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Restocking For Another Decade Of War Part One Washington (UPI) Oct 31, 2008 
The next president of the United States, to be elected Tuesday, is going to face a lot of hard choices on the defense front over the next four years, especially in the areas of budgeting and procurement. The defense budget situation that U.S. President George W. Bush inherited eight years ago could not have been more different from the one he bequeaths to his successor. The United State ... read moreUN panel backs call for standards in arms trade 
United Nations (AFP) Oct 31, 2008A UN General Assembly panel on Friday overwhelmingly backed steps to draft a treaty establishing international standards for the arms trade. It endorsed a resolution urging UN member states to consider how to implement "the highest possible standards to prevent the diversion of conventional arms from the legal to the illicit market, where they can be used for terrorist acts, organized crime ... more
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Mongolia signs landmark mining deal with French nuclear giant
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Petraeus takes over Central Command, plans Mideast visit
Washington (AFP) Oct 31, 2008General David Petraeus, widely credited for progress in the US-led Iraq conflict, took command of all US forces in the Middle East and Central Asia Friday, before leaving on Saturday to tour the region. Petraeus, 55, whose new responsibilities include the theaters of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, assumed control at a ceremony at the Central Command (Centcom) complex at MacDill Air ... more Pacifist Japan's military goes hip to find recruits 
Tokyo (AFP) Nov 1, 2008In a country that has been officially pacifist for decades, even Japan's military is embracing a non-aggressive approach. Despite politicians' push for Japan to play a greater role in global security, the number of people seeking military careers is dwindling as the population grows older and the young find the armed forces very uncool. The Japanese military is responding by launching a ... more NKorea's nuclear drive seen dogging next US leader 
Seoul (AFP) Oct 31, 2008Among the many foreign policy headaches facing the next US president, North Korea -- isolated, poor and hungry, but crucially nuclear armed -- poses an outsized security challenge. Adding to the uncertainty is the reported poor health of leader Kim Jong-Il who is said to have suffered a stroke, and the potential regional instability if his death triggers a regime collapse. The communist ... more  |
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Al-Qaeda propaganda chief killed in Pakistan strike: officials
Islamabad (AFP) Nov 1, 2008An Egyptian Al-Qaeda operative described by the United States as the terror network's propaganda chief was killed in a missile strike in Pakistan, security officials said Saturday. Abu Jihad al-Masri was among several rebels killed when two missiles fired by a suspected US spy drone hit a truck in the North Waziristan tribal region bordering Afghanistan on Friday night, they said. ... more Maliki to show neighbours US-Iraq military pact 
Baghdad (AFP) Oct 31, 2008Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday he will submit the text of the controversial security pact with the United States to all of his country's neighbours. He would do so after Baghdad receives a US reply to five proposed amendments made by Iraq, a statement from his office said. Maliki "will dispatch delegations to Iraq's neighbours, including Turkey, to show them the ... more Libya offers to host Russian military base: report 
Moscow (AFP) Oct 31, 2008Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi, who visits Moscow Friday for the first time since 1985, will offer to host a Russian naval base in his north African country, a Russian newspaper reported. "Libya is ready to host a Russian naval military base," the Kommersant reported, citing a source close to the preparations for Kadhafi's first visit here since the days of the Soviet Union. The base could ... more Improved tribal relations could aid NATO in Afghanistan: General 
Ottawa (AFP) Nov 1, 2008NATO should borrow lessons from Iraq and work with local tribes in Afghanistan, to improve security there, Major General Marc Lessard, the outgoing Canadian commander of foreign troops in the south of the country, said Saturday. In an interview with the Canadian daily Globe and Mail, just before handing power to Dutch commander Major General Mart de Kruif, Lessard said better outreach to ... more |
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