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Kurdish rebels kill 8 Turkish soldiersAnkara, Turkey (UPI) Jun 21, 2010 Kurdish rebels in Turkey killed eight soldiers and wounded 14 near the border with Iraq, military sources said. Soldiers killed 12 of the Marxist separatist Kurdistan Workers Party, the PKK, which launched the raid on an isolated military post near the city of Semdinli in Hakkari province. Military officials also said that Turkish warplanes crossed the border to bomb PKK positions in Iraq. The PKK raid took place at 2 a.m., a statement by the Turkish General Staff said. "Ei ... read more |
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Seoul (AFP) June 21, 2010South Korea detected a high level of xenon gas - a by-product of atomic tests - two days after the North claimed last month to have staged a successful nuclear experiment, officials said Monday. North Korea announced on May 12 it had conducted a nuclear fusion reaction, prompting scepticism in the South at the time because of the technical difficulty inherent in the process. Xenon is p ... more  
Paris, France (SPX) Jun 21, 2010This is driven by Norway and Australia's involvement in the F-35 fighter program and the need for a new ammunition round capable of meeting all requirements and ensuring lethality against both soft and hard targets. This will include cooperation on the Norwegian ammunition concept, APEX, and a special training round as well as Thales' frangible ammunition round called APFI. The APEX develo ... more 
Arlington VA (SPX) Jun 21, 2010The U.S. Army and Marine Corps are using the newly built government prototypes of the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle to refine program requirements through rigorous ballistic, performance and reliability testing. It's all part of an effort to field a next-generation tactical vehicle that can hit speeds of 70mph, withstand roadside bombs and other threats, drive through off-road terrain and f ... more |
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BP chief plans trip to Russia to offer reassurances: reportLondon (AFP) June 21, 2010 BP chief executive Tony Hayward is planning a trip to Russia to reassure President Dmitry Medvedev the oil giant is not on the verge of collapse, the Financial Times reported Monday. Hayward will meet with Medvedev and tell him that BP can meet the cost of the liabilities from the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, said the paper, without citing a source. The timing of the trip has not been finalised, it added. The company last week announced a 20-billion-dollar compensation fund to deal with claims aris ... read more |
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