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Emirates seek gulf-wide missile shield Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Dec 7, 2010 The United Arab Emirates is reported to be strengthening its missile defense network and plans to integrate it with other Arab states in the Persian Gulf to counter Iran's missile might. Experience shows that is unlikely to happen anytime soon. But even so, the emirates ordered four batteries of U.S. Raytheon Patriot MIM-104 PAC 3 air-defense missiles worth $3.3 billion in 2008. In September, the U.S. Congress cleared the sale of three Terminal High Altitude Area Defense anti-ballistic m ... read more |
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  US lawmakers: China like Nazis with Nobel arrest US lawmakers compared China to Nazi Germany Tuesday as the State Department urged Beijing to free Nobel Peace Prize winner Liu Xiaobo, set to receive the honor for his campaign for democratic reforms. ... more | .. |
  Gates hears of 'tough' fight in east Afghanistan Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Tuesday heard a frank assessment of the "tough" fight facing US forces in eastern Afghanistan but insisted American troops are making headway. ... more | .. |
  Iran nabs assassination team trained 'abroad' Iran has arrested members of an assassination team that were trained in a neighbouring country and who recently attacked two nuclear scientists in Tehran, Tehran's prosecutor was quoted by news agencies as saying on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Gulf urges Iran to be 'positive' on nuclear talks Arab leaders of the Gulf appealed on Tuesday to their neighbour Iran to "respond positively" to talks with world powers on the Islamic republic's contentious nuclear programme. ... more |
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 S.Korea live-fire drill enters second day amid tensions South Korea's military staged a second day of live-fire exercises Tuesday as its top officer scheduled talks with his US counterpart on ways to deter another deadly North Korean attack. ... more | .. |
Iraq's Kurds build up their own army Iraq's two main Kurdish parties, which have long sought an independent state in their northern enclave, are building their own army and intelligence apparatus as the country remains gripped by political crisis stemming from inconclusive elections in March. ... more | .. |
 Report: N.Korea deploys torpedo-carrying midget submarines North Korea has developed a new type of midget submarine fitted with torpedo launch tubes, allowing it to attack South Korea warships more easily, a report said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 US lawmakers urge delay on START vote A group of US House Republicans urged the US Senate Tuesday to delay action on a landmark treaty with Russia until next year, citing worries about missile defense and upkeep of the US atomic arsenal. ... more |
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Nineteen countries decline Nobel ceremony invite: organisers Nineteen countries will shun Friday's Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in Oslo for jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo, the Nobel Institute said, following Chinese pressure for a global boycott. ... more | .. |
Iranian defector 'saw North Korean technicians' in Tehran A former Iranian diplomat who defected to the West said Tuesday he had regularly seen North Korean technicians at Tehran airport between 2002 and 2007. ... more | .. |
Iran's Jalili refused bilateral with US' Burns: source Iran's top negotiator Saeed Jalili turned down a request to meet one-on-one with William Burns, who led the US delegation to nuclear talks in Geneva between world powers and Iran, a source close to talks said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Iraqi maqam emerges as casualty of modernity and war Performing before a half-empty room at Baghdad's Alwiyah Club, Taha Gharib is conscious that the music he has passionately played for decades - traditional Iraqi maqam - is dying. ... more |
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Forty dead in Pakistan suicide bomb blast At least 40 people died and dozens were injured in a double suicide bomb attack near Pakistan's northwest border with Afghanistan. ... more | .. |
  Fake chips threaten military computers Counterfeit computer chips could pose a threat to military computer-based hardware and systems, crippling or disabling them, U.K. experts say. ... more | .. |
US war review to cite gains from surge: senior source A White House review of war strategy in Afghanistan will likely credit a troop surge with bolstering security but warn that the insurgency is far from defeated, a senior defence official said. ... more | .. |
Distrust marks Iran nuclear standoff but dialogue takes hold The talks on Iran's disputed nuclear programme, which resumed this week after a tense 14 month break, have failed to dissipate deep distrust between world powers and Tehran, analysts and diplomats said. ... more |
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  Direct Mideast talks collapse as US freeze bid fails Direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians appeared to have collapsed on Wednesday after Washington admitted its attempts to secure a fresh ban on Jewish settlement building had failed. ... more | .. |
Seven Iranian pilgrims wounded in Baghdad blast Seven Iranian pilgrims were wounded on Wednesday when a roadside bomb exploded near a bus carrying them to the holy Shiite shrine city of Karbala, security officials said. ... more | .. |
Literature laureate warns of nuclear peril Nobel Literature Prize winner Mario Vargas Llosa warned on Tuesday of the danger of nuclear weapons ending up in the hands of terrorists, in a speech ahead of Friday's award ceremony. ... more | .. |
Mullen says China ducking responsibility on N.Korea The top US military officer accused China Wednesday of ducking responsibility to curb its unruly ally North Korea in the wake of the North's "inhumane" and deadly attack on a South Korean island. ... more |
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S.Korea says N.Korea may be conducting firing drill South Korea's military said explosions were heard Wednesday from inside North Korean territory in what appeared to be an artillery drill. ... more | .. |
Iran's nuclear program dominates Geneva talks: US Three-quarters of the talks involving Iran and six world powers in Geneva this week have dealt with Iran's nuclear program, the US State Department said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  England orders $280 million Ocelots Britain has agreed to a $280 million deal to buy light-weight patrol vehicles from armored vehicle maker Force Protection Industries Inc. ... more | .. |
Russian jets entered airspace of US-Japan drill Two Russian military jets entered airspace over the Sea of Japan (East Sea) during a US-Japanese joint military exercise there this week, a Japanese government official said Wednesday. ... more |
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