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UN chief Ban urges progress on test-ban treatyVienna (AFP) Aug 25, 2011 UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Thursday called for new steps to achieve a nuclear-free world, ahead of next week's international day against nuclear tests. "We urgently need new progress in achieving a world free of both nuclear tests and nuclear weapons," Ban said, urging the remaining states to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, whose entry into force has been stalled for years. "Current voluntary moratoriums on nuclear weapon tests are valuable, yet they are no substitute for a glob ... read more |
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  "Network in A Box" Allows Military Vehicles To Be Used For Multiple Missions Answering the need to enable military vehicles to serve multiple mission roles, Lockheed Martin offers soldiers a mobile network in a carrying case. Lockheed Martin's Communications-on-the-Move (COT ... more | .. |
  16th SPCS breaks ground for new global capability In a combined effort, the 16th Space Control Squadron and its Reserve associate unit, the 380th Space Control Squadron, broke ground July 28 for a Rapid Attack, Identification, Detection and Reporti ... more | .. |
  Boeing Delivers 3 More F-15K Slam Eagles to the Republic of Korea Boeing has delivered three F-15K Slam Eagle aircraft to the Republic of Korea Air Force (ROKAF) at Daegu Air Base. The aircraft left the Boeing St. Louis facility on Aug. 16 and made stops in Palmda ... more | .. |
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  Cheney said he urged Bush to bomb Syria: report Dick Cheney said he urged then-president George W. Bush in June 2007 to bomb a suspected nuclear reactor site in Syria, the former vice president wrote in his memoirs, the New York Times reported Thursday. ... more | .. |
 French, British operatives alongside Libya rebels: AFP French and British operatives have been working with Libyan rebels on their eastern front, where the insurgents scored strategic blows against Moamer Kadhafi's forces, an AFP journalist discovered on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  China accuses US of 'exaggerating' military threat China's state news agency accused the United States Thursday of "exaggerating" the threat posed by its military, after a report said the Asian nation was expanding its maritime power. ... more | .. |
 Israel targets Islamic Jihad as truce unravels A days-old truce announced by Gaza militants appeared to be fast unravelling on Thursday after 24 hours of air strikes left five Gazans dead and 30 injured, medics said. ... more |
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Momentus to conduct multi sensor rendezvous trial with US Air Force
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 War crimes court should probe NATO role in Libya: S Africa The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague should probe NATO's actions in Libya, according to South Africa's deputy president who said the alliance had "clear links" to the rebel assault on Tripoli. ... more | .. |
  Foreign workers stuck in Iraqi limbo In Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone, 35 European construction workers have languished in three crowded rooms for months without pay, living, as one said, "like animals". ... more | .. |
 Vietnam hero General Giap turns 100 General Vo Nguyen Giap, a hero of the Vietnamese revolution and considered one of history's greatest military strategists, quietly marked his 100th birthday on Thursday in a Hanoi military hospital. ... more | .. |
 S.Korea urges N.Korea to match words with action South Korea on Thursday urged North Korea to match its emollient rhetoric with actual deeds after the communist state's leader Kim Jong-Il offered nuclear concessions during his visit to Russia. ... more |
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 China state news agency accuses US of 'interfering' China's state-run news agency on Thursday accused the United States of "interfering" after a Pentagon report warned that the Asian power's military was increasingly focused on naval power. ... more | .. |
Europe and NATO weakened despite Libya victory France and Britain proved their military ability in the absence of US leadership in Libya but the European Union and NATO emerged paradoxically weakened, analysts said. ... more | .. |
Israel, Palestinians, trade fire in threat to truce Israeli air strikes killed six Palestinians and wounded more than two dozen in 24 hours while Palestinian mortar and rocket fire targeted Israel, sources on both sides said. ... more | .. |
  US warns China expanding its maritime power China is increasingly focused on naval power and has invested in hi-tech weaponry that will extend its reach in the Pacific and beyond, the Pentagon said Wednesday. ... 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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Medvedev wins nuclear pledge at rare N. Korea talks North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Il on Wednesday promised President Dmitry Medvedev in rare talks that his reclusive state was prepared to renounce nuclear testing and allow transit of a key gas pipeline. ... more | .. |
  Chile opts for refurbished U.S. howitzers Chile will spend $7 million as part of its long-standing plan to build a mechanized artillery battalion in which refurbished U.S.-made howitzers will play a significant part. ... more | .. |
  Foreign legionnaire killed by 'friendly fire' in Afghanistan One of the French foreign legionnaires killed earlier this month in a battle with insurgents in Afghanistan was mistakenly hit by shots fired by his own side, the army general staff said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Canadian drone helped rebels in Libya A Canadian unmanned micro-aerial vehicle or reconnaissance drone helped Libyan rebels in their fight against strongman Moamer Kadhafi, the company that sold it to them said Wednesday. ... more |
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Libya: West strives for smooth transition As victorious rebels, Western intelligence services and NATO warplanes hunt for Libya's elusive fallen dictator, Moammar Gadhafi, Western governments are striving to ensure a smooth transition for the oil-rich North African country. ... more | .. |
U.S. Institute of Peace a funding target The U.S. Institute of Peace has been a target for elimination from all federal funding by some in Congress but institute officials say the organization saves the government money. ... more | .. |
Iraqi women heading households struggle financially Many of the one million women who head Iraqi households struggle to pay basic living expenses in a traditionally male role while coping with the loss of a husband, the Red Cross said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Libya's WMD stockpiles are secure: Pentagon The United States said Wednesday that Libya's stockpile of missiles and chemical weapons are "secure" but that an arsenal of thousands of shoulder-launched missiles remained cause for concern. ... more |
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Google pledge against using AI for weapons vanishes
MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zone
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  Six suspected Qaeda militants killed in Yemen: tribes An air strike Wednesday in Yemen's southern restive province of Abyan killed six suspected Al-Qaeda fighters, a tribal source said, but failed to confirm whether it was a Yemeni or a US raid. ... more | .. |
Gaza truce under fire after Israeli strikes kills militants Israeli air strikes on Wednesday killed three Palestinians, with the first incident prompting mortar fire into Israel days after armed groups agreed to a temporary truce. ... more | .. |
Pakistan FM urges anti-terrorism efforts with China Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar urged China Wednesday to step up joint anti-terrorism efforts, weeks after Beijing blamed terrorists trained in Pakistan for violence in its west. ... more | .. |
 Battle for Libya not over Rebels apparently seized Moammar Gadhafi's compound in Tripoli Tuesday amid renewed fighting with loyalist forces but that's only one step in a long process to determine Libya's future. ... more |
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Sinai crisis could spark Egypt-Israel war Israelis and Palestinians are observing an uneasy truce after five days of fighting in southern Sinai but the clashes underlined how a security crisis brewing since Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak was toppled Feb. 11 could explode into a wider conflict. ... more | .. |
 N.Korea's Kim swims in Siberia ahead of Medvedev talks North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il on Tuesday took a dip in Siberian waters and toured a plant making assault aircraft as he relaxed a day ahead of rare talks with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. ... more | .. |
 Yemen army hits back after Al-Qaeda attack: officials Yemeni forces hit back at Al-Qaeda insurgents, causing heavy losses on Tuesday after an attack by militants killed seven soldiers and wounded 30 others, civilian and military officials said. ... more | .. |
 China urges restraint from all sides in Syria China on Tuesday urged all sides in Syria to avoid more violence, as the United Nations called on Damascus to halt a crackdown on dissent that has cost more than 2,200 lives. ... more |
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