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US presses allies on missile shieldBrussels (AFP) Oct 15, 2010 The United States urged NATO allies to invest in a missile shield and avoid harmful budget cuts at a meeting of defence and foreign ministers clouded by the war in Afghanistan. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Defence Secretary Robert Gates made the plea, echoed by NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, amid French reservations about the anti-missile system. "The studies have been done, the data are well-known and the affordability is clear," Gates told alliance ministers. "It is ... read more |
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London (AFP) Oct 18, 2010The prospect of savage cuts to the defence budget as the government battles to cut a huge deficit has revived a decades-old debate in Britain - is it losing its status as a global power? Prime Minister David Cameron has stepped in to mediate between the Treasury - which initially demanded defence cuts of up to 20 percent - and military chiefs who warn that cuts over four percent could end ... more  
Alexandria VA (SPX) Oct 18, 2010A team led by Lockheed Martin was selected by the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM) to compete for future task orders under the INSCOM OMNIBUS-III contracting vehicle. "Lockheed Martin is thrilled to be selected by INSCOM," said Bob Kramer, Lockheed Martin Information Systems and Global Services-Defense's vice president for Operational Systems and Services. "The te ... more  
Tehran (AFP) Oct 18, 2010Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was in Tehran on Monday to garner support for his premiership bid, as his chief rival Iyad Allawi accused Iran of meddling in Baghdad's political affairs. Maliki flew to Tehran from Amman and went straight into a series of meetings, including with Iran's first vice president Mohammad Reza Rahimi and with supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to ... more |
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New Japan leaders broke secret islet pact with China: mediaTokyo (AFP) Oct 18, 2010 A row between Japan and China blew up because the year-old centre left government in Tokyo unwittingly failed to keep a "secret pact" with China over disputed islands, Japanese media said Monday. Under Japan's previous conservative leadership "the Japanese and Chinese governments had a secret agreement to manage an emergency" involving the islands in the East China Sea, said the Asahi Shimbun's Aera magazine. The chain of uninhabited islands, called Senkaku in Japanese and Diaoyu in Chinese, has ... read more |
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