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Iran Vows Reprisals As US Says IAEA Report Bolsters Case For Sanctions
Tehran (AFP) Feb 23, 2008Iran vowed on Saturday to retaliate if the UN Security Council imposes new sanctions after the latest UN atomic agency report on its nuclear activities spoke of progress. And ahead of a meeting of major powers on Monday to discuss a new draft package of sanctions, Iranian leaders insisted that more UN resolutions would be pointless and without legal basis. "They could spend 100 years pas ... more IAEA Says Progress On Iran But Cleric Tells Security Council To Butt Out 
Vienna (AFP) Feb 22, 2008The UN atomic watchdog said Friday it had made "quite good progress" in its long-running investigation into Iran's disputed nuclear drive, but was still not in a position to offer a verdict on Tehran's nuclear ambitions. In a confidential new report, the International Atomic Energy Agency complained that Iran was continuing to defy UN demands to halt uranium enrichment. ... more Bush's successor asked to beef up military, trade ties with Taiwan 
Washington (AFP) Feb 22, 2008US President George W. Bush's successor should move to beef up Taiwan's military and forge a bilateral free trade pact as part of a common agenda to mend souring ties, an expert study said Friday. The report was prepared by a 11-member American group led by ex-State Department and Pentagon officials and comprising experts from the business, human rights and other fields. The current "bro ... more Hackers use Google to find website vulnerabilities 
San Francisco (AFP) Feb 22, 2008Infamous computer hacker group Cult of the Dead Cow (CDC) said Friday it is offering a software tool that lets people use Google to scan websites for security flaws. CDC says a "Goolag Scanner" program based on work done by a hacker using the name "Johnny I Hack Stuff" is available for free download at its website. The tool lets people with fundamental programming skills check websites ... more Rice wants full NKorean disclosure on uranium, proliferation 
Washington (AFP) Feb 22, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, on the eve of an Asia tour, pressed Friday for North Korea to disclose not only its nuclear weapons programs but also its alleged proliferation activities. Rice said she would meet officials from South Korea, China and Japan to boost North Korea's disarmament but appeared to rule out any breakthrough when she said it would not be "useful" for her to ta ... more |
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Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (AFP) Feb 24, 2008Some of them have never left American soil, but at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina, troops from the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit say they can't wait to be deployed to Afghanistan. The unit's 2,200 troops ship out in March to support the 50,000-strong NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in anticipation of a spring offensive by Taliban insurgents fighting especially in the ... more US Marines prepare for 'different kind of fight' in Afghanistan 
Camp Lejeune, North Carolina (AFP) Feb 24, 2008For the 2,200 US Marines being deployed to southern Afghanistan next month, training for a mission fighting Taliban insurgents has meant adapting to a different type of enemy. Having tried but failed to convince its allies to commit more troops to Afghanistan, the Pentagon last month ordered the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit based at Camp Lejeune in North Carolina to deploy in MarchTh ... more Calm in Indian Kashmir, but Pakistan still eyed with suspicion 
Srinagar (AFP) Feb 23, 2008There was a time when Indian soldiers guarding the Line of Control that cuts through mountainous Kashmir could barely catch a wink of sleep. At the height of the Muslim insurgency against Indian rule over a part of the picturesque Himalayan region, scores of militants would sneak in from Pakistan, bringing daily gun battles, bombings and suicide strikes. Eighteen years after the revolt b ... more India to host next military exercise with China: report 
New Delhi (AFP) Feb 24, 2008India will host the second joint military exercises with China, as the neighbours continue to mend ties after a brief but bitter border war in 1962, a report said Sunday. The first-ever military manoeuvres between the world's most populous nations were held in China in December, when about 200 Indian and Chinese troops jointly "took out" a group of supposed terrorists along their border. ... more US military investigates stealth bomber crash 
Canberra (AFP) Feb 23, 2008The US military was investigating on Saturday after a B-2 stealth bomber crashed on take-off from the Pacific island of Guam, the first such incident involving the futuristic craft. Both pilots on board ejected safely as the 1.2-billion-dollar radar-evading plane, with its distinctive triangular shape, went down at Andersen airbase on the remote island, the US air force said. ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Feb 24, 2008The death toll from severe snow storms that have paralysed large parts of China this winter has reached 129, state media reported Sunday. In addition to the confirmed deaths, four are still listed as missing, while 1.7 million have been evacuated, the Beijing News tabloid said, citing Li Liguo, vice minister of civil affairs. Previously, state media had reported 107 fatalities from the ... more As China's inflation soars, world fears knock-on effects 
Shanghai (AFP) Feb 24, 2008As China's factory floors feel the pressure from spiralling costs, there is growing nervousness in the rest of the world that the Asian giant's next big export could be inflation. From air-conditioned US shopping malls to bustling African street markets and remote Asian villages, shoppers have become accustomed over recent years to the vast array of ultra-cheap Chinese goods on offer. ... more Philippine floods and landslides toll rises to 26: officials 
Manila (AFP) Feb 23, 2008The death toll from flashfloods and landslides in the central and southern Philippines, after a week of heavy rains, rose to 26 with nine more still missing, the civil defence office said Saturday. More than 294,000 people have been displaced and more than 900 million pesos (22.14 million dollars) caused in damage to infrastructure and agriculture, the office said in a statement. ... more Kenya, UN warn crisis risks incubating new AIDS infections 
Nairobi (AFP) Feb 22, 2008Kenya's crisis, which has displaced hundreds of thousands of people, risks sparking a new wave of HIV/AIDS infections that could wipe out progress achieved so far, Kenyan and UN officials warned Thursday. Of some 300,000 people displaced across the country, there are about 15,000 HIV/AIDS patients and less than 2,400 are receiving anti-retroviral treatments (ARTs), according to the state-run ... more Monitoring Asia-Pacific Disasters From Space 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Feb 25, 2008A space-based international Earth observation network to detect and monitor natural disasters in the Asia-Pacific region has been formed with a substantial contribution from Australian science. Called Sentinel Asia, the network of information-delivery websites has its roots in the Australian bushfire tracking system, Sentinel Hotspots, which was developed in 2002 by CSIRO, Geoscience ... more
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