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North Korea might stage a second atomic test to raise the stakes in nuclear disarmament negotiations next year but the new US administration is unlikely to yield, a South Korean think-tank said Monday. It warned it could not rule out the possibility the North may threaten to suspend denuclearisation, boycott six-party disarmament talks and fire missiles or even a nuclear weapon "to tame the ... read more 
Gaza City (AFP) Dec 29, 2008Israeli tanks massed at the Gaza border on Monday as warplanes continued pounding Hamas targets in the densely populated enclave where raids have killed more than 300 people in two days. Dozens of tanks and personnel carriers idled at several points near the border after Israel warned it could launch a ground offensive in addition to its massive air blitz. Hamas responded to the continui ... more
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Baghdad (AFP) Dec 29, 2008A newly assertive and somewhat safer Iraq takes a major step towards securing full sovereignty on January 1, when a UN mandate that made legal the presence of foreign troops expires. The end of the UN mandate put in place soon after the March 2003 US-led invasion means Iraq will take greater control of its own security although foreign forces will remain in the country under separate bilater ... more  
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 29, 2008Pakistan's powerful army chief called Monday for an easing of tensions with India, the military said, one month after the Mumbai attacks sent ties between the nuclear-armed neighbours into a tailspin. General Ashfaq Kayani made the call during a meeting with visiting Chinese vice foreign minister He Yafei, who was dispatched by Beijing to Islamabad as part of an international effort to resto ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Dec 28, 2008Japan is likely to drop its attempts to buy state-of-the-art US F-22 Raptor stealth fighter planes since it expects the United States to stop producing them, a newspaper reported on Sunday. The Japanese government had been trying to persuade the United States to sell it F-22 Raptors to replace its own aging F-15 fleet, despite Washington's reluctance. Tokyo, however, is now abandoning th ... more 
Islamabad (AFP) Dec 28, 2008The risk of war between nuclear-armed India and Pakistan has increased with the redeployment of troops along the common border, but neither can afford the cost of such a conflict, analysts say. The two sides have raised tensions by whipping up war hype for domestic reasons since the Mumbai attacks last month, but must step back from the brink to focus on more pressing issues such as the spre ... more |
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Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) Dec 28, 2008The NATO commander in southern Afghanistan called Sunday for most of the extra US troops due next year to be sent to his area, which he called the main military effort against extremists. After a difficult 2008, the United States is expected to send 30,000 additional troops to Afghanistan by next summer to add to the almost 70,000 international soldiers already here under NATO and US command ... more 
Gaza City (AFP) Dec 29, 2008Israeli tanks massed at the Gaza border on Monday as warplanes continued pounding Hamas targets in the densely populated enclave where raids have killed more than 300 people in two days. Dozens of tanks and personnel carriers idled at several points near the border after Israel warned it could launch a ground offensive in addition to its massive air blitz. Hamas responded to the continui ... more 
Washington (UPI) Dec 22, 2008 "America's Defense Meltdown" is the title of a new book on military reform, edited by Winslow Wheeler and published by the Center for Defense Information. In it, some of the leading figures from the U.S. military reform movement of the 1970s and 1980s update their work and relate it to today's challenges, including those posed by Fourth Generation war. The book is timely. For years, Ch ... more 
Srinagar (AFP) Dec 28, 2008Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh called the higher than expected turnout in elections in disputed Kashmir a "vote for democracy" Sunday, as results showed no one party dominated the polls. Despite a boycott call by separatists and armed rebels, more than 60 percent of voters participated in the multi-stage elections which came after a period of direct rule from New Delhi. "The large ... more |
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