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Regular readers of this column will not have been surprised at recent developments in Pakistan, in which army chief Ashfaq Kayani enforced the surrender of the Pakistan Peoples Party-led government to the demands of the Pakistan Muslim League-N chief, Nawaz Sharif. The core purpose of Kayani's institution is to ensure the continued supremacy of Wahhabi Punjabis over all other groups in ... read more 
Washington (AFP) March 19, 2009An influential US Senator warned Thursday that US-Russia relations will be "strained for some time" but urged speedy efforts to extend a nuclear cooperation accord that expires December 5. "The foundation of the US-Russian strategic relationship is at risk of collapsing in less than nine months," Senator Richard Lugar, the top Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said in ... more
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Iran urges US to drop 'excessive demands' to reach deal
Press Release from Business Wire: Sun Nuclear Iran FM says 'good progress' in talks with US Press Release from Business Wire: Proxima Fusion USS Gerald Ford leaves Crete as Iran talks begin: AFP Iran says US talks to focus solely on nuclear programme Iran insists not seeking nuclear weapon ahead of US talks Snake-like robot unveiled for Fukushima debris removal Iran president says ahead of US talks not seeking nuclear weapon 'at all' North Korea's Kim shuns South but could 'get along' with US 
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Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Mar 20, 2009Elbit Systems' is a world leader in providing a family of Command and Control systems offering true Network Centric Warfare (NCW) capability. SeaCom is the latest addition integrating naval systems into the combined battle by offering a high-end solution of modern C4I capabilities on top of cutting edge technology network management core technology. Force interoperability and net-cen ... more  
Washington (AFP) March 19, 2009President Barack Obama's administration is studying plans to send more civilians to Afghanistan to complement a surge of US armed forces there, a senior US official said Thursday. The State Department hopes to dispatch 51 civilians to Afghanistan while other government agencies also plan to send people there to boost its political and economic development, department spokesman Robert Wood sa ... more  
Washington (AFP) March 19, 2009The US military is prepared for the possibility that North Korea may launch several missiles to coincide with its scheduled rocket launch next month, a US general said on Thursday. When the North Korean regime last tried to test a long-range missile in 2006, at "about the same time they also launched six other missiles," said General Walter Sharp, commander of US forces in South Korea. ... more  
Moscow (AFP) March 19, 2009Russian Tupolev bombers Thursday successfully test-fired cruise missiles in the country's far-northern Vorkuta region, local news agencies Interfax and Ria Novosti reported. "The last two bombers returned a few minutes ago to their permanent base after launching the missiles. In all six long-range bombers took part," in the exercise, said air force spokesman Vladimir Drik. Tu-95Mc and Tu ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) March 19, 2009Russia sees "every opportunity" to reach agreement with the United States on missile defence issues, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Thursday, referring to controversial US plans. "Potentially we have every opportunity to agree on anti-missile defence," Andrei Nesterenko told journalists at a briefing. The issue of missile defence created severe strains between Moscow and Washington ... more 
Seoul (AFP) March 20, 2009North Korea's new parliament will convene on April 9, one day after the period set aside for a rocket launch, state media said Friday. "The first session of the 12th SPA (Supreme People's Assembly) will be convened in Pyongyang on April 9," the Korean Central News Agency reported. The meeting will re-elect leader Kim Jong-Il to his post as chairman of the National Defence Commission, the ... more 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 20, 2009An advanced sensor technique and data processing used to monitor air conditioning inside space stations is now being used in an innovative fire protection system for Stockholm's metro system. This technique, called the 'electronic nose', was developed for ESA in the 1990s as a contribution to the Russian MIR programme to ensure constant monitoring of the air inside the MIR space station. ... more  
Frankfurt (AFP) March 19, 2009German Deputy Defence Minister Ruediger Wolf said Thursday that cancelling orders for the problem-plagued Airbus A400M military transport plane was a serious option. Wolf told the Sueddeutsche Zeitung newspaper that to bring pressure on Airbus' parent company EADS, "cancellation must be a serious option after a delay of three to six months." The A400M has been plagued by setbacks, with ... more |
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