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US senators voice worry over radar deal with TurkeyWashington (AFP) July 12, 2011 Two key US senators expressed concerns Tuesday about a possible agreement to base a missile-shield radar in Turkey, citing the NATO ally's strained ties with Israel and relations with Iran. Republican Senators Jon Kyl and Mark Kirk wrote Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton seeking reassurances on the possible deal, which was described in a news report last week. The lawmakers asked for "written assurances" that data collected by a so-called X-band radar "will be ... read more |
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  Kim Jong-Il touts son to China: analysts North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il showed to a visiting Chinese delegation that his youngest son is firmly on the succession path, analysts said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Libya's rebel fighters forge unified command Libya's ragtag rebels said they had moved a step closer to becoming a coherent military force on Tuesday, as they announced a unified command structure for the first time. ... more | .. |
 Rights group accuses Libyan rebels of abuse Libyan rebel forces have been responsible for looting, arson and the abuse of civilians in their push toward Tripoli, Human Rights Watch alleged on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
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  Boeing: Boeing EA-18G Growlers Complete 1st Combat Deployment Boeing EA-18G Growlers operated by U.S. Navy electronic attack squadron VAQ-132 safely returned to their home base at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., on July 9, after completing an eight-mo ... more | .. |
  Raytheon BBN Technologies Awarded $2.4 Million to Advance Satellite Communications Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded $2.4 million in funding by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to design and integrate an information architecture for wireless small mod ... more | .. |
  Brazilian jet fighter deal more distant Rival defense manufacturers spent vast sums trying to secure it but a multibillion-dollar Brazilian contract for up to 100 fighter jets is unlikely to come up for government review until next year, with little indication of an early deal that suits priorities set by President Dilma Rousseff. ... more | .. |
 Mullen urges Beijing to influence N. Korea The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff urged the Chinese leadership to rein in North Korea to prevent further unprovoked attacks on South Korea. ... more |
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ATLAS bolsters radio frequency network through new HawkEye 360 alliance
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 Iran again blames NATO, West for Jundallah Tehran is again blaming NATO and Western intelligence agencies for supporting the terrorist activities of the Jundallah militant group inside Iran. ... more | .. |
  U.S., Pakistan at loggerheads Cracks in relations between the United States and Pakistan have reached possible fissure stage following the U.S. raid to kill Osama bin Laden. ... more | .. |
 NATO to bomb Libya in Ramadan if Kadhafi attacks persist NATO will keep bombing Moamer Kadhafi's forces during Ramadan in August as long as the Libyan regime continues to attack civilians during the Muslim holy month, the alliance said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  French NATO jet scrambled on Latvian intercept mission A French NATO jet was scrambled Tuesday to intercept three unidentified aircraft over Latvian airspace, the Baltic state's defence minister said, as news reports said the planes were German. ... more |
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Iran seeks 'explicit' deal in nuclear row: minister Iran on Tuesday signaled it wanted closer cooperation with the UN atomic watchdog but said the Vienna-based agency must agree to "explicit" guidelines on how to proceed to solve a nuclear row. ... more | .. |
 Abbas vows to press statehood as Quartet silent President Mahmud Abbas vowed Tuesday to take the Palestinian bid for statehood to the UN after the diplomatic Quartet failed to reach a breakthrough to revive peace talks. ... more | .. |
  Hacker group claims hit on US defense contractor Hacker group Anonymous on Monday released a trove of military email addresses and passwords it claimed to have plundered from the network of US defense consulting firm Booz Allen Hamilton. ... more | .. |
 NATO's airborne fuel stations keep Libya air raids rolling After hanging over the blue Mediterranean for a couple of hours, Canadian tanker pilot Steve Aston welcomed his first customers - a pair of thirsty British combat jets. ... more |
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Fresh quake barrage hits Greek island Santorini
Pain, anger as Turkey marks two years since quake disaster
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 With 'God's eyeview' on Libya, NATO strikes Two F-16 fighter jets prowling the skies over Tripoli pinpoint a missile launch site near a building in the capital. They ask for clearance to drop a pair of 500-pound bombs. ... more | .. |
  Iraq's Sadr lashes out at US Radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr on Tuesday lashed out at US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta's disclosure that American forces are keeping up unilateral attacks on Iran-backed insurgents in Iraq. ... more | .. |
 France says 1,000 troops to leave Afghanistan President Nicolas Sarkozy said Tuesday that France would withdraw a quarter of its 4,000 troops from Afghanistan by the end of next year, becoming the latest NATO power to downsize its combat mission in the war-torn country. ... more | .. |
 US drones kill 25 militants in Pakistan A volley of US missile strikes killed 25 militants after destroying their compounds in Pakistan's lawless tribal areas on the Afghan border, security officials said Tuesday. ... more |
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  Jailed Chinese tycoon bids for British aircraft carrier China's former richest man, who is serving a 14-year jail sentence for bribery and insider trading, is bidding for a decommissioned British Royal Navy aircraft carrier, his company said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Bahrain financial woes worsened by Libya Bahrain's financial problems from political unrest are being made worse by investment links to embattled Libya, a widely known issue in the financial industry that came to the fore as Moody's downgraded Arab Banking Corp., the kingdom's banking giant. ... more | .. |
Germany's controversial Saudi tank deal German politicians are defending the government's controversial decision to sell tanks to Saudi Arabia under terms of a $2.5 billion armaments contract. ... more | .. |
 Karachi returns to normal Karachi authorities are cleaning up as the army patrols the streets, bringing an end to last week's violence in which more than 100 people died. ... more |
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MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zone
Scientists' conference kicks off global AI summit in Paris
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 12 dead in blasts at Cyprus base, navy chief killed Huge blasts in a seized Iranian arms cache at a Greek Cypriot naval base in southern Cyprus killed at least 12 people on Monday, triggering power and water outages likely to last months. ... more | .. |
 Mideast Quartet meets hoping to avoid looming crisis Envoys from the Middle East Quartet gathered here Monday to urge Israelis and the Palestinians to resume peace talks aiming to avoid a major showdown at the United Nations in September. ... more | .. |
US isn't world's moral arbiter: Iranian FM The United States cannot be the world's moral arbiter, a top Iranian official said here Monday, dismissing charges that Tehran is involved in smuggling weapons to insurgents in Iraq and Afghanistan. ... more | .. |
 Pakistan defiant as US halts $800 mln military aid The Pakistani military on Monday insisted it was capable of fighting Islamic militants without US assistance, hitting back after Washington said it would suspend $800 million worth of security aid. ... more |
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 Iraqis who fled to Syria for safety, now returning When his six-year-old son was killed in a 2006 Baghdad gun battle, Seif Rashid decided to flee with his family to Syria, but the deadly unrest there forced him to return to Iraq last month. ... more | .. |
US forces pursue Iraq Shiite insurgents: Panetta American forces are pursuing Iran-backed insurgents in Iraq, Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said in Baghdad on Monday as US deaths spike nearly a year after US troops formally ended combat operations. ... more | .. |
 Pakistan intelligence chief heads to US for talks Pakistan's spymaster on Wednesday left for US talks on intelligence cooperation, hoping to shore up the strategic alliance against Al-Qaeda that hit crisis point after the US killing of Osama bin Laden. ... more | .. |
 NORAD tracks three planes in 2 days at Obama retreat US fighter jets have intercepted three small planes in separate incidents this weekend over Camp David, the US presidential retreat, the North American Aerospace Defense Command said Sunday. ... more |
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