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Western Australia To Host US Defense Space BaseCanberra, Australia (XNA) Nov 02, 2010 Western Australia will host a new multimillion-dollar U.S. defense base to spy on foreign satellites and keep watch on dangerous space junk, local media reported on Saturday. Fairfax newspapers reported that U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is poised to announce the space base when he visits Australia next week with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. As a major expansion of the U.S. military footprint in Australia, the paper said the base is likely to be built at the top secret Harold E ... read more |
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  Saudis looking at Spanish tanks On the face of it, Saudi Arabia's reported plan to buy up to 270 Leopard 2E main battle tanks from Spain for $4.17 billion seems odd since Riyadh is expected to get U.S. arms worth $60 billion over the next decade. ... more | .. |
 Britain, France embark on new defence partnership Britain and France sign treaties Tuesday for unprecedented defence cooperation, including the creation of a joint military force, the sharing of aircraft carriers and closer nuclear research. ... more | .. |
  Korean family reunions restarted Hundreds of North and South Koreans met on the weekend in the first of several mass family reunions planned this week in North Korea. ... more | .. |
  Iraq church horror speeds Christian exodus The slaughter of dozens of Iraqi Christians held hostage in a Baghdad church seized by Islamist insurgents will accelerate the exodus of a Christian community that is one of the most ancient in the world. ... more | .. |
 Egypt refuses to pay heed to Iraqi Qaeda demands on women Egypt refused on Monday to react to demands over two Coptic women rumoured to have converted to Islam made by an Al-Qaeda group in Iraq that claimed a deadly hostage-taking in a Baghdad church. ... more |
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Baghdad (AFP) Nov 1, 2010Bassam Yusef had never thought of leaving Iraq. But after surviving a hostage drama with Al-Qaeda gunmen at a Baghdad church in which dozens of worshippers were killed he has decided to join the mass exodus of Christians who have left since the 2003 US-led invasion. "Now, it is decided that I leave. I will apply for asylum in the United States as soon as possible," Yusef said. "It is cle ... more  
Moscow (UPI) Nov 1, 2010 The Russian military has successfully test launched a long-range ballistic missile fired from a nuclear submarine. The move marks a significant boot to the nation's weapons program, afflicted by a spate of failed launches for years. In a statement the defense ministry said the Bryansk nuclear submarine of the navy's northern fleet fired a Sineva-type missile from the Barents Sea. ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Nov 1, 2010Russia wants more information on how it could participate in NATO's proposed joint missile shield ahead of a summit with leaders of the alliance, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday. "We would like to receive more information before the summit about how our NATO partners see Russia's participation in such a system," Lavrov said at a joint news conference with his German counte ... more |
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China opposes US idea for three-way talks with JapanBeijing (AFP) Nov 2, 2010 China and Japan alone should resolve their dispute over contested islands in the East China Sea, Beijing said Tuesday, rejecting what it called a "US idea" for three-way talks addressing the issue. "I want to emphasise that this is only a US idea," foreign ministry spokesman Ma Zhaoxu said in a statement. "China always believes that we should make full use of the current various dialogue and cooperation mechanisms in the Asia Pacific region," he said. "The territorial dispute between China a ... read more |
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