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S.Korea navy fires warnings shots at N.Korea fishing boatSeoul (AFP) Nov 3, 2010 South Korea's navy fired warning shots Wednesday to drive back a North Korean boat which was fishing illegally in southern waters amid high tension along the Yellow Sea border, military officials said. The boat retreated to its side about two hours and 40 minutes after it had intruded across the disputed border, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement. A South Korean navy boat fired 10 warning shots from a machine gun after broadcasting three verbal warnings, it said. No one was reported h ... read more |
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  Closed TV channel 'mouthpiece for terrorists': Iraq overseer Iraq's media licensing commission said on Tuesday that it closed down the privately-owned Al-Baghdadiya television channel because it had turned into "a mouthpiece for terrorists." ... more | .. |
 N.Korea ready to provide torpedo sample over warship sinking North Korea said Tuesday it was ready to provide torpedo samples to back up its denial of responsibility for the deadly sinking of a South Korean warship. ... more | .. |
  Britain, France sign landmark defence pact Historic rivals Britain and France agreed a deal in London Tuesday to create a joint military force and share nuclear testing facilities, heralding an unprecedented era of defence cooperation. ... more | .. |
 Saudis discuss buying tanks from Spain, no deal signed A senior Saudi Arabian official discussed buying Spain's Leopard 2E tanks here Tuesday but no deal was signed for a contract reportedly worth up to three billion euros, a Spanish government official said. ... more |
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 'Entente frugale' is only choice for France, Britain: experts Britain and France have been forced into a new defence pact by financial pressures and the desire to remain global players, but historic tensions could still undermine the deal, analysts said. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan arrests double agent spying for China A Taiwanese military intelligence agent has been arrested for working as a double agent for China, the defence ministry and media said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan missile to target Chinese air bases, ports: report Taiwan is developing a potent missile system that can strike airfields and harbours on the mainland, in a bid to nip a Chinese invasion in the bud, local media said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  German town prepares tearful goodbye to British troops News that Britain would pull out all of its 20,000 soldiers based in Germany by 2020 hit communities like this tiny northern town like a bombshell. ... more |
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 Clinton says offer stands for talks with China, Japan Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that her offer still stood for China and Japan to engage in a three-way dialogue with the United States over a maritime dispute and other issues. ... more | .. |
  Egyptian vet seen behind Yemen bombs plot The key suspect in the Yemen mail bombs plot is Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri, a top al-Qaida bomb maker but the conspiracy bears the fingerprints of a more senior figure recently released by Iran after nine years of "house arrest." ... more | .. |
  Dassault ready to work with BAE on drones French aerospace firm Dassault is ready to work with Britain's BAE Systems to build a new generation of military drones, Dassault said Tuesday, as France and Britain signed a new defence treaty. ... more | .. |
  Top UK diplomat to hold Iran talks in Israel: report British Foreign Secretary William Hague will hold top-level talks with Israeli officials on Iran's nuclear programme during a three-day visit to the region, an Israeli newspaper said on Tuesday. ... more |
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  Advanced Full-Motion Video Management Tools For Defense And Intel Users Boeing has introduced DataMaster 5.0, a software system with full-motion video capability that will enable defense and Intelligence Community customers to better manage vast amounts of intelligence ... more | .. |
 F-22 Raptor Performs Air Demo For First Time Over Dallas A F-22 Raptor performed its precision aerobatics at the Fort Worth Alliance Air Show Oct. 30-31, marking the first time the aircraft has demonstrated its aerial capabilities in the skies over the Da ... more | .. |
 Providing ISTAR Capability For UK Armed Forces Elbit Systems has announced that its UK company with Thales UK - UAS Tactical Systems (U-TacS) has been awarded by Thales UK a follow-on Urgent Operating Capability (UOR) contract worth approximatel ... more | .. |
 Ahmadinejad slams Russia for 'selling out to Satan' President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at Russia on Wednesday, saying it had "sold out" Iran to arch-foe the United States by cancelling a deal to supply S-300 ground-to-air missiles. ... more |
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 Outside View: Britannia This is one of a few columns not preoccupied with Tuesday's elections, either crowing or cowering over predictions and results and simmering with solemn pronouncements for the nation and world that lie ahead as consequences of how well or badly Republicans and Democrats fared. To many of us, these elections were more embarrassment than elixir for the nation's flagging health with some of the candidates clearly unfit for office. ... more | .. |
Franco-British defence deal 'clearly essential': press British papers poured cold water Wednesday on the idea a Franco-British defence deal was a sign of blossoming friendship, saying the weakened former foes would struggle to maintain their militaries alone. ... more | .. |
  US soldiers in Afghanistan care little for vote US soldiers fighting for a democratic Afghanistan had little interest Wednesday in their own electoral process, saying Republican gains were unlikely to change the course of the war. ... more | .. |
Fearful Iraqi Christians face fresh Qaeda threats Iraqi Christians on Wednesday faced further violent attacks after Al-Qaeda listed them as "legitimate targets," two days after a church bloodbath and as Baghdad was battered by a wave of bombings. ... more |
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Change riptide reverses to slam Obama The torrent of change unleashed by Barack Obama in 2008 violently reversed and all but swept his Democrats away on Tuesday, as a Republican riptide threatened to swamp his presidency. ... more | .. |
Tokyo under fire over 'spineless' diplomacy After a sobering 14 months in power marked by tensions with the United States, China and Russia, Japan's ruling party is under fire over what is being seen at home as spineless and muddled diplomacy. ... more | .. |
  Airliners fly in face of cyber attack scares Around the world, around the clock, circles of flickering screens keep aircraft apart in the air, ease them gently down to the ground and guide their precious human cargoes off the runway. ... more | .. |
NATO, Russia must 'bury ghosts' at landmark summit: chief NATO's chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen Wednesday said the alliance and Russia must bury the ghosts of the past at an upcoming summit, as he sought to persuade Moscow to join a missile defence system. ... more |
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