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N. Korea deal raises hopes over young leaderWashington (AFP) Feb 29, 2012 Soon after President Barack Obama took office in 2009 promising to reach out to US enemies, North Korea tested a missile and then a nuclear bomb and stormed out of US-backed talks. On Wednesday, barely two months after veteran leader Kim Jong-Il died, North Korea agreed to shut down its nuclear program including uranium enrichment and to allow back UN inspectors, with the United States offering food assistance. The deal came despite initial doubts in Washington that North Korea would take any de ... read more |
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  Leadership intrigue to dominate China parliament China's parliament will open its last annual session under the current leadership on Monday, amid what analysts say may be a bitter power struggle to replace outgoing Communist Party rulers. ... more | .. |
  Obama 'confident' of keeping to Afghan pullout plan President Barack Obama said Wednesday he was "confident" the United States could stick to its Afghan drawdown timetable despite a week of deadly unrest over the burning of the Koran at a US base. ... more | .. |
 China backs US-N. Korea nuclear freeze deal China Thursday welcomed North Korea's agreement to freeze nuclear activities in return for massive US food aid, a deal that raised cautious hopes of eased tensions under Pyongyang's new young leader. ... more | .. |
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 N. Korea's new regime agrees with US on nuclear halt North Korea has announced it will suspend its nuclear tests and uranium enrichment programme in return for US food aid, in a breakthrough less than three months after the death of leader Kim Jong-Il. ... more | .. |
 NATO soldiers killed by Afghans were Americans: US Two NATO soldiers who were killed by Afghan colleagues on Thursday were Americans and two of the three gunmen were Afghan government troops, the Pentagon said. ... more | .. |
 Commentary: Geopolitical maelstrom U.S. three-star generals and admirals, Defense Intelligence Agency and CIA sources, along with three former CENTCOM commanders and the three former chiefs of Israeli intelligence services who retired last year - a formidable array of military and civilian experts who share impressive expertise on the Middle East - are all waving a red flag against unilateral Israeli or bilateral U.S.-Israeli bombing of Iran's nuclear installations. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin and NRTC to Offer Information Technology and Cyber Security Solutions to Rural Utilities Lockheed Martin and the National Rural Telecommunication Cooperative (NRTC) have announced a partnership to deliver Lockheed Martin's information technology and cyber security services to NRTC's mem ... more |
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Caltech takes first steps toward lightsails that could reach distant star systems
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 Iran polling likely to fuel power struggle Friday's parliamentary elections in Iran are likely to intensify a power struggle between rival hard-line factions led by Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and fuel a confrontation with the West over the country's nuclear program. ... more | .. |
  Boeing wins support deal for Seoul's F-15s Boeing has won a $300 million performance-based logistics support contract with the South Korean military to maintain the air force's F-15K Slam Eagle fighter jets. ... more | .. |
  Raytheon is Awarded DARPA Contract to Help Friendly Forces Communicate While Conducting Electronic Warfare Raytheon has been awarded a $3.8 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to allow armed forces to conduct jamming operations with minimal communication and contro ... more | .. |
  150 Iraqis killed in February attacks: ministries The number of Iraqis killed in February almost matched the death toll recorded the previous month but the number of people wounded in attacks rose, officials figures released on Thursday showed. ... more |
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N. Korea buys time with US nuclear deal: analysts North Korea's new leaders, hungry for food aid ahead of a landmark anniversary, have bought time in a deal with Washington but show no sign of actually renouncing their nuclear bargaining chip, experts say. ... more | .. |
 US still interested in Brazil warplanes: official The United States remains interested in a possible purchase of light attack aircraft made by Brazil's Embraer despite an embarrassing cancellation of a contract this week, a top US official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Free Syrian Army -- disorganised and outgunned The rebel Free Syrian Army, which "tactically" withdrew on Thursday from its Baba Amr bastion in Homs before a withering assault from regime forces, boasts thousands of soldiers but remains disorganised and outgunned. ... more | .. |
 Afghans kill two NATO troops: military Two American soldiers were killed by Afghan colleagues on Thursday, the latest in a series of such attacks after the burning of Korans at a US base sparked widespread violent protests. ... more |
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LA fires fully contained after burning for 3 weeks: state agency
Scientists cast doubt on famous US groundhog's weather forecasts
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 Embraer drawn into U.S. Air Force row Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer is getting drawn into a row over the U.S. Air Force light air support program in which it worked with the U.S. company Sierra Nevada Corp. ... more | .. |
  Al-Qaida, pounded by U.S., seeks new wars Al-Qaida's announcement that Somalia's al-Shabaab Islamists have merged with the jihadist network and reports jihadists are joining the year-old struggle to topple the Syrian regime suggest that al-Qaida, weakened by U.S. attacks, is seeking to reinvent itself. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Why wars start and are lost As the White House defuses efforts to restart a 21st-century variant of the ancient Persian wars through a pre-emptive, presumptive Israeli military strike against Iran's nuclear facilities, history offers several stark warnings and lessons about starting and losing wars to be ignored at our risk. ... more | .. |
 Deadly violence rocks China's restive Xinjiang Twenty people died when a group armed with knives attacked a market in Xinjiang, the latest outbreak of violence in the ethnically divided Chinese region, authorities said Wednesday. ... more |
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 NATO urges Afghanistan to sign US deal: Karzai NATO has urged Afghanistan to accelerate the signing of a strategic partnership deal with the US in the wake of deadly protests over the burning of the Koran, President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Saudi, Chinese foreign ministers hold phone talks The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia and China, sharply at odds over the crisis in Syria, discussed regional developments in phone talks on Wednesday, Saudi state media reported. ... more | .. |
 Sweden needs up to 80 new Gripen fighter jets: military Sweden will have to begin replacing its ageing fighter fleet in 2020 and will need 60 to 80 new Swedish-made Gripen jets, the military said in a report handed over to the government Wednesday. ... more |
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Trump says tariff 'pain' will be 'worth the price'
Portugal lawmakers take step toward deep-sea mining ban
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 Iran denies any atomic activity at suspect military site Iran said on Wednesday that "no nuclear activity whatsoever" has taken place at its military site of Parchin, which UN nuclear watchdog inspectors demanded last week to visit but were refused. ... more | .. |
 N. Korea, US agree on nuclear halt North Korea's new leadership said Wednesday it would suspend nuclear and missile tests and its uranium enrichment programme as part of a deal that includes US food aid for the impoverished nation. ... more | .. |
Republicans criticize US, N. Korea deal Republican lawmakers Wednesday criticized President Barack Obama and warned that North Korea was not to be trusted after it promised to suspend its nuclear program in exchange for US food aid. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan air force captain held over leaks to China A Taiwanese air force captain at a radar command and control centre has been arrested for allegedly leaking classified data to China, officials and media said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Bombs kill six as Iraq says 70,000 dead 2004-2011 Car bombs in Iraq killed six people on Wednesday as authorities released figures showing nearly 70,000 people died in violence from 2004 to 2011, markedly fewer than numbers from other sources. ... more | .. |
 Army chief wants more women in Australian military Australia's army chief has called for the recruitment of more women, gays and ethnic minorities in the military, saying the country's changing demographics make it unsustainable not to. ... more | .. |
 Japan defence chief 'may cancel' F-35 deal Japan's defence chief said Wednesday the country may cancel its $4.7 billion order for the US-built F-35 stealth jet if Washington fails to stick to the proposed price and deadlines. ... more | .. |
 US nuclear oversight too lax: science group A study of safety lapses at nuclear power facilities in the United States found that owners of atomic plants too often either close an eye to problems or fail to adequately address them, a watchdog group said Tuesday. ... more |
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