
Georgia arrests five for trying to sell uranium
Tbilisi (AFP) April 28, 2016 - Georgia has arrested five people for trying to sell radioactive uranium material, the second such seizure this month, investigators said Thursday.
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Tbilisi (AFP) April 28, 2016 - Georgia has arrested five people for trying to sell radioactive uranium material, the second such seizure this month, investigators said Thursday.
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New Delhi (AFP) April 28, 2016 - India's government said Thursday it has asked Britain to extradite British consultant Christian Michel James over a scandal-hit deal the previous government agreed with Anglo-Italian firm AgustaWestland to supply helicopters to Delhi.
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Baghdad (AFP) April 28, 2016 - The Iraqi authorities have shut down the Al-Jazeera channel's Baghdad office, accusing Qatar's state-funded TV network of inciting violence and sectarianism.
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Jerusalem (AFP) April 28, 2016 - Growing safety fears surrounding Israel's largest but ageing atomic research centre have provoked fresh questions over its future and a dilemma over the secrecy of the country's alleged nuclear arsenal.
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Washington (AFP) April 27, 2016 - The FBI said Wednesday it would not disclose details of its hack of an iPhone used by one of the shooters in last year's San Bernardino killing spree.
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Tehran (AFP) April 27, 2016 - Iran's supreme leader and president accused the United States of hostility and bad faith Wednesday saying the implementation of its nuclear deal with world powers was not being honoured.
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Edgewood, Md. (UPI) Apr 27, 2016 - Smiths Detection Inc. is to produce additional chemical detection devices for the U.S. military under a $17.2 follow-on production order from the U.S. Army.
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Seoul (AFP) April 27, 2016 - North Korea on Wednesday formally set May 6 for the opening of a landmark ruling party congress - the first in nearly four decades and an event many fear will be preceded by a fifth nuclear test.
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Aleppo, Syria (AFP) April 27, 2016 - Air strikes and clashes in Syria's second city Aleppo killed at least 12 people Wednesday, state media and emergency workers said, part of a surge in violence straining a two-month-old ceasefire.
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Vienna (AFP) April 27, 2016 - UN chief Ban Ki-moon called Wednesday for the US, China and other nuclear-armed states to end the madness of atomic testing by finally ratifying the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, which turns 20 this year.
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Washington (UPI) Apr 26, 2016 - An Australian request to procure AIM-120D Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles from the United States has gained State Department approval.
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Seoul (AFP) April 26, 2016 - North Korea is ready to carry out a fifth nuclear test and could press the button at any time, South Korea's president said Tuesday, amid reports Pyongyang has readied a powerful, new mid-range missile for an imminent flight test.
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Aleppo, Syria (AFP) April 26, 2016 - Air strikes and shelling on Syria's second city Aleppo and a town to its west left 25 civilians reported dead Tuesday, as a surge in violence tests a troubled ceasefire.
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Baghdad (AFP) April 26, 2016 - Thousands of supporters of powerful Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr answered his call to demonstrate in Baghdad on Tuesday to pressure the Iraqi government to carry out stalled reforms.
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London (AFP) April 26, 2016 - The US-led coalition against the Islamic State is squeezing the group's revenues from oil, taxation and financial markets but it needs to step up its campaign of economic warfare, a leading British official said Tuesday.
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