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S.Korea boosts defences as North warns of more strikesYeonpyeong Island, South Korea (AFP) Nov 25, 2010 South Korea vowed Thursday to dramatically boost its defences against rival North Korea as the nuclear-armed regime threatened more strikes if it faced a "reckless military provocation". Pyongyang's fresh warning came as a US aircraft carrier headed for the tense peninsula to join war games to be staged as show of force to the unpredictable communist state but which have angered its main ally Beijing. The war of words played out as rescuers sifted through the rubble of the remote border island w ... read more |
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 Iran denies problem with uranium enrichment Iran denied on Tuesday claims that its sensitive uranium enrichment work has been hit by technical problems and said its nuclear programme has not been harmed by the Stuxnet computer worm. ... more | .. |
  Progress 'uneven' in Afghanistan war: Pentagon The Pentagon admitted Tuesday in a report that progress has been "uneven" in the war in Afghanistan, with only modest gains against the Taliban insurgency despite a surge of US and NATO troops. ... more | .. |
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 Seoul rules out redeployment of US nuclear weapons South Korea's defence ministry Tuesday ruled out the redeployment of US nuclear weapons on its soil as a deterrent to North Korea, a day after its minister had raised the prospect. ... more |
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 South Korea in a bind over its wayward neighbour North Korea's deadly rain of shells has enraged South Koreans but also driven home their chilling dilemma - how to deal with an unpredictable nuclear-armed neighbour while avoiding all-out war. ... more | .. |
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 US stresses Iran's 'continued failure' to comply with IAEA The United States Tuesday criticized Iran for its "continued failure" to cooperate with the International Atomic Energy Agency, after a new report by the agency said Iran was still refusing to halt uranium enrichment. ... more | .. |
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Fear of instability stops China reining in N.Korea: analysts China's deep-seated fear of instability along its northeastern border will prevent it from reining in its erratic ally North Korea after Pyongyang's deadly attack on a South Korean island, analysts said. ... more | .. |
 Russian 'arms king' and Moscow's secrets Viktor Bout, a Russian alleged to be the world's most prolific gunrunner, is languishing in a New York prison awaiting trial on terrorism charges. ... more | .. |
 Boeing Delivers US Navy's 10th C-40A Derivative Aircraft Boeing has delivered the 10th C-40A transport/cargo aircraft to the U.S. Navy. The Boeing 737-700 commercial derivative was modified at the company's Wichita facility for its Navy mission. "Th ... more | .. |
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 Myanmar now the only active landmine user: campaigners Myanmar is now the only government still laying landmines after Russia stopped using such weapons, campaigners said Wednesday, noting that 2009 marked the lowest usage of the deadly explosives in a decade. ... more | .. |
Obama vows 'unshakeable' support for S.Korea after attack US President Barack Obama described North Korea as a pressing threat and pledged "unshakeable" support for South Korea after the communist state rained a deadly artillery barrage on a border island. ... more | .. |
Iraq's prolonged political tussle Nuri al-Maliki was on Thursday named to his second term as prime minister, signalling an end is finally in sight for Iraq's prolonged political tussle, more than eight months after general elections. ... more | .. |
US-S.Korea war games planned as artillery toll rises The United States and South Korea Wednesday announced joint naval war games as the death toll from North Korea's shelling of a border island - one of its worst attacks in decades - rose to four. ... more |
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Belgium detains 15 in Afghanistan, Iraq 'jihadist' probe Belgian police detained around 15 people in Brussels on Tuesday in connection with a probe into an Iraq and Afghanistan war recruitment drive, after a separate raid in an unrelated terror investigation. ... more | .. |
N.Korea used rockets to pound S.Korean island: lawmaker A South Korean lawmaker presented North Korean rocket casings Thursday from the attack on a border island, pointing to the use of high-explosive weapons against civilian targets. ... more | .. |
N.Korea warns of more strikes, blames US as carrier heads in North Korea on Thursday blamed the South and the US for provoking its artillery bombardment and warned it was ready to strike again, as a US carrier headed in for war games off the tense peninsula. ... more | .. |
Iran's nuclear programme suffered one-day outage: IAEA Iran's uranium enrichment activities came to a complete halt for at least one day this month, a new restricted UN report revealed Tuesday, amid speculation the activities were the target of a cyberattack. ... more |
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