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As Washington steps up diplomacy to prevent a North Korean missile launch, the US military is also voicing growing confidence that it can shoot it down if Pyongyang goes ahead. Stephen Bosworth, the new US administration's envoy on North Korea, was holding talks in China on Wednesday as he consults allies on what could turn into an early foreign crisis for President Barack Obama. But the ... read more 
Hong Kong (UPI) Mar 4, 2009 China has traded many manufactured goods for oil from several African nations. Angola has become China's second-largest source of crude oil, followed by Nigeria in third place. In addition, shipments of African copper, zinc and uranium are constantly heading to China. Chinese activities are found in all quarters of the continent. In North Africa, signs of China's crude-oil survey teams ... more
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Washington (UPI) Mar 4, 2009 Having announced a strategy for Iraq, the Obama administration is now completing a strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan collectively called AFPAK. The White House appears to assume that "success," as achieved in Iraq, is obtainable in Afghanistan. Unfortunately, that assumption is flawed. In my view, unless the West is prepared to commit a hundred thousand or more troops and tens if no ... more  
Tehran (AFP) March 4, 2009A top Iranian military commander said on Wednesday that the country has missiles that can reach the nuclear sites of its arch-foe Israel. "Today the Islamic republic has missiles with a range of more than 2,000 kilometres (1,250 miles) and... all the land of the Zionist regime, including its nuclear installations, is within our range," Mohammad Ali Jafari, the head of Iran's Revolutionary ... more  
Moscow (AFP) March 4, 2009US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton Friday holds her first bilateral talks with her Russian counterpart as Washington seeks to "reboot" ties plagued by discord over Iran and missile defence. Her meeting in Geneva with Sergei Lavrov will be a test of whether President Barack Obama's emphasis on diplomacy can improve US-Russian relations, which were badly strained during the presidency of Ge ... more  
Beijing (AFP) March 4, 2009China announced its latest double-digit rise in defence spending Wednesday but sought to soothe concerns in Asia and the United States by insisting its expanding military posed no threat. The defence budget will grow 14.9 percent for 2009, a parliament official said, maintaining a string of double-figure annual increases, despite a punishing slowdown in the Chinese economy as worldwide deman ... more |
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Questions over AI capability as tech guides Iran strikesParis, France (AFP) Mar 7, 2026 The latest bout of fighting between the United States, Israel and Iran has seen AI deployed as never before to sift intelligence and select targets, although the technology's use in war remains hotly debated. ... more
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Washington (UPI) Mar 4, 2009 So, is there a common thread in any of this? Not easy to discern one, really. The first two examples - more troops in Afghanistan, the commissioning of a brand-new carrier - would indicate that America has money. The prudent reply of the Pentagon spokesman regarding future procurement of major weapons systems would indicate that, because of the fiscal crisis, there will be painful procuremen ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) March 4, 2009Japanese police said Wednesday they had arrested employees of a machinery maker on suspicion of illegally exporting to China and South Korea tools that could be used to produce nuclear weapons. One former and three current employees of Horkos Corp., based in the western province of Hiroshima, were arrested for alleged violation of the foreign trade law, a Hiroshima police spokesman said. ... more 
Moscow (UPI) Mar 4, 2009 The Russian political system is learning the hard way that economic hardship forces political disputes. Budget deficits require policy choices over what to cut and what to preserve. Ministries and special interests mobilize to defend their turf and their budgets, and appeal to higher authority for support. Tough decisions have to be made. Until a year ago, those tough decisions were mad ... more 
Brussels (AFP) March 4, 2009US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton consulted NATO and European allies late Wednesday on Washington's new strategy to combat the insurgency in Afghanistan. At an evening "transatlantic dinner" in Brussels and in talks with her NATO counterparts Thursday, Clinton was to outline progress and gather feedback with the review set for completion late this month. Her talks here will also focu ... more |
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