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US, NK Plan Secret Document To End Nuke Impasse As South Urged To Boost Missile Defense
Seoul (AFP) April 4, 2008North Korea is likely to give the United States a confidential document addressing concerns about a secret nuclear programme to end the impasse in six-nation disarmament talks, a report said Friday. The "confidential minute" will cover Pyongyang's alleged uranium enrichment programme and nuclear cooperation with Syria, two issues which have blocked progress at the talks, South Korea's ... more Russia's Putin stands firm against NATO 
Bucharest (AFP) April 4, 2008President Vladimir Putin on Friday maintained Russian opposition to a US missile defence system and NATO's enlargement during talks with alliance leaders, officials said. No progress was reported from the summit but Putin, in his last major international appearance before stepping down in May, and NATO leaders said the talks had been positive. Putin complained that NATO was talking of ... more Radioactive ore seized in DR Congo 
Lubumbashi, Drcongo (AFP) April 4, 2008Police in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) seized a truck carrying 30 tonnes of ore with what was described as an abnormally high level of radioactivity, authorities said Friday. The vehicle, laden with crude copper from a nearby quarry, was stopped at a checkpoint at Kolwezi in the mining province of Katanga, Christian Busindi, the local mayor, told AFP. The copper was the property ... more Missile defence at heart of Bush-Putin swansong on Black Sea 
Bucharest (AFP) April 4, 2008US President George W. Bush goes into summit talks this weekend with Russian leader Vladimir Putin armed with NATO's ringing endorsement of a Europe-based missile defense system that will be at the heart of their talks by the Black Sea. It remains to be seen if NATO's backing for the project -- vigorously opposed by Moscow -- will lead Putin to be more conciliatory at what will be his last ... more US bomber catches fire after landing in Qatar, crew safe: air force 
Dubai (AFP) April 4, 2008A US B-1 bomber caught fire after landing at a an air base in Qatar Friday but the crew evacuated and was safe, the US air force said in a statement. The air force said the incident occurred at 9:10 pm local time as the plane was taxiing at al-Udeid air base, 35 kilometres (22 miles) south of the capital Doha. "A US Air Force B-1 while taxing after landing at al Udeid was involved in a ... more |
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Jerusalem (AFP) April 6, 2008Prime Minister Ehud Olmert sought to reassure Syria and Lebanon on Sunday that Israel did not want a major missile attack drill to worsen tensions along its northern border. "The goal of the exercise is to check the authorities' ability to carry out their duties in times of emergency and for preparing the home front for different scenarios," Olmert told a weekly cabinet meeting. "There ... more Dogs of War: Lawyers, guns and money 
Washington (UPI) Apr 04, 2008 The Pentagon recently issued a memorandum with the less-than-snappy title "Uniform Code of Military Justice Jurisdiction Over Department of Defense Civilian Employees, Department of Defense Contractor Personnel, and Other Persons Serving With or Accompanying the Armed Forces Overseas During Declared War and in Contingency Operations." Despite the cumbersome title, the memo, which gives ... more Bush Scores Victory In BMD Plans For Europe Part One 
Washington (UPI) Apr 04, 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush won big at the NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania, this week over his plan to build anti-ballistic missile defense bases in Poland and the Czech Republic. The plan has infuriated Russia, which claims that both the 10 Ground-Based Mid-course Interceptors to be deployed at a base in Poland and the advanced radar system to guide them from the neighboring ... more Ahmadinejad says uranium enrichment 'non-negotiable': report 
Tokyo (AFP) April 4, 2008Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in an interview published Friday that he would reject any new incentives offered by world powers in return for suspending uranium enrichment. "This is a non-negotiable subject," Ahmadinejad was quoted as telling Japan's Kyodo News when asked about possible incentives carrying conditions that Iran suspend its enrichment activities. "Iran is a ... more China to step up 're-education' of Tibetans 
Beijing (AFP) April 5, 2008China warned on Saturday it would step up a controversial "re-education" campaign for Tibetans after a fresh protest showed a huge security crackdown had failed to extinguish nearly one month of unrest. The statement in the state-run Tibet Daily newspaper called for Buddhist monks to become Chinese patriots, but activist groups said the heavy-handed techniques already employed in the campaign ... more |
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Berlin (AFP) April 4, 2008Environment Minister Sigmar Gabriel said Friday that Germany would scrap plans to develop auto biofuels because they were not appropriate for millions of vehicles. "We will not do it," Gabriel told the television channel ARD. The VDIK association of foreign automakers said that around 3.3 million vehicles were unable to use the mix of ethanol and traditional petrol that Berlin sought to ... more Outside View: Gazprom gets Libyan assets 
Moscow (UPI) Apr 06, 2008President Vladimir Putin discussed energy relations with top managers of the Italian companies Eni and Enel at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence near Moscow on April 2. Eni said it would share its development quotas for Libyan gas deposits with Russia's Gazprom. Putin described the two countries' energy relations as a breakthrough. A year ago Eni and Enel bought several companies, in ... more Taiwan's vice president-elect headed to China: official 
Taipei (AFP) April 6, 2008Taiwan's vice president-elect will head to China this week and could meet with President Hu Jintao, his spokesman said Sunday, amid optimism about improving ties between the cross-strait rivals. Vincent Siew will head on Friday to Hainan island in southern China for the Boao Forum for Asia, a gathering of business people and officials focused on greater trade cooperation in Asia, his ... more Microsoft threatens proxy battle against Yahoo 
Washington (AFP) April 5, 2008Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer set a three-week deadline as he threatened Saturday to go directly to Yahoo's shareholders to advance his company's efforts to take over the Internet giant. "We believe now is the time for our respective companies to authorize teams to sit down and negotiate a definitive agreement," Ballmer said in a letter to Yahoo's board of directors and posted on ... more Analysis: S. Korea eyes C. Asia energy 
Washington (UPI) Apr 06, 2008Record-high energy prices have provoked a global scramble among nations dependent on energy imports to lock in their requirements, in Asia none more so than China and Japan, the world's second- and third-largest oil importers, with daily imports of an estimated 7 million and 5.4 million barrels per day respectively. East Asia's third economic giant, South Korea, is also involved in the ... more
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