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The terror attacks last November in Mumbai, the economic and cultural capital of India, helped focus the international community on the sources of terrorism in South Asia. The Indian government and security services believe the attackers, who came by sea, were trained and equipped in mujahedin camps in northern Pakistan.
For those who had ignored the progressive radicalization of Pakist ... read more 
Stockholm (AFP) April 27, 2009The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has become the third-biggest arms importer worldwide, a leading defence think tank said Monday. The figures from the UAE reflected what the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) described as a "worrying" regional trend of increased arms imports into the Middle East. The oil-rich country accounted for 6.0 percent of the world's arms import ... more
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Beijing (AFP) April 28, 2009China on Tuesday rejected as "groundless" comments by Japan's foreign minister questioning Beijing's commitment to nuclear arms reduction. "China... supports international nuclear disarmament and we have made unremitting major efforts in this regard," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters. "The Japanese accusations in this regard are completely groundless." Japanese ... more  
Mississippi State MS (SPX) Apr 28, 2009Mississippi State's ongoing research into sea-based missile defense interceptors is giving the Defense Department greater flexibility to deal with a variety of international threats. That was the assessment of leading public and private sector experts gathering recently at the university to assess missile defense following eight years of unprecedented federal support. MSU's computati ... more  
Washington, April 27, 2009 The current political establishment of the United States -- both Republican and Democratic, liberal and supposedly conservative -- is drunk on hubris, cut off from the world beyond court politics and thoroughly corrupted by Pentagon "business as usual," which knows how to buy whatever political support it needs. Like all establishments, it sees any real change as a threat to be avoided. ... more 
Seoul (AFP) April 26, 2009North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il inspected a military unit and watched a musical performance, state media said Sunday, amid heightened tensions since the country's rocket launch three weeks ago. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim's inspection fell on Saturday -- in an unusual disclosure of timing -- to mark the 77th birthday of the North's military. As usual, the report ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) April 27, 2009Russia will build six submarines for the Vietnamese navy, the daily Kommersant reported Monday. The St Petersburg naval dockyard Admiralteyskye verfi and Vietnam will shortly sign the contract, worth 1.8 billion dollars, the report said, quoting sources close to Russian arms export agency Rosoboronexport. It gave no time frame. "Initially it was expected that the submarines would be ... more  
Baghdad (AFP) April 26, 2009Iraq detained two of its own army commanders on Sunday after the US military carried out a deadly house raid without the knowledge of the Iraqi government, the defence ministry said. Defence ministry spokesman Major General Mohammed al-Askari told AFP the two provincial commanders stand accused of "permitting an American military force to carry out a security operation after 1:00 am (2200 GM ... more 
Prague, Czech Republic, April 27, 2009 Flames began to engulf the young man at the foot of Riga's Freedom Monument. A brilliant 21-year-old student at the University of Latvia, Ilya Rips could not sit idly by. Still in flames, Rips held a sign, "I am protesting the occupation of Czechoslovakia." It was 40 years ago - on April 13, 1969 - three months after Jan Palach had immolated himself to protest the Soviet invasion in Prague. ... more 
Washington, April 27, 2009 U.S. President Barack Obama's first 100 days have very tidily disposed of most of the overseas resentments that he inherited from the Bush administration. Cautious gestures and offers to talk have been extended to old enemies like Cuba and Iran. Very little pressure has been exerted on old friends like the Europeans and Japan. China has been given a pass on its manipulation of its curr ... more |
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