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German president's resignation sows chaosBerlin (UPI) Jun 1, 2010 The surprise resignation of German President Horst Koehler has plunged Europe's largest economy into a severe political crisis. There were tears in his eyes when Koehler informed the public Monday that he would resign. Over the past days, German politicians from all parties had harshly criticized the 67-year-old for comments he made while in Afghanistan. In a May 22 radio interview Koehler had said that Germany, Europe's largest economy and one dependent on exports and free trade, must b ... read more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 01, 2010Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), with support from Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Dahlgren, for the second time successfully tracked, engaged, and destroyed a threat representative Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) while in flight May 24 at San Nicholas Island, Calif. This marks the first detect-thru-engage laser shoot-down of a threat representative target in an over-the-water, combat ... more  
Brussels (AFP) May 31, 2010European regulators on Monday urged EU governments to adopt new rules banning the international export of hunting rifles and other arms for civilian use. The European Commission proposal will not cover military arms exports or weapons for security forces, the commission said. Neither would it affect internal EU exports, covered by other laws. It is based on a 2002 agreement struck betwee ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 01, 2010Russian shipyards are ready to build Mistral class helicopter carriers whenever they receive orders from the military, industry officials said on Monday. Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said earlier on Monday that Russia had reached the final stage of pre-contract talks with France, Spain and the Netherlands on the purchase of four of the French warships. According to the ... more |
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China, Japan launch world's biggest online marketplaceTokyo (AFP) June 1, 2010 China's largest retail website Taobao and Yahoo! Japan launched a joint service Tuesday in a deal expected to create the world's biggest online marketplace by harnessing Asia's surging ranks of e-consumers. The service is expected to dwarf US rival eBay in terms of users and products on offer, attracting 250 million customers and offering 450 million products. "This marks the birth of the world's largest e-commerce market," Masayoshi Son, chairman of Yahoo! Japan and CEO of mobile phone carrier ... read more |
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