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US weighed cyber attack in Libya war: officialsWashington (AFP) Oct 18, 2011 The United States weighed launching a cyber-attack to disrupt Libyan air defenses before the start of an air campaign against Moamer Kadhafi's forces, officials said Tuesday. The assault would have hacked into the Kadhafi regime's computer networks to cut links between early-warning radar and surface-to-air missiles threatening NATO aircraft, two defense officials said, confirming an account first published by The New York Times. "A broad range of operations were considered," a senior defense of ... read more |
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  U.S. aid to help find Libyan missiles U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was in Libya Tuesday with a $10 million aid pledge, much of which is to fund efforts to track down missing weapons from the Gadhafi regime. ... more | .. |
  Iraq: Turks' raids on Kurds fuel war fears Fighting between Turkey's Kurdish separatists and the Ankara government is escalating with Turkish air raids against rebel havens in Iraq's Kurdish enclave, raising fears a new civil war in Turkey is looming in a region already convulsed by turmoil. ... more | .. |
  British minister's link to friend was security risk: inquiry Britain's former defence minister Liam Fox caused a security risk by leaking details of future foreign trips to his close friend, an official report criticising his actions said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
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  Family protests 'unbelievable' killing of Awlaqi son The family of key Al-Qaeda figure Anwar al-Awlaqi protested Tuesday the "unbelievable" killing of the slain US-born cleric's 16-year-old son in a separate suspected US air strike. ... more | .. |
 US ties Bahrain arms sale to abuse probe The US State Department said in a letter made public Tuesday it would weigh the results of a probe into Bahrain's protest crackdown before pursuing a planned arms sale to the kingdom. ... more | .. |
  Obama national security aide to visit China, India President Barack Obama's national security advisor will visit China and India this week to advance US interests ahead of the East Asian Summit in November, the White House announced Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Computer virus did not target US drone fleet: general A computer virus that affected the US military's drone fleet last month was not "specifically" aimed at the unmanned aircraft's network, the head of US Strategic Command said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Leaders aim to expand 'influence' of Chinese culture China's leaders have agreed guidelines aimed at preserving "cultural security" and expanding Chinese soft power, state media reported at the end of a key meeting of Communist Party chiefs. ... more | .. |
  N.Korea safe for war dead recovery: US North Korea is safe enough to resume searches for the remains of thousands of Americans killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, the Pentagon said Tuesday as the two nations held rare talks. ... more | .. |
  Japan PM seeks to smooth prickly ties with Seoul Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda Tuesday started a visit to South Korea aimed at smoothing prickly relations, bringing with him a set of historic books seized by his country decades ago. ... more | .. |
  Pakistani boy escapes his Taliban captors A Pakistani boy, one of 30 kidnapped by the Taliban, has recounted his ordeal to the BBC, including a nine-hour dash for freedom from his captors. ... more |
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 S. Korea police arrest two men for hacking South Korean police said Tuesday two people have been arrested for infecting about 16,000 personal computers with hacking programmes which allowed them to secretly record video of their victims. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan urges China to remove missiles Taiwan said Tuesday China would have to remove 1,600 missiles targeting the island as a precondition for signing a peace treaty putting a formal end to a civil war fought more than 60 years ago. ... more | .. |
 Allegations against Iran 'politically motivated' Iran on Tuesday lashed out at "politically motivated" Western accusations against Tehran over US plot claims, its human rights record and nuclear activities. ... more | .. |
  Chile set on buying French assault ship Chile is going ahead with the purchase of a reconditioned French navy ship in an $80 million deal that will take the Latin American country a step closer to much needed and delayed military modernization. ... more |
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 Cross-border attacks from Pakistan on the rise: US Cross-border attacks emanating from Pakistan against US-led forces in Afghanistan have increased since the US raid that killed Osama bin Laden in Pakistan, the Pentagon said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Weapons awash in Libya's liberated capital The crackle of celebratory gunfire still rings out across the city at night, two months after Moamer Kadhafi's fall, but the wide diffusion of weapons poses a real danger for Libya's liberated capital. ... more | .. |
  First shipboard integration of a true dual-band radar suite Raytheon has completed the shipboard installation of the Cobra Judy Replacement program's X- and S-band antennas onto the USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM 25). These massive active phased-array antenn ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Awarded contract for Lightweight Torpedoes Raytheon has been awarded a $42.6 million U.S. Navy contract to provide MK54 lightweight torpedo hardware. Under the contract, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) will deliver a total of 100 M ... more |
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 Lockheed Martin Delivers First F-35 Weapons Load Training System to Eglin AFB Lockheed Martin has delivered and installed the first weapons load training device at the F-35 integrated pilot-and-maintenance training center (ITC) at Eglin Air Force Base's 33rd Fighter Wing. ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Completes Meads Intra-Fire Unit Communications Hardware Ahead of Schedule Lockheed Martin recently completed early delivery of intra-fire unit communications kits designed for use with the tri-national Medium Extended Air Defense System (MEADS). This tactical hardware for ... more | .. |
 France 'near closing Emirates Rafale deal' France was reported Monday to be in the final stages of wrapping up a $10 billion contract with the United Arab Emirates for 60 Rafale combat jets. ... more | .. |
 Khamenei threat deepens Iran's power rift The threat by Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei to scrap a directly elected presidency is seen as a warning to upstart President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to back off in his power struggle with the country's deeply entrenched conservative rulers. ... more |
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Rubio in Costa Rica as he seeks to curb China influence; Panama lawsuit would axe HK canal concession
New Belgian government ditches nuclear power exit plan
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 Walker's World: France's next leader? For the next six months French President Nicolas Sarkozy will be looking over his shoulder at the man who has the best chance to replace him in next year's elections, Francois Hollande, who Sunday won the Socialist Party primary with a convincing 57 percent of the vote. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan president mulls peace treaty with China Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou Monday suggested the island should consider signing a peace treaty with China within the coming decade, formally ending a civil war that has actually been over since 1949. ... more | .. |
 US-Iraq talks hit snag over immunity for troops The question of legal immunity for US troops remains a "sticking point" between the United States and Iraq in talks over a possible US military presence beyond a year-end deadline, a defense official said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Netenyahu slams Palestinian refusal to hold direct talks Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday deplored the Palestinians' refusal to enter into direct peace talks with Israel at the upcoming international Quartet talks on Middle East peace. ... more |
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 Quartet to meet Israelis, Palestinians Oct 26: US Envoys of the Middle East Quartet will meet separately in Jerusalem October 26 with Israeli and Palestinian representatives as they seek a way forward on peace talks, the State Department said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Iran says to make own nuclear fuel plate within 5 months Iran plans to produce the first of its own enriched nuclear fuel within five months, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said on Monday, the official IRNA news agency reported. ... more | .. |
 US, Italy discuss ending NATO air war in Libya US and Italian defense chiefs on Monday said they examined prospects for ending the allied air campaign over Libya and how to support the country's post-Kadhafi transition in talks at the Pentagon. ... more | .. |
 US Army to fly 'kamikaze' drones A miniature "kamikaze" drone designed to quietly hover in the sky before dive-bombing and slamming into a human target will soon be part of the US Army's arsenal, officials say. ... more |
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