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Britain details major defense cutsLondon (UPI) Oct 20, 2010 Eager to modernize its armed forces and rein in a massive national deficit, Britain announced it would cut defense spending by 8 percent. London will reduce troop numbers by 17,000 to 158,500, scrap defense equipment such as airplanes, tanks and artillery and ax 25,000 civilian jobs in the Defense Ministry, British Prime Minister David Cameron said this week. In its current state, the British military is "overstretched, under-equipped and ill-prepared" to face the challenges of the futur ... read more |
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  Bin Laden's hideout still a mystery A senior NATO official says Osama bin Laden is living comfortably in northwestern Pakistan protected by loyal tribesmen and Pakistani intelligence officials. The unnamed official, who is involve ... more | .. |
  Myanmar generals in Kachin state standoff Tensions are rising in northeastern Myanmar ahead of the Nov. 7 general election as government troops surrounded several offices of "insurgent" Kachin officials. The Kachin Independence Army conf ... more | .. |
  Maliki confident of Iraq govt 'soon' Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, in Cairo on a regional tour to rally support for his candidacy, said Wednesday his country would "soon" have a new government, seven months after an inconclusive ... more | .. |
  Elbit to upgrade Azeri tanks Israel's Elbit Systems has been chosen by Baku to upgrade T-72 tanks of the army in Azerbaijan. Local reports suggest the deal has already been sealed after the Israeli army was testing several u ... more | .. |
 UAE-Canada relations hit recent rocky patches When Dubai's police chief criticised this week Canada's handling of a Dubai murder suspect's arrest, it was the latest in a recent string of disagreements between the United Arab Emirates and Canada ... more |
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Arbil, Iraq (AFP) Oct 20, 2010Iraq's Kurds might boycott the country's already delayed national census if the central government drops a question on ethnic identity, a senior regional official said on Wednesday. "If a reference to ethnicity is removed from the questionnaire, the region of Kurdistan will probably not participate in the census," said Osman al-Senaidi, planning minister in the autonomous regional government ... more  
Chantilly VA (SPX) Oct 19, 2010Boeing has received a one-year, $4.3 million contract extension from the U.S. Army to extend the company's engineering support for Multimedia Message Manager (M3), a secure messaging capability. Boeing will continue to provide specialized software operations and maintenance support to military intelligence-gathering customers as part of the extension. "M3 has remained at the cutting edge o ... more 
Marlborough MA (SPX) Oct 19, 2010Raytheon has reached a key milestone in its Navy Multiband Terminal program with the first production order for next-generation NMT satellite communication terminals. The U.S. Navy award follows a successful field test and "Milestone C Review," which marks the completion of complex system development. The initial production award is for 22 systems, consisting of 15 ship, five submarine and ... more |
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China ties cause widening income gap in TaiwanTaipei (AFP) Oct 20, 2010 Taiwan was one of Asia's most equitable societies, but closer ties with China have changed the rules of the game, benefiting some at the expense of others and causing a widening income gap. People with capital are profiting from the new opportunities that the China boom offers, while those with only their labour to sell are up against a billion mainland Chinese eager to work for a fraction of Taiwanese wages. Property investor Victor Chen, one of the winners in the new Taiwanese economy, started ... read more |
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