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 Seoul (AFP) Oct 5, 2009 
Visiting Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il late Monday amid efforts to bring Pyongyang back to nuclear disarmament talks, Beijing's state media reported. "Premier Wen Jiabao held talks with North Korea's top leader Kim Jong-Il on Monday evening," Xinhua news agency said on its website, without providing further details. Wen's high-profile three-day visit is ... read more
Tehran (AFP) Oct 4, 2009Experts will inspect Iran's new uranium enrichment plant on October 25, UN atomic watchdog head Mohamed ElBaradei said on Sunday, praising Tehran's shift "from conspiracy to cooperation" but warning that "concerns" remain over its nuclear aims. ElBaradei told a news conference in Tehran that Iran had given the assurance International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors would be given acce ... more
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Nuclear monitor defends Ukraine plant visit via Russia-controlled territory
Iran's former top diplomat Zarif resigns from VP post Italy breaks 'taboo' with push to revive nuclear North Korea held 'strategic cruise missile' launch drill this week: state media Iran slams Israel threats as 'outrageous' after Israeli FM warns of 'military option' A French-UK nuclear umbrella for Europe? Not likely, say analysts Iran significantly increased stocks of highly enriched uranium: IAEA Bangladesh calls for continued Russian nuclear collaboration Iran denounces new US sanctions as 'sign of hostility' Iran rules out 'direct talks' with US on nuclear issue 
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Tripoli, Libya (UPI) Oct 5, 2009 Russia's state arms exporter is launching a big drive at the Tripoli air show to sell combat jets, missiles and air-defense systems to Middle Eastern states, including the state-of-the-art S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile that Iran and Syria desperately want to acquire. But the Russians are likely to find considerable competition at the 4th Arab-African Aviation Exhibition and Confer ... more 
Washington (AFP) Oct 1, 2009President Barack Obama Thursday demanded swift and "constructive" action from Iran following crucial nuclear talks, and warned that his patience for dialogue with the arch-US foe was limited. Obama conceded the meeting between world powers and Tehran in Geneva, which included the highest-level direct talks between the United States and Iran in three decades, was a "constructive" start to def ... more 
Seoul (UPI) Oct 5, 2009 North Korea has won about $2.3 billion worth of aid from South Korea and other negotiating partners in return for false promises to give up its nuclear weapons drive, a report by the South Korean government said Monday. Despite the prolonged nuclear standoff, the North has received an additional $3.4 billion worth of humanitarian aid over the past decade, the report by the Foreign Minis ... more |
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Kabul (AFP) Oct 4, 2009Eight years after the fall of the Taliban, NATO is struggling to define a strategy to counter a spreading insurgency in Afghanistan, as a mounting coalition death toll saps public support. President Barack Obama, voted in to the White House last year after pledging to make Afghanistan one of his top priorities, quickly urged his military top brass to find new ways of enabling US troops to co ... more  
Canberra, Australia (UPI) Oct 2, 2009 Australia has reined in advanced development of its controversial electronic warfare self-protection system, known as Project Echidna, to be fitted to helicopters and transport aircraft. The Department of Defense Personnel, Materiel and Science said it has agreed to a Defense Department recommendation to reduce the scope of AIR 5416 Phase 2, which should save around $43.5 million. ... more  
Algiers, Algeria (UPI) Oct 2, 2009 Italy's Fincantieri shipbuilders find themselves back in the running on a contract to supply the Algerian navy with four advanced stealth frigates in competition, a deal potentially worth $11.6 billion. A top-level delegation from the Algerian Defense Ministry visited Italy Sept. 12-19 and was given the red carpet treatment by Adm. Salvatore Reja, one of the Italian navy's top commander ... more |
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