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Russian planes in Venezuela a warning to US: Chavez
Caracas (AFP) Sept 11, 2008The presence of two Russian Tu-160 strategic bombers in Venezuela is a "warning" to the US "empire," President Hugo Chavez said Thursday, as Washington said it was monitoring the deployment. "It's a warning. Russia is with us ... we are strategic allies. It is a message to the empire. Venezuela is no longer poor and alone," Chavez said during a public event Thursday. The Venezuelan ... more Outside View: Mideast arms sales -- Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 11, 2008 In recent years Jordan has bought from Russia two Ilyushin Il-76MF military transport planes worth a combined $100 million and six light multirole Kamov Ka-226 helicopters at an estimated cost of $25 million, which will be assembled in Jordan under license. The two countries have even set up a joint venture, Oboronprom Middle East, to assemble 15 to 20 Kamov Ka helicopters a year. ... more Russia lowers official death toll from Georgia conflict 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 11, 2008The official death toll from Moscow's military operation in Georgia was Thursday revised to 66 soldiers, five less than previously announced. "During the fighting to counter the Georgian army's attack, 66 Russian soldiers were killed," Vladimir Markin from the public prosecutor's office said in a statement. The previous official death toll, issued September 3 by the Russian army, put the ... more Virtual Reality Project Could Improve UAV Operations 
Arlington VA (SPX) Sep 12, 2008An Air Force Office of Scientific Research-managed team is building a virtual reality environment for the battlespace initiative to maximize the potential of unmanned aerial vehicles. According to Iowa State University lead researcher Dr. James Oliver, the team is applying advanced physical and eye-tracking systems and voice interfaces. "Our goal is to provide role specific interface ... more NZ Navy And Air Force Test Fire Missile 
Aukland NZ (SPX) Sep 12, 2008Two air-to-surface live missile firings were successfully conducted in a joint exercise involving New Zealand's Navy and Air Force. In a joint operation utilising the Navy Frigate TE KAHA, Naval Seasprite Helicopters from 6 Squadron and an Air Force P3 Orion, two AGM65 Maverick air-to-surface missiles were test fired at 9.45am. Maritime Component Commander, Commodore Tony Parr says that in ... more |
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Kabul (AFP) Sept 11, 2008Two international soldiers fighting Taliban-linked insurgents were killed in Afghanistan Thursday, their forces said, as Britain announced one of its troops had died a day earlier. The deaths came as the world marked the September 11, 2001 attacks that led mostly US troops into Afghanistan to topple the Taliban movement for harbouring Al-Qaeda. A soldier with NATO's International Security ... more Outside View: Will terrorists go nuclear? 
Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2008 Seven years after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Americans continue to be concerned that far worse is yet to come. According to a Harris Poll, two out of five Americans think it likely that terrorists will detonate a nuclear bomb in an American city within five years. Astonishingly, this is far more than the number who believed a nuclear war was likely during the Cold War. ... more Obama says missile shield cannot target Russia: Poland's Sikorski 
Warsaw (AFP) Sept 11, 2008US Democratic presidential contender Barack Obama has said he will only proceed with installing a US missile shield base in Poland if it does not target Russia, Poland's foreign minister said Thursday. "In talks with me, senator Obama made the realisation of our (missile shield) agreement conditional on whether he will be certain that the system is not aimed against Russia," Radoslaw Sikorsky ... more Military Matters: Baltic defense realities 
Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2008 I recently returned from Estonia and the Baltic Defense College, where the Russian counterattack on the former Soviet republic of Georgia in the Caucasus had left a residual case of nerves. They have little to fear in the short run, unless they duplicate Georgia's folly and attack Russia. But the question of how the three Baltic states of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia might be defended ... more Lavrov accuses US of trying to encircle Russia with shield 
Warsaw (AFP) Sept 11, 2008Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused the United States on Thursday of seeking to encircle Russia, and reiterated Moscow's opposition to US plans to install a missile shield on Polish soil. Lavrov accused Washington of preparing "not only a third, but also a fourth and fifth region in which to station (missile shield elements) and not just close to Russia's European borders." ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Sep 11, 2008 A group of experts from academia, the private sector and government are putting their heads together to answer the long-nagging question: How do you measure the cost-effectiveness of cybersecurity efforts? It is an issue, they say, that dogs officials and executives, leaving them reliant on intuition and a tick-the-box approach to security measures. The 80-strong group, brought together ... more Haiti death toll from four storms at least 326: gov't 
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Sept 11, 2008The four major storms that struck Haiti over the past four weeks left at least 326 people dead and 50 missing throughout the country, authorities said Thursday. The series of storms -- two tropical storms and two hurricanes, including Ike which grazed Haiti's waterlogged northwest last weekend -- "is the largest catastrophe to strike the country in several years," Interior Minister ... more US July trade deficit swells on oil, Chinese imports 
Washington (AFP) Sept 11, 2008The US trade deficit rose sharply to 62.2 billion dollars in July, the largest gap in more than a year, on record high oil prices and surging Chinese imports, government data showed Thursday. The July trade gap was wider than the consensus forecast for an increase to 58.0 billion dollars. It was the largest shortfall since March 2007 and followed two consecutive months of shrinking deficits. ... more Hopes fade for 'several hundred' missing in China landslide 
Xiangfen, China (AFP) Sept 11, 2008Several hundred people believed missing after a landslide engulfed a Chinese town are likely dead, state press said Thursday, citing a senior official, as the official toll rose to 151. Minister of Work Safety Wang Jun said "several hundred" people are thought buried in the mud and sludge that came cascading down onto the village after a mining waste reservoir burst its banks on Monday, the ... more Desperate Cuba charges US is 'lying' on storm aid 
Havana (AFP) Sept 11, 2008Reeling from almost nationwide destruction from hurricanes Gustav and Ike, cash-strapped Cuba Thursday charged the United States was "lying" about its stated willingness to help the communist country. The neighbors do not have full diplomatic relations, and the United States has had a full economic embargo on Cuba since 1962. Facing rebuilding from two hurricanes in under 10 days that ... more
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