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Russia said on Monday it was sending a group of warships to Soviet-era ally Cuba in its latest defiant naval move around US waters, part of a drive to revive old Cold War ties with Latin America. The warships will visit Havana on December 19-23, the navy said, continuing a tour that has already taken in US foes Venezuela and Nicaragua and seen the ships pass through the Panama Canal for the ... read more 
New York (AFP) Dec 15, 2008Ministers from the six nations involved in talks over Iran's nuclear program will meet Tuesday at the United Nations with representatives of several Arab countries, diplomatic sources said Monday. The so-called P5-plus-1 -- Germany and permanent UN Security Council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- will join Jordan, Egypt, Iraq and Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) ... 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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Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Dec 15, 2008A missile strike by US forces killed at least two militants and injured three others Monday in a Pakistani tribal district known to be a stronghold of Al-Qaeda and Taliban militants, an official said. "A missile fired by US forces killed two people outside the town of Miranshah in North Waziristan tribal district," a security official told AFP. Three other people were injured in the ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2008Russia plans to lease to India several nuclear-powered submarines of the type on which 20 people were killed last month in a gas leak, ITAR-TASS quoted a top official as saying on Monday. "There is a real possibility we will transfer to India, on a 10-year lease, several nuclear-powered submarines of the same class as the Nerpa," said the head of the state arms cooperation service, Mikhail ... more 
Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Dec 15, 2008Haulage companies in Pakistan have stopped delivering to foreign troops in Afghanistan after a major deterioration in security along the key supply route, an association official said Monday. The decision follows a series of major raids by suspected Taliban militants on international military supply depots in northwest Pakistan in the past two weeks in which hundreds of NATO and US-led ... more  
Amman (AFP) Dec 15, 2008Saddam Hussein's former lawyer said on Monday he was forming a team to defend the Iraqi journalist who hurled his shoes at US President George W. Bush during his farewell visit to Baghdad. "So far around 200 Iraqi and other lawyers, including Americans, have expressed willingness to defend the journalist for free," the Amman-based Khalil al-Dulaimi told AFP. "I took the decision on Sunday ... more |
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Reprogrammable metal bricks give robots muscle-like adaptabilityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a proof-of-concept material system that allows solid Lego-like building blocks to be programmed with different mechanical properties and the ... more 
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Seoul (AFP) Dec 15, 2008Nations negotiating nuclear disarmament with North Korea will continue providing energy aid in coming weeks despite the failure of the latest round of multilateral talks, South Korea said Monday. Russia is pushing to provide 50,000 tons of fuel oil and China plans to deliver 99,000 tons by the end of January to complete their shares of the assistance, said foreign ministry spokesman Moon ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Dec 15, 2008Russian and US officials negotiating on missile defence and the future of a key arms treaty still have "serious differences," a Russian negotiator said Monday after talks in Moscow. "We focused on those themes that divide us. They are not few. On both problems, serious differences remain but nonetheless we have no doubt about the usefulness of the consultations," Deputy Foreign Minister ... more 
London (AFP) Dec 15, 2008Britain's military budget for Afghanistan is set to soar by more than 50 percent next year, as London switches its focus from Iraq to fighting the Taliban, according to figures released Monday. Lawmakers on parliament's defence committee, which published the Treasury forecasts, urged the Ministry of Defence (MoD) to explain better the rising costs of military operations in future. ... more 
Manama, Bahrain (UPI) Dec 15, 2008 Speaking at a conference on security in the Gulf region, U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates was highly upbeat on the future of Iraq, downright depressing on Iran and realistic regarding Afghanistan. Gates offered a highly optimistic vision of Iraq when he addressed the opening session of the fifth Manama Dialogue conference in the capital of Bahrain Saturday. While the secretary's ... more |
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