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One hundred political, military, business and civic leaders from across the globe launched a new initiative in Paris on Tuesday aiming eliminate all nuclear weapons. The "Global Zero" declaration, endorsed by a "Who's Who" of the world's foreign policy aristocracy from the past 30 years, calls for a binding and verifiable agreement to dismantle all nuclear weapons by a specified date. ... read more 
Washington (AFP) Dec 8, 2008The United States Monday downplayed the significance of back-to-back attacks on NATO military depots in Pakistan but admitted concern about the implications for a US military buildup in Afghanistan. Armed militants torched nearly 100 vehicles, including jeeps and supply trucks, early Monday in the second attack in as many days on container terminals along the main overland supply route into ... more
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What led to US-Israeli strikes on Iran: protests, nuclear power and proxies
Canada PM backs US strikes on Iran US, Israeli strikes on Iran 'totally irresponsible': ICAN Trump says frustrated with Iran, but mediator sees 'breakthrough' IAEA stresses 'urgency' to verify Iran's nuclear material Trump says frustrated with Iran talks as US personnel leave Israel Sweden's PM rules out hosting French nuclear arms in peacetime Macron to set out how France's nuclear arms could protect Europe IAEA confirms 'technical' discussions on Iran's nuclear programme next week Iran urges US to drop 'excessive demands' to reach deal 
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Arlington, Va. (UPI) Dec 9, 2008 In October 2000, during the waning days of the Clinton administration, the U.S. Department of the Navy awarded the biggest information-services contract in the history of the American federal government. It was called the Navy Marine Corps Intranet, and it was designed to replace thousands of incompatible information systems operated by sea-service shore installations with a single, in ... more  
Berlin (AFP) Dec 9, 2008Russian, Chinese, and Mexican firms are most likely to offer bribes when doing business abroad, the anti-graft watchdog Transparency International said in a report out Tuesday. In a survey of 22 leading international and regional exporting countries, Russian firms ranked as most likely to resort to bribery, scoring 5.9 out of a very clean 10, the non-governmental organisation said. ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 9, 2008Japan has nothing to fear from Taiwan's warmer ties with Beijing, the visiting head of the ruling Kuomintang party said Tuesday. "Improving cross-strait relations is in the interest of not only Taiwan but also Japan and Asia as a whole," Wu Poh-hsiung, the first leader of a ruling Taiwanese party to visit Japan, told reporters. Ties between China and Taiwan have improved dramatically ... more 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 10, 2008The Russian government has drafted a rescue package of 150 billion rubles ($5.4 billion) for the country's defense and industrial complex amid the ongoing global financial crisis. According to Vedomosti, state-run hi-tech corporation Rostekhnologii and the United Aircraft Corporation are the main candidates for the government aid, with state companies receiving the funds through a rescue ... more |
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Rome (AFP) Dec 9, 2008General David Petraeus, commander of US forces in the Middle East and Central Asia, indicated Tuesday that he has recommended a major troop surge in Afghanistan. Petraeus said Tuesday he had "already made recommendations" for an almost doubling of US troops in Afghanistan based on the requests by General David McKeirnan, the top commander of US and NATO troops there. Petraeus is widely ... more 
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 9, 2008Pakistan said Tuesday it would not hand over suspects in the Mumbai terror strikes to India and warned that while it wanted peace with its neighbour, it was ready for war if New Delhi decided to attack. The remarks came as Indian police on Tuesday released the names of nine suspected gunmen killed in the carnage, reiterating that all of them came from Pakistan. Tensions have been ... more 
Paris (AFP) Dec 9, 2008The OECD said Tuesday that Israel had become the first Middle Eastern state to join its anti-bribery convention, a move it described as "an important step in (Israel's) accession to OECD membership." Israel is one of five countries, along with Chile, Estonia, Russia and Slovenia, that in December 2007 were invited to join the OECD, a 30-member body that seeks to coordinate economic policies ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 9, 2008Delegates from six nations resumed talks Tuesday on North Korea's nuclear ambitions, looking at a Chinese proposal on how to verify the secretive regime's claims about its atomic programme. A dispute over verification has been the latest snag in the long-running negotiations intended to bring an end to North Korea's nuclear activities, which tested an atomic bomb in 2006. The regime ... more |
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