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Japan warns US over North Korea
Tokyo (AFP) Oct 25, 2007A senior Japanese official has warned the United States that relations will suffer if Washington removes North Korea from a list of terrorist states, amid stepped up efforts to end Pyongyang's nuclear drive. Relations between Tokyo and Pyongyang remain tense in part because of the communist state's kidnappings of Japanese civilians, an issue that arouses deep emotion in Japan. "If the US ... more US can't do anything more for Russia on missile defense: Gates 
Washington (AFP) Oct 25, 2007The United States has gone as far as it can to allay Russian opposition to US missile defense plans in Europe, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday. Gates' comments came after Moscow rejected US concessions on its plans for missile interceptors in Poland and a radar in the Czech Republic, including an offer to delay making the sites operational until an Iranian missile threat is p ... more BMD Focus: Barak's high-tech optimism 
Jerusalem (UPI) Oct 25, 2007 Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak is already achieving great things by cleaning up the administrative mess his clownish predecessor Amir Peretz left in the country's crucial ballistic missile defense program. But he is also betting that ambitious investment in as yet undeveloped BMD technologies will bring unanticipated levels of strategic security to his country and cement his political com ... more Commentary: Murder Inc. 
Washington (UPI) Oct 25, 2007 No sooner did Benazir Bhutto narrowly escape a two-man suicide bombing attack than she faced the next death threat of many more to come. Like paparazzi chasing down a celebrity, would-be assassins will be dogging her every step as she leads her Pakistan People's Party in the coming election campaign to reclaim Pakistan's prime ministership, from which she was deposed in 1990 and again in 1996. ... more US on Iran collision course with new sanctions 
Washington (AFP) Oct 25, 2007The latest US sanctions on Iran risk being toothless without cooperation from reluctant partners, and may only encourage hardliners in Tehran to stay on the nuclear path, analysts argued. The US administration may understand that its sanctions announced Thursday will have limited effect, and is in fact laying the ground for military action against the oil-rich Islamic state, experts on US-Ir ... more |
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Rolling Meadows IL (SPX) Oct 26, 2007Northrop Grumman announced that its Guardian Counter-Man Portable Air Defense System (C-MANPADS) currently installed on nine wide-body aircraft flying daily in commercial revenue service has achieved 12,000 on-aircraft operational hours. "The program and system are a continuing success," said Robert Del Boca, sector vice president and general manager of Northrop Grumman's Defensive Systems Divis ... more Iran denounces 'hostile' US sanctions 
Tehran (AFP) Oct 25, 2007Iran's foreign ministry on Thursday condemned the sanctions imposed by the United States on its military and three banks, calling them contrary to international law. "The hostile American policies towards the respectable people of Iran and the country's legal institutions are contrary to international law, without value and -- as in the past -- doomed to failure," the ministry's spokesman Mo ... more Analysis: SAARC eyes anti-terror mechanism 
New Delhi (UPI) Oct 25, 2007 A South Asian regional body has proposed putting in place an institutional mechanism to enhance cooperation among member nations to counter terrorism in the region. India, the largest member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation, touted the idea in a three-day conference of police chiefs of member nations in New Delhi. SAARC brings together Afghanistan, Banglade ... more NATO nations scrape together reinforcements for Afghanistan 
Noordwijk, Netherlands (AFP) Oct 25, 2007NATO defence ministers resumed talks Thursday after drumming up fresh troops for Afghanistan despite reluctance, led by Germany, to deploy to dangerous parts of the country. On the final day of an informal meeting in Noordwijk, the Netherlands, the ministers were set to tackle the thorny issue of the US missile shield with Russian counterpart Anatoly Serdyukov. They were also to reassess ... more QinetiQ Fires Composite 155mm Artillery Munition 
Eskmeals, UK (SPX) Oct 26, 2007QinetiQ, as the lead contractor in Team ImpaQt, has successfully fired the first metre long fully composite 'strength of design' projectile at the MOD Eskmeals, Cumbria firing range. Part of an MOD-wide initiative to ensure modern fighting forces are suitably equipped and have maximum mobility to operate on tomorrow's urban battlefields, this is a key stage in the UK MOD Lightweight Advanced Mun ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Oct 25, 2007EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana voiced concern Thursday at Taiwan's plans to hold a referendum on applying for United Nations membership. Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian on Wednesday launched an 11-day torch relay to promote the planned referendum on UN membership -- a move sure to spark outrage in China. The independence-minded Chen wants the vote to be held alongside presidential ... more Moderate Chinese slowdown shows growing dependence on world: analysts 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 25, 2007China's economy is more integrated with the world than ever before, and its slight slowdown in recent months is more likely due to a global cooling than Beijing's efforts, analysts said Thursday. The world's fourth-largest economy expanded by 11.5 percent in the third quarter, a more moderate pace than the 11.9 percent recorded for the second quarter, the National Bureau of Statistics announ ... more Darfur rebel group kidnaps foreign oil workers 
Khartoum (AFP) Oct 25, 2007A Darfur rebel group has attacked a Sudanese oilfield and kidnapped a Canadian and an Iraqi worker, a leader of the group said on Thursday, vowing further attacks unless foreign oil companies pull out. "We attacked Defra oilfield and kidnapped two foreign workers, one is Canadian and another is Iraqi," said Abdelaziz el-Nur Ashr, field commander for the Justice and Equality Movement in Kordo ... more Outside View: Oil crisis lessons learned 
Moscow (UPI) Oct 25, 2007 Oil prices on the world's commodity markets have topped $90 per barrel. "Black gold" now costs more than it did during the fuel crisis of 1973 (with a correction for inflation) and is just $10 below its 1980 record high. Analysts say a new record could be set before the end of this year. However, such forecasts do not cause panic in the Western world, where consumers have learned over ... more Analysis: Azerbaijan looks to stash cash 
Washington (UPI) Oct 25, 2007 In a world of record-high energy prices, several former Soviet states flush with cash from hydrocarbon exports, notably Russia and Kazakhstan, have begun to invest their surplus energy revenue abroad, primarily in their energy-poor neighbors. Current estimates allocate Azerbaijan 0.6 percent of global proven oil reserves while Baku's rapidly expanding energy infrastructure in 2006 shipped 50 p ... more
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