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September 15, 2014

British PM holds fire on IS, pursues cautious strategy
London (AFP) Sept 14, 2014
The murder of British aid worker David Haines has upped the pressure on London to take the fight to the Islamic State, but Prime Minister David Cameron is proceeding with caution - and some confusion. Cameron said Sunday he was ready to "take whatever steps are necessary" to destroy the militant group which has seized territory across Iraq and Syria, and has now killed three Western hostages in less than a month. But the Conservative leader has yet to commit Britain to join US air strikes again ... read more

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Tehran mocks anti-jihadist front without Damascus Tehran ridiculed an international conference on the jihadist threat that opened in Paris on Monday, insisting the Islamic State cannot be defeated without the support of its ally Damascus. ... more		Briton's beheading boosts resolve of anti-IS coalition The Islamic State's beheading of another Western hostage has strengthened the resolve of a US-led coalition ahead of a Paris conference Monday on how to jointly eliminate the jihadist group. ... more		Signs of N. Korea developing missile submarine: South North Korea appears to be developing a new weapons system capable of launching submarine-based ballistic missiles, the South's defence ministry said Monday. ... more
				'All bases covered' in coalition bid to crush IS "All bases are covered" in a US-led multinational coalition against the Islamic State, John Kerry said, as Washington rallies diplomatic and public support to smash the jihadists. ... more		China's Xi starts South Asia tour in "paradise" Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived in the Maldives Sunday, making a historic visit to the Indian Ocean tourist destination at the start of a three-nation South Asian tour. ... more

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Russia Plans to Launch 5 Angara Heavy Rockets Per Year by 2025 The United Rocket and Space Corporation (URSC) is planning to start launching five Angara heavy rockets a year by 2025, according to the program of financial recovery at the Khrunichev Center, prese ... more		Proton Launches May Compete on Price With US Falcons Future commercial launches of Russian Proton launch vehicles will be able to compete with the US Space X's Falcon 9 rockets but on certain conditions, the Deputy Director General in charge of Econom ... more		EUSPA unveils integrated GNSS and secure SATCOM user technology update Space experiment aims to reveal hidden cosmic mass Telescoping from the moon		NASA's Orion Spacecraft Nears Completion, Ready for Fueling NASA is making steady progress on its Orion spacecraft, completing several milestones this week at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the capsule's first trip to space in Dece ... more
				Baghdad blast turns wedding joy into funeral grief Raghda Yaqub was just days away from marriage, but a bombing in east Baghdad meant the 24-year-old Iraqi was buried wearing her wedding dress instead. ... more		Israel intelligence hits back over refuseniks' letter Scores of veterans of elite Israeli intelligence unit 8200 rallied to its defence Sunday after 43 comrades said they would no longer take part in its "injustices" against millions of Palestinians. ... more

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Turing biopic wins Toronto film festival top prize "The Imitation Game," a biopic of British codebreaker Alan Turing starring Benedict Cumberbatch, won the Toronto film festival's top prize Sunday, confirming its status as an early Oscars contender. ... more		SpaceX's next cargo launch set for Sept 20 SpaceX's next unmanned cargo trip to restock supplies at the International Space Station is scheduled for September 20, the US space agency said Friday. ... more		NASA radar imagery highlights expanding landslide activity in Los Angeles GHGSAT Selected as Copernicus Contributing Mission by ESA and EU Greenland ice crevasses escalate fueling further rise in sea levels		Ariane rocket launches Asia-Pacific telecoms satellites An Ariane 5 rocket took off from the European space centre at Kourou in French Guiana late Thursday, before placing two Asia-Pacific telecoms satellites into orbit, the launch firm Arianespace said. ... more
Three Russian and American astronauts return to Earth Two Russian cosmonauts and an American astronaut returned to Earth on Thursday after spending more than six months working together aboard the International Space Station, as tensions between their countries soared over the Ukraine crisis. ... more		China completes construction of advanced space launch facility China has finished building of its fourth and most advanced space launch center, a senior space official said. Yang Liwei, deputy director of the China Manned Space Agency, said in Beijing on ... more		Russia to boost nuclear, space defence forces against US Russia will respond to the United States' "prompt global strike" programme designed to take out targets within an hour by upgrading its nuclear and space defence forces, its deputy prime minister said Wednesday. ... more		US general Allen to head anti-jihadist coalition Retired US general John Allen, the cerebral ex-commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan who also led troops in western Iraq, has been named to lead the international effort against Islamic State extremists, officials announced Friday. ... more

	Obama waits for Congress on Syria rebel aid President Barack Obama learned Thursday that he may have a wait on his hands before Congress signs off on his plan to train and equip Syrian rebels, a key plank in his strategy to destroy Islamic State radicals. ... more		Why an air campaign agains ISIS is not enough One of the most absurd and half-baked geopolitical decisions in recent memory, based on totally erroneous intelligence, has come back to bite us - yet again. ... more

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US insists no anti-jihadist coordination with Assad		Kurdish female fighters face jihadists in Iraq's north		China offers Russia 'helping hand' in Xi, Putin talks		US threatened Yahoo with huge fine over surveillance		Three condemned to die for 'China's 9/11' mass stabbing
US Congress wary of greenlighting 'Iraq 2.0'		Thales-operated munition plants to continue Australian military production		DRS announces U.S. Navy contract win		China warns citizens to avoid Philippines		Raytheon providing ongoing support for Patriot air defense system

BAE Systems Hagglund delivers combat vehicle to Norway

Kerry in Cairo to drum up support for 'war' on jihadists

Iraqi military failings pose challenge for anti-IS war

Iran says nuclear talks hit by disagreements

Uighur academic to appear in Chinese court next week

Hollande in Iraq as world ramps up efforts to defeat jihadists

Middle East entity orders Harris tactical radios

IS murder of British hostage an 'act of pure evil': Cameron

US gives Lebanon Hellfire missiles, pledges aircraft

US second lady attends London Games for injured troops

Britain begins assembly of new aircraft carrier in Scotland

U.S. military taps Northrop Grumman for new technology

Lockheed opens center for optical payload development in California

ISIS is targeting Southeast Asia

Additional live-fire target systems ordered by U.S. Army

Indian Navy added a fifth P-8I to its maritime patrol fleet of aircraft

Obama eyes air strikes in Syria, fixing Iraqi army

Most US strikes in Iraq focused on defending Mosul dam

What if 9/11 had not happened?

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