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Iran opposition to hold new protests, mourn victims
TEHRAN: Iran’s opposition was set to hold marches and a day of mourning for slain protesters as they keep up pressure on the authorities over the disputed presidential election in the country’s biggest crisis since the 1979 revolution. In defiance of an official ban, defeated presidential candidate Mir Hossein Mousavi called upon his supporters to [...]
Iran denies wants nuclear weapon as insurance
VIENNA: Iran denied Wednesday that it was seeking a nuclear weapon as an “insurance policy”, as suggested by the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei. “If you quoted him right, he is absolutely wrong,” Iran’s envoy to the IAEA Ali Asghar Soltanieh told reporters when asked to respond to comments made by [...]
SKorea military networks under growing cyber attack
Seoul: South Korea’s military computer networks are under ever-growing cyber attack with 95,000 cases reported daily on average, officials said Tuesday. The Defence Security Command said in a report to a security forum that every day the military counters an average of 10,450 hacking attempts and 81,700 computer virus infections in addition to other cases. [...]
NKorea missile train on the move: report
SEOUL: A special North Korean train that last month took a long-range missile to a west coast launch site has recently made a journey to another launch site on the east coast, a report said Wednesday. South Korea and the United States are wondering whether Pyongyang intends simultaneous launches from both sites or whether the [...]
G8 to discuss terrorism, nuclear proliferation
ROME: The Group of Eight summit next month in Italy will discuss terrorism and nuclear non-proliferation, Italian Foreign Minister Franco Frattini said Tuesday. “During the session limited to the G8 members, we will adopt line of action, notably a shared position against terrorism and its radicalisation, and we will accord particular place to non-proliferation of [...]
Pakistan army chief takes flight over battle zone
Islamabad: Pakistan’s army chief Monday took a fighter jet trip over the northwest region where troops are battling Taliban militants, and vowed to defend the nation “at all costs”, an official statement said. General Ashfaq Kayani, joined by the air force chief, visited soldiers at an operating base before the trip on an F-16, a [...]
Sri Lanka military says rebel submarine found
Colombo: Sri Lankan troops have recovered the first submarine believed to have been used by the defeated Tamil Tiger rebels, the military said Monday. Troops found the 24-foot (7.2-metre) submersible on the coast of the northeastern district of Mullaittivu, where the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) were defeated last month, ending decades of ethnic [...]
NKorea readies new missile launch pad: newspaper
Seoul: North Korea has finished preparatory work at a new launch pad for long-range missiles on its northwest coast, a report said Tuesday. Chosun Ilbo newspaper quoted a government source as saying the launch structure has been installed and a hangar has been completed at the Dongchang-ri launch site. “Large girders have recently been installed [...]
Saudis take delivery of first Eurofighter Typhoon Jets
London: Saudi Arabia has taken delivery of two Eurofighter Typhoon combat jets, Britain’s Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Friday, the first of a massive order which fell into doubt over an arms scandal. Saudi Assistant Defence and Aviation Minister Prince Khaled bin Sultan received the two fighter jets on Thursday in a ceremony at manufacturer [...]
