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Armaments

China rebuffs United States over Taiwan arms deal

China has abruptly canceled a series of military and diplomatic contacts with the United States to protest a planned multibillion-dollar U.S. arms sale to Taiwan, American officials said. Beijing has notified the United States...

Israeli PM seeks assurances from Moscow

Israel's prime minister said Tuesday he received assurances that Russia would not allow Israel's security to be threatened, but offered no indication he won the concrete promises he sought on Russian arms sales or sanctions on...

Taiwan Suggests SARS was China Warfare Plot

TAIPEI—Taiwan legislators wearing surgical masks and displaying skull-and-crossbones banners took over parliament's floor on Tuesday after the island's security chief accused China of starting the global SARS epidemic six years...

Analysis: What is happening in Syria?

Washington (UPI) Oct 6, 2008 - Syria has long claimed that it is tied to Lebanon in more ways than one. Over the last two weeks this statement has proven to be far more on the money than Syria would have ever imagined -- or...

Website Blew the Whistle On Arms

Fred Mukinda Nairobi A France-based website blew the whistle on South Sudan's importation of weapons through Kenya in contravention of a UN embargo in February. Information posted on Sudan Tribune's website in February showed...

Bush to sign and seal Nuclear deal today

Washington: President George W Bush will sign into law on Wednesday the Congressional ratification of the India-US civil nuclear deal to pave the way for the two countries to formally ink the implementing 123 accord. Lawmakers,...

McCain tied to Iran-Contra group

Organization had ties to former Nazi collaborators, right-wing death squads Stephen Jaffe / AFP - Singlaub says McCain became associated with the organization in the early 1980s. The U.S. Council for World Freedom was part of...

Bombs hit near Baghdad Green Zone as US official visits (AFP)

AFP - Two powerful bombs exploded just outside Baghdad's tightly-guarded Green Zone on Tuesday as US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte was due to address reporters inside, an AFP correspondent said.

U.S. To Sell Munitions Stockpile To South Korea At Discounted Price (AHN)

The U.S. Defense Department announced on Tuesday it will sell half of its munitions stockpile in Seoul to the South Korean government at a discounted price for $213 million. - Tue, 7 Oct 2008 09:31:23 GMT

Arming the Traffic Police is a Little on the Extreme

Posted to the web 7 October 2008 Moses Sserwanga The Uganda Police leadership is never short of surprises. Whereas the traffic police have a right under the Constitution and the Police Act to defend themselves against violent...

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