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| July 03, 2014 |
 Final push in 'historic' Iran nuclear talks Vienna (AFP) July 03, 2014 - Iran nuclear talks enter the decisive, dangerous endgame Thursday with a marathon final round of hardball negotiations potentially going all the way to the July 20 finish line. The deal being sought by Iran and the five permanent members of the UN Security Council plus Germany would finally ease fears of Tehran getting nuclear weapons - and silence talk of war for good. With insurgents ... more |  |
 US to push China on hacking at high-level talks Washington (AFP) July 02, 2014 - Washington will push Beijing to crack down on cyber-spying and halt the theft of corporate data when the two powers meet next week for high-level talks, a US diplomat told AFP Wednesday. Concerns about widespread Internet hacking as well as regional maritime tensions will be among a slew of issues on the table during two days of talks in Beijing on July 9-10, with Secretary of State John Ker ... more |  |
 Iraq PM offers amnesty to turn tide of offensive Baghdad (AFP) July 02, 2014 - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki offered a general amnesty Wednesday in a rare conciliatory move to undercut support for militants whose offensive has overrun swathes of territory and threatens to tear Iraq apart. The offer comes after a farcical opening to the new parliament, despite world leaders calling on Iraq's fractious politicians to unite urgently to help combat insurgents, as the milit ... more |  |
China's Xi visits South Korea in snub to North Seoul (AFP) July 03, 2014 - China's president flew to Seoul Thursday for a state visit focused on nuclear developments in North Korea, which has spent the past week playing hawk and dove with threats, missile tests and peace offers. It will be Xi Jinping's first trip as head of state to the perennially volatile Korean peninsula, and his second summit with South Korean President Park Geun-Hye who visited China last year ... more |  |
 US Navy gets its first four-star female admiral Washington (AFP) July 02, 2014 - The US Navy has promoted a woman to the rank of a four-star admiral for the first time in its 238-year history, a milestone for females in the American military. In a ceremony on Tuesday, Michelle Howard was promoted to vice chief of naval operations, the number two job in the service, after having already shattered barriers in previous posts in the navy. Howard, 54, is known for command ... more |  |
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 China restricts Ramadan fasting in Xinjiang Beijing (AFP) July 02, 2014 - China has banned civil servants, students and teachers in its mainly Muslim Xinjiang region from taking part in Ramadan fasting, government websites said, prompting condemnation from an exile group on Wednesday. China's ruling Communist party is officially atheist, and for years has restricted fasting in Xinjiang, home to the mostly Muslim Uighur minority. Xinjiang sees regular and often ... more |  |
 China criticises Japan's move to expand military role Beijing (AFP) July 02, 2014 - China's government and media launched a broadside Wednesday against Japan's move to loosen the bonds on its powerful military, casting it as a threat to Asian security. The criticism came one day after Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said his cabinet had formally endorsed a reinterpretation of a constitutional clause banning the use of armed force except in very narrowly-defined circumsta ... more |  |
'Sue me' Obama draws strength from power showdown Washington (AFP) July 03, 2014 - Something unexpected happened to Barack Obama as he slipped toward the lame duck inertia that stifles second term presidencies. He transformed himself into a power hungry, Constitution-busting, imperial president who will simply ignore Congress when it won't give him what he wants. That, at least, is the line from Republicans fuming at Obama's flexing of executive power to skip past thei ... more | |
Tale of abuse and revenge behind fall of China 'tiger' Beijing (AFP) July 03, 2014 - When Chinese official Zhou Jianhua refused to tell Communist Party investigators he had received massive bribes, he says they beat him and forced him to drink toilet water until he confessed. As a crackdown on corruption pushed by Chinese President Xi Jinping ensnares a growing list of senior officials, Zhou's account - in a recording obtained by AFP - offers a rare glimpse inside the ruli ... more | |
Bankers on the march: Hong Kong financiers join democracy fight Hong Kong (AFP) July 03, 2014 - When huge crowds took to Hong Kong's streets this week to voice anger at Beijing's ever-tightening grip, an unlikely group was marching in step: wealthy financiers fighting mainland influence over the city's markets and political life. Joining rain-soaked protesters from all walks of life - who by organisers' estimates numbered a record half-a-million - was hedge fund manager Edward Chin. ... more | |
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Ukraine presses deadly offensive with strong Western backing Kiev (AFP) July 02, 2014 - Ukrainian troops backed by tanks and fighter bombers suffered their first losses on Wednesday as they pressed on with a renewed offensive against pro-Kremlin insurgents that has drawn Russian ire but also vital US and German support. The return of all-out fighting in Europe's worst security crisis in nearly two decades set off a new international scramble to dampen hostilities in the strateg ... more | |
 Syrian chemical weapons transferred to US ship Gioia Tauro, Italy (AFP) July 02, 2014 - The international operation to destroy Syrian chemical weapons entered its final phase on Wednesday, with the stockpile loaded onto a US military ship equipped to dispose of them. Hundreds of tonnes of mustard gas and ingredients to make Sarin nerve gas were transferred from a Danish freighter in the southern Italian port of Gioia Tauro amid tight security. "Italy has proven its capacity ... more |  |
 Syria rebels will 'lay down arms' if no aid to fight IS Beirut (AFP) July 02, 2014 - Rebels from northern and eastern Syria on Wednesday threatened to lay down their arms in a week if the country's exiled opposition does not help them fight the jihadist Islamic State (IS). "We, the leaders of the brigades and battalions... give the National Coalition, the (opposition) interim government, the (rebel) Supreme Military Council and all the leading bodies of the Syrian revolution ... more |  |
Iraq's new jets likely from Iran: experts Baghdad (AFP) July 02, 2014 - Three Sukhoi ground attack jets shown landing in Iraq in a video released by the defence ministry are likely from Iran, a think tank said Wednesday. Iraq has purchased more than a dozen Sukhoi jets from Russia in a bid to bolster its forces in their battle against a sweeping militant offensive that has overrun large areas of five provinces. On Tuesday, the defence ministry said a second ... more | |
Alion continues anti-submarine training simulation work Mclean, Va. (UPI) Jul 2, 2013 - Anti-submarine warfare training simulations are to be developed and maintained by Alion Science and Technology under a U.S. Navy contract. The award from Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division is worth $24 million and has a performance period of five years. Alion, an incumbent contractor, and has been a developer and integrator of most of the Navy's Anti-Submarine War ... more |  |
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Seoul warns Japan against going it alone on N. Korea Seoul (AFP) July 03, 2014 - South Korea warned Japan on Thursday against undermining efforts to force North Korea to abandon its nuclear weapons, after Tokyo announced the lifting of selected sanctions on Pyongyang. Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said a number of unilateral sanctions would be revoked after progress in talks with the North over its Cold War kidnapping of Japanese nationals. In a statement, the S ... more | |
N. Korea vows further tactical guided-missile tests Seoul (AFP) July 03, 2014 - North Korea vowed Thursday to push ahead with further strategic guided-missile tests, defying international calls to curb its weapons programme as the Chinese president arrived in Seoul for a visit seen as a snub to Pyongyang. "(North Korea) will continue to hold drills of launching high-precision tactical guided missiles," said a spokesman for the Korean People's Army (KPA) Strategic Force, ... more | |
Top Jordan jihadist denounces IS caliphate Amman (AFP) July 02, 2014 - A leading Jordanian jihadist ideologist on Wednesday denounced the declaration of a "caliphate" by Sunni militants in Iraq and Syria, warning against more bloodshed. "Can every Muslim and weak person find refuge in this caliphate? Or would it be like a sharp sword against all opponents?" Issam Barqawi, known as Abu Mohammed al-Maqdessi, wrote on Facebook and on jihadist websites. On Sund ... more | |
Crisis-hit Iraq turns to Shiite militias for support Baghdad (AFP) July 03, 2014 - Iraq's government once battled entrenched Shiite militiamen but is now making common cause with them against a jihadist-led onslaught that Baghdad's forces are struggling to contain on their own. Shiite militiamen are fighting alongside Iraq's flagging forces, bringing experience, morale and increased numbers to the government side, which has lost large areas of five provinces to the Sunni A ... more | |
Suleimani: Iran's near invisible Quds Force commander Nicosia (AFP) July 02, 2014 - For a man widely reported to be playing a key role in helping Iraq's routed military recover lost ground, Qassem Suleimani, the commander of Iran's feared Quds Force, remains invisible. It is not a new strategy for Suleimani - the 57-year-old is rarely pictured, a trait that chimes with his apparent, although officially denied, presence in Baghdad in the past fortnight. Having already h ... more | |
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