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Bombs kill up to 15 in Shiite holy city in IraqNajaf, Iraq (AFP) Jan 14, 2010 As many as 15 people were killed and dozens more were wounded on Thursday when three bombs exploded simultaneously in a rare attack in the Shiite Muslim shrine city of Najaf, officials said. A car bomb was detonated near a mosque and two other bombs blew up in a retail market as darkness fell in the city, 150 kilometres (90 miles) south of Baghdad, according to a security official. Accounts of the number of casualties varied, but an interior ministry official in the capital said 15 people were killed and 25 wounded. ... read more |
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Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) Jan 14, 2010Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud was in the area of northwest Pakistan where a US drone strike killed 10 people Thursday but left before the missiles hit, a militant spokesman said. Missiles fired by unmanned US aircraft hit a militant training camp early Thursday in a remote area on the border between North and South Waziristan, strongholds of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) ... more  
Canberra, Australia Jan 14, 2009 Barrett Communications has denied reports that its advanced 2050 mobile transceivers have been sold to the Myanmar military and are even capable of frequency hopping. The Perth-based company has faced a barrage of criticism in Australian media that claim the radios have encryption-style frequency-hopping technology that makes it impossible for other organizations to monitor the military's commun ... more  
Baghdad (UPI) Jan 14, 2009 Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, his re-election prospects seriously damaged by a wave of suicide bombings in Baghdad that killed 400 people, is fighting for political survival. There is talk of a coup in the air, reflecting the deep sense of foreboding that pervades Baghdad amid rising violence, a frenzy of political intrigue and mounting Iranian interference in the run-up to the parlia ... more |
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Los Angeles (UPI) Jan 14, 2009 U.S defense contractor Northrop Grumman has clinched a $577 million deal to build the Army's next-generation air and missile defense system. The Los Angeles-based contractor said in a statement that the new system will help aid troops in making better battlefield decisions by integrating weapons, radar and sensor systems. The system "takes care of the science of warfare, so the ... more  
Tehran (AFP) Jan 14, 2010Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Thursday "Zionist" methods were used in the bombing of a top atomic scientist, as angry mourners chanting anti-US and anti-Israeli slogans buried the slain professor. "One can see the level of the enemy's grudge in the way he was assassinated. The method of bombing was a Zionist one," the Mehr news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying. It did not ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2010China declared its Internet "open" Thursday but defended censorship that has prompted web giant Google to threaten to pull out of the country, adding a potential new irritant in China-US relations. But Google -- backed by the White House -- appeared to be winning the battle for hearts and minds, with Chinese online users flooding the web and visiting the company's Beijing offices to express ... more |
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 China urges US to respect its 'core interests': Xinhua  Google case throws spotlight on cyber-attackers  Internet gives Chinese a platform but regime wary: experts |
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