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Russia successfully tested Friday a sea-based missile capable of carrying multiple nuclear warheads, the military said, amid continued tension with Washington over missile defence. A Bulava missile fired from the Dmitry Donskoy submarine in the White Sea, along Russia's northern coast, hit its target on the Kamchatka Peninsula near the Pacific Ocean, navy spokesman Igor Dygalo said in a stat ... read more 
Moscow (AFP) Nov 28, 2008Russia will from December 2009 deploy its new RS-24 intercontinental missile, designed to counter defence systems like the controversial US missile shield, the military announced Friday. The announcement of the deployment of the RS-24, a multiple-warhead, nuclear-capable missile, came amid continued disagreement between Moscow and Washington over US missile defence plans. "It is expected ... more
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Baghdad (UPI) Nov 28, 2008 Iraq's Parliament Thursday ratified the bilateral agreement between Baghdad and Washington that allows U.S. troops to remain in the country for another three years, but not without last-minute bickering and deal-making among lawmakers. The Status of Forces Agreement, signed Nov. 16 by US. Ambassador Ryan Crocker and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari, passed after the coalition gove ... more 
Baghdad (UPI) Nov 28, 2008 Think Baghdad, and the thought of mass casualty explosions caused by vehicle-borne improvised explosive devices -- VBIEDs -- comes to mind. But obscured by the smoke and flame of al-Qaida's favorite weapon is a smaller device specifically used for assassination or intimidation of Iraqis cooperating with U.S. forces. The weapon is a "sticky bomb," an easily concealable explosive device ... more  
Moscow (UPI) Nov 28, 2008 The Soviet Union fought in Afghanistan from December 1979 until February 1989. Right now, U.S. and NATO operations in Afghanistan are developing interesting similarities with the scenario and timeframe of the Soviet operation there. In 1986 Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev announced Moscow's decision to withdraw its forces from Afghanistan. Gorbachev's statement came seven years after ... more 
Washington (UPI) Nov 28, 2008 A recent article in Parameters, the quarterly academic journal of the U.S. Army War College, confirms the military's critical dependence on private contractors. What much of the debate over the use of contractors overlooks is that their presence on American battlefields is not the result of the greed of a bunch of opportunistic entrepreneurs and shady corporations. Instead, it is the ... more |
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Left, right and faithful unite to demand human control over AIWashington, United States (AFP) Mar 4, 2026 A coalition spanning US conservative figure Steve Bannon, progressives, labor unions and faith groups announced Wednesday a joint declaration of principles on artificial intelligence, framing the effort as a pushback against what they called Silicon Valley's reckless deployment of AI. ... more 
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New Delhi (AFP) Nov 28, 2008Pakistan's foreign minister appealed Friday to India not to get "sucked" into a blame game over the Mumbai attacks and put the nuclear-armed neighbours on the path to confrontation. Speaking in New Delhi, where he was on an official visit, Shah Mehmood Qureshi condemned the multiple Islamist assaults on India's financial capital, calling the militants "barbaric animals." But he said Indi ... more 
Seoul (AFP) Nov 27, 2008The top US and North Korean nuclear negotiators are likely to meet next week to prepare for a new round of disarmament talks set for early December, Yonhap news agency said Thursday. The agency, quoting a diplomatic source, said Christopher Hill and Kim Kye-Gwan may meet in Singapore around December 4. South Korea's foreign ministry could not confirm the report but said the chief negotia ... more 
Tehran (AFP) Nov 26, 2008Iran now has more than 5,000 uranium enrichment centrifuges in operation, as it pushes ahead with its controversial nuclear programme, the Iranian Atomic Energy Organisation chief said on Wednesday. "At this stage, more than 5,000 centrifuges are in operation," said Gholam Reza Aghazadeh, quoted by the state news agency IRNA. The figure corresponds to the latest report from the Internati ... more  
Xieng Khouang, Laos (AFP) Nov 30, 2008Ta Duangchom was out fetching food in southern Laos with his two young sons when a cluster bomb exploded in front of him and left him with no arms and just one eye. Now the 39-year-old farmer finds it almost impossible to support his wife and seven children. "I cannot farm and I just stay at home. I cannot help my family," Ta said, adding that his wife has become the sole provider. ... more |
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