Russia has opened a USD 2.2 billion line of credit for Venezuela to purchase weapons including armoured vehicles and surface-to-air missiles, President Hugo Chavez said on Monday according to DD India.
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Pakistan's Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Monday that many top level Al-Qaeda leaders are escaping to Somalia and Yemen.
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Helicopters having the sign of the American flag at the fin have bombarded Bulamareer near Brawa town in the lower Shabelle region in southern Somalia ...
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Somali pirates freed a St. Vincent and The Grenadines - flagged, Greek-owned ship on Monday after the gang received a $2 million ransom ....
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Singapore and four other nations, including the United States, have signed onto an international plan to fight piracy off the coast of Somalia, committing to playing a leadership role in protecting one of the world's busiest shipping routes.
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Angelina Jolie, who donned a blue cap and black shirt, was spotted smiling while listening to a Somali refugee in Dadaab refugee camp on the Kenya-Somali border in East Africa, on Saturday.
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In an address by Foreign Minister Franco Frattini at the G8 International Conference on Violence Against Women, Italy stated:
"So Italy has taken on a leading role in the global battle to combat violence against women. It is natural, therefore...
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Beijing/Jakarta/Brussels - After two decades of failed international approaches to Myanmar, Western countries and China must find better ways to work together to push for change in the military-ruled nation.
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LOGAR PROVINCE, Afghanistan - The Afghan National Security Forces have made improvements in Logar province and with the opening of the Maiwand Forward Logistics Element, the ANSF will be better supplied to conduct military operations.
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By Luca Bonsignore
Israel’s joining the exclusive family of F-35 Lightning II operators seems to be delayed once again due to major unresolved issues between the Israeli government and the US Department of Defense.
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