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March 03, 2013

China to seal Xi's power after months of pledges
Beijing (AFP) March 3, 2013
Thousands of delegates from across China meet this week to seal a power transfer to new leaders who have raised expectations with a deluge of propaganda during their first months running the Communist Party. Xi Jinping is due to replace Hu Jintao as China's president at the annual National People's Congress (NPC) in Beijing, a rubber-stamp parliament which meets on Tuesday. Li Keqiang will become premier, replacing Wen Jiabao. It is the final step in a generational handover, four months after t ... read more

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US Defense Secretary Hagel scolds budget cuts Major budget cuts initiated Friday will endanger the US military's ability to conduct its missions, Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel warned. ... more		Brazil to get its first nuclear subs Brazil is set to join the select group of countries that have nuclear-powered submarines, President Dilma Rousseff said Friday. ... more		Indonesia, South Korea to build fighters Indonesia and South Korea are cooperating in building a joint fighter but politics are delaying progress. ... more
				Karzai: Foreign forces inflame insurgency Afghan President Hamid Karzai maintains that foreign troops in the country are inflaming the insurgency and is seeking Afghan control of security. ... more		S. Korea leader offers North 'flexible' engagement South Korea's new president Park Geun-Hye offered a "more flexible" engagement with North Korea on Friday if Pyongyang chooses a path of trust-building rather than provocation. ... more

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In Rodman, a controversial US opening to N. Korea Reclusive North Korea in the past month refused to hear foreign entreaties not to test a nuclear bomb, but its leader found time to entertain the mercurial basketball hall-of-famer Dennis Rodman. ... more		Baghdad beats: Iraqis look to revive traditional music Hussein Abdullah clutches his oud, long the symbol of Iraqi music, and sighs. "Iraqis do not care for their musical heritage," he laments. "On TV, all you see are singers who have no voice." ... more		AI systems proposed to boost launch cadence reliability and traffic management China debuts Long March 12A reusable rocket in Jiuquan test flight Curiosity Blog, Sols 4750-4762: See You on the Other Side of the Sun		Iraq death toll falls but violence still high: AFP The death toll from attacks in Iraq fell in February from January, but more than 200 were still killed for the second month in a row, AFP data showed on Friday. ... more
				Kurdish rebels may free kidnapped Turks in 10 days: report The outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) may release Turkish state officials it is holding within 10 days as part of a renewed push for peace with Turkey, the co-chair of the pro-Kurdish party said on Saturday. ... more		Iraq finance minister announces resignation at demo Iraqi Finance Minister Rafa al-Essawi announced his resignation on Friday at an anti-government protest, ramping up a conflict between his secular Sunni-backed Iraqiya bloc and the Shiite premier. ... more

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Taiwan to stage live-fire drill on disputed island Taiwan's coastguard said Friday it would stage a live-fire exercise next month in disputed South China Sea islands, a move that could raise regional tensions. ... more		Syria army retakes Iraq border post from jihadists: watchdog Syrian troops retook on Friday a checkpoint on the northeastern border with Syria, captured a day earlier by Jihadist fighters of Al-Nusra Front, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Friday. ... more		OPERA satellite data sharpens US crop and water management Alen Space begins SATMAR satellite validation over Bay of Algeciras Deep Arctic gas hydrate mounds host ultra deep cold seep ecosystem		British military capability at risk from more cuts: minister The capability of Britain's armed forces would be put at risk if defence spending is cut again in the government's next spending review, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said Saturday. ... more
				Sri Lanka leader denies army killed militant's child Sri Lanka's president in an interview published Saturday firmly denied that government troops executed the 12-year-old son of separatist chief Velupillai Prabhakaran in 2009. ... more		Iran, new Amano term in focus at IAEA meeting Deadlocked talks with Iran will be in focus at a meeting of the UN nuclear agency's board from Monday, together with a possible new term for director general Yukiya Amano. ... more

US radar to boost missile defence in Japan

Israel tests Arrow but funding cuts loom

Israel tests new Arrow missile interceptor

Syria missile strikes in Aleppo leave 58 dead: NGO

India wants to sell Russia BraMos missiles

Brazil to open talks on buying Russian missiles

Better workstations for drone operators may reduce mishaps

Boeing Phantom Eye Completes Second Flight

US military may take over part of CIA drone war

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Pentagon to make 'quick decisions' on sequester cuts		US soldier faces July 1 trial over Fort Hood massacre		Retired Taiwan general charged with spying for China: media		Britain's MoD under fire for 'wasting' billions		US chooses Brazilian plane to outfit Afghan force

Pakistan army probes Kashmir 'torture' death

Troops target Islamists hiding on Mali island: military

Iraq attacks kill 26 people

US senator backs ammunition for Syrian rebels

Stuxnet virus dates back to 2007: researchers

Libya to ask UN to lift arms embargo

Jailed PKK chief Ocalan 'to declare ceasefire on March 21'

Israel 'seeks to repair ties with Turkey'

Iraqi Airways resumes Kuwait flights after two decades

US lawmakers introduce new Iran sanctions bill

Iran praises milestone nuclear talks with big powers

Indian PLA insurgents kill soldier

India rejects Finmeccanica denial over chopper bribes

US 'can't dictate' to the world: Pentagon's new chief

Canadian shipbuilding seen to be too slow

US army forced to release WikiLeaks case documents

Bomb analysis system seen to expand sales

US military may take over part of CIA drone war

Israel's cyberwar center goes operational

China village defies officials to demand democracy

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