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Israel's top general shoots down NetanyahuTel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Apr 26, 2012 Israel's military chief of staff publicly challenged Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu's strident urging for pre-emptive strikes against Iran, a move likely to sharpen the confrontation between Israel's hawks and cooler heads in the military. Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz asserted in an interview published in the liberal Haaretz daily Wednesday that he doesn't believe Iran will opt to develop nuclear weapons because Israel is too strong and the Tehran leadership is "composed of very rational people." ... read more |
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 North Korea elite enjoy good life despite sanctions Nuclear-armed North Korea has been under heavy sanctions for years but there is little sign of any effect on the elite in Pyongyang, who enjoy unfettered access to upmarket cars and consumer goods. ... more | .. |
  India to boost domestic arms production India's wants to stimulate the country's domestic armaments industry. ... more | .. |
  French firm eyes Brazil's naval expansion French defense manufacturer DCNS is lining up to compete for a multibillion-dollar Brazilian navy program for a number of ships after winning a submarine development contract. ... more | .. |
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  US seeks to modernize NATO, deepen partnerships The United States will push to modernize NATO, deepen alliance partnerships and hammer out details of the Afghanistan withdrawal at an upcoming summit, White House officials said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  US House passes controversial cybersecurity bill The House of Representatives on Thursday passed legislation protecting US businesses and agencies from cyber-attacks, a measure that critics say erodes civil liberties by allowing firms to onpass private data. ... more | .. |
 Sanctions unlikely to stop Iran atomic plans: Barak Israel's defence minister said existing sanctions against Iran are unlikely to make it give up what Israel and much of the international community believe is a covert nuclear arms programme. ... more | .. |
 Britain tightens Argentina military exports Britain announced a clampdown Thursday on the sale of goods to Argentina's armed forces following an escalation in the row over the disputed Falkland Islands. ... more |
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 WikiLeaks suspect Manning faces ruling on key charge A US military judge is set to rule Thursday if WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning can be charged with the serious crime of "aiding the enemy" for allegedly leaking classified documents to the website. ... more | .. |
 US looks to ease Brazil doubts over tech transfers US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has used his trip to Brazil to lift doubts about Washington's pledge on technology transfer if Brasilia buys Boeing's F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter jet. ... more | .. |
  Twelve killed in Iraq bombings A suicide car bombing near a cafe and another bomb attack inside it killed eight people in central Iraq on Thursday, while bomb attacks in Baghdad killed four others, security officials said. ... more | .. |
 NATO rallies Spain over defence in austerity era NATO will push at its May summit for members to keep up their commitments to international security in spite of hard economic times, its secretary general said Thursday. ... more |
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  Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Intercepts Cruise Missile Target During Integrated Flight Test Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile successfully intercepted and destroyed a cruise missile target yesterday at the Utah Test and Training Range in an unprecedented interoperability demonstration utiliz ... more | .. |
  Pakistan reiterates drone opposition as US envoy visits Islamabad on Thursday reiterated its opposition to US drone attacks in its territory as Washington's point man on Pakistan and Afghanistan arrived amid efforts to mend fractured relations. ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Wins USAF Electronic Attack Pod Upgrade Program The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman Corporation a $52.8 million, 27-month engineering and manufacturing development (EMD) contract to upgrade its electronic attack (EA) pods. The program ... more | .. |
 Dead Briton in China scandal had 'no UK government role' The dead British businessman at the centre of the biggest political scandal in China for decades was not employed by the British government, Foreign Secretary William Hague said on Thursday. ... 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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 US confident of France's commitment to NATO The United States is confident of France's commitment to NATO regardless of who wins the upcoming presidential election, White House officials said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Afghan special forces soldier kills American ally An Afghan special forces soldier killed an American when he opened fire on US troops in southern Afghanistan, military spokesmen said Thursday, the latest in a series of such attacks. ... more | .. |
 US to pull 9,000 Marines from southern Japan The United States said Friday it would pull 9,000 Marines out of Japan as it seeks to ease a long-running standoff over the future of its huge military presence in one of its top Asian allies. ... more | .. |
 Iran 'mobilizing' for cyberwar with West: experts Iran is busy acquiring the technical know-how to launch a potentially crippling cyber-attack on the United States and its allies, experts told a congressional hearing on Thursday, urging the US to step up its defensive measures. ... more |
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 China protests US relocation of Guantanamo Uighurs China condemned the United States Thursday for sending two former terrorist suspects with Chinese nationality to El Salvador for resettlement and warned they were dangerous. ... more | .. |
 Fallen Chinese leader spied on others: report Disgraced Chinese leader Bo Xilai ran an extensive wire-tapping system that spied on top officials including the president and contributed to his downfall, the New York Times said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Panchen Lama addresses Buddhist forum in Hong Kong China's chosen Panchen Lama addressed a world Buddhist forum in Hong Kong in his first public appearance outside the mainland Thursday as Beijing sought to step up its influence over the religion. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea seeks more N. Korean sanctions: report South Korea is seeking to extend United Nations sanctions to 19 more North Korean institutions following the country's widely condemned rocket launch this month, a report said Thursday. ... more |
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World awaits Trump tariff deadline on Canada, Mexico and China
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 Dassault reports 47% jump in Q1 sales The French group Dassault Aviation reported Thursday a 47 percent jump in 2012 first quarter sales to 950 million euros ($1.25 billion) owing to strong results from its business aviation division. ... more | .. |
 Reagan envoy found Pakistan 'superb liar' on nukes: US memos US officials concluded in the 1980s that Pakistan was lying about its nuclear program but muted criticism due to Islamabad's support against the Soviets in Afghanistan, declassified documents showed. ... more | .. |
 US may have to strike Iran: Republican VP prospect Potential Republican vice presidential candidate Marco Rubio said Wednesday that a unilateral "military solution" from the United States may be needed to stop Iran from acquiring a nuclear bomb. ... more | .. |
 Iraq's Sadr to meet Kurdistan president Powerful Iraqi Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will meet Kurdistan chief Massud Barzani Thursday in a bid to resolve a crisis between the autonomous region and Baghdad, the cleric's spokesman said. ... more |
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 Northrop Grumman to Upgrade Fire Scout Unmanned Helicopter for US Navy The U.S. Navy has selected Northrop Grumman to produce the next-generation Fire Scout unmanned helicopter using the Bell 407 airframe. The new variant provides greater range, endurance and payload c ... more | .. |
 Kratos Receives $1.3 Million Production Award for Electronics Supporting the US Navy P-8A Aircraft Program Kratos Defense and Security Solutions, Inc. reports that its Herley Industries, Inc. subsidiary has been awarded a contract valued at approximately $1.3 million by a major U.S. prime contractor for ... more | .. |
 Boeing Delivers P-8A Training Devices to Naval Air Station Jacksonville Boeing hasdelivered a second set of P-8A Poseidon training devices to the U.S. Navy on March 29 at Naval Air Station Jacksonville, Fla. The devices consist of an Operational Flight Trainer (OFT), a ... more | .. |
 MAINGATE Wideband Networking Waveform accepted into Pentagon's Joint Tactical Radio System library The Department of Defense has accepted Raytheon's Next Generation Mobile Ad hoc Networking Waveform (NMW) into the government's Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) library, strengthening Raytheon's p ... more |
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