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US to station second X-band missile radar in JapanTokyo (AFP) Sept 17, 2012 US and Japanese defence ministers have agreed to deploy another X-band missile defence radar in Japan, US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Monday. The move is designed to counter the threat posed by North Korea's missile arsenal, he told reporters during a joint press conference with his opposite number in Tokyo. "The purpose of this is to enhance our ability to defend Japan. It's also designed to help forward-deployed US forces," Panetta said. "It also will be effective in protecting the ... read more |
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  US to modernize nuclear arsenal: report The US government plans to undertake the costliest modernization of its nuclear arsenal in history, even though the military as a whole is facing stiff spending cuts, The Washington Post reported late Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan test-fires nuclear-capable cruise missile Pakistan on Monday test-fired a nuclear-capable cruise missile with "stealth features", the military said, the country's first such exercise in more than three months. ... more | .. |
  Japan firms stop China operations after protests Japanese firms including Panasonic suspended operations at plants in China, companies and reports said Monday, after mass anti-Tokyo protests at the weekend over disputed islands in the East China Sea. ... more | .. |
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  Afghan insider attacks are 'last gasp effort' by Taliban: US US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Monday said insider attacks on NATO forces in Afghanistan were a "last gasp" tactic by Taliban insurgents who had been unable to make up lost territory. ... more | .. |
 Pentagon chief calls for calm in Japan-China spat US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called for diplomatic efforts to resolve a worsening territorial spat between Japan and China on Monday, the day after warning disputes could draw East Asia into war. ... more | .. |
  Yemen students hold anti-US rally, reject Marines Hundreds of Yemeni students demonstrated on Monday calling for the expulsion of the US ambassador and condemning the deployment of US Marines to protect his embassy, an AFP correspondent said. ... more | .. |
  Baghdad Green Zone attack kills seven A suicide bomber on Monday killed seven people and wounded an MP in an attack at an entrance to Baghdad's heavily secured Green Zone, where the Iraqi government is based, officials said. ... more |
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Airbus-built SpainSat NG-I satellite successfully launched
ESA Contracts Thales Alenia Space-Led Consortium for First Lunar Lander
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 US leads major minesweeping Gulf naval exercise A major US-led naval minesweeping exercise got underway in the Gulf Sunday as tension remain high over Iran and its controversial nuclear program. ... more | .. |
 Anti-Japan protests again erupt across China Thousands of anti-Japanese demonstrators mounted protests in cities across China on Sunday over disputed islands in the East China Sea, a day after an attempt to storm Tokyo's embassy in the capital. ... more | .. |
 No plans to bolster US forces in Mideast: Panetta The US military has no major plans to bolster its forces in the Middle East despite a week of violent protests targeting diplomatic outposts, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 NATO 'killed Afghan women' on black weekend NATO was accused of killing eight women Sunday, capping a weekend which saw six soldiers shot dead by presumed Afghan colleagues and a Taliban assault cause unprecedented losses on one of the biggest military bases in the country. ... more |
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 US-Israeli gap on Iran nukes widens The gap between Israel and the United States on Iran widened Sunday as Benjamin Netanyahu insisted on a "red line" from Washington, claiming Tehran is "90 percent" toward having a nuclear bomb. ... more | .. |
  Death drops from sky in Syria's Al-Bab Shrapnel peppers the blood-spattered walls of the Al-Bab home where two bombs dropped from a Syrian warplane in the middle of the night wiped out Abu Nasser's family. ... more | .. |
 FARC ready for peace, top Colombia rebel says Leftist FARC rebels are determined to reach a deal when they meet with Colombian officials in Norway next month to negotiate an end their decades-long insurgency, a senior commander said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 China's leader-in-waiting resurfaces after two weeks China's Vice President Xi Jinping made his first public appearance in two weeks on Saturday following swirling speculation about the whereabouts of Beijing's leader-in-waiting. ... more |
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Climate Change Accelerates Species Shuffling, New Study Reveals
China's DeepSeek-R1: A Game-Changing AI Release or Strategic Gesture?
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 Thousands protest at Japanese embassy in Beijing Angry demonstrators attempted to storm the Japanese embassy in Beijing Saturday, state media said, as tens of thousands of people across China protested against Japan over a growing territorial dispute. ... more | .. |
 Pakistan ruling party rebuts nuclear proliferation claim The ruling Pakistan People's Party on Saturday rebutted a claim by the country's disgraced nuclear hero that he transferred nuclear technology to other countries on the orders of its slain prime minister. ... more | .. |
 Iraqi Christians seek hope from Lebanon papal visit Among the many thousands at Lebanon's presidential palace Saturday to greet Pope Benedict XVI were more than 220 Chaldean Christians, who travelled from across war-battered Iraq for the historic occasion. ... more | .. |
  Mideast key focus of U.S. arms sales boom Amid the rising tensions in the Middle East, with the United States locked in a Persian Gulf confrontation with Iran, the U.S. defense industry tripled its global arms sales to a record $66 billion in 2011. Half of that went to Saudi Arabia to counter the Islamic Republic. ... more |
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 EU, Ukraine differ on way forward Senior European officials met with Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych Friday to work out an integration deal currently snagged on continued imprisonment of former Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko. ... more | .. |
 Opposition says Brahimi bringing 'new ideas' on Syria International envoy Lakhdar Brahimi on Friday met Syrian opposition figures who said he was bringing "new ideas" to peace efforts, as blasts rocked Damascus and regime air strikes targeted rebel areas in Aleppo. ... more | .. |
  Berlin rejects Israeli pressure over subs sale to Egypt German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere dismissed Israeli pressure not to sell two submarines to Egypt, while acknowledging the country was "not as stable" as he would like in an interview published Saturday. ... more | .. |
 US gears up for Libya manhunt after consulate attack US military and intelligence agencies have launched an elaborate manhunt in Libya against the militants suspected of staging the most serious assault on an American diplomatic mission in decades, officials and experts said Friday. ... more |
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Ukrainian drone barrage on Russia kills two, hits oil refinery
EdgeCortix SAKURA-I AI Accelerator Validated for Radiation Resilience in Space Missions
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 Obama camp lashes Romney's China 'hypocrisy'W/LLL US President Barack Obama's campaign lashed Mitt Romney for "hypocrisy" on China Friday, claiming his tough talk was undermined by his business record of shipping US jobs to the Asian giant. ... more | .. |
 Ex-minister slams Iraq PM for tolerating graft The first minister to quit Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki's unity government criticised the prime minister for turning a blind eye to worsening corruption among his loyalists, in an interview with AFP. ... more | .. |
 Two killed at US base where Prince Harry deployed Insurgents armed with guns and rockets stormed a heavily fortified air field in Afghanistan, killing two US Marines and damaging aircraft in a major security breach at the camp where Prince Harry is deployed. ... more | .. |
 AgustaWestland signs South Korean partners AgustaWestland has signed partnership agreements with Firstec, a supplier of defense and security systems, and Dodaam Systems, which develops training systems for the defense sector. ... more |
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Air raids in Aleppo as envoy meets Syria opposition Syrian regime air strikes targeted rebel-held police stations inside Aleppo city on Friday, ahead of talks between visiting peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi and opposition groups in the 18-month conflict. ... more | .. |
 Six China ships near isles disputed with Japan Six Chinese ships sailed into waters around a disputed archipelago on Friday, with Beijing saying they were there for "law enforcement" around islands Japan nationalised earlier this week. ... more | .. |
 IAEA chief wants Iran 'to understand the message' Iran should "understand the message" that it needs to do more to address global concerns that it wants the bomb, following the UN atomic agency's latest board resolution, the watchdog's chief told AFP. ... more | .. |
 Israel's Netanyahu denies meddling in US election Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has denied accusations he is interfering in the US presidential vote by pushing President Barack Obama to take a tougher stand on Iran's nuclear programme. ... more |
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