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 Islamabad (AFP) July 28, 2009 
Pakistan hit out at India on Tuesday, branding its first nuclear-powered submarine "detrimental" to regional peace and vowing to take "appropriate steps" to maintain a "strategic balance". Relations between nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan have plummeted since Islamist gunmen killed 166 people in Mumbai last November, attacks that New Delhi blamed on banned Pakistani group ... read more 
Wootton Bassett, England (AFP) July 28, 2009The grieving relatives of four British soldiers killed in Afghanistan lined the streets here Tuesday as their bodies were returned home, the latest victims of an ever bloodier war. In bright sunshine, hundreds stood still in Wootton Bassett to pay their respects as the cortege passed through the market town after the young soldiers' coffins were flown to the nearby Royal Air Force Lyneham ... more
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Iran says would consider limited nuclear talks with US
Germany's Merz open to France extending nuclear deterrent Iran's Khamenei slams 'bullying' after Trump threats Attack on Iran nuclear plant would leave Gulf without water, Qatar PM warns North Korea's Kim inspects 'nuclear-powered submarine' project Trump invites Iran leader to nuclear talks -- or else Trump offers nuclear talks with Iran No talks with US under 'maximum pressure' policy, Iran FM tells AFP Trump says he wrote to Iran urging nuclear talks Spain under pressure to abort nuclear energy phase-out 
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London (AFP) July 28, 2009The British government appealed Tuesday against the size of compensation payments to two injured servicemen, drawing claims of "appalling timing" amid a surge of deaths in Afghanistan. The Ministry of Defence wants to cut payouts to Light Dragoon Anthony Duncan, who was shot while on patrol in Iraq and awarded 46,000 pounds (53,000 euros, 76,000 dollars), and Royal Marine Matthew McWilliams ... more 
New Delhi (UPI) Jul 28, 2009 When the deputy chief of the Indian army recently promised the Indian public and private sectors a "level playing field" in purchases of military hardware he wasn't talking about electric golf carts to take elderly golfers around hilly golf courses. The carts, which cost about $243,000, were allegedly bought with money designated for electric wheelchairs in military hospitals and on ... more  
Baghdad (AFP) July 28, 2009US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday spoke of a new era in Iraq with American troops playing a less dominant role as Baghdad's security forces increasingly take the lead. In his first visit to the country since US troops withdrew from cities and towns at the end of last month under a security pact with Baghdad, Gates portrayed the transition as a success so far. "The feedback I ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 28, 2009The United States and China on Tuesday pledged to work together to fight climate change and promote free trade as they set the stage for an era of closer cooperation between the Pacific giants. The world's largest developed and developing nations wrapped up two days of in-depth talks in Washington to chart out the future of their relationship, which President Barack Obama said would shape ... more  
Alger (AFP) July 28, 2009A senior Chinese official on Tuesday accused unspecified countries and Western media of making mischief between Beijing and Muslim countries after recent ethnic violence in the Xinjiang region. "Outsiders and Western media as well as nongovernmental organisations (are) distorting the facts to make mischief and cause divisions between China and Muslim countries," APS news agency quoted Wu ... more  
Washington (AFP) July 27, 2009US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Chinese Vice Premier Wang Qishan stressed cooperation in the battle against the global economic crisis at high-level talks Monday in Washington. Geithner praised China's "ambitious plans" to move its economy away from an export-led growth model, which has produced a huge trade surplus with the US, and spur consumer demand. A rebalancing of the ... more |
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