'No decision' on ministers attending Iran talks: EU
Vienna (AFP) July 09, 2014 -
EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton, leading ongoing nuclear talks with Iran in Vienna, is considering asking foreign ministers to attend but no decision has been made, her spokesman said Wednesday.
Ashton "is thinking about when to engage ministers as we move forward but no decisions have been made as yet. It would be an opportunity for them to take stock of where we are in the process ...
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Israel pounds Gaza as Hamas flexes rocket reach
Gaza City, Palestinian Territories July 10, 2014 -
Israeli air strikes on the Gaza Strip killed 14 people Thursday, medics said, on the third day of a widening military campaign, as the UN Security Council was set for an emergency meeting.
The first strike hit a coffee shop in the city of Khan Yunis, emergency services spokesman Ashraf al-Qudra told AFP, adding that six men were killed and at least 15 other people wounded.
The second, in ...
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China, Russia to cooperate in satellite navigation
Harbin, China (XNA) Jul 07, 2014 -
China and Russia have signed a memorandum of understanding agreeing to cooperate in developing navigation satellite systems. The document was signed on Monday by the China Satellite Navigation Office and Russian Federal Space Agency on the sidelines of the on-going China-Russia expo in Harbin, capital of northeast China's Heilongjiang Province.
Chinese Vice Premier Wang Yang said he hopes ...
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China seeking foreign counterterror experts: report
Beijing (AFP) July 10, 2014 -
China is recruiting foreign experts in counterterrorism to assist the training of anti-terror personnel, state-run media reported Thursday, following a spate of deadly attacks which authorities blame on Islamist-inspired separatists.
The People's Public Security University of China will offer visiting professorships to top specialists in the field from countries including the United States, ...
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Australia PM denies closer Japan ties hurt China relations
Sydney (AFP) July 10, 2014 -
Prime Minister Tony Abbott on Thursday said Australia's closer ties with Tokyo would not hurt relations with China after a successful and productive visit by Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe.
During Abe's two-day trip, in which he became the first Japanese leader to address the Australian parliament, major free trade and security deals were sealed, including the sharing of defence technolo ...
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DARPA wants system-of-system technology ideas for dismounted troops
Washington (UPI) Jul 9, 2013 -
The U.S military is seeking ideas for possible new technologies to give U.S. troops on the squad level a greater tactical advantage over adversaries.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, of DARPA, project for which white papers are being requested is called Squad-X, an effort to develop and build a digitized, integrated system of systems to organically extend squad awareness a ...
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Air sea battle: Concept, cover or a charge of the light brigade in waiting?
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 08, 2014 -
The Air-Sea Battle concept is the subject of a two-day conference held at UK Defence Academy, Shrivenham, England, the home of Britain's center for military education and teaching.
The Air-Sea Battle was the product of both U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy thinking. It has since evolved into a major and controversial construct for projecting force through air and missile power using both la ...
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