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| April 27, 2014 |
 Ukraine vs. Russia: military mismatch, but does that mean no contest? Kiev (AFP) April 26, 2014 - Russia has the world's second-ranked military after former Cold War foe the United States. The armed forces in Ukraine, a former republic in the ex-Soviet Union, are much, much smaller. But numbers don't tell the whole story. Other factors come into play in weighing which side might get the upper hand should war break out with a Russian invasion. Chief among them is the fact that M ... more |  |
 Russia to Test Launch New Angara Rocket June 25 Moscow (RIA Novosti) Apr 23, 2014 - The date of the maiden launch of Russia's new Angara rocket has been set for June 25, an official with the Russian Space Agency told RIA Novosti Friday. "The launch is set for June 25, with the 26th as a backup date," the official said. He added the rocket would be fired without an orbital payload from the Plesetsk space center, located about 800 kilometers north of Moscow. The ... more |  |
 Boeing lifts profit outlook as jetliner demand booms Washington (AFP) April 23, 2014 - US aerospace and defense giant Boeing raised its 2014 profit outlook Wednesday despite a first-quarter profit slide, citing strong demand for its new jetliners. A sharp rise in pension costs from a change in retirement plans offset Boeing's robust commercial aircraft deliveries as airlines seek to renew aging fleets with more fuel-efficient jetliners. Boeing posted net profit in the firs ... more |  |
 New pictures confirm North Korea nuclear activity Seoul (AFP) April 26, 2014 - A North Korean nuclear test within days "cannot be ruled out" analysts said Saturday, after new satellite imagery showed heightened activity at the test site. The report by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) chimes with other findings and suggests Pyongyang is moving towards an underground detonation. Pictures taken on Friday - the first day of US President Bara ... more |  |
 ISIL claims Baghdad election rally attack: statement Baghdad (AFP) April 25, 2014 - A powerful jihadist group claimed a dual bombing at a Shiite political rally in Baghdad on Friday, according to a statement posted on jihadist forums, just days before national elections. "Abu Aisha al-Iraqi and Abu Osama al-Iraqi... managed to enter a gathering of infidels... during their parade in Sadr City and blew up their suicide belts," said the statement attributed to the Islamic Stat ... more |  |
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 Tactical radios tested with MUOS waveform Melbourne, Fla. (UPI) Apr 25, 2013 - Harris Corporation's Falcon III AN/PRC-117G manpack radio has successfully completed another series of tests for use with military satellites. The tactical multi-band radios - in standard hardware configuration - hosted the Mobile User Objective System waveform during the tests held at the MUOS Test Radio Access Facility in California, which is operated by Lockheed Martin for the U.S. ... more |  |
Obama warns tougher sanctions against nuclear N. Korea Seoul (AFP) April 25, 2014 - North Korea will gain nothing by making threats, US President Barack Obama said Friday, warning it of sanctions with "more bite" if it went ahead with a fourth nuclear test. Speaking in South Korea as satellite images revealed the North could be preparing for an underground explosion, Obama stressed that Washington and Seoul stood "shoulder to shoulder" in their refusal to accept a nuclear N ... more |  |
Russia vows to help free OSCE men held as 'NATO spies' in Ukraine Slavyansk, Ukraine (AFP) April 26, 2014 - Russia pledged Saturday to help free a group of international OSCE observers held hostage by pro-Kremlin rebels in eastern Ukraine who accuse them of being "NATO spies". "We believe that these people should be released as soon as possible," Russia's envoy to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Andrei Kelin, told Russia's state RIA Novosti news agency. "As an OSCE me ... more |  |
 Palestinian unity government will reject violence: Abbas Ramallah, Palestinian Territories (AFP) April 26, 2014 - Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Saturday the new unity government he is set to head with the backing of Hamas would reject violence and recognise Israel and existing agreements. Israel, however, slammed his speech to the Palestine Liberation Organisation's Central Council as a "coup de grace" to the peace process. The PLO body had convened to chart a course of action after Israel ... more |  |
Ecuador expels US officers, cancels military program Quito (AFP) April 25, 2014 - Ecuador's President Rafael Correa has ordered all US military officers to leave the country by the end of month and canceled a security cooperation program with the Pentagon, US officials said on Friday. "At the request of the government of Ecuador, our bilateral security cooperation programs in Ecuador are currently coming to a close," Pentagon spokesman Colonel Steven Warren told AFP in an ... more |  |
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PLO set for crunch talks on torpedoed peace process Jerusalem (AFP) April 25, 2014 - The Palestine Liberation Organisation was preparing Friday for weekend crisis talks to mull its options after Israel torpedoed the US-sponsored peace talks in response to a Fatah-Hamas reconciliation deal. With the peace process that US Secretary of State John Kerry has fought long and hard for apparently back to square one just days before an April 29 deadline, both sides were considering t ... more |  |
Tiny Marshall Islands to sue US, others over nuclear arms The Hague (AFP) April 25, 2014 - The tiny Marshall Islands is dragging the United States and eight other nuclear-armed countries to the UN's highest court for failing to halt the nuclear arms race and rid the world of atomic weapons. Representatives of the Marshall Islands, site of devastating nuclear tests in the mid-20th century, "yesterday filed... separate applications against nine states," the Hague-based International ... more |  |
West threatens new Russia sanctions as Kiev warns of 'world war' Slavyansk, Ukraine (AFP) April 25, 2014 - Western powers led by US President Barack Obama warned Friday that Russia faced fresh sanctions over Ukraine as Kiev accused Moscow of seeking to trigger a "third world war". The threat came amid heightened tensions on the ground as the Ukrainian military launched a new offensive to besiege the rebel-held city of Slavyansk and insurgents blew up an army helicopter with a rocket-propelled gre ... more |  |
World's first Tiananmen museum opens in Hong Kong Hong Kong (AFP) April 26, 2014 - The world's first museum dedicated to the Tiananmen Square crackdown opened in Hong Kong Saturday with an emotive ceremony and protests from pro-China demonstrators. Almost 25 years after the Chinese authorities' brutal repression of pro-democracy protesters in Beijing, the permanent exhibition is one of the only places in China where the massacre of June 3-4, 1989, can be commemorated. ... more |  |
Iraq attacks kill 15 as elections loom Baghdad (AFP) April 26, 2014 - Attacks in Iraq killed 15 people Saturday in the run-up to next week's first parliamentary election since US troops withdrew, with violence at its worst in years. Shootings and blasts in the capital came a day after a twin bombing by a jihadist group on a Shiite political rally there killed 36 people, the deadliest single attack during campaigning for Wednesday's polls. Prime Minister Nu ... more |  |
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Christians face 'disaster' in Iraq: church leader Kirkuk, Iraq (AFP) April 26, 2014 - Iraq's dwindling Christian community faces "disaster," and if no action is taken they will number just a few thousand in a decade, the country's most senior church leader told AFP. Chaldean Patriarch Louis Sako said the daily migration of Christians from Iraq was "terrifying" and blamed a range of factors, including generally poor security in the country and worsening religious extremism. ... more | |
 Retired Brazil colonel who admitted torture found dead Rio De Janeiro (AFP) April 25, 2014 - A retired Brazilian colonel who last month admitted carrying out torture during the country's 1964-1985 military dictatorship has been found dead following a break-in at his suburban Rio home, police said Friday. Paulo Malhaes, 76, was killed after three men broke into the family property in the northern suburb of Novo Iguacu on Thursday, his widow told police. "An evaluation of the scen ... more |  |
 Five UK troops killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash London (AFP) April 26, 2014 - Five British troops were killed Saturday in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan, in what appeared to be a "tragic accident", the Ministry of Defence in London said. The Lynx helicopter crashed during a routine flight in Kandahar province killing three members of the Army Air Corps, a member of the Royal Air Force and an army reservist with military intelligence who were all on board, ... more |  |
 Air Force taps Engility Holdings for remotely piloted aircraft support Chantilly, Va. (UPI) Apr 25, 2013 - An $11 million U.S. Air Force contract has been given to Engility Holdings Inc. for operational and technical support of remotely piloted aircraft systems. The support services will be provided for RQ-170 Sentinel Aircraft to the Air Force Air Combat Command, 432nd Wing, at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada. "We are honored to have the opportunity to serve the U.S. Air Force and ou ... more |  |
ATK Announces Contract Award from ULA to Build Composite Launch Vehicle Structures Arlington VA (SPX) Apr 23, 2014 - ATK has reached agreement on a $178 million contract award as part of the Air Force's Phase 1 Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) buy from United Launch Alliance (ULA). The order value includes hardware for both of the current United States Air Force EELV launch vehicles, the Atlas V and Delta IV. The initial contracting period includes large composite structures with deliveries comme ... more |  |
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