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Baltics fret over French deal with RussiaVilnius, Lithuania (UPI) Jan 3, 2010 France's decision to sell two warships to Russia has sparked controversy, with Russia's neighbors, mainly, suggesting that Paris may have forged the way for other Western countries to deal with the Kremlin in trade ranging from high-tech military equipment to oil rights. The deal, negotiated for months, marks the first major defense sale between a NATO member state and Russia. "I think this is a mistake," Lithuanian Defense Minister Rasa Jukneviciene told reporters as the Paris governmen ... read more |
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  Netanyahu: Israel never said no to new freeze Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said talks to secure a new settlement freeze ground to a halt when the United States stopped pressing for the ban, not because Israel rejected it. ... more | .. |
  Iran opens doors of atom sites to world powers, EU Iran will open its atomic sites to some world powers, an official announced Tuesday, as President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad insisted the West is wrong to confront Tehran over its nuclear programme. ... more | .. |
 US envoy in Seoul on mission to ease Korean tensions The United States' point man on North Korea arrived in Seoul Tuesday, calling for "serious negotiations" to ease tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear programme and deadly attack on a South Korean island. ... more | .. |
  Algeria mounts big push against al-Qaida The Algerian army is conducting its biggest offensive in years against al-Qaida forces in the north across the Kabylie mountains and reportedly disrupted a major plot to use cellphone-detonated explosives in a bombing campaign. ... more |
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  Germany's last military conscripts report for duty Some 12,150 young Germans reported for compulsory military service on Monday, the last contingent to do so after the government suspended conscription, a defence ministry spokesman said. ... more | .. |
  Afghanistan violence had to get worse to get better: NATO Violence levels in Afghanistan had to get worse before they got better, a spokesman for the US-led NATO force in the war-torn country said Monday, after its bloodiest year yet in the war. ... more | .. |
  Three Iraqis, two US soldiers killed in Iraq Gun and bomb attacks killed three Iraqis and wounded 15 on Monday, security officials said, while the US military said two US soldiers had been killed, the first to die in Iraq this year. ... more | .. |
 Pakistan government scrambles to survive Pakistan's government scrambled Monday to survive after losing its majority, flinging the nuclear-armed state into a political crisis threatening to destabilise the US ally in the war on Al-Qaeda. ... more |
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  Taiwan will not deploy advanced rockets near China: report Taiwan has decided not to deploy a new powerful rocket system on outlying islands near China, deeming it unnecessary in the context of fast warming ties with Beijing, local media reported Monday. ... more | .. |
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  Taiwan set to lift ban on solo Chinese tourists Taiwan is expected to lift its decades-old ban on visits by individual Chinese tourists from April in yet another sign of the island's fast-warming ties with China, officials and local media said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  US to deploy new intelligence drone in Afghanistan: report The US military plans to to deploy a new intelligence drone in Afghanistan, which military experts say will allow US troops to monitor much larger operational theaters than before, The Washington Post reported Sunday. ... more |
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 'Merchant of Death' says he turned down US plea bargain A suspected Russian arms dealer known as the "Merchant of Death" said in a rare interview published Sunday that he rejected a US plea bargain offer that would have exposed his alleged contact list. ... more | .. |
 US drone strikes kill 15 militants in Pakistan: officials Three US missile attacks in Pakistan's lawless tribal belt on Saturday killed at least 15 militants and destroyed a Taliban compound, local officials said. ... more | .. |
Iran seeks UN help on missing official Iran has asked UN chief Ban Ki-moon for help on the fate of a former deputy defence minister who disappeared in Turkey in 2007, media said Friday after reports that he may have died in an Israeli jail. ... more | .. |
 Hu pledges a peaceful, cooperative China in 2011 Chinese President Hu Jintao said in a New Year's Eve address on Friday China would adhere to the path of peaceful development and would always seek to cooperate when facing global problems. ... more |
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 US Navy introduces smoking ban on submarines Giving up smoking may be a New Year's resolution for some, but all US sailors will now have to follow suit, as the US Navy moves to ban its crews from smoking aboard submarines starting Friday. ... more | .. |
 Russia to pay almost 2 bln dlrs for French warships: report Russia will pay France 1.37 billion euros (1.81 billion dollars) for two Mistral-class assault warships that Moscow agreed to purchase from the NATO member last week, news reports said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Japan to consider using drones: report Japan is to consider using unmanned aircraft for surveillance flights, a newspaper reported Thursday, at a time of heightened tensions with neighbouring China and North Korea. ... more | .. |
 AeroVironment Receives Order For Raven UAS And Digital Retrofit Kits AeroVironment has announced that it received an order valued at $46,226,984 under an existing contract with the U.S. Army. The order comprises 123 new digital Raven small unmanned aircraft systems ( ... more |
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 EU could end China arms embargo early 2011: report A European Union arms embargo clamped on China in 1989 following the Tiananmen crackdown could be lifted in early 2011, Brussels sources told Thursday's edition of France's Le Figaro daily. ... more | .. |
Japan, S.Korea to explore deeper defence ties Japan and South Korea plan to step up military ties, despite historical animosities, to face jointly the threat posed by nuclear-armed North Korea, officials and media reports said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Japan open to talks with N.Korea this year: foreign minister Japan is open to direct talks with North Korea this year, its foreign minister said Tuesday, echoing conciliatory New Year's statements out of Seoul and Pyongyang after a recent flare-up in tensions. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan set to admit Chinese students in September Taiwanese universities are due to admit their first batch of Chinese students in September, the island's education ministry said Tuesday. ... more |
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