
China warns Trump of ‘crushing his own toes’ on Taiwan
Beijing (AFP) Dec 13, 2016 - China offered its sternest rebuke yet to Donald Trump, saying anyone who challenges Beijing's interests in Taiwan will lift a rock only to crush his own toes.
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 13, 2016 - China offered its sternest rebuke yet to Donald Trump, saying anyone who challenges Beijing's interests in Taiwan will lift a rock only to crush his own toes.
Dec 13, 2016

Bogota (AFP) Dec 13, 2016 - Colombian judges Tuesday approved special fast-track procedures to implement the government's contested peace accord with leftist FARC rebels which aims to end half a century of conflict.
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Paris (UPI) Dec 13, 2016 - DCNS Group has began M51 missile adaptation work for the last of three French ballistic nuclear submarines scheduled for the upgrade.
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Washington (AFP) Dec 13, 2016 - A coalition drone strike in Syria killed three Islamic State group leaders involved in plotting foreign attacks, including two men who helped facilitate last year's attacks in Paris, the Pentagon said Tuesday.
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Brussels (AFP) Dec 13, 2016 - EU member states agreed to beef up trade rules against cheap imports Tuesday as they wage an ongoing battle over China's stronger trade status at the Word Trade Organization.
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Seoul (AFP) Dec 13, 2016 - Senior US, Japanese and South Korean officials with special responsibility for the North Korean nuclear issue held talks Tuesday, at a time of political flux and policy uncertainty in Washington and Seoul.
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Tehran (AFP) Dec 13, 2016 - Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday ordered the country's scientists to start work on nuclear-powered ships in response to the expected renewal of sanctions by the United States.
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Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2016 - Lithuania has placed an order for Saab-made RBS 70 simulators in a move the company says will enhance the country's air defense capabilities.
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Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Dec 13, 2016 - The battle is playing out not only on Mosul's streets but also in cyberspace, where both jihadist and Iraqi forces use online media and social networks to mobilise or demoralise.
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Arlington, Va. (UPI) Dec 13, 2016 - PAE has received a contract to help the government of Tunisia develop more advanced maritime surveillance capabilities.
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Beijing (Sputnik) Dec 13, 2016 - Beijing is gearing up to test fire a powerful new asymmetric-warfare weapon, a missile designed to destroy satellites in space. Pentagon officials detected preparations for testing the Dong Neng-3 a
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Moscow (AFP) Dec 13, 2016 - President Vladimir Putin said Russia would strive to reach an elusive deal on a territorial dispute and normalise relations with Japan ahead of his visit to the country later this week.
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New York (AFP) Dec 13, 2016 - Rex Tillerson, the ExxonMobil chief picked to head the US State Department, has built close ties with leaders around the globe, but most notably - and controversially - with Russia's Vladimir Putin.
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Beirut (AFP) Dec 13, 2016 - Here are the latest developments on the main battle fronts in Syria and Iraq, as of 1730 GMT on Tuesday:
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New York (AFP) Dec 13, 2016 - President-elect Donald Trump's threat to slap punitive tariffs on Chinese goods is a worry for firms that trade with the country in the US Midwest, a decisive region in the Republican's election triumph.
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Washington (UPI) Dec 13, 2016 - The U.S. State Department has approved the possible recapitalization of 218 M1A2 tanks for the government of Kuwait.
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