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In its annual analysis "The Market for Tanks," the Forecast International Weapons Group projects that the international market will produce over 6,500 main battle tanks, worth in excess of $26.76 billion, through 2018. However, while increased modernization and retrofit remains transparent to FI's analysis of new-production tanks, this factor remains a significant component of the international ... read more
Singapore (AFP) March 5, 2009Asia is expected to outstrip the rest of the world in defence spending within seven years as China and India upgrade their armed forces, a research consultancy said here Thursday. Asia's overall defence budget will account for 32 percent of global military spending by 2016, or 480 billion US dollars, up from 24 percent in 2007, Frost and Sullivan's regional director for defence practice Rata ... more
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Iran, European powers hold 'constructive' nuclear talks
Iran, European powers hold nuclear talks ahead of Trump return Iran, European powers to hold nuclear talks ahead of Trump return Iran military expands drills to Fordow, Khondab nuclear sites: state media US energy firm Constellation to buy Calpine in $27 bn deal Yakuza leader pleads guilty in US court to conspiring to sell nuclear material Iran begins military drills near Natanz nuclear site: state media Iran to hold nuclear talks with 3 European powers January 13: local media Second Fukushima nuclear sample removal eyed for spring Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's family 
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Beijing (AFP) March 5, 2009Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said Thursday that China's military needed to be modernised "across the board" as a 15.3 percent increase in defence spending was placed before parliament. "We need to make our army more revolutionary, modern and standardised, focusing on enabling it to fully carry out its historic missions," Wen said in his annual address to the National People's Congress. ... more  
Brussels (AFP) March 5, 2009US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday that she would urge Russia to stop missile sales talks with Iran, during meetings in Geneva with her Russian counterpart. She said she would "raise with Russia their continuing discussions with Iran about selling longer-range missiles, which we think are a threat to Russia as well as to Europe and neighbours in the region." Clinton meet ... more  
Washington (AFP) March 5, 2009The new US administration has pressed the Supreme Court in papers filed this week to set aside a constitutional challenge in a case that could determine whether "enemy combatants" can be held indefinitely on US soil. The case involves Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri, an alleged Al-Qaeda sleeper agent who has been held as an "enemy combatant" in the United States since 2003 but was formally charged ... more  
Bishkek (AFP) March 5, 2009Kyrgyzstan is ready to renew talks with the United States on keeping a US airbase in the ex-Soviet state if Washington shows more respect, President Kurmanbek Bakiyev was quoted as saying Thursday. In an interview with the BBC, Bakiyev said a new deal could be forged that would reverse an order he gave last month to close the Manas airbase, a vital support post for operations in Afghanistan. ... more |
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US energy firm Constellation to buy Calpine in $27 bn dealNew York (AFP) Jan 10, 2025 Constellation Energy, a major US nuclear power plant operator, has agreed to buy another electricity producer, Calpine, for nearly $27 billion, the two firms announced Friday. ... more
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A Sustainable Development Goal for Earth's OrbitLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 Scientists are advocating for the United Nations to establish a new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) focused on protecting Earth's orbit and curbing the accumulation of space debris. Current ... more
  
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PM vows 'pro-growth' rules to make Britain an 'AI superpower'London (AFP) Jan 13, 2025 Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday laid out his vision to harness the power of artificial intelligence to boost Britain's flagging economy, promising "pro-growth" regulations amid concerns about the technology's unchecked use. ... more
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Brussels (AFP) March 5, 2009US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called Thursday for a high-level conference on Afghanistan at the end of the month, as Washington winds up a review of how to combat the Taliban-led insurgency. "The United States proposes a ministerial-level conference on Afghanistan and the broader regional challenge on March 31," she told NATO foreign ministers in Brussels. "We are in the process ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) March 5, 2009The new US envoy on North Korea, Stephen Bosworth, Thursday held his first meeting with his Japanese counterpart in Tokyo, weeks after Pyongyang said it was planning to launch a rocket. Bosworth met Akitaka Saiki, the Japanese foreign ministry's director general for Asian and Oceanian affairs, for about one hour. The two diplomats made no comment to the media after their talks. Bosworth, ... more  
San Diego CA (SPX) Mar 06, 2009General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced that MQ-1 Predator aircraft delivered to the U.S. Air Force (USAF) have surpassed the 500,000 flight hour milestone, with 87 percent of those hours being flown in combat. The milestone was achieved by P-143 on February 16 while it performed an armed reconnaissance mission in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF). This particular aircraf ... more 
Seoul (AFP) March 5, 2009North Korea announced Thursday it could not ensure the safety of South Korean flights over the Sea of Japan, saying an upcoming joint US-South Korean military exercise could trigger a war. South Korean airlines announced plans to re-route flights well clear of North Korean airspace after the announcement, the latest in a series of threats which have raised tensions in recent weeks. A sta ... more |
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