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Pakistan hits out at 'detrimental' Indian nuclear sub Islamabad (AFP) July 28, 2009
Pakistan hit out at India on Tuesday, branding its first nuclear-powered submarine "detrimental" to regional peace and vowing to take "appropriate steps" to maintain a "strategic balance". Relations between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan have plummeted since Islamist gunmen killed 166 people in Mumbai last November, attacks that New Delhi blamed on banned Pakistani group ... read moreTears in British town as Afghanistan dead come home
Wootton Bassett, England (AFP) July 28, 2009The grieving relatives of four British soldiers killed in Afghanistan lined the streets here Tuesday as their bodies were returned home, the latest victims of an ever bloodier war. In bright sunshine, hundreds stood still in Wootton Bassett to pay their respects as the cortege passed through the market town after the young soldiers' coffins were flown to the nearby Royal Air Force Lyneham ... more
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Macron, on UAE visit, announces new French aircraft carrier
North Korea says Japan's nuclear ambitions must be stopped 'at any cost' India's parliament passes bill to open nuclear power to private firms Russian nuclear-capable missile Oreshnik deployed in Belarus Mossad chief says Israel must 'ensure' Iran won't restart nuclear programme Zelensky says Donetsk among key disagreements in peace talks Press Release from Business Wire: Helical Fusion Co., Ltd. IAEA calls for repair work on Chernobyl sarcophagus France probes mystery drone flight over nuclear sub base France takes anti-drone measures after flight over nuclear sub base
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Britain in court bid to cut injured troop pay-outs
London (AFP) July 28, 2009The British government appealed Tuesday against the size of compensation payments to two injured servicemen, drawing claims of "appalling timing" amid a surge of deaths in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence wants to cut payouts to Light Dragoon Anthony Duncan, who was shot while on patrol in Iraq and awarded 46,000 pounds (53,000 euros, 76,000 dollars), and Royal Marine Matthew McWilliams ... more India tightens controls on arms buys
New Delhi (UPI) Jul 28, 2009 When the deputy chief of the Indian army recently promised the Indian public and private sectors a "level playing field" in purchases of military hardware he wasn't talking about electric golf carts to take elderly golfers around hilly golf courses. The carts, which cost about $243,000, were allegedly bought with money designated for electric wheelchairs in military hospitals and on ... more US touts new era as Iraqi forces take lead
Baghdad (AFP) July 28, 2009US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday spoke of a new era in Iraq with American troops playing a less dominant role as Baghdad's security forces increasingly take the lead. In his first visit to the country since US troops withdrew from cities and towns at the end of last month under a security pact with Baghdad, Gates portrayed the transition as a success so far. "The feedback I ... more |
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US, China seek common ground
Washington (AFP) July 28, 2009The United States and China on Tuesday pledged to work together to fight climate change and promote free trade as they set the stage for an era of closer cooperation between the Pacific giants. The world's largest developed and developing nations wrapped up two days of in-depth talks in Washington to chart out the future of their relationship, which President Barack Obama said would shape ... more Chinese envoy briefs Algerians on Xinjiang violence
Alger (AFP) July 28, 2009A senior Chinese official on Tuesday accused unspecified countries and Western media of making mischief between Beijing and Muslim countries after recent ethnic violence in the Xinjiang region. "Outsiders and Western media as well as nongovernmental organisations (are) distorting the facts to make mischief and cause divisions between China and Muslim countries," APS news agency quoted Wu ... more Geithner, Wang say cooperation key to global recovery
Washington (AFP) July 27, 2009US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan stressed cooperation in the battle against the global economic crisis at high-level talks Monday in Washington. Geithner praised China's "ambitious plans" to move its economy away from an export-led growth model, which has produced a huge trade surplus with the US, and spur consumer demand. A rebalancing of the ... more |
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