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Russia To Sell One Billion Dollars Worth Of Arms To YemenMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 06, 2010 Russia and Yemen could sign an arms contract worth over $1 billion, an international arms expert has said. A Yemeni delegation led by President Ali Abdullah Saleh discussed sales of Russian arms to the Arab republic recently during the leader's short visit to Moscow. Igor Korotchenko, head of a Moscow-based think tank on the international arms trade, said Yemen "is interested in a very broad range of Russian arms and military equipment," especially MiG-29 SMT jet fighters (up to 30), Mi-35 a ... read more |
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Zhukovsky, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 06, 2010Russia has exported $5.3 billion worth of weapons-related production in the first six months of 2010, the head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) said on Wednesday. "With a plan for $9.5 billion, we have delivered $5.3 billion in [weapons-related] production in the first six months [of 2010], which constitutes 56% of the plan," Mikhail Dmitriyev told the Engi ... more  
Washington (UPI) Jul 2, 2010 Recent samples from the Internet where factoids, misinformation and disinformation move at the speed of light among 1.8 billion people - 26 percent of the world population - now online: - Saudi Arabia has made a secret deal with Israel for overflight rights for fighter bombers on their way to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities - or on their way back - and for air-to-air refueling. ... more  
Taipei (AFP) July 6, 2010A majority of Taiwanese people think a recently signed trade pact with China will help bolster the island's economy without hurting its political status, the government said Tuesday, citing a survey. A total of 59.2 percent of 1,114 people surveyed from Friday to Sunday said they believed the trade pact inked last week will benefit Taiwan's economy, said the Mainland Affairs Council, the top ... more |
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India's poor scrape a dangerous living in new 'e-waste' jobsNew Delhi (AFP) July 6, 2010 Young rag-pickers sifting through rubbish are a common image of India's chronic poverty, but destitute children face new hazards picking apart old computers as part of the growing "e-waste" industry. Asif, aged seven, spends his days dismantling electronic equipment in a tiny, dimly-lit unit in east Delhi along with six other boys. "My work is to pick out these small black boxes," he said, fingers deftly prising out integrated circuits from the pile of computer remains stacked high beside him. ... read more |
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