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US drone now Iran's 'property': defence ministerTehran (AFP) Dec 13, 2011 A US drone captured by Iran is now the "property" of the Islamic republic, Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said on Tuesday, dismissing a request by US President Barack Obama for its return. "The American espionage drone is now Iran's property, and our country will decide what steps to take regarding it," Vahidi was quoted as saying by the ISNA news agency. "Instead of apologising to the Iranian nation, it (the United States) is brazenly asking for the drone back," Vahidi also said, according to an ... read more |
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  Swiss charge three in nuclear weapons case Swiss prosecutors said on Tuesday they had charged a father and his two sons for helping an unknown state build up an illegal nuclear weapons programme, after they admitted the crime. ... more | .. |
  Iraq war withdrawal a promise kept for Obama The last US soldier to leave Iraq will offer political vindication for Barack Obama, once an unknown local lawmaker who railed at a "dumb war" and later became a cold-eyed commander-in-chief. ... more | .. |
 Baghdad frets over rash of autonomy moves Amid growing security fears as U.S. forces withdraw from Iraq, the shaky coalition government in Baghdad is grappling with another problem: growing demands for autonomy by oil-rich regions. ... more | .. |
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 S. Korea calls for China crackdown after officer's death Seoul urged Beijing Tuesday to crack down on illegal fishing and growing violence by Chinese boat crews, after China's foreign ministry expressed regret over the killing of a coastguard officer. ... more | .. |
 US-Iraq ties to remain close post-pullout: experts Baghdad's ties with Washington will likely stay close even after US troops depart, but neighbouring countries including Iran will probably make plays for increased influence here, experts say. ... more | .. |
 Emotional homecoming for final US Iraq vets Tears streamed unashamedly down the face of Steven Farquhar as he hugged his small children at a welcome home ceremony after his fourth - and final - deployment to Iraq. ... more | .. |
  US defence chief in Djibouti for counter-terrorism talks US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta arrived in Djibouti on Tuesday for an hours-long visit during which he was to meet with President Ismael Omar Guelleh for talks on counter-terrorism measures. ... more |
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  Sri Lanka thanks China for civil war help Sri Lanka on Tuesday said it was "true friends" with China due to military assistance provided during the island's bloody civil war, underlining growing links with Beijing. ... more | .. |
  Top woman at Pentagon to step down: Panetta The most senior woman to have ever served at the Pentagon, Michele Flournoy, plans to step down from her policy post to spend more time with her family, officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Iraq war widened gulf between military, US society The Iraq war has exposed a growing gap between the small fraction of the American population that fights for the flag and the rest of society that has been virtually untouched by the conflict. ... more | .. |
  US probes report of alleged Iranian cyber-attack plot The United States said Monday it is looking into a "very disturbing" report that implicates a US-based Venezuelan diplomat in an alleged Iranian plot to launch cyber attacks against US nuclear plants. ... more |
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  Japan chooses F-35 as mainstay fighter jet: reports Japan has chosen the US-made F-35 stealth jet as its next-generation mainstay fighter in a multi-billion dollar deal, reports said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Obama demands Iran return downed US drone President Barack Obama acknowledged for the first time Monday that a US drone was in Iranian hands and said the United States has asked Tehran to return the sophisticated spycraft. ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Awarded Contract For Advance Thermal Imagers Manufacturing Raytheon has been awarded $13.4 million by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under the Low Cost Thermal Imaging Manufacturing (LCTI-M) program. The goal of LCTI-M is to dev ... more | .. |
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 Raytheon Awarded Contract for NASAMS High-Mobility Launchers for Norway Raytheon has received a multimillion-dollar contract to provide International High-Mobility Launchers (HMLs) to the Royal Norwegian Air Force (RNoAF) for its National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile ... more | .. |
 New data allows for unique conflict research Which factors increase the risk for armed conflict and war? What circumstances make conflict resolution more likely to be successful? If work for peace is to bear fruit; these questions needs to be ... more | .. |
 Backpacks, not the bombs inside, key to finding DNA Catching terrorists who detonate bombs may be easier by testing the containers that hide the bombs rather than the actual explosives, according to pioneering research led by Michigan State Universit ... more | .. |
 Israel fears F-35 delay, upgrades F-16s The Israeli air force is upgrading its Lockheed Martin F-16C/D jets amid growing concerns the delivery of 20 of the U.S. plane maker's problem-plagued F-35 stealth fighters ordered by the Jewish state will be delayed past 2017. ... more |
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 Outside View: Obama, Maliki and Ashraf Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is to visit U.S. President Barack Obama at the White House. He also is wanted for questioning by Spanish courts for crimes that have taken place at Camp Ashraf, home to 3,400 Iranian dissidents in Iraq, in July 2009 and April 2011under his orders. These courts are waiting for his term of office to end to summon him. ... more | .. |
 Iraq has 'enduring partner' in US, Obama vows President Barack Obama vowed Monday that Iraq had "an enduring partner" in the United States after meeting Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki as America marks its exit from a nine-year war launched to oust Saddam Hussein. ... more | .. |
 Once called Blackwater, firm changes name again The US security firm formerly known as Blackwater, which was barred from Iraq over a deadly 2007 shooting, renamed itself a second time Monday. ... more | .. |
 Iran must chose between a bomb or survival: Israel A senior Israeli cabinet minister on Monday said Iran must be forced to face an existential question over its nuclear drive: choose between getting an atomic bomb, or survival. ... more |
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 Obama demands Iran return downed US drone President Barack Obama on Monday acknowledged a US drone was in Iranian hands for the first time and said the United States has asked Tehran to return the sophisticated spycraft. ... more | .. |
 Maliki, Obama differ on call for Assad to go Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki publicly differed with President Barack Obama's call for Syria's Bashar al-Assad to step down Monday, saying he had no right to call for another leader's ouster. ... more | .. |
We will reverse-engineer US drone: top Iranian MP Iran will reverse-engineer the US drone it has in its possession, and is in the "final stages" of unlocking the aircraft's software secrets, the head of Iran's parliamentary national security committee said on Monday. ... more | .. |
 US envoy says North Korea 'must change behaviour' The United States will consider meeting North Korean officials if they make good on nuclear disarmament pledges, but they first "must change their behaviour", a top US envoy said Monday. ... more |
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 Chinese skipper kills S. Korean coastguard: officials A Chinese fishing boat skipper stabbed a South Korean coastguard officer to death and wounded another officer on Monday as they tried to arrest him for illegal fishing, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan PM says NATO blockade could last weeks Pakistan's blockade of the US supply line into Afghanistan, ordered in retaliation for a border strike, is likely to stay in place for weeks, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has told the BBC. ... more | .. |
 Obama meets Maliki as US exits Iraq President Barack Obama meets Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki Monday, marking America's exit from a war launched in a aerial "shock and awe" assault that went on to deeply wound both nations. ... more | .. |
 Austria balks at selling 2nd hand tanks to Canada: report Austria is in talks to sell 40 second-hand Leopard 2A4 tanks back to their German manufacturer after Vienna balked at the Canadian military buying them, a press report said Monday. ... more |
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