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 Minneapolis MN (SPX) Nov 11, 2009 
Alliant Techsystems was awarded a $4 million Integration and Demonstration (I and D) contract by the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command. ATK was one of three companies awarded an I and D contract to develop an alternative warhead for the Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System (GMLRS). The I and D phase will span 17 months and conclude with a live-fire test at White Sands Missile Range ... read more 
Al-Khubah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Nov 10, 2009Saudi Arabia said on Tuesday it will keep up air strikes against Yemeni rebels until they pull back from its borders, as Iran warned against regional intervention in the conflict. "We are not going to stop the bombing until the Huthis retreat tens of kilometres (miles) inside their border," Deputy Defence Minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan said on a visit to troops in the southwestern ... more
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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 Pentagon endorses Australia submarine pact After review, Pentagon confirms submarine sales to Australia 
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Moscow (AFP) Nov 10, 2009Mikhail Kalashnikov, the Russian inventor of the globally popular AK-47 assault rifle, declared himself a happy man with few regrets as he celebrated his 90th birthday on Tuesday. "Age is not significant. I have plenty of life left in me. But still, this is a special date and it needs to be celebrated," the white-haired inventor said in remarks broadcast on Russian television. ... more  
Baghdad (AFP) Nov 10, 2009Minorities, including Christians, in northern Iraq are the collateral victims of a conflict between Arabs and Kurds over who controls the country's disputed provinces, Human Rights Watch warned Tuesday. In a report titled "On vulnerable ground: violence against minority communities in Nineveh province's disputed territories," the group said the area's ruling Kurds risk creating "a full-blown ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 10, 2009US President Barack Obama urged Japan's new centre-left government on Tuesday to keep a pact allowing US bases on its territory, as both sides laid the groundwork for his visit to Tokyo this week. Obama also said he wanted to one day become the first sitting US president to visit the nuclear-bombed cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, while Japan said it would help the US effort in Afghanistan ... more |
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Charsadda, Pakistan (AFP) Nov 11, 2009A suicide car bomb tore through a crowded shopping street in Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 32 people in the third militant attack to strike the nuclear-armed country in as many days. The bomber blew up his vehicle in the heart of the northwest town of Charsadda on a road lined with fruit and juice shops, ripping off shop roofs and littering the ground with slippers, human flesh and broken ... more 
Aboard Air Force One (AFP) Nov 10, 2009President Barack Obama is down to four strategic options as he nears a decision on whether to plunge thousands more troops into the Afghan war, the White House said on Tuesday. Obama will sift the four approaches on Wednesday in his latest meeting with top military brass and his national security team, as his exhaustive review of the US posture in Afghanistan draws to a close. ... more  
Seoul (UPI) Nov 10, 2009 North Korea has intensified the personal security of Kim Jong Il in an apparent bid to prevent a possible attack when he travels around the country as public discontent is mounting following tougher social crackdowns. The impoverished country runs six special luxury trains for its "Dear Leader's" travels around North Korea, designed to protect him from a possible assassination attempt ... more |
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