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India hikes defence spending by 17 percentNew Delhi (AFP) March 16, 2012 India on Friday boosted military spending by 17 percent to $40 billion for the coming year as it seeks to counter China's rapid military build-up and its traditional rival Pakistan. The government, engaged in a massive programme to upgrade the country's ageing military hardware, increased defence spending to 1.93 trillion rupees ($40 billion) for the financial year to March 31, 2013. "This allocation is based on present needs and any further requirement will be met," Finance Minister Pranab Mukh ... read more |
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  North Korea says it will launch long-range rocket North Korea announced Friday it would launch a rocket carrying a satellite next month, just 16 days after agreeing to suspend long-range missile tests in return for massive US food aid. ... more | .. |
  Drones may be controlled by gestures Drone aircraft taxiing on a runway may someday be controlled by ground personnel using just standard gestures, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
  Commentary: Chaos and anarchy? What happens when foreign think tank heavyweights get together at the prestigious Council on Foreign Relations to talk about the United States and the state of the world? ... more | .. |
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  Islamic Jihad rockets can hit Tel Aviv: armed wing The Gaza-based militant group Islamic Jihad has weapons that can reach Tel Aviv, a member of the group's armed wing the Quds Brigades has told AFP in an interview. ... more | .. |
  Arjun tanks to get automatic video tracker India's main battle tank, the Arjun, will be fitted with an Indian-made automatic video tracker for locking onto targets until they are destroyed. ... more | .. |
  Qaeda claims deadly west Iraq police attack Al-Qaeda's front group in Iraq said on Friday that it carried out a shooting spree in western Iraq this month that left 27 police dead, including two officers killed execution-style. ... more | .. |
  US says attack at Afghan base targeted top general The US military said Friday that an attack at a NATO base in Afghanistan this week targeted a top American commander, just as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta flew in for a visit. ... more |
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Caltech takes first steps toward lightsails that could reach distant star systems
Fifth H-3 rocket successfully launches Michibiki No. 6 satellite
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 Chinese leader's sacking exposes party rifts: analysts The sacking of rising star Bo Xilai has bolstered President Hu Jintao's reformist faction and exposed deep divides in the Communist Party ahead of a 10-yearly leadership transition, analysts say. ... more | .. |
  Lawsuit slams 'apps' for mining smartphone contacts A small group of US smartphone owners has filed a lawsuit demanding that Facebook, Twitter and other makers of smartphone "apps" pay dearly for mining people's contact lists. ... more | .. |
 Lasers can 'unprint' documents British researchers say they've developed a laser process that can "uncopy" toner ink from paper as an alternative to traditional recycling. ... more | .. |
 Pacific big enough for all of us, says China The Chinese ambassador to the Philippines on Wednesday moved to calm growing fears of armed confrontation in the Pacific, where the two countries are locked in a tense territorial row. ... more |
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 N. Korea's Kim tells military to 'wipe out' enemies North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-Un has overseen an attack drill and ordered the military to "mercilessly wipe out" their enemies in case of war, Pyongyang's official news agency said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Most of Israel security cabinet backs Iran strike A majority of Israel's security cabinet now supports an attack on Iran in a bid to end its nuclear programme, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday, citing political sources it did not identify. ... more | .. |
 Indonesia says 'no problem' with US Marines plan Indonesia said Thursday it had no problem with US plans to station Marines in northern Australia as Canberra flagged the possibility of four-nation military drills with China. ... more | .. |
Senior Chinese leader sacked in rare scandal China's ruling Communist Party on Thursday fired Bo Xilai, a charismatic leader famed for pushing a "red revival", in a move that exposes ideological rifts during a generational power handover. ... 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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 Canada mulls nixing F-35 purchase Canada is actively rethinking a multibillion-dollar purchase of the Lockheed Martin F-35 Joint Strike Fighter jet or reducing numbers to keep within its present budget, senior officials said. ... more | .. |
 New Zealand inducts first NH90 helicopters The New Zealand air force inducted the first two of eight NH90 helicopters into limited operational service to be used for training missions. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: 'Out of that damned spot' There are some things that are true and will always remain true. One truth is that you cannot create a modern, secular society from a primitive theocracy, controlled by tribal leaders and war lords, infested with corrupt politicians and drug-trafficking thugs. Add to this toxic misery a violent populace of desperately poor, uneducated, hysterics. ... more | .. |
 SWIFT to cut services for Iran firms blacklisted by EU European Union nations agreed Thursday to ban financial transfers such as SWIFT payments to hundreds of Iranian firms and individuals blacklisted by the bloc over Tehran's contested nuclear drive. ... more |
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 Eurocopter India on roll Eurocopter reports its subsidiary in South Asia, Eurocopter India, accounted for 65 percent of new aircraft deliveries in India in 2011. ... more | .. |
 France against arming Syrian opposition France is opposed to calls for foreign powers to arm the opposition groups fighting Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria, fearing a descent into civil war, Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Nigeria: Deadly twist in Islamists' war The killing of two Western hostages in northern Nigeria adds a fearsome dimension to the fierce campaign being waged by militant Islamists and heightens concerns they've joined forces with al-Qaida's North African branch. ... more | .. |
 US denies sending warning to Iran via Russia The United States on Thursday denied a report that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton told her Russian counterpart that upcoming talks on Iran's nuclear program were a "last chance" to resolve the long-running standoff. ... 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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 Taliban break contacts, Karzai orders US out of villages The Taliban broke off contacts over peace talks with Washington on Thursday and the Afghan president demanded US troops leave village outposts, just days after an American soldier massacred 16 villagers. ... more | .. |
 Sweden agrees to ratify cluster bomb ban treaty Swedish lawmakers voted Thursday in favour of ratifying a treaty that bans the use of cluster bombs, the UN Convention on Cluster Munitions. ... more | .. |
 Estonia to extradite high flying cyber crime suspect to US Estonia on Thursday said it would extradite Estonian citizen Anton Ivanov to the United States over alleged cyber crimes involving such popular websites as iTunes, Netflix and the US tax service. ... more | .. |
 Bo Xilai: China's fallen political star Until now a rising political star known for busting gangs and reviving Maoist ideals, Bo Xilai, the charismatic former head of China's Chongqing city, attracts fascination and scorn in equal measure. ... more |
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 Trident II D5 Missile Achieves 137th Successful Test Flight The U.S. Navy conducted a successful test flight Feb. 22 of a Trident II D5 Fleet Ballistic Missile (FBM) built by Lockheed Martin. The Navy launched the unarmed missile from the submerged submarine ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Wins Contract for USAF Command and Control Modernization Program The U.S. Air Force has selected Northrop Grumman for the Air and Space Operations Center (AOC) Weapon System (WS) modernization program with an initial award of $120 million. The contract has a pote ... more | .. |
  NRL Designs Robot for Shipboard Firefighting In both war and peacetime scenarios, fire in the shipboard environment is serious and frequently results in excessive damage and high repair costs because the fire is not detected or controlled adeq ... more | .. |
 Israel-Egypt peace pact under threat The Islamist-dominated Egyptian Parliament's moves to cut ties with Israel after Israeli airstrikes in the Gaza Strip has heightened Israeli and U.S. fears post-Mubarak Egypt will scrap the historic 1979 peace treaty between the Jewish state and Cairo. ... more |
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