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Angry China retaliates over US arms deal for TaiwanBeijing (AFP) Jan 30, 2010 China lashed out with a raft of reprisals Saturday after Washington announced a 6.4-billion-dollar arms package for Taiwan, escalating the biggest Sino-US crisis yet under President Barack Obama. Berating the year-old Obama administration for "crude interference" in its affairs, China said it was suspending military and security contacts with the United States, and imposing sanctions on US firms involved in the Taiwan deal. The furious riposte came a day after the Pentagon approved the sale of P ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Jan 29, 2010The United States said Friday that Osama bin Laden was struggling to stay relevant after the fugitive Al-Qaeda chief released an uncharacteristic tape addressing issues like climate change. "So we've gone from being the 'Great Satan' to the 'Great Emitter,'" State Department spokesman Philip Crowley said sarcastically. "He's working hard to stay relevant - that's all I can say." In ... more  
Paris (UPI) Jan 29, 2009 The French navy has successfully carried out an unarmed submarine launch of an M51 ballistic missile, the Defense Ministry in Paris says. The test, conducted from the Bay of Audierne in northwest France, was accomplished "as scheduled," marking the fourth such successful test of M51 missiles conducted carried out between 2006 and 2008. The test, said a statement from the French M ... more  
Kabul (AFP) Jan 31, 2010The Afghan war has notched up another grisly record, with the number of international troops to die in the fight against the Taliban the highest for the month of January since the war began. With tens of thousands more international troops being deployed to Afghanistan this year, analysts and officials are warning the deaths of 44 foreign soldiers in January is a sign of things to come. ... more |
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US accelerating missile defenses in Gulf: reportWashington (AFP) Jan 30, 2010 The US administration is speeding up deployment of defenses against potential Iranian missile attacks in the Gulf to heed off any possible retaliation, The New York Times reported Saturday. The move involves placing specialized ships off the Iranian coast and anti-missile systems in at least four Arab countries - Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait - the Times said, citing administration and military officials. Oman has also been approached, although no Patriot missiles have be ... read more |
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