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Russia to increase missiles unless shield agreed: PutinMoscow (AFP) Dec 1, 2010 Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Moscow will build up its "striking forces" including nuclear weapons to ensure security if a joint decision on missile defence fails. Putin's remarks came shortly after President Dmitry Medvedev warned in his annual address of a possible new round of the arms race if the sides do not agree on the European missile defence shield. If Russia's proposals on the European system "are met with negative answers only" while additional threats appear, "Russia wil ... read more |
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  Arrest warrant for WikiLeaks chief as chaos spreads Interpol called Wednesday for the arrest of WikiLeaks' shadowy founder as the site's release of secret US cables laid bare international concerns over the safety of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal. ... more | .. |
  Chile to spend more on naval defenses Chile is boosting defense expenditure to strengthen its naval defenses against potential threats from drug crime and other contraband activity affecting its maritime frontiers. ... more | .. |
  US deploys 'game-changer' weapon to Afghanistan It looks and acts like something best left in the hands of Sylvester Stallone's "Rambo," but this latest dream weapon is real - and the US Army sees it becoming the Taliban's worst nightmare. ... more | .. |
  Bahrain disavows criticism of French jet in leaked US cable Bahrain on Wednesday disavowed comments attributed to King Hamad in a US cable published by the WikiLeaks whistleblower website in which he appeared to disparage a French warplane. ... more |
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 EADS confident A400M will be a success European defense giant EADS is confident it can turn around its troubled Airbus A400 military transporter program by selling up to 500 of the planes. ... more | .. |
  Splintered Iraqi military 'poses dangers' Iraq's U.S.-trained military and security forces seem to be coping with insurgent violence amid the U.S. withdrawal, but there are growing fears they remain dangerously fragmented along sectarian lines and prey to a bitter political power struggle. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: A nation not at war The United States is many things, great and good. But, despite last week's teapot-sized tempest over full-body scanners and intrusive patdowns by the Transportation Security Agency to neuter terrorist airline bombing threats and zealous rhetoric to the contrary, America isn't a nation at war! Parts of the nation however are engaged in what to them is surely the real thing. ... more | .. |
  US, S.Korea end war games, spy chief predicts more attacks The US and South Korean navies Wednesday ended a major show of strength intended to deter North Korea from repeating last week's deadly artillery bombardment, but Seoul's spy chief said new attacks are likely. ... more |
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 Commentary: 'International subversives' Undressing electronically with eyes wide shut is what the world's only superpower has done in a global striptease worthy of the Marx brothers but hardly a word has been written or spoken about the motives of the WikiLeaks' chief leaker. ... more | .. |
 Rejecting China, US to meet allies on N.Korea The United States on Wednesday announced talks with allies South Korea and Japan on soaring tensions with North Korea, rejecting a call from China which had wanted broader negotiations. ... more | .. |
 Peaceful Korean reunification now a distant dream: analysts North Korea's deadly attack on a South Korean island has shattered lingering dreams of peaceful and gradual reunification and the fall of the world's last Cold War frontier, analysts say. ... more | .. |
 Iran, Syria in spotlight at UN atomic watchdog meet Iran's disputed nuclear drive will top the agenda of a meeting of the UN atomic watchdog this week, a prelude to the resumption of long-stalled talks between Tehran and world powers. ... more |
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  Amnesty urges US probe deadly Yemen strike after cable leaks Amnesty International called on Wednesday for Washington to probe a missile strike in Yemen that killed dozens of people after a leaked diplomatic cable showed it was the work of the US military. ... more | .. |
  Iran vows military support to Lebanon Iran has vowed to help Lebanon's army bolster its arsenal, state media here reported. ... more | .. |
 Hamas will accept referendum on peace deal: Haniya Senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said on Wednesday the Islamist group would accept a peace deal with Israel if the Palestinian people approved it in a referendum. ... more | .. |
  US leaks reveal Pakistan nuclear, coup concerns Leaked memos Wednesday exposed deep tensions between the United States and Pakistan on nuclear arms safety, and revealed how the army considered forcing out a president who dreads his own assassination. ... more |
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 Erase 'freeze' from vocabulary: Israel's Lieberman Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman called on Wednesday for the word "freeze" to be erased from the vocabulary in Israel, as he repeated his opposition to new curbs on settlement construction. ... more | .. |
 Japan, US to conduct massive military drill from Friday Japan will demonstrate its ties with the United States in huge joint military drills, just days after a US and South Korean show of force amid tensions on the Korean peninsula, officials said Thursday. ... more | .. |
Young S.Koreans face midnight ban for online games South Korea's government is close to adopting a "Cinderella" law to ban youngsters from playing online games past midnight amid growing concerns about Internet addiction, officials said Thursday. ... more | .. |
Sarkozy called Russian FM a 'liar': WikiLeaks French President Nicolas Sarkozy called Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov a "liar" during negotiations with Moscow following the August 2008 conflict with Georgia, according to a US memo released by WikiLeaks. ... more |
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 In US talks, Russian military still guarded: WikiLeaks Russian military leaders remain guarded in talks with their US counterparts and defense cooperation has not progressed much since the end of the Cold War, according to a US document posted by WikiLeaks. ... more | .. |
Satellite images show S.Korean shelling ineffective Claims by Seoul's military that its counter-fire hit North Korea hard after the North shelled a South Korean border island were called into question by satellite images published Thursday. ... more | .. |
Warrant blunder thwarts arrest of WikiLeaks' Assange WikiLeaks chief Julian Assange has evaded arrest in Britain because Swedish authorities made a mistake when filling in his arrest warrant, The Times newspaper reported Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Iraq monthly toll lowest in a year The number of people killed in violence in Iraq in November was the lowest in a year for the second month running, government figures showed Wednesday. ... more |
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