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Air Tanker Wars Part Two
Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2008Northrop Grumman is arguing that it won the U.S. Air Force's new air tanker contract in a fair fight. The Boeing Co., whose KC-767 air tanker lost out in the contest for the $35 billion contract to Northrop Grumman and the European Aerospace and Defence and Space Co.'s KC-45A air tanker, has protested the deal and requested the U.S. Government Accountability Office to undertake an ... more US firm, CEO admit weapon, nuclear-linked export violations 
Washington (AFP) March 13, 2008A US company and the Indian head of an international firm have admitted to violating laws on export of weapons technology and nuclear power testing equipment to India, the US Justice Department said Thursday. Decade-long US sanctions over illegal Indian nuclear tests prohibit US-based companies from exporting certain goods and services to India. Parthasarathy Sudarshan, the Indian CEO of ... more North Korea must fulfill nuclear obligations: Rice 
Santiago (AFP) March 14, 2008North Korea must "fulfill its obligations" on shutting down its nuclear weapons program, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice insisted Friday after US-North Korean talks in Geneva finished inconclusively. Rice said that "it's time" that Pyongyang fully declare its nuclear programs under its obligations in a pact reached in six-party negotiations last year. The agreement, involving the ... more NATO, EU should pool defence resources: Scheffer 
Brussels (AFP) March 15, 2008NATO and the European Union should pool defence resources to cut costs and ensure that equipment and troops can be found when needed, NATO chief Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said Saturday. "I would like to see much more pooling of our capabilities, especially in areas such as vital enablers -- transport, helicopters, or in research and development, or in harmonising force structures and training ... more US top guns head for first talks with Russia's president elect 
Washington (AFP) March 15, 2008Top US officials Condoleezza Rice and Robert Gates are due in Moscow Monday for their first meeting with Dmitry Medvedev since he was elected Russia's new president, as political transitions in both countries complicate tense defense negotiations. Secretary of State Rice and Defense Secretary Gates will also meet President Vladimir Putin, who leaves his office to Medvedev in May, as well as ... more |
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Islamabad (AFP) March 16, 2008A missile strike in Pakistan's tribal belt killed 16 people Sunday, witnesses and state media said, a day after a bomb targeting foreigners at an Islamabad restaurant left a Turkish woman dead. The deteriorating security in nuclear-armed Pakistan, a key ally in the US-led "war on terror", piles pressure on the incoming government which is set to be sworn in when the country's new parliament ... more Israel test-fires missile to intercept Gaza rockets 
Jerusalem (AFP) March 16, 2008Israel last week test-fired a missile capable of intercepting short-range rockets like those fired by Palestinian militants from the Gaza Strip, Channel 10 television reported Sunday. "This weapons system will be operational in 2010," said General Dany Gotlib, who is in charge of research at the Israeli defence ministry. Television showed pictures of the test-firing which it said took ... more Iran rejects nuclear talks with world powers 
Tehran (AFP) March 15, 2008Iran on Saturday reaffirmed its rejection of any talks with world powers over the nuclear crisis, saying it would only negotiate with the UN atomic watchdog. "The issue of nuclear talks with the countries of the 5+1 is over," government spokesman Gholam Hossein Elham told reporters. The so-called 5+1 are the five permanent UN Security Council powers plus Germany, which have been seeking ... more Bin Laden associate in US custody: Pentagon 
Washington (AFP) March 14, 2008The Pentagon Friday disclosed the capture of an Afghan national who helped arrange Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden's escape from Tora Bora in the mountains of Afghanistan in late 2001. Muhammed Rahim, described as one of Bin Laden's most trusted facilitators and procurement specialists, was turned over to the military by the CIA at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said ... more US wants to 'clarify' missile plans in Russia talks: Rice 
Santiago (AFP) March 14, 2008The United States will try to "clarify" to Russia its plans to develop an anti-missile defense system in talks next week, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Friday. Her two-day trip to Moscow next Monday with US Defense Secretary Robert Gates will be "to see wether or not we can clarify and develop some of the ideas that we have put on the table" concerning the system and changes to ... more |
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Gerdec, Albania (AFP) March 16, 2008A pall of thick black smoke hung over the village of Gerdec on Sunday, reduced to rubble by deadly explosions at a nearby military depot, killing seven people and leaving more than 240 injured. Although the booming of blasts from the depot could still be heard, several villagers braved the dangers to return to home only to find their houses razed to the ground and fire still smouldering in ... more As Tibet becomes more Chinese, frustration builds 
Beijing (AFP) March 16, 2008For a foreign traveller excited about visiting the "Roof of the World" and falling into a mystical land of Buddhist customs, a walk through Tibet's capital can be a disappointing experience. Long rows of Chinese shopfronts dominate even the so-called "genuine" eastern end of Lhasa where pilgrims gather, while traffic woes and drab new malls are as prevalent as in the rest of modern China. ... more Albania's blast toll mounts as rescuers look for victims 
Gerdec, Albania (AFP) March 16, 2008Rescue workers halted work for the night for fear of setting off more unexploded shells at the site of the devastating Albanian munitions blast, as the death toll rose to nine Sunday. "The search will resume tomorrow morning because it is impossible to work at night in the zone, with a lot of unexploded shells and munitions that are a danger to everyone," said the Albania's chief of staff ... more Hu Jintao re-elected China's president with 99.7 pct support 
Beijing (AFP) March 15, 2008China's parliament on Saturday almost unanimously re-elected Communist Party chief Hu Jintao to serve as president for five more years, according to a ballot made public. Hu received the support of 99.7 percent of the 2,965 votes cast by delegates to China's parliament. He was also re-elected head of the China's Central Military Commission with the same level of support. ... more Dalai Lama condemns 'rule of terror' in Tibet as protests spread 
Beijing (AFP) March 16, 2008The Dalai Lama condemned a "rule of terror" in his native Tibet on Sunday as Chinese forces blanketed the region's capital in security and pro-independence protests spread elsewhere in China. A fresh protest in southwest China's Sichuan province reportedly left at least seven people dead in a dangerous escalation of the uprising by Tibetans against China's rule of the vast Himalayan region. ... more
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