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US aerospace giant Boeing is proposing to transfer 1.5 billion dollars in fighter jet technology to Brazil in a bid to score a contract for 36 combat aircraft, a top company executive said Monday. The offer appear to be an attempt to blunt competing bids from France's Dassault, which is putting forward its advanced Rafale fighter, and Sweden's Saab, which is proposing its yet-to-be-built ... read more 
Quito (AFP) Aug 10, 2009Leftist leaders from Venezuela and Ecuador thundered against a US military presence in Latin America on Monday, warning the "winds of war" were blowing across the increasingly polarized continent. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez led the charge, attacking Colombia's decision to host American forces at seven of its bases, a move also condemned by Chavez's Ecuadoran counterpart and ally Rafael ... more
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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 Russia calls French nuclear comments a 'threat' Polish PM hails Macron's 'very promising' nuclear comments 
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Washington (UPI) Aug 10, 2009 Hollywood's glamorization of the Barbary Pirates over the years blurred the horror of a seaborne plague. Between 1530 and 1789, some 1.5 million European Christians and Jews, and American sailors and travelers, were kidnapped and enslaved in Islamic North Africa. Thomas Jefferson, the second U.S. ambassador to France, was shocked by what he heard when he went with John Adams, first ... more  
San Diego CA (SPX) Aug 11, 2009Northrop Grumman's RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS) recently reached a major milestone - 25,000 combat hours - during an operational sortie July 8-9 from a deployed location. "This is a significant program achievement, accounting for more than 76 percent of the aircraft's 32,500 cumulative flight hours for the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy," said George Guerra, Northrop ... more  
Seoul (AFP) Aug 10, 2009North Korea insisted Monday it was unfairly punished for its long-range rocket launch in April, noting that South Korea also plans a blast-off this month. The foreign ministry said it would watch closely to see whether world powers would also refer the South's launch to the United Nations Security Council. "Their reaction and attitude towards South Korea's satellite launch will once ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Aug 10, 2009Russian President Dmitry Medvedev on Monday introduced a bill to parliament that would strengthen an existing law on the use of the Russian armed forces against enemies abroad, the Kremlin said. Medvedev said that the change was linked to last year's war with Georgia, after which Moscow declared the rebel Georgian region of South Ossetia to be an independent state. The Kremlin said in a ... more 
Seoul (UPI) Aug 10, 2009 South Koreans are getting impatient with their government's lack of success in getting North Korea to release their detained nationals after U.S. reporters were freed. Emotions are rising because communist North Korea remains silent over the fate of South Koreans while making a media show of pardoning the Americans. South Korea's government has nothing but words of patience and ... more  
Washington (AFP) Aug 10, 2009The top US military commander in Afghanistan says the Taliban have gained the upper hand in the country, forcing the United States to change its strategy by increasing the number of troops in heavily populated areas, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. General Stanley McChrystal told the newspaper in an interview the militant group was moving beyond its traditional strongholds in south ... more |
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