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UN: Israel
Israel insists troops did not violate international law despite ‘operational lapses and errors’.Israel has delivered a report to the UN defending its actions in last year’s Gaza war and insisting its troops did not violate international law, but has not agreed to hold an independent investigation as demanded.In the 46-page report, submitted on Friday [...]
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Russia
Russia remains on schedule in fulfilling its commitments under the chemical weapons convention, and has met the end-of-year deadline for reducing its stockpiles by 45% from the 1990s level, a government official said. “In line with Russia’s federal program for destroying chemical weapons, in spite of all the difficulties in implementing this program, Russia will [...]
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US: Minot AFB
The men and women of the 91st Missile Wing at Minot Air Force Base became part of Air Force Global Strike Command Tuesday. The nuclear-capable assets the intercontinental ballistic missiles of Air Force Space Command now come under Global Strike Command as of Tuesday. Air Combat Command’s nuclear-capable assets bombers, which include the [...]
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Canada vows ‘firm’ defence of Arctic border
Randy Boswell/Canwest News Service
Canada has clashed rhetorically several times with Moscow in recent years over the flight of Russian bombers near Canadian airspace, a high-profile flag-planting by a Russian submarine on the North Pole seabed, and a planned Russian paratrooper drop at the North Pole in 2010.
Photograph by: Nathan Vanderklippe, Edmonton Journal
Singling out Russia as [...]
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China and US
Chinese spies are aggressively stealing secrets to build up China’s military and economic power, a US advisory panel on US-China relations has warned. The report was published in the same week that US President Barack Obama made his first official visit to China. A Chinese embassy spokesman in Washington dismissed the allegations as [...]
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That 1st one just floors me and I’m not exactly sure what to say about it. Is it irony or just sad? Not sure. Seems like someone should have saw it coming though:
E&P: “A soccer mom who gained national attention when she openly carried a loaded gun to her 5-year-old daughter’s game was shot dead [...]
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Russia’s Arctic Circle claims worry NATO
LONDON, Oct. 2 (UPI) — NATO’s new European commander expressed concerns Friday about potential disputes over Russia’s claims to resources in the Arctic Circle.
U.S. Navy Adm. James Stavridis noted climate change, which is melting ice around the polar cap, is opening trade routes and access to billions of barrels of oil. That, in turn, could [...]
Russians investing another $50 M in bid to claim Arctic sovereignty