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Double-digit rise for China's defence spendingBeijing (AFP) March 4, 2012 China said Sunday its military spending would top $100 billion in 2012 - a double-digit increase on last year - in a move likely to fuel concerns about Beijing's rapid military build-up. The defence budget will rise 11.2 percent to 670.27 billion yuan ($106.41 billion), said Li Zhaoxing, a spokesman for China's national parliament, citing a budget report submitted to the country's rubber-stamp legislature. The figure marks a slowdown from 2011 when spending rose by 12.7 percent but is still li ... read more |
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 Putin set to reclaim Kremlin in landslide poll win Russian leader Vladimir Putin was set Sunday to return to the Kremlin after crushing his opponents in a presidential election which the opposition said was marred by serial violations. ... more | .. |
  Obama cautions against 'loose talk of war' with Iran US President Barack Obama criticized "loose talk of war" on Sunday as he pleaded for patience in ending the nuclear standoff with Iran, arguing that sustained international pressure can work. ... more | .. |
 China must increase ability to win 'local wars': Wen China must enhance the ability of its military to win "local wars", Premier Wen Jiabao said Monday, as Beijing grows increasingly assertive about its territorial claims in Asia. ... more | .. |
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 Xi's wife: China's singing future first lady For the first time since Mao, China's next leader will have a wife who is famous in her own right: Xi Jinping will ascend to power with hugely popular singer Peng Liyuan at his side. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan test fires short-range ballistic missile Pakistan said Monday it had successfully test fired a short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying atomic warheads. ... more | .. |
 Japan 'concerned' over China military budget boost Japan on Monday voiced disquiet over China's double-digit boost to its military budget, as newspapers expressed scepticism over whether Beijing was telling the truth. ... more | .. |
 IAEA seeks fresh ideas in Iran stalemate The UN atomic agency's board will be looking for a way out of its impasse with Iran after two fruitless visits probing Tehran's suspected nuclear weapons drive, in a meeting starting Monday. ... more |
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 China congratulates Russia's Putin on election China's President Hu Jintao on Monday congratulated Vladimir Putin on his victory in the Russian presidential elections, the foreign ministry said. ... more | .. |
  Yemen army toll from Qaeda assault rises to 78 An attack by Al-Qaeda extremists on troops in Yemen's restive south sparked fierce clashes in which at least 78 soldiers and 25 militants were killed, medics and military officials said on Monday. ... more | .. |
  At least 100 dead in Congo arms depot blasts Huge explosions rocked a munitions depot in the Republic of Congo's capital Brazzaville Sunday, killing at least 100 people and leaving hundreds of others injured, the government said. ... more | .. |
  China demands end to violence as Syria blocks aid China called for an end to violence in Syria Sunday as the regime of Bashar al-Assad sparked international outrage by blocking aid from reaching the battered Baba Amr flashpoint in Homs city. ... more |
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 FARC leader sends Colombia peace letter The leader of Colombia's FARC rebels, known as Timoleon "Timochenko" Jimenez, has pledged to seek peace and bring an end to his group's half-century of armed struggle. ... more | .. |
 Israel will take own Iran decisions: foreign minister Israel will take any decisions on Iran's nuclear activities as an "independent state," Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Sunday, on the eve of a US-Israel summit in Washington. ... more | .. |
 Al-Qaeda fighters kill 26 police in west Iraq Dozens of Al-Qaeda fighters, some wearing army uniforms, killed 26 policemen in a wave of attacks on checkpoints and officers' homes across Haditha in west Iraq on Monday, police said. ... more | .. |
 Obama cautions against 'loose talk of war' with Iran US President Barack Obama criticized "loose talk of war" on Sunday as he pleaded for patience in ending the nuclear stand-off with Iran, arguing that sustained international pressure would force Tehran to the negotiating table. ... more |
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 Iran exiles in Iraq do battle using press releases An Iraq-based Iranian opposition group that is fixated on conspiracy theories allegedly carried out attacks in Iran and elsewhere for decades, but now relies on a different weapon: the press release. ... more | .. |
 Qaeda assault kills at least 30 Yemeni soldiers Fierce clashes between the Yemeni army and Al-Qaeda in the country's restive south killed at least 30 soldiers and 12 militants on Sunday, medics and officials said. ... more | .. |
 Israel, US not always best friends but unshakeable allies Ahead of key talks with Israel on how to deal with Iran's nuclear aspirations, US President Barack Obama says that he and Benjamin Netanyau share "a common vision about where we want to go." ... more | .. |
 Israel's US supporters flock to hear Obama on Iran fears A powerful US pro-Israel lobby on Sunday opens an annual conference where thousands of delegates seem intent on hearing President Barack Obama echo the Jewish state's fears about Iran's nuclear aims. ... more |
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 Al-Qaeda offshoot claims Algeria attack An Al-Qaeda splinter group claimed Saturday to have carried out a suicide attack on a police base in southern Algeria which left 23 people wounded according to the defence ministry. ... more | .. |
 Sudan's Bashir, minister dance after ICC warrant Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir danced on Saturday with his defence minister at a rally for paramilitary troops two days after the International Criminal Court issued a warrant for the latter's arrest. ... more | .. |
 Outrage as Red Cross denied access to Baba Amr Syria faced harsh world condemnation on Saturday as it continued to block the Red Cross from delivering desperately needed aid to the vanquished rebel stronghold of Baba Amr in the city of Homs. ... more | .. |
  Japan, Britain eye joint arms development: media Japan is planning to jointly develop weapons with Britain as Tokyo looks to boost its defence industry after easing a decades-old ban on arms exports, a newspaper reported on Saturday. ... more |
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 N. Korea's Kim inspects rocket unit before talks Kim Jong-Un has reportedly inspected North Korea's rocket command unit in a bid to pressure the US before talks between Pyongyang and Washington on food aid in return for a nuclear moratorium. ... more | .. |
  Raytheon And DARPA 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 | .. |
  CU Team's Efficient Unmanned Aircraft Jetting Toward Commercialization Propulsion by a novel jet engine is the crux of the innovation behind a University of Colorado Boulder-developed aircraft that's accelerating toward commercialization. Jet engine technology ca ... more | .. |
 Raytheon Demonstrates Enhanced Capabilities for TOW Raytheon has tested a new propulsion system for the Tube-Launched, Optically-Tracked, Wireless (TOW) missile. Developed by ATK, the enhanced system doubles TOW's range and reduces the missile's flig ... more |
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 Finding explosives with laser beams People like to keep a safe distance from explosive substances, but in order to analyze them, close contact is usually inevitable. At the Vienna University of Technology, a new method has now b ... more | .. |
 Obama to meet Israel's Peres on Sunday US President Barack Obama will meet Sunday with his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres on the eve of talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu set to focus on Iran, a US official said. ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman to Upgrade Software for the LN-251 Navigation System on the CH-53K Helicopter Northrop Grumman has been awarded a Phase II contract by the U.S. Navy to modify existing software for the LN-251 embedded GPS/fiber-optic inertial navigation system (INS) on the new CH-53K Super St ... more | .. |
  Stuxnet was 'good idea': former CIA chief The Stuxnet computer virus sabotage of Iran's nuclear program was a "good idea" but it lent legitimacy to the use of malicious software as a weapon, according to a former CIA director. ... more |
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