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Iraq's security forces cannot stand alone: US report
Washington (AFP) Sept 6, 2007Iraq's military is at least 12-18 months away from assuming combat duties from US soldiers, while its police force is so corrupt that it should be abolished, an independent report said Thursday. The report by Marine General James Jones, the former top US commander in Europe, was the latest in a flurry of progress updates on the unpopular Iraq mission, in a pivotal 10-day period for US ... more China denies staging cyber attacks on any nation 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 6, 2007China on Thursday denied that its military had hacked into the the websites of any foreign government, after press reports said Britain was the latest nation to fall victim to Chinese cyber attacks. "Saying that the Chinese military has made cyber attacks on the networks of foreign governments is groundless and irresponsible and are a result of ulterior motives," foreign ministry ... more Iran shrugs off new nuclear sanctions threats 
Tehran (AFP) Sept 6, 2007Iran on Thursday shrugged off warnings of further UN sanctions over its nuclear drive, saying the atomic programme was now so well advanced that more punitive measures would have no effect. "Since Iran has mastered nuclear technology, the sanctions will have no effect," said Iran's chief nuclear negotiator Ali Larijani, according to the official IRNA news agency. "Nuclear technology is ... more Russia-US talks on missile defence set for Paris 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 6, 2007Russian and US diplomats will meet in Paris on Monday to discuss Washington's plans for an anti-missile defence system in central Europe, a Russian foreign ministry official told AFP Thursday. "There will be a second round of consultations on the US anti-missile shield project on September 10 in Paris," the ministry representative, Boris Malakhov, said. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei ... more Russia to deploy Iskander missiles in three years: official 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 6, 2007Russia will be ready to deploy new Iskander intercontinental missiles within three years as a response to a planned US missile defence system, a top Russian general said on Thursday. Tests on the missiles "could take up to three years," General Nikolai Solovtsov, commander of Russia's strategic armed forces, was quoted by Interfax news agency as saying. After that "the security of the ... more |
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Sydney (AFP) Sept 6, 2007In an unusual diplomatic two-step, the US and Chinese presidents Thursday set aside their differences on Taiwan and put pressure on the island to drop plans for a referendum on UN membership. Presidents George W. Bush and Hu Jintao warned Taipei that its proposed vote on whether to apply for United Nations membership under the name "Taiwan" was provocative and could propel the region into a ... more China, Japan agree to talks on disputed gas field 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 6, 2007Japan and China on Thursday agreed to hold further talks on proposed joint exploration of a disputed natural gas field in the East China Sea, a Japanese official said. Japanese Foreign Minister Nobutaka Machimura and his Chinese counterpart Yang Jiechi agreed that senior officials should discuss the proposal in Beijing on September 21, foreign ministry spokesman Mitsuo Sakaba told ... more Protests as BBC scraps planned green day 
London (AFP) Sept 6, 2007The BBC has dropped plans to hold a day of programming highlighting the threat from climate change, it said Thursday, in a move which has drawn sharp criticism from environmental groups. The "Planet Relief" telethon had been pencilled in for early next year and was due to feature stars including Emmy Award-winning comedian Ricky Gervais. But it was ditched after some senior BBC ... more Shell defends environmental record in Argentina 
London (AFP) Sept 6, 2007Anglo-Dutch oil firm Royal Dutch Shell on Thursday defended standards at its Argentina operations after authorities there closed a Shell refinery near Buenos Aires on environmental grounds. "All of our operations were and still are conducted according to the local legislation and strengthened Shell standards," a company spokesman in London told AFP. ... more China Southern orders 55 planes from Boeing 
New York (AFP) Sept 6, 2007China Southern Airlines has ordered 55 "next-generation" 737 jets from US aviation giant Boeing, the companies announced Thursday. The order from China's largest airline would be worth 3.8 billion dollars at list prices, but large orders are often discounted. The 55 planes, the smallest models in Boeing's civilian airline fleet, will supplement the 129 737s operated by China Southern as ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Sept 5, 2007A B-52 bomber flew the length of the United States last week loaded with six nuclear-armed cruise missiles in a major security breach, US military officials said Wednesday. The lapse was reported to President George W. Bush after the nuclear warheads were discovered when the aircraft landed at Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, a military official said on condition of anonymity. ... more Germans foil massive terror plot 
Berlin (UPI) Sept. 5, 2007 German authorities arrested three men who planned to carry out massive, casualty-heavy bombings against U.S. institutions and other targets in Germany that could have been more deadly than the Madrid and London attacks, officials said Wednesday. German Chancellor Angela Merkel praised security authorities for their "great success," adding the arrest showed that "the terrorist threat in ... more Pentagon opposes disbanding Iraqi police 
Washington (AFP) Sept 5, 2007The Pentagon said Wednesday it opposed dismantling the Iraqi police, contrary to recommendations in a military report calling for a complete overhaul of the country's police forces. "We do not believe it is necessary to disband the national police force," said Defense Department spokesman Geoff Morrell. But Morrell acknowledged the problems cited in the report by a commission led by ... more NATO nations to increase efforts to tackle Afghan drug problem 
Brussels (AFP) Sept 5, 2007The 26 NATO nations told the UN drugs office on Wednesday that they would boost their efforts to counter the flood of heroin from Afghanistan but could not assume the Kabul government's role, a diplomatic source said. "We have agreed to try to do more to tackle the culture and the trafficking of opium, within our own competences," the source told AFP after a meeting of nations and bodies ... more Chinese hackers cyber-attacking British government networks 
London (AFP) Sept 6, 2007Chinese computer hackers are infiltrating British government networks, giving them access to secret information, according to media reports on Thursday. The reports in The Times and The Independent newspapers come a day after US President George W. Bush said he may bring up the issue of suspected Chinese cyber-attacks on the US defence department in a meeting with China's President Hu ... more
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