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North Korea's military threatened Thursday to attack "major targets" in Japan if Tokyo tries to shoot down a satellite it intends to launch as soon as this weekend. "If Japan recklessly 'intercepts' the DPRK's (North's) satellite for peaceful purposes, the KPA will mercilessly deal deadly blows not only at the already deployed intercepting means but at major targets," said a statement from ... read more 
Islamabad (AFP) April 2, 2009Pakistan will take up the issue of missile attacks on militants in its northwest tribal belt during a visit by US special envoy Richard Holbrooke next week, the foreign ministry said Thursday. Pakistan says the strikes, the most recent of which killed up to 12 militants in the Orakzai tribal district on Wednesday, violate its territorial sovereignty and deepen resentment among its 160 millio ... more
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Manipal, India, April 1, 2009 After decades of denial, the U.S. military -- though not yet the State Department -- has begun to admit that the Pakistan military, a major "non-NATO ally," is the source of much of the capability of the Taliban thugs who are now sending NATO into a panic in Afghanistan. Individuals within the Pakistan military said that no fewer than 30,000 jihadists are presently being trained by regu ... more  
Washington (AFP) April 2, 2009President Barack Obama faces a decision later this year whether to send an extra 10,000 US troops to Afghanistan, amid an escalating war against Islamist insurgents, defense officials said. A top general and senior Pentagon official disclosed on Wednesday for the first time details of a pending request from the US commander in Afghanistan for yet more troops for a war that has already lasted ... more 
Washington (AFP) April 2, 2009US defense officials have detected "propellant activity" at a North Korea rocket, but said it is uncertain that Pyongyang has begun fueling ahead of its planned launch, which could take place as early as this weekend. A US defense official speaking on condition of anonymity told AFP "it's ambiguous" if North Korea has begun fueling the rocket, which Pyongyang has said it plans to launch some ... more  
London (AFP) April 2, 2009Russia's Dmitry Medvedev hailed Barack Obama as "my new comrade" Thursday after their first face-to-face talks, saying the US president "can listen" -- even if little progress was made on substance. The Russian president contrasted Obama as "totally different" to his predecessor George W. Bush, whom he blamed for the "mistake" of US missile shield plans fiercely opposed by Moscow. Obama ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) April 2, 2009South Korea will "actively consider" joining a US-led initiative to stop the spread of weapons of mass destruction if North Korea goes ahead with its rocket launch, the foreign ministry said Thursday. North Korea has warned that the South's participation in the Proliferation Security Initiative (PSI) would amount to a declaration of war. "We're actively considering taking part in PSI ... more  
Washington, April 1, 2009 Fighters typically have a shorter design life than cargo or other mobility aircraft because of the g-forces imposed during training and wartime fighter maneuvers. A fighter executing a routine 3-g climb-out -- at three times the regular force of gravity -- on takeoff is enduring stress unknown to other types of aircraft. How long fighters stay in service depends primarily on how fast pi ... more 
Washington (AFP) April 2, 2009President Barack Obama has taken a big step to broaden the US relationship with China with the launch of a new dialogue, but some experts warn more symbolism than substance could be at play. The new US leader, visiting London for the Group of 20 summit on the global economic crisis, met with Chinese President Hu Jintao and agreed to "strengthen ties at all levels." The world's most power ... more 
Strasbourg, France, April 2, 2009 France will rejoin NATO as a full member at the alliance's 60th-anniversary summit in France and Germany this weekend, a move observers say is aimed at strengthening not only French military cooperation with the United States but also joint European defense efforts. In 1966, Charles de Gaulle had France leave NATO's military command because he felt Washington dominated the alliance; he ... more |
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