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Suicide squad targets Afghan 'peace jirga'Kabul (AFP) June 2, 2010 A Taliban suicide squad armed with rockets on Wednesday targeted an Afghan peace conference hosted by President Hamid Karzai that is seeking consensus on how to end nearly nine years of war. As Karzai addressed more than 1,600 delegates and Western diplomats at the "peace jirga", rockets exploded and gunfire erupted near the huge air-conditioned tent in Kabul. Officials said suicide bombers wearing explosive-packed vests and dressed in women's burqas carried out the unsuccessful attack on the ev ... read more |
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Canberra, Australia (UPI) Jun 2, 2010 Australia's defense chief said sending more of the country's troops to Afghanistan could jeopardize the military's effectiveness in the region closer to home. Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston, head of the Australian military, told parliamentary committee hearings in Canberra that the military came near to its deployment limit in 2006. When East Timor asked in May 2006 for help wit ... more  
Cherbourg, France (SPX) Jun 03, 2010DCNS has launched the industrial production phase of the Brazilian submarine programme, the Group's biggest contract ever for an international customer. DCNS is thus contributing to a major Brazilian acquisition combining world-class solutions and an advanced technology transfer agreement. Some 100 people were in attendance at DCNS's Cherbourg centre for the official 'first-cut' ceremony f ... more  
Southwest Asia (AFNE) Jun 02, 2010A C-17 Globemaster III deployed from Joint Base Charleston, S.C., stopped at a non-disclosed base in Southwest Asia on May 19, 2010, for a deployed airlift mission. The C-17 stopped at the base to deliver cargo and passengers for the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing area of operations. According to its Air Force fact sheet, the C-17 Globemaster III is the newest, most flexible cargo airc ... more |
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Outside View: Gulf oil spillWashington (UPI) May 31, 2010 The explosion on Transocean's Deepwater Horizon rig in the Gulf of Mexico and subsequent torrent of oil pouring into the gulf could be the United States' worst environmental catastrophe. Possibly hundreds of billions of dollars of damage will result, let alone the undetermined consequences for flora and fauna. Meanwhile, Washington will be hard at work playing the blame game from BP, which operated the rig, to the White House. But will anything be accomplished let alone learned? A ... read more |
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