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US wants Britain to lead 'surge' in southern Iraq: report
London (AFP) March 23, 2008The US plans to urge Britain to launch a "surge" in Basra to combat increasing violence in the southern Iraqi region, the Sunday Mirror newspaper reported. Britain, which has around 4,100 troops in Iraq, transferred control to Iraqi forces in December last year but could now be asked to step up its role again amid top-level concern about the situation, the paper said. It quoted an unname ... more US, Russia, China in fierce battle to sell fighter jets in Asia 
Washington (AFP) March 23, 2008The United States is bracing for tough competition from Russia and China as cash-flush Asian economies look up to the trio for a new breed of fighter jets to beef up their air forces, experts say. Japan, India, Australia and South Korea are keen to have the most modern, fifth generation, jet fighters while Southeast Asian nations such as Malaysia and Indonesia are reportedly eyeing fourth ... more Techno-savvy Iraqis surf the cyber waves 
Baghdad (AFP) March 23, 2008Saddam Hussein deemed Iraqis could live without modern technology such as mobile phones and the Internet. Now that his regime has been swept away, they are finding they just can't get enough of it. "The Internet is indispensable for us," said a Baghdad mobile phone vendor, who gave his name only as Sajjad. "I download songs, pictures of actresses and video clips," added the 25-year-old s ... more Dozens of militants killed in Afghanistan: defence ministry 
Kabul (AFP) March 23, 2008Afghan and international forces killed dozens of Taliban militants in an air and ground strike a day after three foreign soldiers were killed in rebel bombings, the government said Sunday. "Dozens of terrorists" were killed in the operations Saturday in the southern province of Uruzgan and their bodies remained on the ground, the defence ministry said. It did not give a number of dead be ... more Yahoo! denies posting web photos of Tibetan protesters 
Paris (AFP) March 22, 2008US Internet giant Yahoo! denied Saturday posting on its websites pictures of 19 people wanted by the Chinese authorities for protesting in the Tibetan capital Lhasa. "Contrary to media reports, Yahoo! Inc. is not displaying images on its web sites of individuals wanted by Chinese authorities in connection with the recent unrest in Tibet," it said in a statement sent to AFP in Paris. ... more |
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Fairfax, Va. (UPI) Mar 19, 2008 U.S. computer scientists have developed software that protects against cyberattacks by identifying vulnerable paths through an organization's networks. Researchers at George Mason University's Center for Secure Information Systems said networks are highly interdependent and each machine's overall susceptibility to attack depends on the vulnerabilities of the other machines in the networ ... more Outside View: India buys Russian -- Part 2
Moscow (UPI) Mar 19, 2008 In time India launched its own development of military hardware under the auspices of the newly created Defense Research and Development Organization. Particular attention was paid to the development of missiles: In a little over 20 years India built a whole family of short-, medium- and longer-range ballistic missiles. The country is also developing anti-tank, air defense and air-to-air missi ... more Pakistan test-flies pilotless plane: military 
Islamabad (AFP) March 20, 2008Pakistan on Thursday conducted a successful test flight of a pilotless plane, the military announced. Flight data from the UAV named "Uqaab," showed the exercise had been successful, it said in a statement. "The performance of UAV can be compared to any modern state-of-the-art UAV in its category," the statement said, adding that the flight test was preceded by ... more Outside View: Iran's election results 
Moscow (UPI) Mar 21, 2008 The first results of the parliamentary elections in Iran were not sensational. As expected, the religious conservatives representing Iran's political elite, which aim to maintain the permanence of the Islamic state's foundations and the ayatollah regime, won recent elections by a landslide. Their main opponents, reformers advocating liberal reforms in the economy and the social ... more France expected to send extra troops to Afghanistan
Paris (AFP) March 22, 2008France is tipped to promise 1,000 extra troops for international forces fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan, as President Nicolas Sarkozy moves his country closer to its NATO allies ahead of a key summit. If a decision is made, and possibly announced during the April 2-4 alliance meeting in Bucharest, the troops could leave for Afghanistan in the company of up to 200 special forces who would ... more |
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Hong Kong (UPI) Mar 21, 2008 Elite ground force units of the People's Liberation Army were involved in China's recent crackdown on Tibetan protesters in Lhasa. A substantial number of images show that the new T-90 armored personnel carrier and T-92 wheeled armored vehicles belonging to the elite ground forces appeared on the streets of Lhasa the same day the crackdown began. China has denied the participation ... more Defiant China rejects dialogue, vows to smash Tibetan protests 
Beijing (AFP) March 22, 2008China turned its back Saturday on appeals for dialogue with the Dalai Lama, vowing to smash anti-China forces in Tibet, where it said the death toll from recent unrest had risen to 19. A day after Beijing launched a manhunt for monks and others it blamed for violence in Tibet, an editorial in the People's Daily, mouthpiece of the Chinese Communist party, said opposition to Chinese rule in ... more Opposition's Ma Wins Taiwan Presidential Landslide; Extends Hand To China 
Taipei (AFP) March 23, 2008Taiwan's president-elect Ma Ying-jeou extended his hand Sunday to big neighbour China, vowing to help pave the way for a century of mutual peace and prosperity in the region. Buoyed by a landslide election victory on Saturday, Ma said he wanted a "non-denial" agreement that would allow Taiwan and China - which claims sovereignty over the island - to exist side by side. ... more Next Taiwan leader says would welcome Chinese pandas 
Taipei (AFP) March 23, 2008Taiwan's next leader Ma Ying-jeou said he would welcome a pair of giant pandas offered by China to the island if a local dispute about where to house the animals could be resolved. "We have already prepared our zoo for that purpose... we were ready, but because of political intervention we were not able to do that," Ma said one day after his landslide victory in the island's presidential ... more 'Most wanted' list out as China ups pressure over Tibet
Beijing (AFP) March 22, 2008China stepped up its pressure on Tibetan protesters on Friday, releasing photos of wanted suspects who were captured on film in the worst rioting against Chinese rule in Tibet in nearly 20 years. But with security forces having been poured into Tibet and other Tibetan-populated areas of China, rights groups and activists warned of mass arrests and the possible torture of those taken into cus ... more
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