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Suicide bomber wounds nine, misses Iraqi governorRamadi, Iraq (AFP) Jan 17, 2011 A suicide bomber blew up his explosives-laden car in a convoy carrying the governor of Iraq's western Anbar province on Monday, wounding three bodyguards and six policemen, officials said. The governor was unharmed in the attack, the second in little more than a year to target Qassim Mohammed Abid. Abid, who was elected to office in January 2009, lost his left hand in a suicide attack in Anbar's provincial capital Ramadi in December 2009. "A suicide car bomb in the centre of Ramadi targeted ... read more |
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 Bagram Airfield Receives New Aircraft Fueling System The construction of a new fuel delivery system is in place on the flight line here to quickly refuel aircraft on Bagram Airfield. The 101st Sustainment Brigade oversaw construction of the proj ... more | .. |
  N. Korea 'may collapse unless it scraps nukes' North Korea could bring about its own collapse if it keeps pouring resources into nuclear and conventional weapons, South Korea's national security adviser said in an interview to be screened Monday. ... more | .. |
 Iran says it to sue Israel for scientist's murder Iran said on Monday it will sue its archfoe Israel for the murder last year in Tehran of senior nuclear scientist Masoud Ali Mohammadi. ... more | .. |
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 Iran fuel ban targets NATO but hurts Afghans Iran's ban on fuel tankers crossing into Afghanistan over claims they are supplying NATO troops is snaring ordinary Afghans in a complex power game as winter living costs rise, experts say. ... more |
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 Iran says firm on nuclear rights as tour ends Iran's nuclear negotiator said on Sunday that Tehran will steadfastly pursue its atomic rights as he prepared for a face-off with world powers in Istanbul over the Islamic republic's nuclear drive. ... more | .. |
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 SDS Delivers MQ-9 Reaper Simulator To ERAU SDS International (SDS) recently delivered a specialized version of the ROVATTS-based MQ-9 Reaper Mission Training Device (MTD) tabletop simulator to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) to s ... more | .. |
 Three killed on deadly day for US troops in Iraq An Iraqi soldier gunned down two US troops at a training centre and a third American soldier in Iraq was killed in a separate incident on Saturday, the deadliest day for US forces since July. ... more | .. |
 Syrian PM in Iraq to boost trade Baghdad and Damascus agreed to boost trade ties on Saturday during a visit by Syrian Prime Minister Mohammed Naji Otri, four months after the two neighbours re-established full diplomatic relations. ... more | .. |
 Defiant Iran says enriching uranium 'strongly' A defiant Iran said on Saturday its controversial uranium enrichment programme was progressing "very strongly," as it opened the doors of two of its nuclear sites to foreign diplomats. ... more |
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 Foreign envoys to tour Iran uranium plant Foreign diplomats were on Sunday to tour a plant where Iran is enriching uranium in defiance of UN sanctions, a day after Tehran vowed to push ahead "very strongly" with the controversial work. ... more | .. |
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