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 Tehran (UPI) Oct 8, 2009 
The Pentagon has acknowledged that it is speeding up plans to deploy a massive bomb capable of knocking out deeply buried enemy facilities. The giant "bunker buster" is believed to add fighting power to the U.S. arsenal against Iran's nuclear program, defense experts argue. U.S. officials, however, have refused to confirm the connection. The 30,000-pound massive ordnance ... read more 
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Oct 9, 2009 Amid smoldering tension with Iran, U.S. forces are deploying in Israel for a strategically important ballistic missile defense exercise, considered one of the most complex ever conducted by the two allies. Juniper Cobra 2009, the latest in a biennial series that began in 2001, will focus on how well U.S. and Israeli forces can integrate and operate together in any future confrontation ... 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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Kotalak, Afghanistan (AFP) Oct 11, 2009An elderly Afghan woman, her hair dyed red and a black shawl draped over her shoulders, shouts as she aims a gun at US Marines who are arresting her husband as a suspected Taliban insurgent. A Marine points his assault rifle at her and is ready to pull the trigger until the woman drops her rusty pistol. Members of the 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines, accompanied by Afghan soldiers, were sweepi ... more 
Golestan, Afghanistan (AFP) Oct 9, 2009Bitter tribal rivalries and a Soviet legacy of destruction and plunder in Afghanistan are frustrating foreign forces' plans to develop villages and rid them of Taliban insurgents. A team of seven military development specialists attached to the 2nd Battalion 3rd Marines have been sent to the southwest to win over local elders with the promise of new irrigation systems - if they reject the ... more 
Chisinau (AFP) Oct 9, 2009The new US missile defence plan "raises more questions than answers," Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Friday, warning that Moscow could still have objections to the revised missile shield. Lavrov's comments came ahead of a trip to Russia next week by his US counterpart Hillary Clinton, and indicated that ties between the two former Cold War foes remained bumpy despite the US ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Oct 10, 2009US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was on her way to Europe and Russia Saturday to pursue Washington's drive to curb Iran's nuclear ambitions and rally more support behind its war in Afghanistan. In a frenetic five-day, six-city tour, Clinton is set to arrive in Zurich on Saturday to watch Armenia and Turkey sign what aides call an "historic" Swiss-brokered deal to normalize their relatio ... more  
Paris (UPI) Oct 9, 2009 DCNS has signed a contract to deliver three additional FREMM multi-mission frigates for the French navy. The new order brings France's total order to such vessels to 11. They are due for delivery between 2012 and 2022, the naval company said. The contract confirmation was announced by France's Defense Minister Herve Morin during the "production launch of France's second multi-mis ... more 
Rawalpindi, Pakistan (AFP) Oct 11, 2009Commandos stormed Pakistan's army headquarters Sunday ending a day-long hostage drama and freeing 39 people held by militants who brazenly struck at the heart of the military establishment. Three hostages, two soldiers and four suspected Taliban militants were killed in a rescue operation hailed by the military as "highly successful", despite a total of 19 people dead since the start of the ... more |
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