
Death toll climbs to 10 in Peru guerrilla attack
Lima (AFP) April 11, 2016 - A weekend guerrilla attack targeting soldiers on the eve of Peru's presidential elections killed 10 people, authorities said Monday, raising an earlier toll.
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Lima (AFP) April 11, 2016 - A weekend guerrilla attack targeting soldiers on the eve of Peru's presidential elections killed 10 people, authorities said Monday, raising an earlier toll.
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London (AFP) April 11, 2016 - The head of US Steel has accused Britain and the wider European Union of negligence over China dumping cheep steel on world markets.
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Cairo (UPI) Apr 11, 2016 - France plans to deliver two new Mistral helicopter carriers to the Egyptian navy by this summer, according to officials in Cairo.
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Hiroshima, Japan (AFP) April 11, 2016 - Group of Seven foreign ministers on Monday expressed concern about maritime disputes in Asia, as worries grow in the region over China's territorial and military ambitions.
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Baghdad (AFP) April 11, 2016 - The Islamic State group strongholds Raqa and Mosul must fall this year, French Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said during a speech in Baghdad on Monday.
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Tehran (UPI) Apr 11, 2016 - The first tranche of Russian-built S-300 long-range surface-to-air missile systems are en route to the Iranian military, according to senior officials in Tehran.
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Hiroshima, Japan (AFP) April 11, 2016 - John Kerry on Monday became the first US secretary of state to visit Hiroshima's atomic bomb memorial, calling it a stark, harsh, compelling reminder of the need to rid the world of nuclear weapons.
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Hiroshima, Japan (AFP) April 11, 2016 - Washington is ready to ratchet up pressure on an increasingly aggressive North Korea, US Secretary of State John Kerry said Monday, but remains open to negotiations if Pyongyang scraps its nuclear weapon development.
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Gerrards Cross, England (UPI) Apr 11, 2016 - The British Army's newest armored fighting vehicle has successfully conducted the first live firing test of its main 40mm stabilized cannon and machine gun.
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Stockholm (AFP) April 11, 2016 - Swedish military computers were hacked and used in an attack targeting major US banks in 2013, the armed forces said on Monday.
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Washington (AFP) April 11, 2016 - A decorated US Navy officer faces espionage and other charges after allegedly passing defense secrets to China and Taiwan - and possibly other nations, a US official said Monday.
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Manila (UPI) Apr 11, 2016 - The M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket System, or HIMARS, was test-fired in the Philippines for the first time as part of a large-scale joint military exercise in the Pacific island nation.
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Mormugao, India (AFP) April 11, 2016 - The United States and its Gulf allies will discuss providing economic aid to oil-rich Iraq, US defence chief Ashton Carter said Monday, as low global crude prices and ongoing conflict batter Baghdad's economy.
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Lima (AFP) April 10, 2016 - A guerrilla attack on Peruvian soldiers on the eve of the country's presidential elections killed seven people, authorities said Sunday, raising the previous day's toll.
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Baghdad (AFP) April 10, 2016 - Iraqi political blocs want to replace some or all of the premier's cabinet nominees, a move likely to continue the system of party-affiliated ministers he called to change, officials said Sunday.
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Colombo (AFP) April 10, 2016 - Sri Lanka will bring legal reforms to encourage much needed foreign investment, as the cash-strapped island tries to turn its $8 billion Chinese debt into equity, the prime minister said Sunday.
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