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EADS chief calls on France, Germany to give up controlDubai (AFP) Nov 13, 2011 EADS chief Louis Gallois called Sunday for a change in the shareholding structure of the European aerospace group by which France and Germany would give up their controlling shares. The German government and Daimler had announced on Thursday reaching an agreement that allowed the car manufacturer to reduce its stake in EADS without compromising the delicate French-German balance in the group. Gallois said that the deal which was presented by Berlin as temporary put an "end to uncertainty" after ... read more |
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  World must halt Iran nuclear drive: Israel PM Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday called on world governments to waste no time in stopping "Iran's race to arm itself with a nuclear weapon." ... more | .. |
Republicans assail Obama on Iran, jab Pakistan Republican White House hopefuls have slammed President Barack Obama's handling of Iran and vowed a tougher line - even going to war - to stop Tehran obtaining nuclear weapons. ... more | .. |
 Russia will continue arms sales to ally Syria: official Russia will continue exporting arms to Syria since no international decision has been made outlawing it, said a top industry official quoted by the news agency Interfax Sunday. ... more | .. |
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  Taiwan opposition claims China interfering in polls Taiwan's main opposition claimed Sunday that Beijing was colluding with the country's China-friendly government to ensure its re-election in January polls, triggering a rebuttal from the ruling party. ... more | .. |
  Iraq army chief on Iran visit seeks stronger ties Iraq's top general made an official visit to Iran on Sunday and called for the boosting of ties between Tehran and Baghdad, which fought a 1980-1988 war, an military website quoted him as saying. ... more | .. |
Iraq attacks wound 20, including Iran pilgrims Twenty people, including 13 Iranian pilgrims, were wounded in bomb attacks in Iraq on Sunday, an interior ministry official said, while insurgents launched rocket and bomb attacks on US forces. ... more | .. |
  Turkey bombs north Iraq: PKK Turkish warplanes bombed the Qandil border area in Iraqi Kurdistan on Sunday for about an hour, a spokesman for the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) separatist group said. ... more |
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  Iran says Duqu malware under 'control' Iran said on Sunday it had found a way to "control" the computer malware Duqu, which is similar to Stuxnet virus which in 2010 attacked its nuclear programme and infected more than 30,000 computers. ... more | .. |
Afghan president's rival to boycott assembly The main challenger to the Afghan president said Sunday he would boycott a traditional leaders' assembly to discuss peace moves and ties with the United States, calling it illegal and unconstitutional. ... more | .. |
  Iran Guards say missile unit pioneer killed in blast A senior general who pioneered an artillery and missile unit was among those killed in a munitions blast that ripped through a base of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards, a Sunday statement said. ... more | .. |
UAE asks Eurofighter to counter Rafale offer: statement The United Arab Emirates, which is in the final stages of talks with France on the sale of Rafale fighter jets, has invited Eurofighter to make a counter offer, the European consortium said Sunday. ... more |
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 S.Korea to build barracks for US troops on island South Korea plans to build a barracks for US troops on an island near the tense sea border with North Korea in case of emergency or military drills, the defence ministry said Sunday. ... more | .. |
S. Korea nuclear envoy to meet US official in Vienna South Korea's nuclear envoy Lim Sung-Nam left Sunday for Vienna for talks on ways to revive stalled negotiations on North Korea's nuclear disarmament. ... more | .. |
India PM warns Pakistan over attacks Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh warned Saturday Pakistan knows one more Mumbai-style terror attack would be a "big setback" to the nuclear-armed neighbours' plans to step up their peace process. ... more | .. |
Wounded UK soldiers face sack in speeded-up cuts: report Britain is considering letting go 16,500 soldiers by 2015 - more than double the number originally proposed - with wounded soldiers among them, the Daily Telegraph reported Saturday. ... more |
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British military denies cuts to be speeded up Britain's Ministry of Defence on Saturday denied claims in a leaked memo that up to 16,500 soldiers - thousands more than originally proposed - faced the axe of budget cuts. ... more | .. |
Huge military base blast kills Guards commander, 16 others A massive explosion at a Revolutionary Guards base just west of the Iranian capital on Saturday killed 17 members of the elite force, including a top commander, officials said, revising the toll down from 27. ... more | .. |
Israeli strike would "ensure" Iran seeks bomb, warns Blix An Israeli attack on Iran's nuclear facilities will only strengthen Tehran's resolve to develop atomic weapons, Hans Blix, a former head of the UN atomic watchdog, warned in a new interview. ... more | .. |
IAEA prompts talk of new sanctions on Iran A report by a U.N. agency that there is "credible" evidence that Iran is working to design a nuclear weapon has spiked the decibel level of concern in world capitals. ... more |
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  Israel speeds up anti-missile systems Israel is accelerating plans to equip its civil airliners with bathtub-shaped anti-missile pods because Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip are reported to have acquired advanced Russian surface-to-air missiles plundered from Libyan arsenals. ... more | .. |
  U.K. bans poppy-burning extremist group Britain is banning Muslims against Crusades, an extremist group that caused widespread outrage when it burned replica poppies, an almost sacrosanct symbol of remembrance for war dead since the early 20th century. ... more | .. |
  Rising China a 'work in progress': Aquino China is a "work in progress" whose government model and attitude overseas are evolving, Philippine President Benigno Aquino said Friday, urging "long patience" with the rising giant. ... more | .. |
Cync Program looks to build cyberbusiness Small cybersecurity businesses have struggled to nab the U.S. government as a client but a big brother in the contracting business has teamed with a Maryland university to try to change that. ... 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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Canberra boosts defense sector cooperation A dozen Australian companies, including Elbit Systems and Frazer-Nash Consultancy, have joined the Defense Department's Rapid Prototyping, Development and Evaluation Program. ... more | .. |
S.Korean held over pro-North website in fresh crackdown A former South Korean army officer has been arrested for operating a pro-North Korea online community extolling the virtues of the isolated communist state and its leader, police said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Pentagon weighs cuts to nuclear arsenal Under pressure to trim the massive US defense budget, the Pentagon is considering cuts to the country's formidable nuclear arsenal, a costly pillar of American military power. ... more | .. |
Iraqi army shuts down pro-autonomy demo: mayor The Iraqi army shut down a demonstration in the town of Baiji on Friday in support of an autonomy bid by a Sunni province, but let an anti-autonomy protest go ahead, the town's mayor said. ... more |
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  Obama on Veterans Day: 'The tide of war is receding' President Barack Obama on Friday told the conflict-weary US public that looming withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq and Moamer Kadhafi's ouster in Libya meant "the tide of war is receding." ... more | .. |
 Armenians arrested for selling radioactive strontium Armenia's security services said Friday that they had arrested four men for selling radioactive strontium to a foreign buyer. ... more | .. |
Nigeria's Islamist killers a rising threat The lethality of Nigeria's Boko Haram sect is escalating sharply into a serious security threat in the strategic West African giant, the continent's most populous nation and a major oil exporter. ... more | .. |
 Unasur seeks closer tabs on arms spending Latin America's Union of South American Nations, aspiring to become a regional security umbrella organization, has served notice on members to get their facts together on who is spending what on defense in the region. ... more |
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