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Iran wants sanctions eased, hints on enrichmentTehran (AFP) April 17, 2012 Iran has called on the West to look to lifting its sanctions if it wants to quickly resolve the showdown over Tehran's disputed nuclear activities, a prospect swiftly ruled out by Washington. Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi outlined his country's message in an interview with the news agency ISNA on Monday, following milestone talks at the weekend in Istanbul between Iran and world powers. Those talks, described by both sides as an encouraging revival of a process that had been moribund for 15 ... read more |
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 S. Korea to end search for N. Korea rocket debris South Korea will end an operation Tuesday to retrieve debris from North Korea's failed rocket launch as no progress has been made, the defence ministry said. ... more | .. |
 UN toughens North Korea sanctions over rocket launch The UN Security Council has ordered tightened sanctions on North Korea over its failed rocket launch and warned of new action if the isolated state stages a nuclear test. ... more | .. |
  US, China engaging in cyber war games: Report US and Chinese officials have been "discreetly engaging" in cyber war games in a bid to prevent military escalation between the two countries if either felt they were being targeted, a media report ... more | .. |
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  India penalises Israeli defence firm for contract breach For the first time in its history, India has imposed a penalty on a foreign defence vendor for breach of contract in the establishment of a plant for manufacturing bi-modular charges for the Indian ... more | .. |
  Australia to withdraw troops from Afghanistan early: PM Australia said Tuesday it will bring its troops home from Afghanistan a year earlier than planned with most soldiers withdrawn in 2013 after significant security gains over the past 18 months. ... more | .. |
 China ready for more 'consequences' for NKorea: Clinton China and other world powers will back "further consequences" against North Korea if it undertakes new provocation following its rocket launch, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Monday. ... more | .. |
  China's Wen says corruption biggest danger to party Premier Wen Jiabao warned Monday the biggest danger facing China's Communist Party was corruption, as it struggles to contain the biggest political scandal to hit the country in years. ... more |
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 India to test new long-range missile this week India hopes this week to join a select group of countries with intercontinental missiles by holding the first test flight of a new long-range nuclear-capable rocket, officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Protest targets US cyber intelligence legislation Civil liberties groups on Monday launched protests targeting proposed US cyber intelligence law that they fear would let police freely dip into people's private online information. ... more | .. |
 Iran wants sanctions eased, hints on enrichment Iran on Monday called on the West to look to lifting its sanctions if it wants to quickly resolve the showdown over Tehran's disputed nuclear activities, and hinted it could make concessions on uranium enrichment in return. ... more | .. |
 Mideast arms boom gives BAE $792M boost Britain's defense titan BAE Systems could get a $792.16 million boost from the revision of a contract for 72 Eurofighter jets amid forecasts the Middle East and North Africa will increase defense spending in 2012. ... more |
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  United Kingdom's First Lockheed Martin F-35 Makes Inaugural Flight BK-1, the United Kingdom's first Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II production aircraft, flew its inaugural flight Friday. Lockheed Martin test pilot Bill Gigliotti took the short takeoff/verti ... 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 Uzbekistan moves to calm tensions with Tajikistan Uzbekistan on Monday said it had resumed supplies of gas to energy-starved Tajikistan after a two-week cut in deliveries heightened simmering tensions between the two ex-Soviet neighbours. ... 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
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  Sadr movement visits Hezbollah prisoner in Baghdad A delegation from radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's movement on Monday visited a suspected militant of Lebanon's Hezbollah movement being held in a Baghdad jail, the movement said. ... more | .. |
 UN toughens North Korea sanctions over rocket launch The UN Security Council on Monday ordered tightened sanctions on North Korea over its failed rocket launch and warned of new action if the isolated state stages a nuclear test. ... more | .. |
  German ship firm says no arms on Syria-bound vessel A German shipping firm on Monday dismissed reports one of its vessels was carrying Iranian arms bound for Syria in violation of EU sanctions against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. ... more | .. |
 Karzai accuses NATO of failure over attacks Afghan President Hamid Karzai Monday blamed intelligence failures, particularly on the part of NATO forces supporting his government, for the worst coordinated insurgent attacks in 10 years of war. ... more |
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 Syrian FM to visit China for peace plan talks: Xinhua Syria's foreign minister will arrive in Beijing on Monday to brief Chinese officials about a United Nations-brokered ceasefire for the conflict-torn country, China's state Xinhua news agency said. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan launches drill simulating Chinese invasion Taiwan kicked off its biggest annual war game Monday, testing its ability to defend of the capital Taipei against a Chinese attack and ward off a blockade of its main naval base. ... more | .. |
 China internet censorship futile: Ai Weiwei Dissident artist Ai Weiwei warned the Chinese government that its attempts to censor the internet would inevitably fail, in an article published in Monday's Guardian newspaper. ... more | .. |
 Obama says nothing 'given away' to Iran in nuclear talks US President Barack Obama said Sunday that nothing had been "given away" to Iran at weekend nuclear talks in Istanbul, warning Tehran that the clock was still ticking to reach an accord. ... more |
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Low-carbon energy investment hit record $2.1 tn in 2024: report
World awaits Trump tariff deadline on Canada, Mexico and China
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 N. Korea seeks leverage with new missile: analysts Nuclear-armed North Korea has shrugged off the uproar at its failed rocket launch and unveiled an apparently new missile, in what analysts see as an attempt to exert diplomatic leverage. ... more | .. |
N. Korea's Kim shows confident face despite launch fiasco North Korea's young new leader has shown a confident face to the world, despite a failed rocket launch that was a costly international embarrassment and deprived the nation of much-needed US food aid. ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 Iran has nowhere to hide in Baghdad talks: analysts 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. ... more |
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