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Outside View: Moment of truth for IranWashington (UPI) Aug 25, 2011 The moment of truth is upon us. The Iranian regime has raised the nuclear stakes even while struggling under international sanctions. The regime has already begun transferring centrifuges to a secret facility deep inside the mountains some 90 miles south of Tehran as part of a plan to expand production of uranium enriched to more than 20 percent. And, this week it was revealed that North Korea has supplied Tehran with software that is instrumental in the development of nuclear explosives ... read more |
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  China says US report on its military 'groundless' China on Friday dismissed a US report on its military expansion as "completely groundless" and said it had exaggerated the threat to Taiwan, the self-ruled island Beijing calls a breakaway province. ... more | .. |
  US says Libya's yellowcake, mustard agent secure The United States said Thursday that Libya's stockpiles of mustard agent and uranium yellowcake - potential ingredients for chemical and nuclear weapons - are secure. ... more | .. |
 N. Korea's Kim visits factory in China North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il visited a factory in northeastern China on Friday as he travelled through the nation which is his cash-strapped country's chief ally, local residents said. ... more | .. |
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 Scrapped US weapons on sale in S.Korea: police Seoul police said Friday they had arrested five people for selling scrapped US-made military equipment, including a missile launcher, sought by South Korean weapons enthusiasts on the black market. ... more | .. |
 In hunt for Kadhafi, US has crucial, low-profile role US intelligence agencies have a crucial role to play in tracking down Libya's Moamer Kadhafi but are anxious to keep a low profile, current and former officials said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Israel targets Islamic Jihad as truce unravels A truce announced by Gaza militants appeared to be fast unravelling on Thursday after 11 Palestinians were killed in seven Israeli air strikes in under 48 hours. ... more | .. |
 Kadhafi regime lobbied US to stop bombings: Guardian Besieged Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi lobbied the US to try and stop NATO's bombing campaign and feared western forces would commence a full invasion at the end of the year, documents seen by The Guardian revealed. ... more |
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Ariane 6 to deliver inaugural Galileo 2nd Gen satellites as European industry backs Arianespace
Momentus to conduct multi sensor rendezvous trial with US Air Force
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  Iraq violence leaves 12 dead A series of bomb attacks and shootings across Iraq on Thursday killed 12 people, including six security force members, and wounded 87 others, medical and security officials said. ... more | .. |
 U.K. defense supply chain threatened The supply chain for British forces in Afghanistan is at risk of failure because information technology equipment that manages it is inadequate, a Parliament committee has warned. ... more | .. |
  Australia decommissions another ship In the second major decommissioning this year, Australia will take out of service the amphibious ship HMAS Kanimbla that has been laid up since September 2010. ... more | .. |
  British minister in social media talks after riots Britain's interior minister and police met social media companies Thursday in the wake of riots this month to discuss how to stop gangs using the networks to plan social unrest. ... more |
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 N. Korea's Kim in China after Russia talks North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il arrived in China on Thursday, official media from both countries said, in unusually open reporting of Kim's latest visit to his cash-strapped country's chief ally. ... more | .. |
  Russia 'surprised' by Iran's legal complaint over S-300 Russia said Thursday it was surprised by Iran's move to lodge a legal complaint against Moscow over the cancellation of an S-300 missile contract, insisting that sanctions had tied its hands. ... more | .. |
  Iraq opposes actions against Iran's security: Kurd official The visiting Iraqi Kurdish region's vice president said on Thursday Iraq opposed any action against Iran's "security," as Tehran reiterated it was "serious" in its fight with Kurdish rebels near the border area. ... more | .. |
 UN chief Ban urges progress on test-ban treaty 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. ... 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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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 |
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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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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Google pledge against using AI for weapons vanishes
MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zone
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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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 | .. |
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 | .. |
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 | .. |
 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 |
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