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Singapore 'to get Israel's Iron Dome' Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Apr 02, 2009 Singapore is reported to be acquiring Israel's new Iron Dome anti-missile air-defense system under a once-secret military cooperation pact with the Jewish state that dates to the 1960s. Indeed, according to the Paris Intelligence Online Web site, Singapore helped finance the development of the system by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems. It says that Iron Dome was always intended for the island, a key Asian shipping hub and one of the richest per capita states in the world, because of its ... read more |
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Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) April 1, 2009 The United States is concerned about Iran's bridge-building with Latin American regimes as the confrontation with Tehran over its nuclear ambitions gets sharper. Washington's focus is primarily on Venezuela and Brazil at the moment; especially Brazil, which is emerging as a new energy power. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, a center-leftist, seeks to transform Brazil into ... more  
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Apr 02, 2009 The U.N. special tribunal investigating the 2005 assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri has raised political tensions in Lebanon, already fearful that a new war with Israel is looming, by questioning a dozen members of Hezbollah. The Iranian-backed Shiite movement denies involvement in the bombing in Beirut that triggered a wave of assassinations against Lebanese critics of ... more  
Sistani, Afghanistan (AFP) April 2, 2010The tribal elders gathered in the desert outside Marjah, the frontline of the US-led battle in southern Afghanistan to provide services and security after years of Taliban control. Around 20 sat in a circle, waiting for Lieutenant Colonel Brian Christmas, US Marine commander in northern Marjah who has - so far - kept American troops out of the small village of Sistani to the northwest. ... more |
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US extends tanker deadline to allow EADS bid: PentagonWashington (AFP) March 31, 2010 The Pentagon announced Wednesday it will extend the deadline for bidding on a contract for a new US aerial refueling tanker, allowing more time for European aerospace giant EADS to bid on the lucrative deal. "If we receive formal notification from EADS of their intention to make an offer, we will extend the deadlines for bids from May 10 to July 9," providing an additional 60 days to both EADS and its US rival, Boeing, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell told a press conference. Airbus's parent com ... read more |
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