16, 2008Alion Science and Technology announced that it has been awarded a contract to support the Navy in managing the design and acquisition of the Navy's next generation Guided Missile Cruiser, CG(X). The award, a delivery order under the NAVSEA SeaPort Enhanced (SeaPort-e) contract, has a potential value of $127.8 million over five years. The base year value is approximately $18.6 million. ... more |
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