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May 09, 2014

Russia test-fires 'several' ballistic missiles
Moscow (AFP) May 08, 2014
Russia on Thursday test-launched several ballistic missiles during planned exercises overseen by President Vladimir Putin, news reports said, as a crisis raged in neighbouring Ukraine. The Russian military fired a Topol intercontinental ballistic missile from its northern test site in Plesetsk, as well as "several" shorter-range missiles from its submarines in the Northern and Pacific Fleets, news agencies cited defence officials as saying. Other military manoeuvres involved the launch from an u ... read more

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Eastern Europe troop surge could become permanent: general

New Kurdish opposition group calls for Iran dialogue

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