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Iran test-fires ballistic missile able to hit Israel: mediaTehran (AFP) July 3, 2012 Iran on Tuesday test-fired in its central desert a ballistic missile capable of striking Israel as part of war games designed to show its ability to retaliate if attacked, media said. Iran's Revolutionary Guard fired the medium-range Shahab-3 missile at a mock target in the Kavir Desert on the second day of its Great Prophet 7 exercise, which is due to end on Wednesday, Iran's Al-Alam television network reported. The Shahab-3 has a range of up to 2,000 kilometres (1,200 miles), which means it is ... read more |
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  Israel-U.S. drill will boost missile plans The upcoming U.S.-Israeli missile defense exercise Austere Challenge 12 to be held in the Jewish state is designed to accelerate integration of their missile systems and will have a big impact on their defense industries. ... more | .. |
  British Army cuts slammed: report A senior British army officer has warned that the government's plan to axe some of the country's most celebrated battalions is not a "sensible military option", the Daily Telegraph reported on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Four killed in anti-Shiite Iraq car bombs Near-simultaneous car bombs targeting Shiite pilgrims on the outskirts of the shrine city of Karbala killed four people Tuesday morning, the latest victims of a spike in nationwide violence. ... more | .. |
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  Taiwan's KMT party owes money to Mao: documents Historical documents on display in Taipei show Taiwan's ruling Kuomintang (KMT) party owes late Chinese communist leader Mao Zedong money from a brief period nearly 90 years ago when he was a member. ... more | .. |
  Pakistani-US 'progress' on ending NATO blockade: officials Pakistan and the United States have made "progress" in talks on ending Islamabad's seven-month blockade of NATO supplies travelling overland into Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Indonesia pulls out of Dutch tanks deal Indonesia said Tuesday it had pulled out of a $280 million deal to buy 100 Leopard battle tanks from the Netherlands after waiting several months for the Dutch parliament to approve the sale. ... more | .. |
  Iran accuses world powers of dragging feet in talks Iran accused world powers on Tuesday of dragging their feet in negotiations over its nuclear activities, as both sides were about to hold a new, downgraded round of talks in Istanbul. ... more |
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 Afghan suicide car bomb kills at least seven: officials A suicide car bomb attack outside a university in southern Afghanistan on Monday killed at least seven civilians and wounded more than 20, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Turkish warplanes bomb Kurdish hideouts in northern Iraq Turkish warplanes have struck several locations in northern Iraq believed to be Kurdish rebel hideouts, the army said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Talks start on arms trade treaty International talks started Monday on a treaty to regulate the $70 billion a year global arms trade, with the Syria conflict and trafficking into Africa casting a shadow on efforts to secure an effective accord. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan civilian deaths from US drones 'lowest since 2008' Fewer civilians have died in US drone strikes in Pakistan so far this year than at any other time in the last four years, a report said Monday. ... more |
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 Russia exports $6.5 billion worth of arms in 2012: Putin Russia's defence industry has exported $6.5 billion worth of arms in the first half of 2012, an increase of 14 percent year-on-year, President Vladimir Putin said Monday. ... more | .. |
Sanctions-hit Iran readies ballistic missile drill Iran on Monday said it was readying ballistic missile war games simulating a counter-attack against US or Israeli targets in the region in the event of air strikes on its nuclear facilities. ... more | .. |
European governments call for robust arms trade treaty France, Britain, Germany and Sweden called Monday on the United Nations to quickly draw up a comprehensive arms trade treaty that will reduce what they called "a growing threat to humanity". ... more | .. |
 Kim Jong-Il ordered uranium bombs: reports The late North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il ordered his scientists to produce "a massive amount" of uranium bombs, according to internal regime documents, reports in Japan said Monday. ... more |
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Fresh quake barrage hits Greek island Santorini
Pain, anger as Turkey marks two years since quake disaster
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Britain urges Iran to cooperate with world powers Britain on Sunday urged Iran to cooperate with the international community after the EU slapped an oil embargo on Tehran designed to turn up the heat on the regime. ... more | .. |
 Man in Afghan police uniform kills three NATO personnel A man in an Afghan police uniform has gunned down three NATO personnel in the war-torn country's troubled south, the coalition said on Sunday, the latest so-called "green on blue" attack. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea's Lee raps cabinet on bungled pact with Japan South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak rebuked his cabinet Monday for mishandling the signing of a landmark military pact with former colonial power Japan, but said his country still needs it. ... more | .. |
 Three dead in Iraq unrest: officials A criminal court judge was among three people killed in gun and bomb attacks north of the Iraqi capital on Sunday, security and medical officials said, in the latest in a spike in nationwide unrest. ... more |
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  Israeli PM, president send letters to Egypt's Morsi Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sent a letter to Egypt's newly-elected President Mohamed Morsi, urging him to uphold a peace treaty between the two countries, a source told AFP on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Iraqi women face court-ordered virginity tests Iraqi women face court-ordered virginity tests that often show they were virgins until marriage but shame them nonetheless, doctors at an institute that carries out the tests and a lawyer told AFP. ... more | .. |
 US drone kills six militants in Pakistan: official A US drone attack on a militant compound in Pakistan's northwestern tribal area killed six insurgents on Sunday, security officials said. ... more | .. |
 Iraq attacks kill at least 282 in June: AFP Attacks in Iraq killed at least 282 people in June, according to an AFP tally based on security and medical sources, though official figures put the death toll at less than half that number. ... more |
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MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zone
Scientists' conference kicks off global AI summit in Paris
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 Work on China leadership change 'smooth': paper China's top communist party newspaper said Sunday that preparations for a key meeting to set the country's next leadership were smooth, despite a festering political scandal. ... more | .. |
  Sensational Malaysian submarine scandal resurfaces A scandal linking Malaysia's leader, a young woman's murder and alleged kickbacks in a French submarine deal has resurfaced as a potential danger for the government as elections loom. ... more | .. |
 Israeli PM 'sends letter to Egypt's Morsi' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sent a letter to Egypt's newly elected President Mohamed Morsi, urging him to uphold a peace treaty between the two countries, a source told AFP on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Indonesia peace monitors arrive in Philippines Indonesian peace monitors on Sunday joined an international mission tasked to ensure that a ceasefire between the Philippines and Muslim insurgents held as both sides aim to sign a peace deal this year. ... more |
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 Chinese leader's visit sparks protests in Hong Kong Police used pepper spray to disperse crowds of Hong Kongers demonstrating against Chinese President Hu Jintao Saturday, ahead of the 15th anniversary of the territory's handover amid tight security. ... more | .. |
Arms trade treaty talks set to begin at UN UN member states on Monday will launch talks in New York on drafting the first comprehensive arms trade treaty, which activists say is all the more necessary given the mounting bloodshed in Syria. ... more | .. |
 Iraq attacks kill 11 people Bombings and shootings in Iraq killed four police, two soldiers and five civilians on Saturday, security and medical officials said. ... more | .. |
 PLO calls for UN Security Council meet on settlements The Palestine Liberation Organisation called on Saturday for an emergency UN Security Council meeting on Israel's policy of building Jewish settlements on Palestinian land. ... more |
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