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Israel has intensified its efforts to block the sale of advanced Russian air-defense missiles to Iran that would be a serious obstacle to any Israeli airstrikes against the Islamic Republic's nuclear infra-structure, according to media reports in Tel Aviv and Moscow. The outcome of that effort could have immense ramifications for the Middle East and particularly for U.S. President Barack ... read more 
Washington (AFP) June 30, 2009President Barack Obama on Tuesday hailed the withdrawal of US troops from Iraqi towns and cities as an "important milestone," but warned of difficult days of bloodshed and violence to come. A careful White House also declined to declare victory, six years after the US invasion under ex-president George W. Bush spawned an insurgency that killed more than 4,300 US troops and tens of thousands ... more
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Moscow (AFP) July 1, 2009Talks on a new US-Russian nuclear disarmament treaty are going better than initially expected, a top Russian diplomat told the RIA-Novosti news agency on Wednesday. "The degree of progress is beyond the expectations that existed when we started," Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov was quoted as saying. The United States and Russia have been seeking to agree a successor to the 1991 ... more  
London (UPI) Jul 1, 2009 Late last month Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei pointedly restated Great Britain's longstanding designation as Tehran's public enemy No. 1, surpassing the Great Satan America and Zionist Israel. In this verbal assault, the clerics credited "Perfidious Albion" with manipulating and even controlling the actions of the United States in confronting Iran and containing its ambitions. ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) July 1, 2009UN chief Ban Ki-moon said Wednesday that he was determined to achieve a nuclear-free North Korea amid tension over new UN sanctions on the isolated communist regime. "I spare no effort in facilitating the achievement of verifiable denuclearisation of the Korean peninsula," Ban told a news conference after holding talks with Japanese Prime Minister Taro Aso in Tokyo. Pyongyang has warned ... more 
Baghdad (UPI) Jun 30, 2009 If Iraq's new-age armed forces prove to be incapable of maintaining security as the U.S. military withdrawal gets under way, it won't be because they lack weapons. On Feb. 14 the U.S. military announced it would be supplying Baghdad's forces with 140 M1A2 Abrams main battle tanks, F-16 Fighting Eagles combat jets and a plethora of high-tech weapons systems worth around $5 billion. ... more |
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Baghdad (UPI) Jun 30, 2009 Iraq achieves a milestone at midnight Tuesday when it takes over full responsibility for security within its cities, but it's one dogged by a series of bombings that could be a precursor for a resurgence of violence by extremist gunmen and bombers. In the past 10 days more than 200 Iraqis have been killed by improvised explosive devices -- a sudden uptick in militant activity coinciding ... more 
Mumbai (AFP) July 1, 2009India's first regional unit for specialist anti-terror troops has opened in Mumbai, fulfilling a government pledge after criticisms of the military's slow response to last year's attacks on the city. The hub for some 250 National Security Guard (NSG) commandos, opened by Home Minister P. Chidambaram on Tuesday evening, is the first of four new centres across the country. The others in ... more 
Palmdale, Calif. (UPI) Jun 30, 2009 The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman have displayed a new generation of the company's unmanned reconnaissance aircraft. Officials unveiled the RQ-4 Block 40 Global Hawk last week in California. The craft is the latest in a series of unmanned aerial vehicles from Northrop Grumman. The company said its previous entries in the series have approximately 24,000 hours in support of troops ... more 
Beijing (AFP) July 1, 2009North Koreans, especially children, are facing a "critical" food situation as donations have dried up amid the country's nuclear standoff with the world, the UN's food aid agency said Wednesday. Torben Due, the World Food Programme's country representative in North Korea, said Pyongyang had told the agency to scale back its operations in the impoverished country, without giving clear reasons ... more |
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