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| October 28, 2013 |
 US military's airship programs lose altitude Washington (AFP) Oct 26, 2013 - The US military has invested billions in blimp-like aircraft to track militants planting roadside bombs but the spyship experiment is losing altitude because of technical failures and changing priorities. The lighter-than-air projects were billed as an innovative revival of an old aircraft design to conduct "unblinking" surveillance on the battlefield - at a fraction of the cost of fuel-gu ... more |  |
Boeing, Lockheed team up for new US Air Force bomber Washington (AFP) Oct 25, 2013 - Boeing and Lockheed Martin said Friday they have teamed up to bid for a new $55 billion US Air Force bomber program aimed at replacing the aging bomber fleet. Boeing is acting as the prime contractor, and Lockheed is the main teammate in the bid to supply the Air Force's Long-Range Strike Bomber program, the companies said in a joint statement. "Boeing and Lockheed Martin are bringing to ... more |  |
 Syria submitted chemical arms destruction plan on time: OPCW The Hague (AFP) Oct 27, 2013 - Syria handed over a detailed plan to destroy its chemical stockpile on time, international watchdog OPCW said Sunday. "On 24 October 2013, the Syrian Arab Republic submitted to the OPCW its formal initial declaration covering its chemical weapons programme," the watchdog said in a statement, adding that Damascus had had until Sunday to do so. Damascus was required to submit the destructi ... more |  |
Israel approves release of 26 Palestinian prisoners Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 27, 2013 - Israel on Sunday approved the release of 26 Palestinian prisoners, the second batch to be freed since August under the terms of renewed US-brokered peace talks. "The release of 26 prisoners has been validated this evening," said a statement from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's office. It said all the prisoners had committed their offences before the signing of the 1993 Oslo a ... more |  |
 Taiwan major held on China spying claims: report Taipei (AFP) Oct 26, 2013 - A Taiwanese air force major has been taken into custody for allegedly leaking confidential information to China, a report said Saturday, in the latest spying scandal to hit Taiwan. Identified by his family name Hau, the major allegedly sold information obtained from an E-2K early warning aircraft to China for an unspecified amount of money, the United Daily News cited prosecutors as saying. ... more |  |
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 Arrogance led to Bo downfall: China state media Beijing (AFP) Oct 26, 2013 - Chinese state media laid into Bo Xilai on Saturday, saying "arrogance" led to his demise, a day after a court rejected the fallen politician's appeal against his corruption conviction. Bo was condemned to life imprisonment on charges of bribery, embezzlement and abuse of power last month, and a Chinese court on Friday dismissed his appeal and confirmed his sentence. Analysts said the dec ... more |  |
Russia to expand Kyrgyzstan military base: official Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan (AFP) Oct 26, 2013 - Russia will expand its airbase in Kyrgyzstan at the end of the year ahead of the shutdown of a US base in the country, a senior commander said Saturday. The number of planes at Russia's Kant airbase in the country "will at least double by this December," Viktor Sevastyanov, a senior Russian air force commander, said at a ceremony marking the base's 10-year anniversary. Russia will also s ... more |  |
Japan's PM warns China on use of force as jets scrambled Tokyo (AFP) Oct 27, 2013 - Japan's leader warned China on Sunday against forcibly changing the regional balance of power, as reports said Tokyo had scrambled fighter jets in response to Chinese military aircraft flying near Okinawa. Verbal skirmishing between Asia's two biggest economies, who dispute ownership of an island chain, escalated as Beijing warned Tokyo that any hostile action in the skies against Chinese dr ... more |  |
 Afghan soldier opens fire on NATO partners: officials Kabul (AFP) Oct 26, 2013 - An Afghan soldier on Saturday opened fire on his NATO partners in Kabul, wounding a NATO soldier in the latest in a series of "insider" attacks on alliance forces, officials said. Attacks in which Afghan forces turn their guns on their international partners have killed scores of NATO-led troops, breeding mistrust and undermining efforts to train local forces before NATO combat troops withd ... more |  |
 Iran MP says Fordo nuclear site a 'red line' Tehran (AFP) Oct 27, 2013 - A prominent Iranian lawmaker said on Sunday Iran would never agree to shut down its Fordo underground nuclear enrichment facility as demanded by world powers, Mehr news agency reported. "It is possible that they set some conditions such as shutting down Fordo, which definitely will not happen," Mehr quoted Alaeddin Boroujerdi, head of the parliament's foreign policy committee, as saying. ... more |  |
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Nuclear agency urges work to secure radioactive sources Dubai (AFP) Oct 27, 2013 - Member states of the International Atomic Energy Agency should work together to boost security around radioactive sources, the body's deputy director said on Sunday. "We should all work together ... to achieve one common goal: protecting people, society and the environment from the harmful effects of ionising radiation that may occur through the inadvertent or malicious use of radioactive so ... more |  |
 Turkey open to new bids for anti-missile system Ankara (AFP) Oct 26, 2013 - Turkey said Saturday it was open to new bids in its plan to acquire its first long-range anti-missile system, should its controversial negotiations with China come to nothing. "It is not a finalised deal yet. If US and European companies make us better offers, we will continue to talk with them," said Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu, who was quoted by Turkish newspapers. Last month, in ... more |  |
N. Korea's nuclear strength grows in isolation Seoul (AFP) Oct 27, 2013 - If the international community's main goal is to push North Korea towards denuclearisation, does the fact that Pyongyang is racing in precisely the opposite direction suggest a fundamental policy failure? The question has taken on added urgency following a succession of monthly warnings sounded by satellite imagery analysis that the North's nuclear weapons programme is gathering pace. In ... more |  |
 Spate of attacks kills 61 in Iraq Baghdad (AFP) Oct 27, 2013 - Ten bombings mainly targeting Shiite-majority areas of Baghdad province killed at least 41 people on Sunday, while 20 died in bombings and shootings elsewhere in Iraq, officials said. The attacks are the latest in a surge in violence that has killed over 650 people so far this month, and more than 5,350 this year. The 10 blasts, which hit nine different areas in and around Baghdad, also ... more |  |
Iran pulls down anti-US posters in capital Tehran (AFP) Oct 27, 2013 - The Tehran municipality has removed anti-American posters from the streets of the capital which questioned US honesty in nuclear talks with Iran, media reported on Sunday. The move comes as President Hassan Rouhani, a reputed moderate, has made fresh overtures to the West, including direct talks between US and Iranian officials, and ahead of the 34th anniversary of the US embassy seizure in ... more |  |
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Netanyahu says Iran could produce 90% uranium 'in weeks' Jerusalem (AFP) Oct 27, 2013 - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said on Sunday that Iran is capable of converting low-grade uranium to weapons-grade within weeks. "Iran is prepared to give up enriching uranium to 20 percent and therefore debate on this subject is unimportant," Netanyahu's office quoted him as saying at a weekly meeting of his cabinet. "The important part stems from technological improvements ... more |  |
 BAE, hit by defense cuts, pins hopes on Mideast jet sales Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Oct 25, 2013 - BAE Systems, Britain's leading defense company with major interests in the United States, is counting on securing big fighter jet sales in the Middle East to see it through the hefty cutbacks in U.S. and European military spending. Potential deals in the Persian Gulf, where major defense contractors are seeking big-ticket contracts from the jumpy oil-rich Arab monarchies include the sal ... more |  |
 British police seize 3D printer and suspected printed gun parts Manchester, England (UPI) Oct 25, 2013 - Police in Britain say they seized a 3D printer and suspected printed components for a gun, believed to be first-ever seizure of such a next-generation weapon. The alleged plastic gun parts and the 3D printer were discovered, along with a quantity of gunpowder, when officers executed warrants in Manchester Thursday as part of the largest ever multi-agency operation to target organized cr ... more |  |
US charges man for trying to buy missiles for Tehran New York City (AFP) Oct 25, 2013 - A man with dual US and Iran citizenship was indicted in a New York court Friday on charges of conspiring to buy surface-to-air missiles on behalf of the Iranian government. Reza Olangian, 53, was arrested in Estonia in October 2012 as part of a sting operation and extradited to the United States on March 26, 2013. US attorney Preet Bharara in the South District of New York said the suspe ... more |  |
Iraq, Turkey vow to open 'new chapter' in relations Ankara (AFP) Oct 25, 2013 - Iraq and Turkey on Friday vowed, following a meeting between foreign ministers, to improve relations between the two countries which have been marred in recent years by a series of disputes. "We agreed to take new steps in order to improve bilateral relations and to open new horizons," Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari told a news conference in Ankara. "We have turned the old page an ... more |  |
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