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Walker's World: Asia's new nuclear map
Washington (UPI) Sep 8, 2008 It is not quite over yet, but the most important strategic development in Asia in this century so far is on the verge of completion. The weekend decision of the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group to approve the unprecedented nuclear cooperation deal between the United States and India changes the strategic map of Asia. It also provides President George Bush with a last, critical success ... more US postpones nuclear pact with Russia amid Georgia tension 
Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2008US President George W. Bush decided Monday to postpone a US-Russia civilian nuclear pact, officials said, amid tensions over Moscow's military actions in neighboring Georgia. The announcement came as both the State Department and White House said Washington was watching Russia's plans to stage unprecedented joint naval maneuvers with Venezuela in Venezuelan waters. With moves toward new ... more Top-level China, India talks amid nuclear deal tension 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Asian giants India and China held high-level talks on Monday amid tension over Beijing's purported reluctance to back New Delhi's civilian nuclear ambitions. India has criticised Beijing for being unwilling to support a waiver that would enable New Delhi to trade with the Nuclear Suppliers' Group (NSG), which controls global atomic commerce, without signing non-proliferation pacts. ... more Imagery prompts review of Afghan air strike: Pentagon 
Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2008The Pentagon said Monday that newly obtained imagery prompted a review of a US investigation into an air strike in Afghanistan that found that only five to seven civilians were killed, not 90 as the Afghan government found. General David McKiernan, the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, said in a statement Sunday that he had asked the US Central Command to appoint a general to review ... more Elbit Systems' Hermes 450 Records Another Success 
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Sep 09, 2008Elbit Systems has announced that it was awarded a contract to supply Hermes 450 UAV systems to a country in the Americas for the total of approximately $25 million. The contract also includes Skylark I systems, all to be delivered within a year. Hermes 450 is a unique Elbit Systems development and has been the base platform of the IDF's operational UAV fleet as well as the basis for the UK ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Japan and Australia on Monday defended giving the green light to a landmark atomic energy deal with India, which critics charged has set back efforts to halt nuclear proliferation. China also voiced support for the agreement after dropping objections at the last minute in weekend talks in Vienna. After intense lobbying from Washington and New Delhi, the 45-nation Nuclear Suppliers Group ... more Israel attack on Lebanon depends on Iran, Syria: Hezbollah 
Tehran (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said any Israeli attack on Lebanon depended on the Iranian nuclear issue and the Israel-Syria talks, in an interview with Iran's state-run television on Monday. "I can not say when Israel is going to attack Lebanon, if it is going to be soon or not. It depends on the region's events and circumstances," said Nasrallah, whose Lebanese Shiite group is backed by ... more Iran nuclear reactor launch 'irreversible' by February: report 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 8, 2008The start-up of the first reactor at Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant will be "irreversible" by February next year, a senior Russian nuclear official was quoted by ITAR-TASS news agency as saying Monday. "Between December 2008 and February 2009 various technical measures will be carried out... that will make the physical start-up process of the first Bushehr reactor irreversible," the report ... more ITT's FRCS Achieves No-Jam Success At Exercise Red Flag 
Brighton, UK (SPX) Sep 09, 2008ITT has announced its Field Replaceable Connector System (FRCS) has achieved clean electrical weapon separation during the U.S. Air Force (USAF) Exercise Red Flag. Exercise Red Flag provides highly realistic combat training, including the release of live smart ordnance, in a combined air, ground and electronic threat environment. The FRCS is a jam-resistant weapons interface ... more Euro-Russo Split Widens Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 8, 2008 Russia's Defense Ministry has officially informed NATO headquarters in Brussels of its decision to suspend all military cooperation with its counterparts in the alliance. The move came after similar notices were received by the defense ministries of Norway, Estonia and Latvia. This means that all joint events between the Russian army and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ... more |
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Havana (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Hurricane Ike assaulted Cuba on Monday with torrential rain and gale-force winds, demolishing houses, crushing crops and threatening Havana after killing 61 people in Haiti, where a series of vicious storms has triggered a humanitarian crisis. After rampaging through the Atlantic and Caribbean, a weakened Ike was forecast to move away from Cuba Tuesday into the Gulf of Mexico, where it was ... more Ike death toll in Haiti climbs to 61, including many children 
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Hurricane Ike has killed 61 people in Haiti, including 57 in a single village, civil protection officials said in an updated toll given Monday. "Fifty-seven people including many children aged one to seven are dead in Cabaret, three died in Gonaives and one further north," Nazaire Tide, a member of the Haiti's Office of Civilian Protection, told AFP. Many houses were destroyed by flooding ... more Deadly British floods leave multi-million clean-up bill 
London (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Storms across England which caused up to six deaths over the weekend have caused tens of millions of pounds (euros, dollars) worth of damage, an insurance industry group said Monday. Overall, 36 flood warnings were issued by the Environment Agency, most of which were targeted at northeast England, along with a further 91 flood watches. A spokesman for the Association of British Insurers ... more Hurricane Ike over water, may strengthen for return to Cuba 
Havana (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Killer Hurricane Ike moved out over open water Monday off Cuba's southern coast but continued hammering the island, as forecasters predicted a strengthening of the storm before it heads back over land toward the capital Havana. The storm, which has left a trail of destruction through the Atlantic and Caribbean including 61 dead in Haiti, maintained Category Two status and winds near 160 ... more TSF Deploys To Haiti For Gustav And Hanna Relief 
Pau, France (SPX) Sep 09, 2008Following the devastating courses of hurricanes Gustav and Hanna in the Caribbean, Telecoms Sans Frontieres deployed Wednesday a team of emergency telecommunications specialist to Haiti. The crew landed in Gona�ves, a city in the North seriously affected by the heavy rains and winds of the successive Hurricanes. In some parts of Gona�ves, water reached over 3 meters. Reports indicate that ... more
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