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Iran launches assault boats, warns 'don't play with fire'Tehran (AFP) Aug 23, 2010 Iran began mass-producing two high-speed variants of missile-launching assault boats on Monday, warning its enemies not to "play with fire" as it boosts security along its coastline. The inauguration of the production lines for the Seraj and Zolfaqar speedboats comes a day after President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiled Iran's home-built bomber drone, which he said would deliver "death" to Iran's enemies. The United States expressed concern about the Islamic republic's growing military capabilities ... read more |
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London (AFP) Aug 23, 2010Foreign investors are still put off by violence in Iraq but most companies believe the security situation will improve, despite the withdrawal of international troops, a new study found Monday. A survey of more than 300 senior executives by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) found that seven years after the US-led invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein, 64 percent thought it was still too d ... more  
Ankara (AFP) Aug 23, 2010The PKK Kurdish rebel group said on Monday that its jailed leader Abdullah Ocalan held talks with the Turkish government for the first time, pro-Kurdish news agency Firat reported. A truce declared on August 13 for the Muslim holy month of Ramadan was "the fruit of dialogue between our leader (Ocalan) and competent authorities acting in the name of the Turkish state with the knowledge of th ... more  
Moscow (UPI) Aug 23, 2010 Russia says it has killed the mastermind behind the March suicide bombings in Moscow's underground railway system. Smoke was billowing from a badly damaged stone housing complex in a Caucasus valley that Moscow said was the final hideout of top Chechen militant leader Magomedali Vagabov. Camouflaged security forces Saturday stormed the building in the city of Gunib in the mountai ... more |
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Greenpeace in Arctic to stop British group drilling for oilCopenhagen (AFP) Aug 23, 2010 Greenpeace said Monday its activists had arrived in the Arctic on board one of its ships to pressure Britain's Cairn Energy to stop oil operations off Greenland's fragile coast. Cairn Energy is drilling two wells off the west coast of Greenland and plans to drill two more before the end of October, the watchdog said. If the British group's prospecting is successful, the Arctic "could be flooded with oil companies, all trying to operate in hazardous polar conditions," Greenpeace said in a stateme ... read more |
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