Attack on NATO trucks in Pakistan kills driver: officials
Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) April 14, 2014 -
Gunmen in restive northwest Pakistan on Monday attacked container trucks carrying supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan, killing a driver, officials said.
The violence took place around 25 kilometres (15 miles) west of Peshawar, the main city of the northwest, according to security officials.
Ali Sher, a local administration official, confirmed the incident.
"Three trucks were atta ...
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N. Korea vows Seoul will pay 'dear price' for insults
Seoul (AFP) April 14, 2014 -
North Korea on Monday warned South Korea it would pay a "dear price" for recent criticisms of Pyongyang's nuclear programme and political system, saying they violated a no-slander agreement.
The warning from the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea (CPRK) came days after Pyongyang blasted South Korean President Park Geun-Hye's proposals for Korean reunification as the "daydreams ...
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Shades of the Cold War at NATO HQ
Brussels (AFP) April 14, 2014 -
The Ukraine crisis is turning the clock back 30 years for NATO and Russia with the return to propaganda methods and suspicions last seen during the Cold War.
"NATO and Moscow have suddenly remembered they used to be the world's best worst enemies," said a Brussels-based officer at NATO's headquarters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
"And our older colleagues are using the same reflex ...
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Russia fighter jet buzzed US destroyer: Pentagon
Washington (AFP) April 14, 2014 -
A Russian fighter jet made several passes at low altitude near a US destroyer cruising in international waters in the Black Sea at the weekend, the Pentagon said Monday, branding it "provocative and unprofessional."
The incident close to the Romanian coast further heightens tensions already inflamed by Russia's actions in Ukraine, where Moscow annexed the Crimean peninsula and stands accused ...
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Harris, Exelis win Army radio contract
Melbourne, Fla. (UPI) Apr 14, 2013 -
Two indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity awards have been given by the U.S. Army to the Harris Corporation for wideband tactical radio systems.
The Soldier Radio Waveform applique systems, which will deliver tactical voice and data, are for installation in vehicles and will expand the service's tactical communications network.
"The network remains one of the Army's highest pri ...
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French test fire new cruise missile
Paris (UPI) Apr 14, 2013 -
A second qualification firing of a naval cruise missile for the French Navy has been successfully completed, the French defense procurement agency said.
The Missile de Croisiere Naval, or MdCN, is by European missile-maker MBDA and will be deployed this year on FREMM multi-mission frigates and on Barracuda-class nuclear submarines beginning in 2018.
This test, carried out from DG ...
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India's opposition rules out major change to nuke policy
New Delhi (AFP) April 14, 2014 -
The head of India's opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), tipped to win ongoing national elections, has ruled out any change in the country's "no-first-use" nuclear weapons policy.
The BJP sparked speculation about an end to the doctrine last week when its manifesto said that the party would "revise and update" India's policy.
"The no-first-use policy for nuclear weapons was a well th ...
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