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Carrier strike group rushes to PersianGulfWashington (UPI) Aug 27, 2012 The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis is being rushed to the Persian Gulf as tensions between Israel and Iran edge closer to the boiling point. The Nimitz class carrier, with an air wing of about 90 aircraft, sets sail Monday on an eight-month deployment to the region - four months ahead of schedule. In the gulf it will join the USS Enterprise Strike Group, giving the United States a powerful deterrent to any Iranian attack on commercial oil tankers in the Persian Gulf and ... read more |
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  Japan unveils video of clash with pro-China activists Japan's Coast Guard on Monday released an edited version of video footage showing a clash between pro-China activists and its patrol ships near disputed islands earlier this month. ... more | .. |
  Small arms trade grows to $8.5 billion a year: survey Legal trade in small arms has grown to at least $8.5 billion a year and if the illict trade was added it would come to more than $10 billion, a weapons research group said Monday. ... more | .. |
  17 beheaded at party in bloody Afghan day Taliban Islamist insurgents beheaded 17 party-goers, 10 Afghan soldiers were killed and two NATO troops shot dead in a new insider attack in a bloody day across Afghanistan, officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
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  US arms sales nearly triple in 2011, researchers say US arms transfers to other countries nearly tripled last year to $66.3 billion, giving America a market share of nearly 80 percent, government researchers said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Iraq attacks kill 10 people A series of attacks in and around Baghdad and in north Iraq on Sunday killed 10 people, including three soldiers and two policemen, security and medical officials said. ... more | .. |
 Iraq minister quits over PM 'interference' Iraqi Communications Minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi told AFP he quit his post on Monday, accusing Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of "political interference" in his ministry. ... more | .. |
 Three US Marines punished over Taliban urination video Three US Marines have pleaded guilty and been sanctioned for urinating on the corpses of Afghan Taliban fighters and posing for pictures with the dead, the Quantico-based unit said Monday. ... more |
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 Uganda investigates helicopter crashes Uganda is attempting to determine why three of its helicopters crashed earlier this month. ... more | .. |
 Canada mulls new army mobile surveillance The Canadian army is considering acquisition of a new mobile, vehicle-mounted surveillance system amid revelations of shortcomings of its present assets. ... more | .. |
 Iran seeks NAM support in nuclear showdown Non-Aligned Movement leaders should take a stand against Western sanctions at a Tehran summit at the end of the month, Iranian Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said Sunday, adding that many NAM members backed Iran's nuclear programme. ... more | .. |
  Rebels claim downing of combat helicopter in Damascus A rebel Free Syrian Army group claimed it had shot down an army helicopter in Damascus on Monday and that the pilot had been killed, a spokesman said. ... more |
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 Libya's under-fire interior minister quits Interior Minister Fawzi Abdelali resigned on Sunday after coming under fire for the performance of security forces during a surge of violence that has rocked Libya, an official from his office told AFP. ... more | .. |
 Afghan soldier kills two NATO troops in insider attack: ISAF An Afghan army soldier killed two NATO troops in a new "green-on-blue" insider attack Monday, the US-led International Security Assistance Force said. ... more | .. |
 Syria refugees stranded at border half-way point Terrorised by shelling and air strikes, tens of thousands of Syrians have packed up and crossed the border to Turkey, but some have also been forced to take refuge at the actual crossing. ... more | .. |
 Clinton's planned Pacific trip 'sends message to China' US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton is set to make a rare foray to the South Pacific this week, in a move analysts say is aimed at curbing China's growing influence among the region's small island nations. ... 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 | .. |
  Taiwan seeks voice through renowned author Acclaimed author Lung Yingtai felt the force of China's soft power when she spoke in New York this week on her first trip as Taiwan's culture minister aiming to win friends for the isolated island. ... more | .. |
 N. Korea's Kim threatens war over US-S. Korea drill North Korea's leader has warned of an "all-out" war against the South while denouncing its ongoing joint military drill with the United States, state media said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Australia foreign minister rules out US bases The United States will not seek permanent military bases in Australia and nor would hosting one be in Canberra's interests, Foreign Minister Bob Carr said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
Anti-Japan protesters march in Chinese city: state media Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of an eastern Chinese city on Saturday to demonstrate against Japan's claims to a disputed island chain, state media reported. ... more |
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Air strikes kill 12 insurgents in Afghanistan: NATO Two air strikes in eastern Afghanistan killed a dozen insurgents, including a Pakistani Taliban commander, NATO and Afghan officials said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  S. America cybersecurity spend set to grow Cybersecurity products and services are geared for a major growth in Latin America over the next year, with a surge in spending already in evidence, current industry data indicated. ... more | .. |
 Russia denies aiding Syrian CW program Russia's Foreign Ministry's said that it has Syrian guarantees that the Assad regime won't deploy chemical weapons. ... more | .. |
Outside View: Driving in Beirut I love driving in Beirut but that's because I like driving among caffeine-fueled, race-car drivers, all jamming at high speed, with little consideration for stop signs, stop lights, pedestrians or emergency vehicles. ... 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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 Iran, UN nuclear watchdog meeting fails The UN atomic watchdog said that "intensive" talks Friday with Iran had failed, with no plans for a follow-up meeting to persuade Tehran to address suspected evidence of nuclear weapons research. ... more | .. |
  US drone attacks kill at least 15 militants in Pakistan US drone strikes targeting three militant compounds on Friday killed at least 15 people in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said. ... more | .. |
 Four dead in Iraq attacks on Shiites Attacks on Shiites in Baghdad and north of the capital killed four people on Friday, after the conclusion of the Eid festival and as Al-Qaeda claimed a series of attacks earlier in the summer. ... more | .. |
China returns refugees to Kachin war zone: rebels China has pushed thousands of refugees from Myanmar's Kachin minority back across the border into a province wracked by fighting between government troops and ethnic guerillas, the rebels said Friday. ... more |
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  S-400s to protect APEC summit Russia is deploying a regiment of its new-generation S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in the far-eastern city of Nakhodka, not far from Vladivostok. The production of S-400s is gaining pace. With ... more | .. |
 Britain, others tap CAE for simulators Britain's Ministry of Defense and Airbus Military of Spain have contracted CAE of Canada for flight simulator projects. ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Wins Contract for JLTV Engineering and Manufacturing Development Phase Lockheed Martin has received a $65 million contract from the U.S. Army and U.S. Marine Corps to continue developing the Joint Light Tactical Vehicle (JLTV) through the Engineering and Manufacturing ... more | .. |
  India's first Embarer AWAC headed home India has taken delivery of the first of three Embraer 145 airborne early warning and control aircraft from Embraer Defense and Security in Brazil. ... more |
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