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Kuwait to buy Patriot missilesKuwait City (UPI) Sep 8, 2010 Kuwait looks poised to purchase Patriot missiles from the United States but won't allow its territory to become a springboard for any military assault, a senior defense official said. In a published statement, Kuwaiti Defense Minister Sheik Jaber Mubarak al-Sabah spelled out the intended use of the Patriot missile, clarifying that the $900 million system would boost the military's capability. "We do not purchase arms to launch attacks on others and we do not accept attacks to be launched ... read more |
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Washington (UPI) Sep 8, 2010 In Pakistan, following the catastrophic flooding that literally is drowning an entire nation, could things get much worse? Unfortunately, last week, things did. While trivial by comparison with the human suffering, several snapshots portray the level of poisons within the U.S.-Pakistani relationships as well as with other friends and would-be Pakistani benefactors that could be toxic. / ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2010President Hu Jintao on Wednesday extolled "fresh progress" in China-US ties as he met a White House delegation that held talks here on thorny issues including North Korea, Iran and trade. "China looks positively on the fresh progress made in China-US relations, and we are willing to work together with the United States in promoting the advance of healthy and stable China-US relations," Hu sa ... more  
Baghdad (AFP) Sept 8, 2010A spate of bomb attacks and shootings in Iraq on Wednesday killed five people, including a television presenter, as Baghdad imposed a ban on motorcycles ahead of the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Fitr. The violence, which left dozens wounded, came three days after a coordinated suicide attack on an Iraqi military complex in Baghdad killed 12 people and injured 36. In the main northern city of ... more |
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Argentina accused of blocking Uruguay portBuenos Aires (UPI) Sep 8, 2010 Argentina faced renewed charges of trying to scuttle an ambitious Uruguayan project to develop Montevideo as a major regional port in a move seen running counter to recent reconciliation between the two countries. Uruguayan outrage over Argentine efforts to block the project and promote instead Buenos Aires as a hub with similar aims got polite airing in the media but feelings ran deeper, news reports said. In contrast to Argentine plans for Buenos Aires, Uruguay President Jose Mujica is ... read more |
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