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Iran has nowhere to hide in Baghdad talks: analystsIstanbul (AFP) April 14, 2012 Iran's agreement in talks Saturday with world powers for a more in-depth meeting in Baghdad on May 23 is the tiniest of steps in what will be a long and difficult road to restoring trust, analysts said. "It's too early to say whether or not we've turned a corner," Peter Crail, analyst at the Arms Control Association think-tank in Washington, told AFP. "An agreement to begin a negotiations process that can dig deeper into these high-stakes and highly technical issues was as good as we could have ... read more |
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 N. Korea's Kim gives first speech at centenary parade North Korea's new leader Kim Jong-Un delivered his first public speech Sunday and vowed to push for a stronger military as his country unveiled an apparently new missile. ... more | .. |
  NATO hails Afghan response to Kabul attacks NATO forces in Afghanistan on Sunday hailed the response of Afghan security forces to a series of attacks on the capital Kabul, labelling the assaults "largely ineffective". ... more | .. |
  Syria clashes warm up ahead of UN team arrival Syrian forces reportedly killed five civilians in shelling of rebel areas and clashes with gunmen on Sunday, testing a shaky UN-backed ceasefire as international monitors prepared to fly in. ... more | .. |
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 PA has lost its 'raison d'etre', Abbas to tell Israel PM Israel's actions have stripped the Palestinian Authority of its "raison d'etre" creating a reality which cannot continue, Mahmud Abbas will say in a letter to Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan summons thousands of reservists for drill Taiwan issued an order Sunday calling up thousands of reserve troops to participate in a huge drill aimed at testing the island's defence capabilities against a D-Day style attack by China. ... more | .. |
  Yemen air strike kills three Qaeda chiefs: ministry An air strike in southern Yemen has killed at least three suspected Al-Qaeda militants, the defence ministry said in a statement on Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Israeli defence minister heads to Colombia, US Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak on Sunday left for a five-day working visit to Colombia and the United States where he was to hold talks with top officials, his office said. ... more |
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Searching for Water on the Moon: UC San Diego Researchers Uncover Clues to Lunar Water's Origins
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 Iran, world powers set for in-depth talks in Baghdad Iran and world powers agreed in talks here to hold a more in-depth meeting in Baghdad next month where, Western nations warned Tehran, much must be done to ease fears that it is seeking nuclear arms. ... more | .. |
  Iraq electoral commission chief released on bail The head of Iraq's electoral commission said after his release on Sunday that his detention on suspicion of corruption was due to just one of many often-frivolous court cases brought against the body. ... more | .. |
 Iran media see nuclear 'rights' endorsed by talks Iran's media, including outlets close to the leadership, on Sunday hailed renewed talks with world powers as positive - and claimed EU governments were now recognising Iran's atomic "rights". ... more | .. |
  London on defensive over response to death in China Britain's Foreign Office defended itself Saturday over alleged hold-ups in intervening over the killing of an English businessman in China. ... more |
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  Lockheed Martin Brings F-35 Cockpit Demonstrator to Northrop Grumman in California Lockheed Martin has showcased its F-35 Lightning II mobile cockpit demonstrator to state and local elected officials, local suppliers and employees at Northrop Grumman Corporation, a partner on the ... more | .. |
  AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems And KOR Electronics Enter Into Strategic Alliance AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) has announced a strategic alliance that combines AAI's expertise as a UAS systems integrator with KOR's signals intelligence (SIGINT) equipment. The organiz ... more | .. |
 Russian air forces hit airlifter deadend Under the 2011-2020 State Armament Program, the Russian air forces are to procure some 600 planes, including over a hundred of military airlifters and their purpose-oriented variants. However, ... more | .. |
 Iran, world powers hold tough talks Iran and world powers sat down Saturday for their first meeting in 15 months hoping to ease tensions over Tehran's nuclear programme, but with mutual mistrust and tough talk making a major breakthrough look unlikely. ... more |
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Climate change increases risk of successive natural hazards in the Himalayas
GMV teams up with +Atlantic CoLAB in AIR4Health project to enhance public health forecasting
Groundwater in the Arctic is delivering more carbon into the ocean than was previously known | .. |
 N. Korea tests long-range missile: report North Korea has been developing a new long-range ballistic missile in a separate programme from the one that led to a failed rocket launch this week, a South Korean TV station reported Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Pakistan arms ban no bar to NATO convoys: analysts Pakistan's insistence that no arms transit through its territory to Afghanistan is largely a gesture to quell domestic anti-US sentiment and will not hinder the resumption of NATO convoys, analysts say. ... more | .. |
 Japan voices fears over N. Korea nuke test A senior Japanese defence official Saturday urged "crisis-management measures" ahead of a possible nuclear test by North Korea after its humiliating failure to launch a rocket. ... more | .. |
 4 deny attack plot over Danish cartoons Danes reacted with anxiety and dismay to this week's opening of a trial of four men charged with plotting to attack a newspaper that published caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. ... more |
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India unsettled by illegal firearms Indian security officials say they are increasing concerned about firearms security. ... more | .. |
 Armenia thwarts sale of radioactive strontium Armenia's security services said on Friday they foiled a deal to sell the radioactive isotope strontium-90, the third such case involving a radioactive substance in the country in three years. ... more | .. |
 US asks China to voice concern to N.Korea US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Friday asked her Chinese counterpart to convey US concern to Beijing's ally North Korea after its defiant but unsuccessful rocket launch. ... more | .. |
Electoral officials' arrest inflames Iraq tension The arrest of Iraqi electoral commission officials has inflamed political tensions here, drawing accusations on Friday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki aims to destroy the democratic process. ... more |
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World awaits Trump tariff deadline on Canada, Mexico and China
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 North Korean rocket launch fails, draws condemnation North Korea's heralded long-range rocket test ended in failure Friday, disintegrating in mid-air soon after blast-off and plunging into the sea in a major embarrassment for the reclusive state. ... more | .. |
 US to reopen Afghan aircraft bid after cancellation The US Air Force announced Friday it was reopening a contest for a contract to build light attack aircraft for Afghanistan after an embarrassing cancellation of an award to Brazil's Embraer two months ago. ... more | .. |
  Commentary: Loose lips sink ships The U.S. high command in Afghanistan has evidently decided to inform Taliban chieftain Mullah Omar of military action plans before U.S. and allied forces leave in 2014 - if not sooner. ... more | .. |
 China backs UN amid plans to send observers to Syria China said Friday it backed UN efforts to mediate the Syrian crisis, as Western nations began drawing up plans to send UN monitors to the restive state where a fragile ceasefire appears to be holding. ... more |
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 Iraq electoral officials jailed until Sunday A judge from Iraq's anti-corruption watchdog has ordered the head of the nation's electoral commission and another member of the panel to be jailed until Sunday, a fellow commission member told AFP. ... more | .. |
 China gripped by Bo saga worthy of Hollywood The spectacular fall from grace of Chinese Communist Party leader Bo Xilai has triggered a riveting political scandal seeped in twists and turns worthy of a Hollywood thriller or detective novel. ... more | .. |
 After rocket fiasco, N. Korea may test bomb: analysts The humiliating failure of North Korea's much-publicised rocket launch may push the hermit state into testing a nuclear bomb in an attempt to save face, analysts said Friday. ... more | .. |
 US seeks low-key pressure on N.Korea North Korea's defiant and apparently hapless rocket launch poses a challenge for world powers - how to condemn the communist state without setting off a chain reaction of new tensions. ... more |
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