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Chavez scrambles F-16s to intercept US warplane
Saturday, January 9th, 2010President Hugo Chavez said he ordered two F-16 jets to intercept a U.S. military plane that twice violated Venezuelan airspace on Friday in what he called the latest provocation in the South American nation’s skies.
Brandishing a photo of the plane, which he described as a P-3, Chavez said the overflight was the latest incursion in [...]
Ahmadinejad calls for more pro-government rallies
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009Iranian authorities continued arresting opposition members on Tuesday, as hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad slammed Western governments for supporting anti-government protests since Sunday in which at least eight people died.
“Americans and Zionists are the sole audience of a play they have commissioned and sold out. A nauseating play is performed,” the president was quoted by state [...]
Five held with plane full of weapons from N.Korea
Monday, December 14th, 2009Thailand detained five men after they made an emergency landing in Bangkok with a cargo plane from North Korea full of heavy weapons, ministers and officials said.
The crew requested to land for refuelling at Don Mueang airport, where inspectors discovered a haul of weaponry including firearms and missiles, said deputy prime minister Suthep Thaungsuban.
“They declared that [...]
UK government warns its compatriots against drink-skiing
Saturday, December 12th, 2009British tourists coming to France for the ski season have been warned by their own government to be careful when drinking at high altitudes. The UK Foreign Office (FCO) campaign comes after more than 30 Britons died in Alpine ski resorts last year. Many died because they underestimated the risk of drinking at a high [...]
Russia, India cement ties with arms, N-deals
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009Russia and India stressed their strategic partnership on Monday, agreeing to boost military ties and cooperate in the civilian use of nuclear technology, but gave few details.
“We have discussed the key aspects of our economic and military-technical cooperation,” Russian President Dmitry Medvedev told Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh at the start of their official talks [...]
US envoy heads to Pyongyang to push nuclear talks
Tuesday, December 8th, 2009U.S. President Barack Obama’s first envoy to North Korea flies to Pyongyang try to coax the prickly state back to the nuclear talks it quit a year ago, but without offering it any new incentives.
A senior U.S. official said Stephen Bosworth wants to assess whether the North really does plan to return to negotiations and [...]
No reliable intelligence on Bin Laden for years: Gates
Monday, December 7th, 2009The United States does not know where al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden is hiding and has not had any good intelligence on his whereabouts in years, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Saturday.
Speaking in an interview Gates also said he could not confirm reports this week that a detainee might have seen bin Laden [...]
Russia shifts stance on Iran, Ahmadinejad disobedient
Wednesday, December 2nd, 2009Russia will join any consensus on more sanctions against Iran, a senior Russian diplomatic source said on Tuesday after Tehran declared it would expand nuclear activity.
It was a thinly veiled Russian warning to Iran of waning patience with its failure to allay fears it aims to develop atom bombs in secret, and hinted that Iran [...]
“Iranian waters” Five Britons detained after yacht strays
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009Five Britons have been detained in Iran after their racing yacht may have inadvertently strayed into Iranian waters, British Foreign Secretary David Miliband said.
The yacht, en route from Bahrain to Dubai, was stopped by Iranian naval vessels on Nov. 25, he said in a statement.
The five crew members were still in Iran and were understood [...]
India’s Agni-II missile fails to meet mission parameters
Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 The first-ever night trial of India’s nuclear capable Agni-II Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile (IRBM) has failed to meet all the mission parameters.
“The test-fire, conducted from the Wheeler Island off Orissa coast last night, could not achieve all the desired results and pre-coordinated parameters,” they said after a thorough analyses of the mission data.
The two-stage indigenously [...]
