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N.Korea's nuclear threat reaches "alarming level": officialSeoul (AFP) Oct 6, 2010 North Korea's nuclear programme has reached a "very alarming level" and could cause havoc in South Korea if Pyongyang develops smaller mobile weapons, a senior Seoul presidential aide says. "North Korea's nuclear threat has progressed at a rapid pace and reached a very alarming level, while the nuclear programmes are evolving even now," JoongAng Ilbo newspaper quoted Kim Tae-Hyo as telling a forum Tuesday. Kim, the president's deputy national security adviser, confirmed the comments to AFP Wed ... read more |
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Bangkok (AFP) Oct 5, 2010A Thai court on Tuesday dismissed money-laundering and fraud charges against alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, removing a major obstacle to his extradition to the United States. A Thai appeals court in August ordered the so-called "Merchant of Death" be handed over to Washington on terrorism charges, angering Russia, but the process has been held up by technicalities over the new accu ... more  
Algiers, Algeria (UPI) Oct 5, 2010 France's self-declared war against al-Qaida's North African network is causing anxiety in a region where the former colonial power is still viewed with disdain and the ploy could backfire on French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The French became involved in the shooting war with al-Qaida of the Islamic Maghreb in July when it deployed Special Forces troops with Mauritania's military in an ... more 
Berlin (UPI) Oct 5, 2010 German police fear attacks by foreign-trained European extremists as a U.S. drone killed several German militants in Pakistan. Monday's drone strike in Pakistan's tribal belt killed at least five Germans of Arab descent and three other people, British newspaper The Guardian reports, citing an unnamed Pakistani security official. The drone reportedly fired two missiles into farmhouse in ... more |
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Beijing confirms US-China defence ministers to meetBeijing (AFP) Oct 6, 2010 Beijing on Wednesday confirmed that US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and his Chinese counterpart will meet next week at a security conference in Vietnam, in a sign military ties are back on track. Relations between the two countries have repeatedly stalled, with Beijing cancelling scheduled visits or exchanges as a way of protesting at Washington's policies, notably US arms sales to Taiwan. China agreed to resume military-to-military relations after a 10-month break following talks with a senio ... read more |
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