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China suggests UN role in solving Georgia crisis
Beijing (AFP) Sept 4, 2008China suggested Thursday for the first time that the United Nations could play a role in solving the Georgia crisis, saying the world body should consider the interests of all parties. "If the United Nations adopts any kind of action, it must be conducive to promoting a resolution through dialogue and consultations," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told journalists. "(It should) ... more Defense Focus: Tanks still rock -- Part One 
Washington (UPI) Sep 4, 2008 The striking success of even relatively small forces of Russian Main Battle Tanks in the five-day conflict with Georgia proves once again how crucial tanks remain to the conduct of modern war. Russia used a concentration of its state-of-the-art T-90 Main Battle Tanks, which also have been sold in large numbers -- 657 in all -- to India, backed up by significant numbers of older ... more Outside View: BMD blowback -- Part Two 
London (UPI) Sep 4, 2008 The U.S.-built Ground-based Mid-course Interceptors planned for Poland might be directed against "rogue states" such as North Korea and Iran, but no one pretends that the Patriot PAC-3 anti-ballistic missile interceptors that can shoot down short-range or intermediate-range ballistic missiles or the stationing of American troops in Poland are directed at any country other than Russia. ... more Russia to deploy weapons near Poland: lawmaker 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Russia will deploy high-precision weapons near Poland, following a US missile defence deal signed in Warsaw last month to host an anti-missile shield on Polish soil, a senior Russian lawmaker said Thursday. "We have new weapons types" that will be "installed near regions in Poland" where Washington plans to base 10 interceptor missiles, said Viktor Zavarzin, head of the defence committee ... more Royal Navy Prepares To Roll Out The Big Guns 
London, UK (SPX) Sep 05, 2008The Royal Navy has enlisted the help of industry to design and produce a powerful 155mm heavy gun to beef up its existing warships and the fleet's sleek and stealthy new Type 45 destroyers. The MOD's Defence Technology and Innovation Centre (DTIC) is working with BAE Systems and QinetiQ to look at increasing the Royal Navy's firepower in support of land forces and construction of a ... more |
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Damascus (AFP) Sept 4, 2008France's President Nicolas Sarkozy said on Thursday that pulling out of Afghanistan, where 10 French troops were killed by the Taliban last month, would amount to abandoning nuclear-armed Pakistan. "If we abandon Afghanistan we will be abandoning Pakistan, which doesn't need that. I want to remind you of one thing: that Pakistan has the nuclear bomb," he told reporters before winding up a ... more Spain's defence minister promises female friendly army uniform 
Madrid (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Military uniforms in Spain will get a female friendly redesign, the Spanish defence minister Carme Chacon said Wednesday. Chacon, the first woman to fill the position, has promised to change the uniforms to better suit "female body shapess." "Men and women have the same rights, but they have a totally different physical make-up," Chacon said at a meeting of dozens of women soldiers. ... more Two ISAF soldiers killed in Afghanistan 
London (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Two coalition soldiers were killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan on Thursday, ISAF said, with the Ministry of Defence in London confirming one of them was British. The ministry said the British soldier was killed when an improvised explosive device was triggered in Sangin in the troubled southern Helmand province while he was on patrol. The International Security Assistance Force ... more US envoy leaves for North Korea nuclear talks in Beijing 
Washington (AFP) Sept 4, 2008A US envoy left here Thursday for talks in Beijing with his Asian negotiating partners to try to determine whether North Korea had begun to rebuild its nuclear plant, officials said. The White House and State Department said they hoped that envoy Christopher Hill's meetings on Friday with top diplomats from China, South Korea and Japan would yield clarity about Pyongyang's intentions. ... more US inches towards India nuclear deal: diplomat 
Vienna (AFP) Sept 4, 2008The United States inched towards a deal Thursday in its efforts to persuade nuclear supplier nations to lift a 34-year-old embargo on trade with India, a diplomat at negotiations said. "One of the representatives said that a deal was 'within reach'," the diplomat told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity at the closed-door meeting of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG). The diplomat ... more |
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New Orleans (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Desperate people queued for ice and food in the sweltering, still powerless suburbs of New Orleans on Thursday as life returned slowly to a swath of the US Gulf Coast deserted three days ago as Hurricane Gustav bore down. Power had yet to be restored to more than 900,000 homes and businesses in portions of Louisiana slammed by Gustav on Monday, and utility company crews were feverishly work ... more 'Grim' conditions as India flood rescue hits crucial stage 
Chandpur Bhangaha, India (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Efforts to rescue tens of thousands of villagers cut off by a monsoon-swollen river in northern India were reaching a critical stage Thursday, aid workers and evacuees said. Those who have escaped Bihar state's worst-hit areas say food is running out and people are drinking the muddy flood water, while aid workers speak of "grim" conditions. "We haven't had anything to eat for five days ... more Reducing Bottlenecks In Emergency Deparents 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 05, 2008"Accurate forecasting will assist many areas of health management from basic bed management and staff resourcing to scheduling elective surgery - not to mention reducing stress for staff and improving patient outcomes," said Dr David Green, Director of Emergency Medicine at Gold Coast Hospital. Collaborating with clinicians from Gold Coast and Toowoomba Hospitals and Griffith University ... more Flooding risk for decades in China quake zone: expert 
London (AFP) Sept 4, 2008Up to 20 million people living in southwest China's Sichuan Basin could be at risk of flooding for decades following the devastating earthquake there in May, a British expert said Thursday. Ongoing landslides triggered by the deadly 8.0-magnitude quake in China's Sichuan Province will dump rocks and sediment into the river beds, said Alex Densmore, director of hazards research at Durham ... more China unveils plans for huge steel plant: report 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 4, 2008China has unveiled plans to build one of its largest steel plants at a cost of 30 billion dollars, state media reported Thursday. The plant is to be located in Fangchenggang, a port city in Guangxi region in China's south, the Economic Information Daily said. It will require a total investment of 204.9 billion yuan (30 billion dollars), the report said. "The setup of the steel-making ... more
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