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Libyan troops target rebels after air force 'destroyed'Near Ajdabiya, Libya (AFP) March 24, 2011 Libyan forces pounded rebel cities on Wednesday with tank fire forcing civilians to flee as a top British officer said Moamer Kadhafi's air force had been almost obliterated. As an armada of NATO warships patrolled Libya's coast to enforce an arms embargo against Kadhafi, fresh efforts to hand the alliance command of the military operations collapsed after days of sometimes acrimonious debate. A NATO diplomat said the 28-nation alliance would try again on Thursday to reach a decision on whether ... read more |
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  Majority of S. Koreans want atomic bomb: survey A majority of South Koreans support the idea of developing nuclear weapons or redeploying US atomic bombs to cope with the threat from North Korea, according to a survey published on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Libyan troops target rebels after air force 'destroyed' Libyan forces hammered rebel cities on Wednesday with tank fire forcing civilians to flee as a top British officer said Moamer Kadhafi's air force had been almost obliterated. ... more | .. |
  Crucial EU summit split on Libya, upset by Portugal Europe's leaders head into a crucial summit Thursday, torn over the military campaign in Libya and facing a political crisis in Portugal that threatens fresh trouble for the euro. ... more | .. |
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 Air raids could fuel mutiny in Kadhafi regime: US Western air strikes on Libya could fuel a possible mutiny inside Moamer Kadhafi's regime and bolster the ranks of opposition forces, US Defence Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 NATO patrols Libya coast, still divided over command NATO warships began patrolling Libya's coast on Wednesday to enforce an arms embargo against Moamer Kadhafi, but fresh efforts to give the alliance command of military operations collapsed. ... more | .. |
  Russia and Kyrgyzstan dispute over airbase Russia and Kyrgyzstan are wrangling over Russia's Kant Airbase in the former Soviet republic. ... more | .. |
 Odyssey Dawn: Gunning for Gadhafi? In the wake of U.S. airstrikes against Moammar Gadhafi's residences in recent days, there's growing speculation the Americans and their allies are out to get rid of the quicksilver Libyan dictator and effect regime change in Tripoli. ... more |
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 MD gets $186 million deal for Afghanistan The U.S. Army has awarded a $186 million contract to MD Helicopters to build rotorcraft for training exercises in Afghanistan. ... more | .. |
  EU victim of eve-of-summit cyber attack: official Cyber-attackers hacked into the European Commission on Wednesday, hours from a sensitive summit of EU leaders debating the military campaign in Libya, the euro debt crisis and nuclear safety, officials said. ... more | .. |
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 Taiwan missile test flops again Taiwan's air force said Wednesday that two out of four missiles missed their targets during a drill earlier this week, two months after a similar failure left military leaders red-faced. ... more | .. |
  Four charged in plot to export jet engines to Iran Four Colombians face charges linked to an attempt to illegally export 22 F-5 fighter jet engines to Iran, the US Justice Department said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Chinese state press blasts Libya strikes Chinese state media on Wednesday blasted the UN-backed military strikes on Libya, saying they masked a self-interested grab by Western powers for oil and "world dominance." ... more | .. |
  Russia To Revamp Air Defense With S-400, Pantsir-S Systems All air defense regiments in the Russian Armed Forces will be equipped with advanced S-400 Triumf and Pantsir-S missile systems by 2020, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Monday. "We are p ... more |
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 Russia And US Begin Data Exchange Under New START The United States and Russia have begun exchanging information on their nuclear stockpiles under a new U.S.-Russian arms reduction treaty, a senior U.S. official said. "With entry into force o ... more | .. |
 Libya command structure divides US, NATO allies The United States and key allies France and Britain struggled to hammer out a new command structure for Libyan military operations amid divisions over the role NATO should play. ... more |
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 Clinton heard Kadhafi son may be dead: ABC US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she has heard reports that one of Moamer Kadhafi's sons may have been killed in the coalition air strikes against Libya, but could not confirm it, ABC News reported. ... more | .. |
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 IAI, Elbit to collaborate on jet trainer Israel Aerospace Industries and Elbit Systems, old rivals which often bid against each other on foreign contracts, are to collaborate on procuring and maintaining a new jet trainer for the Israeli air force. ... more | .. |
 UN chief defends Libya air strikes against doubters UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday launched a strong defence of the air strikes on Moamer Kadhafi's forces which face growing criticism from doubters led by Russia and China. ... more | .. |
 Afghanistan announces crucial security handover Afghan forces will take over security from NATO this summer in the capital of violence-wracked Helmand province and several other areas, President Hamid Karzai said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 China plugging holes in 'Great Firewall' China appears to be moving aggressively to plug holes in its "Great Firewall" censorship system, causing frustration for businesses and web users, foreign Internet companies and analysts said. ... more |
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 Israel kills 8 Gazans as border violence spirals Eight Gazans were killed on Tuesday, among them two minors and four militants, as tensions soared along the border after days of rocket fire and retaliatory air strikes. ... more | .. |
US Afghan surge is working: UN envoy The US-led surge of troops in Afghanistan is proving successful, with the Taliban on the defensive despite persistent bloodshed, the UN envoy to the country said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Kadhafi strongholds bombed as Misrata said overrun Moamer Kadhafi's Tripoli compound was rocked by blasts late Monday, his southern strongholds targeted and a navy base bombed as international criticism mounted over the air assault on Libya. ... more | .. |
 Israeli jets strike Gaza after Hamas offers truce Israeli jets carried out at least five air strikes in the Gaza Strip late on Monday in which 17 people were wounded, mostly lightly, Palestinian emergency workers said. ... more |
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