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![]() Seoul (AFP) Sept 6, 2010 Scores of former North Korean soldiers who defected to South Korea will this week form a group aimed at toppling the regime with the help of serving soldiers there, one of its leaders said Monday. Some 200 ex-soldiers will Thursday launch the NK People's Liberation Front, Jang Ce-Yul, the group's secretary general, told AFP. "We still stay in touch with many of our former colleagues in the military, and many of them are fully aware they can't survive long under Kim Jong-Il's regime," said Ja ... read more |
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N.Korea to release S.Korean fishing boat: state media![]() North Korea said Monday it would release a South Korean boat seized last month for alleged illegal fishing, in an apparently conciliatory gesture after months of high tensions. The North's navy detained the squid fishing boat and its seven crew - four South Koreans and three Chinese - on August 8 off the east coast of the divided peninsula. It said the Daeseung 55 was operating in its ... more Iraqi troops in the spotlight as Baghdad bombers kill 12 ![]() Iraqi security forces were under the spotlight Monday after a coordinated suicide attack on an army complex killed 12 people, with US troops among those who fired back in a bid to repel the operation. American involvement in the response to Sunday's attack was the first reported such engagement for US forces in Baghdad since they declared an official end to combat operations in Iraq five day ... more U.S. considering new trainer jets ![]() The U.S. Air Force is considering options to replace its aging fleet of supersonic T-38s. No official tender or announcement has been made. But since its induction to the Air Force decades ago, scores of fighter and bomber pilots have trained on some version of the T-38 Talon, the world's first supersonic trainer jet. "It takes years to procure a new trainer, so we need to start ... more |
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![]() Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) Sept 4, 2010 A US drone strike on Saturday killed eight militants including three foreign fighters in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt near the Afghan border, security officials said. The strike targeted a militant compound in Datta Khel village in North Waziristan district, a known hub for Taliban and Al-Qaeda linked militants. "A US drone fired missiles on a house used by militants as a compound. Eight militants have been killed in the attack and 12 others were wounded," a security official in Peshawar ... read more |
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