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Singapore navy testing unmanned mine-hunter: reportSingapore (AFP) May 22, 2010 The Singapore navy is testing an unmanned underwater vessel capable of detecting and destroying mines as part of its modernisation plans, a report said Saturday. The remotely-controlled mine-hunting vessel is able to operate at depths of 100 metres (330 feet) for up to five hours and hit a maximum speed of six knots, the Straits Times reported. Electronic devices attached to the 2.5 metre-long vessel, which is developed locally, enable it to scan the seabed to detect and destroy mines. The ... read more |
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Jerusalem (AFP) May 23, 2010Israel on Sunday kicked off a five-day nationwide defence drill aimed at preparing civilians for rocket attacks while seeking to reassure neighbouring Lebanon and Syria of its peaceful intentions. "This is a routine exercise which has been scheduled for a long time and is not the result of any unusual security development," Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told reporters at the start of the ... more  
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) May 22, 2010A US drone attack on a suspected militant compound Saturday killed six militants in Pakistan's lawless northwestern tribal belt, security officials said. The target of the attack was a house used by militants in Mohammad Khel village, some 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, officials said. "Two US drones fired four missiles, we have reports tha ... more  
Seoul (AFP) May 23, 2010President Lee Myung-Bak will Monday outline South Korea's response to the sinking of a warship that Seoul said was torpedoed by a North Korean submarine, claiming 46 lives, his spokesman said. The attack on the Cheonan near the disputed border with the North on March 26 sparked outrage and grief in South Korea, but Seoul has apparently ruled out any military counterstrike for fear of trigger ... more |
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Dalai Lama tweets to Chinese web usersBeijing (AFP) May 21, 2010 The Dalai Lama, Tibet's exiled spiritual leader, held his first Internet chat with Chinese web users Friday, in a wide-ranging dialogue touching on politics and his eventual successor. The webcast was seen on the micro-blogging website Twitter and on Internet sites inside China despite Beijing's long-standing efforts to police the web and silence the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize winner on the Chinese mainland. During the 90-minute chat, the Dalai Lama said a decade of negotiations with Beijing on auto ... read more |
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