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US aircraft carrier in Hong Kong amid China tensionsHong Kong (AFP) Feb 17, 2010 A US aircraft carrier arrived in Hong Kong Wednesday amid heightened tension between Washington and Beijing over arms sales to Taiwan and President Barack Obama's plan to meet the Dalai Lama. The stop by the USS Nimitz, one of the world's largest warships, came just weeks after China said it would suspend military and security contacts with the United States over Washington's 6.4-billion-dollar arms package for Taipei. It also coincided with a trip to Washington by exiled Tibetan spiritual leade ... read more |
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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (UPI) Feb 17, 2009 China's construction of a port in Sri Lanka and a Chinese admiral's suggestion Beijing build a naval base in the Gulf of Aden has raised fears in the Middle East that a confrontation between China and India is looming along vital energy export routes. Both the Asian titans, whose economies continue to expand despite the global financial meltdown, are heavily dependent on Middle Eastern ... more  
Manila, Philippines (UPI) Feb 17, 2009 The Philippines massacre of 31 reporters pushed the annual number of journalists killed while working to a record high, a new report claims. The roadside daylight slaughter in Maguindanao province in November were so horrific that the report publishers gave the incident a special entry in the report. The tragedy ensured that last year with 70 deaths worldwide was the worst for jo ... more  
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Feb 17, 2010A US drone strike killed at least four Islamist insurgents Wednesday at a compound close to the Afghan border in Pakistan's militant-infested tribal belt, security officials said. The attack was the third since Sunday in North Waziristan district, a stronghold of the Taliban, Al-Qaeda and Haqqani network known for staging attacks across the border on US and NATO troops fighting the Taliban. ... more |
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Raytheon Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 Proves Networked CapabilityNew Dehli (SPX) Feb 17, 2010 Raytheon's Joint Standoff Weapon C-1 completed a major milestone when the weapon's Strike Common Weapon Datalink (SCWDL) communicated via Link-16 nodes with a Joint Surveillance and Target Attack Radar System aircraft. The test demonstrated the weapon's ability to function as a node on the network and moved the system one step closer to engaging moving maritime targets. JSOW is a family of low-cost, air-to-ground weapons that employs an integrated GPS-inertial navigation system and terminal infrar ... read more |
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