MOSCOW - Russia and Syria are in talks on the delivery of at least eight MiG-31 Foxhound interceptors under a contract signed two years ago, a Russian business daily said on Thursday according to RIA Novosti, citing an industry official.
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The top U.S. commander in the Pacific said he’s “cautiously optimistic” last week’s Military Maritime Consultative Agreement talks in Beijing have opened the door to closer military-to-military engagement between the United States and China.
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Enemies of America remain in Afghanistan, and the United States must stay there to defeat the terrorists, Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said during a Pentagon news conference.
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MOSCOW - North Korea has begun the final stage of uranium enrichment, a method of producing nuclear weapons, state media said on Friday according to RIA Novosti.
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As DD India reports, Army Chief Deepak Kapoor said the number of ceasefire violations by Pakistan Army has increased to enable militants to infiltrate into India before the onset of winter to "disrupt" the peaceful environment in Jammu and Kashmir.
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MOSCOW - A new round of talks on a nuclear arms reduction deal between Russia and the U.S. will take place in Geneva on September 21, the Russian Foreign Ministry's spokesman said on Thursday according to RIA Novosti.
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The Department of the Army announced the extension of a division headquarters and a combat aviation brigade in Afghanistan, as well as the future deployment of a division headquarters with recent Operation Enduring Freedom (OEF) experience.
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Ethiopia: Ethnic Federalism and Its Discontents, the latest background report from the International Crisis Group, examines the potential for a violent eruption of conflict in Ethiopia ahead of the June 2010 elections amidst rising ethnic tensions and dissent.
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An autistic Canadian man of Somali ethnicity, stranded in Kenya for three years, will soon be travelling home.
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French navy commanders patrolling in pirate-infested waters are to be given new powers to detain suspects in international waters, under the terms of a bill unveiled Wednesday.
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