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Tribal leaders seek Gates help in expanding Al-Anbar police
Washington (AFP) Oct 31, 2007Tribal leaders from Iraq's Al-Anbar province pressed US Defense Secretary Robert Gates Wednesday for help in expanding the size of the local police forces there, a Pentagon spokesman said. Gates met for about half an hour with the eight member delegation, and promised to do what he could to be of help, Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said. "The conversation focused on how to susta ... more Analysis: Countering religious extremism 
Washington (UPI) Oct 31, 2007 To a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail, so it is perhaps not surprising that U.S. lawmakers should seek to legislate victory in the ideological conflict with violent Islamic extremists. The House has already passed a bill setting up a commission to study the topic, and the Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee, which held a hearing on the issue this week, is ... more Iran To Present New Settlement Plan For Iraq 
Tehran (RIA Novosti) Nov 01, 2007Tehran is ready to propose new measures to settle the situation in Iraq at an upcoming international conference on Iraq due 2-3 November, Iran's Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki said Wednesday. Mottaki, who arrived in Baghdad from Syria Wednesday on an official visit and met with Iraqi Foreign Minister Hosyar Zebari, was reported by the official Iranian news agency IRNA to be holding talks wi ... more USAF Joins US Navy And Marines In Using Raytheon's Laser-Guided Maverick In Combat Operations 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Nov 01, 2007The U.S. Air Force fired Raytheon's AGM-65E laser-guided Maverick missile in combat operations for the first time in June. Until now, only the Navy and Marine Corps have used the laser-guided version of the Maverick missile. The laser-guided Maverick has a combat-proven record of effectiveness and reliability against armored and moving surface targets in urban environments and during close air ... more US speeding up anti-missile plans: Moscow 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 31, 2007Russia accused the United States on Wednesday of accelerating attempts to deploy anti-missile defences in central Europe, despite Moscow's request for a freeze on the project. Washington's negotiations with Poland and the Czech Republic over installing the defences "have not only not been suspended, but additional measures are being taken to speed them up," said Foreign Ministry spokesman Mi ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Oct 31, 2007The Pentagon said Wednesday its negotiations to install US missile defenses in eastern Europe are on track but denied a Russian charge that they were being accelerated. "We are very much on course and wish to come to agreements with the Czech Republic and Poland as soon as possible, so we can begin building and installing this system," said Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell. "But I ... more NKorea set to abandon nuke ambitions, Seoul says 
Seoul (AFP) Oct 31, 2007North Korea will take the first step towards completely abandoning its nuclear ambitions when work starts soon to disable its atomic plants, South Korea's foreign minister said Wednesday. "This is the first step for the North's nuclear abandonment," Song Min-Soon told journalists, a day before the scheduled arrival in the North of a US disablement team. "Once the disablement is completed ... more Putin rejects calls to curb arms sales 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 31, 2007Russia will not restrict its arms sales under "political" pressure from other countries, President Vladimir Putin said on Russian television Wednesday. His comments came against a background of Western fears of closer military cooperation between Moscow and Iran, Syria and Venezuela. "We cannot and we will not take into consideration any attempt to impose restrictions on us (other than t ... more Possible 1.3 billion dollar sale of munitions, missiles to Israel: US 
Washington (AFP) Oct 31, 2007The Pentagon announced Wednesday a possble sale to Israel of 1.3 billion dollars in missiles and munitions, including "bunker defeat" weapons. "It is vital to the US national interest to assist Israel to develop and maintain a strong and ready self-defense capability," the Defense Security and Cooperation Agency said in a statement. "This proposed sale is consistent with those objective ... more A Turkey-Iraq War Can Be Postponed, But Not Cancelled 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Nov 01, 2007Turkey may send its troops into Iraq in the next few days, unless diplomats and politicians do something. In early November, ministers from Iraq's neighbors and the countries of the UN Security Council will meet in Istanbul, and Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is to go to Washington on November 5 for a meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush. Diplomats and politicians could do som ... more |
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San Francisco (AFP) Oct 30, 2007A 5.6 magnitude earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay region late Tuesday giving a new reminder of its vulnerability to a much-forecast "Big One". No injuries or damage were immediately reported from the 56 second quake which was felt across northern California. But though it was only described as moderate by the US Geological Survey (USGS), it was the biggest seismic shock since San ... more Tibetan refugees shot at by Chinese troops: activists 
Kathmandu (AFP) Oct 31, 2007Refugees trying to flee Chinese-controlled Tibet to Nepal have been shot at by soldiers, a year after a nun was shot and killed in the same area, an activist group said Wednesday. "No Tibetans in the group were killed or injured but several of them... were taken into Chinese custody," the International Campaign for Tibet said. In September 2006, foreign climbers on Nepal's border with Ti ... more Analysis: U.S. OK's Saddam law oil deals 
Washington (UPI) Oct 31, 2007 The U.S. State Department says an oil law implemented under Saddam Hussein is good enough for Iraq's national government to sign oil deals, though it would prefer a new national law -- mired in controversy and far from approved -- to be used instead. The new position is a shift for the U.S. government, or at least a nuance in its stance, which has pressed hard for a new hydrocarbons leg ... more Let There Be Light: New Magnet Design Continues Magnet Lab's Tradition Of Innovation 
Tallahassee FL (SPX) Nov 01, 2007Engineers at Florida State University's National High Magnetic Field Laboratory have successfully tested a groundbreaking new magnet design that could literally shed new light on nanoscience and semiconductor research. When the magnet -- called the Split Florida Helix -- is operational in 2010, researchers will have the ability to direct and scatter laser light at a sample not only down the bore ... more China to raise price of fuel: report 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 31, 2007China will raise the prices of gasoline, diesel and aviation fuel by 500 yuan (67 dollars) per ton, China's economic planner announced on Wednesday, according to state media. The nearly 10 percent increase, which takes effect November 1, was made to narrow the gap between soaring international crude and domestic oil prices, the official Xinhua news agency said, citing the National Developmen ... more
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