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In 2008, the Bush administration during its last year in office began a Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative that eventually will spend more than $10 billion strengthening defenses of U.S. government networks. During the 2008 U.S. presidential campaign, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, the Republican presidential nominee, noted the growing military role of information operations ... read more 
Washington (AFP) Jan 12, 2009The United States on Monday unveiled sanctions against detained Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan, 12 associates and three firms linked to his nuclear proliferation network. The sanctions forbid the 16 from having business dealings with the US government or private US firms in what the State Department says is a renewed bid to make sure the network has been shut down entirely. "This ... more
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Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Jan 12, 2009 Neither Israel nor Hamas seems to be in much of a hurry to implement a U.N. Security Council resolution demanding an immediate cease-fire between the two parties and help bring an end to the two weeks of insane carnage that has been decimating much of the Gaza Strip. For the moment, the only thing making sense in this war are the numbers. Indeed, if numbers mean anything in the new Gaz ... more 
Washington (AFP) Jan 12, 2009US president-elect Barack Obama has vowed to take swift action on the Middle East peace process and Iran's nuclear ambitions but played for time to shut down the Guantanamo Bay prison camp. In an interview with ABC's "This Week" program broadcast Sunday, Obama defended his reluctance to speak out on Israel's bloody offensive in the Gaza Strip before he succeeds President George W. Bush on Ja ... more 
Washington (AFP) Jan 12, 2009The United States spent at least 52 billion dollars on nuclear-related programs last year, most of it to maintain and refurbish its arsenal of nuclear weapons, a report said Monday. The report by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace said the estimate was pieced together from publicly available documents because the government does not track overall spending on nuclear-related progr ... more 
Washington (AFP) Jan 12, 2009US President George W. Bush said on Monday that North Korea and Iran are "still dangerous," saying Pyongyang may be enriching uranium for nuclear weapons. Describing the threats the next president will face, Bush said he was concerned the North Korean regime had a clandestine program for highly enriched uranium. "So they're still dangerous," Bush said. And he added: "Iran is still d ... 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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Beijing (AFP) Jan 12, 2009China's special envoy to the Middle East called Monday for an immediate end to all military action in Gaza and the easing of the ongoing humanitarian crisis there, state press said. In remarks made to Arab League secretary general Amr Moussa in Cairo, Sun Bigan urged all parties to abide by UN Security Council resolutions on ending the conflict that has left more than 900 people dead, Xinhua ... more  
Washington (UPI) Jan 12, 2009 Intelligence outsiders like Leon Panetta, President-elect Barack Obama's pick to be director of central intelligence, have a mixed record at heading the agency, serving and former officials say. "There was a desire to make a clean break with the policies of the Bush administration. ... They had to bring someone in from the outside," said one senior aide at the Senate Intelligence Commi ... more 
Oslo (AFP) Jan 12, 2009Israel is testing a new "extremely nasty" type of weapon in Gaza, two medics charged as they returned home to Norway Monday after spending 10 days working at a hospital in the war-torn Palestinian territory. "There's a very strong suspicion I think that Gaza is now being used as a test laboratory for new weapons," Mads Gilbert told reporters at Oslo's Gardermoen airport, commenting on the ki ... more  
Kabul (AFP) Jan 13, 2009More than seven years and billions of foreign aid dollars after the Taliban were toppled, Afghanistan remains hostage to its own deadly insurgency -- and a nightmare for the incoming US administration. The massive infusions of aid since the hardline Islamic regime was removed in a US-led invasion in late 2001 have led to some improvements, including an expanded education system, better healt ... more |
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