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Iran hails successful satellite launchTehran (AFP) Feb 3, 2010 Iran hailed the successful launch of a home-built satellite on Wednesday amid Western concerns it is using its nuclear and space industries to develop atomic and ballistic weapons. The Kavoshgar 3 (Explorer) rocket was carrying an "experimental capsule", state-owned Al-Alam television reported. State television's website said it was carrying "live animals" - a rat, turtles and worms, the first such experiment by Iran in space technology. "The capsule has the ability to send back empirical d ... read more |
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Seoul (AFP) Feb 3, 2010North Korea has designated another two "firing zones" near its disputed Yellow Sea border with South Korea, raising the prospect of more artillery fire, Seoul officials said Wednesday. A Joint Chiefs of Staff spokesman told AFP the two new "maritime firing zones" would be effective for four days from Friday. The spokesman said the South's military is closely watching for possible artille ... more  
Tirin Kot, Afghanistan (AFP) Feb 3, 2010In the darkness as they wait to board the giant transport plane, silent soldiers hunch against the cold in their body armour and helmets, listening to the beat of another war. The subdued radio rendition of "Paint it black" by the Rolling Stones is a rare reminder for troops in the deserts of Afghanistan of the iconic rock and roll background to the conflict in the jungles of Vietnam. He ... more  
Munich, Germany (AFP) Feb 3, 2010China will send its foreign minister to the Munich Security Conference for the first time this week, in a further sign of Beijing's growing military clout a year into Barack Obama's US presidency. The 46-year-old gathering in Germany from Friday to Sunday of top military brass, diplomats and politicians has its roots in the Cold War and has traditionally stuck to areas of common interest to ... more |
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US to go ahead with tanker plane even without Airbus: GatesWashington (AFP) Feb 3, 2010 The Pentagon will go ahead with plans for a new tanker aircraft even if Airbus parent EADS withdraws from the competition for the lucrative contract, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday. The administration hoped that EADS and its partner Northrop Grumman would not follow through on a threat to pull out of the bidding, Gates said. "But we will move forward. We have to have new tankers," he told the House Armed Services Committee. The European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company ... read more |
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