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April 18, 2014

Russia to 'boost military presence' on disputed Kurils
Moscow (AFP) April 18, 2014
Russia will build new military compounds in the next two years on the Kuril islands that are the subject of a territorial row with neighbouring Japan, a top commander said Friday. "The decisions on constructing military base settlements on the islands Iturup and Kunashir have been taken and confirmed," the commander of Russia's Far Eastern military district Sergei Surovikov said, Russian agencies reported. "All the main objects, and there are more than 150 of them, will be completed before 2016, ... read more

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Bloomberg arms US gun control with $50 mn

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Fire aboard US missile cruiser, no one hurt

S. Korea spurns North's call for joint drone probe

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Iran's foreign minister holds talks in UAE

US actor Michael Douglas fronts disarmament initiative

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Iraq Kurds dig trench on Syria border to block militants

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