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US report warns of Japan 'drift,' urges defense boost Washington (AFP) Aug 15, 2012 A group of former US policymakers called Wednesday for Japan to expand the scope of defense cooperation with Washington, saying that the two nations' alliance needed momentum to overcome strains. The study group, set up under the Center of Strategic and International Studies think tank, does not represent US policy but similar reports have in the past been used as a basis for government planning. The report warned of "a time of drift" between the United States and Japan, saying that the six-deca ... read more |
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Air strike kills over 30 as OIC suspends Syria The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation suspended Syria, saying the Muslim world "can no longer accept a regime that massacres its people", as 31 people were reported killed in an air strike. ... more | .. |
Iraq bombings and shooting kill 10 people: officials Four bombings and a shooting killed 10 people and wounded 36 others in Iraq on Wednesday, security and medical officials said. ... more | .. |
Germany arrests four over Iran exports German prosecutors said four men were arrested Wednesday, suspected of delivering equipment to Iran for use in a nuclear reactor the West fears could be used as part as a covert weapons programme. ... more | .. | ||
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Komorowski says Poland should have own missile shield Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski said Wednesday that Poland should set up its own missile shield to defend its territory as part of the wider NATO project. ... more | .. |
China, S.Korea demand Japan face up to war past China and South Korea on Wednesday pressed Japan to face up to its wartime past, as festering territorial disputes flared and Asia marked the anniversary of Tokyo's World War II surrender. ... more | .. |
Outside View: How much is enough? - Part 1 During the Kennedy-Johnson-McNamara years of the Cold War, the ritualized question over national defense was "how much is enough?" The "how much" referred to what military capability was needed to defend and deter against the Soviet China and Red China, largely measured in numbers of nuclear weapons, and what should be spent on acquiring the overall defense needs. ... more | .. |
Israel ready for 30-day war after Iran strike Israel is prepared for a 30-day war on multiple fronts should it decide to strike Iran, and is "ready as never before" for such a clash, the outgoing home front defence minister said Wednesday. ... more |
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Kenya searches for Uganda chopper crash victims Kenyan emergency teams searched for a third day Wednesday for four personnel still unaccounted for after three Ugandan military helicopters crashed at the weekend, officials said. ... more | .. |
US reality TV show accused of trivializing war An NBC television reality show featuring US celebrities competing in quasi-military drills is coming under fire from Nobel laureates and other critics who say the idea trivializes a deadly serious subject. ... more | .. |
US army judge declines Fort Hood shooter's guilty plea A US soldier accused of killing 13 people at a Texas army base on Wednesday tried to plead guilty, but the judge refused to accept it and the trial was unexpectedly adjourned until next week. ... more | .. |
Ex-officers slam Obama over leaks on Bin Laden raid A group of former CIA spies and US special forces troops on Tuesday launched a political attack on President Barack Obama, accusing him of overseeing reckless leaks about sensitive operations. ... more |
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Gunmen attack Pakistan air base, 8 dead: officials Militants armed with guns and rocket launchers stormed a Pakistani air force base before dawn on Thursday, sparking heavy clashes that left eight people dead, officials said. ... more | .. |
History, political change behind NE Asia spats: analysts Nearly seven decades after Japan surrendered, leadership changes in Northeast Asia are fuelling territorial disputes that are themselves the legacy of a war the region never really settled, analysts say. ... more | .. |
Tensions high as Japan ministers visit war shrine Two Japanese cabinet ministers visited a shrine honouring war criminals Wednesday on the anniversary of Tokyo's 1945 surrender, a move set to inflame feelings already running high over territorial spats. ... more | .. |
Pussy Riot: Radical punks with message for Putin They studied philosophy in college and read poet Osip Mandelstam - a Stalin critic who died of typhoid in a labour camp in 1938 - for inspiration. ... more |
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Myanmar names navy chief as new vice president Myanmar's parliament on Wednesday appointed the navy chief to replace a regime hardliner as one of the country's vice presidents, in a move seen as strengthening government reformers. ... more | .. |
West hampering Syria crisis resolution: China paper China's top state newspaper accused Western powers Wednesday of hampering international efforts to end the bloody conflict in Syria, as a senior Damascus envoy visited Beijing for talks with leaders. ... more | .. |
Turkish defense market worth $14 billion A recent report has valued the Turkish defense industry market at $14 billion. ... more | .. |
Turkey's PKK kidnaps 11, politician Turkey's Kurdish separatist guerillas have been battling the Turkish government since 1984. From bases in northern Iraq, the Kurdistan Works' Party has been mounting guerrilla attacks into southeastern Turkey. ... more |
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Outside View: Last supper with Arafat Yasser Arafat sat immediately to my right at the head of the old long wooden dining/conference table he had used for decades. His friends and Cabinet seated along its length on either side. He hunched over his bowl of soup. His hands shook as he tried to take a spoonful, spilling most of it as he raised it. ... more | .. |
Outside View: Obama Doctrine Half a century ago this October, for almost two weeks, the world dangerously slid toward war as the United States and U.S.S.R. played a nuclear chess match. The confrontation focused on whether Soviet missiles, secretly installed in Cuba, would be voluntarily withdrawn by Moscow. ... more | .. |
China, N. Korea sign agreements on economic zones China said Tuesday it signed agreements with North Korea pushing forward their joint development of economic zones, as the new leader in Pyongyang seeks to improve his country's impoverished economy. ... more | .. |
N.Korea may complete reactor next year: think tank North Korea may finish work by late 2013 on a light-water reactor that could be used to support its nuclear weapons program, a US think tank said Tuesday. ... more |
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Israel has not decided on Iran strike: Panetta Israel has not yet decided whether to strike Iran over its suspect nuclear program, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday, as Tehran dismissed the threat of an imminent attack. ... more | .. |
Warplanes hit Aleppo in renewed Syria violence Syrian warplanes hit a rebel-held district of Aleppo on Tuesday, an AFP journalist said, as fighting raged in several neighbourhoods of the embattled northern city. ... more | .. |
US says new Egypt defense minister wants close ties The new defense minister appointed by Egypt's Islamist president has pledged to uphold the strong military ties between Cairo and Washington, Pentagon chief Leon Panetta said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Old regime loyalists attack Yemen defence ministry Troops of Yemen's elite Republican Guard, led by the son of ousted president Ali Abdullah Saleh, attacked the defence ministry on Tuesday, leaving five people dead and sparking US expressions of concern. ... more |
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Iraq attacks leave four dead Shootings and bombings in Iraq on Tuesday killed four people, including an anti-corruption investigator, security and medical officials said. ... more | .. |
EADS bosses told of questionable payments in 2007: FT European aerospace giant EADS was told five years ago about suspect payments and costly gifts made by a British subsidiary facing a criminal investigation, the Financial Times reported on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Japan, N. Korea to hold talks this month: Tokyo Japan and North Korea will this month hold their first face-to-face talks in four years, Tokyo said Tuesday, in one of the most significant diplomatic forays for Kim Jong-Un since he became leader last year. ... more | .. |
US defense chief concerned about Afghan 'insider attacks' US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Tuesday he was "very concerned" about the rise in "insider attacks" on US and NATO troops, and the impact they are having on cooperation with Afghan allies. ... more |
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