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US Fighters Join Japan's F-15s Over The Disputed East China Sea Islands
US and Japanese fighter jets on Tuesday carried out joint air exercises, an official said, days after Chinese and Japanese military planes shadowed each other near disputed islands in the East China...
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Flailing French Government Is 'Wagging The Dog' In Mali
Normally, the media would have given it priority: French President François Hollande and Prime Minister Jean-Marc Ayrault have become more unpopular than ever before.But the poll was shoved into the...
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Why Democratic Presidents Keep Choosing Republican Defense Secretaries
Barack Obama's selection of former Nebraska Republican Sen. Chuck Hagel as his choice to be the nation's next defense secretary has received a tidal wave of criticism.But Hagel may be in for a bruising...
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Iran Plans Second Attempt To Launch Monkeys Into Space
Iranian space officials announced they will make another attempt to launch a live monkey into space within the next month, according to news reports."Testing phase of these living capsules has ended...
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Refugees Are Fleeing Mass Rapes In Syria
Rape is being used as a weapon of war in the Syrian conflict to such an extent that many refugee families are citing it a as a primary reason to flee, according to a new report.The study of the nearly...
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Study Finds Democracy In Decline Around The World
Democracy around the world was in decline in 2012 for the seventh year in a row as the Arab Spring led nervous autocratic leaders to clamp down on any stirrings of dissent, a study said Wednesday.The...
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Reddit Thread Inspires Warner Bros Film About Modern US Marines Taking On The...
In the past decade Hollywood has given us movies that began life as theme-park rides, board games, magazine articles, and even self-help books. Now get ready for the next wave of tech-flavoured source...
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Sniper Takes Out Russian Mafia Boss In Suspected Contract Killing
A man believed to be one of Russia's biggest mafia bosses was shot dead in the centre of Moscow on Wednesday as he was leaving a restaurant after lunch, the interior ministry said.Aslan Usoyan, known...
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There's No Way Out Of The Guantanamo Bay Paradox
In September of 2012, Adnan Farhan Abdul Latif, a Yemeni detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, was found dead of a psychiatric drug overdose. As one of the first men to be...
View ArticleA Bombed-Out Tank Almost Became My Good Friend's Burning Coffin
Antonio and I cruise the desert of our childhood like time stopped a decade ago, with the windows rolled down. I would have been in my last year of high-school and when you are young the blinders are...
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US Minesweeper Runs Aground Near Disputed South China Sea Islands
A US Navy minesweeper has run aground in a protected marine sanctuary in the Philippines.The USS Guardian ran aground on the Tubattaha Reef on Wednesday night "during normal transit", it said.The...
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The Air Force Will Triple Its US Bomber Airspace To Perform More Low Level Runs
According to the Associated Press, the U.S. Air Force has launched a six-year plan to more than triple the airspace used for its bombers to accommodate more training sorties of its Dakotas-based B-1...
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Sectarian Tensions Are Pushing Iraq To The Brink
The blood that has been spilt in Syria over the past two years has polarised the country and the region along sectarian lines. But while Syria is fracturing, the situation in Iraq is even more serious....
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Algeria Under Fire For Reckless Mission To Free Hostages
Algeria came under mounting international criticism on Friday as fears grew for dozens of foreign hostages still unaccounted for after a deadly commando raid against their Islamist captors at a desert...
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US General: Iranian Cyberattacks Are Retaliation For The Stuxnet Virus
Iran’s developing ability to launch cyber attacks will make it “a force to be reckoned with,” the head of the U.S. Air Force Space Command said.General William Shelton said the Iranians are responding...
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Authoritarian Regimes Use Devices From A US Firm To Censor Their People
Authoritarian regimes around the world are using technology from a Silicon Valley firm for Internet surveillance, filtering and censorship, according to a report by Canadian researchers.The report this...
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US General: Iran's Cyber War Machine 'A Force To Be Reckoned With'
Iran responded to a 2010 cyber attack on its nuclear facilities by beefing up its own cyber capabilities, and will be a "force to be reckoned with" in the future, a senior U.S. Air Force official told...
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Pilot Famous For His Bin Laden Blackhawk Coverage Joins Business Insider's...
Military writing is a detail-focused beat that can quickly humble the best writers, peppering days with ego-crushing blows and the need to believe not everyone knows more than they do. The good...
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Iran Is Producing Its Own Version Of 'Argo' To Counter US 'Propaganda'
Hollywood loves Argo, Ben Affleck's telling of a heroic sidestory in the 1979-81 Iran hostage crisis: The film is nominated for seven Oscars and has already won a Golden Globe and Critics' Choice Award...
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