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![]() Seoul (UPI) Jun 28, 2010 North Korea's communist party is getting ready to hand over more authority to another member of its ruling dynastic family in September. The Workers' Party of Korea will have a meeting of its central political bureau "for electing its highest leading body," the state-run Korean Central News Agency said. The meeting, expected in September, is a signal that ailing leader Kim Jong Il may be getting ready to take a back seat in favor of his third son, Kim Jong Un, whom he has been grooming f ... read more |
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Russia Admits It Needs To Modernize Its Navy![]() Russia's reviewed plans for naval modernization include the supply of 15 new warships, including frigates, missile boats and submarines, to the Black Sea Fleet by 2020. The decision was recently made public by Navy Commander-in-Chief Admiral Vladimir Vysotsky. Taking into account the high cost and complexity of the modern projects, the new ships will be modernized versions of already tried ... more As war fears mount, Lebanese hunt spies ![]() Amid growing fears a new Middle East war is brewing, Lebanese security authorities have reportedly arrested two alleged Israeli spies, both Lebanese and one of them a senior official in a state-owned telecommunications company. Lebanese newspapers reported at the weekend that the suspects were being interrogated by military intelligence. The military hasn't confirmed the arrests and nei ... more Pentagon calls on defense industry to bring down costs ![]() The Pentagon on Monday told the US defense industry to bring down costs and find more savings in a "new era" of more modest military spending. Ashton Carter, chief arms buyer for the Pentagon, delivered the belt-tightening message to a gathering of hundreds of defense chief executives and senior managers at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a Washington think tank. The ... more |
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![]() Orlanda, Fla. (UPI) Jun 28, 2010 A drug to treat malaria, one of the world's deadliest diseases, could come from sponges, sea worms and other undersea creatures, a scientist says. Debopam Chakrabarti of the University of Central Florida has analyzed samples of more than 2,500 marine organisms collected near Florida's coast in hopes of finding a key to treating malaria, the mosquito-borne illness that kills more than 1 million people worldwide annually, a university release said Monday. UCF researchers conducted tests to ... read more |
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