President Nicolas Sarkozy has said France will reduce its number of airborne nuclear weapons by one third.
Mr Sarkozy said the reduction to fewer than 300 missiles would leave France with “half the maximum number of warheads we had during the Cold War”.
But he also insisted he was committed to France’s nuclear deterrent, saying it was [...]

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In May 2007 Estonia was victim of a massive DDoS Cyber attack (blocking the internet in Estonia). Estonian officials claimed that their country is the first to fall victim to cyberwarfare. This happened after the Estonian government decided to remove a monument to commemorate the soviet soldiers who died in World War 2. [...]

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MOSCOW, March 27 (RIA Novosti) - Russian military intelligence services are reporting a flurry of activity by U.S. Armed Forces near Iran’s borders, a high-ranking security source said Tuesday.
“The latest military intelligence data point to heightened U.S. military preparations for both an air and ground operation against Iran,” the official said, adding that [...]

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How many times have we read some variation on the following lede?
“Israeli armored forces backed by aircraft thrust into the southern Gaza Strip today, killing four Palestinians a day before Israeli and Palestinian negotiators were to begin laying the groundwork for peace talks.”
The Israelis don’t want to negotiate, but they’re willing to go through the [...]

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The United States has asked Israel to check the possibility of pumping oil from Iraq to the oil refineries in Haifa. The request came in a telegram last week from a senior Pentagon official to a top Foreign Ministry official in Jerusalem.
The Prime Minister’s Office, which views the pipeline to Haifa as a “bonus” the [...]

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From the early hours of the morning, 14 Russian jet bombers carried out strategic exersices in international airspace off the Norwegian coast.
- It is the first time since the end of the cold war that the Russian military activity in the North has been at this high a level, says Bodoe Wing Commander Per Egil [...]

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Would it surprise you to learn that according to official Pentagon figures, at least 118 U.S. military personnel in Iraq have committed suicide since April 2003? That number does not include many unconfirmed reports, or those who served in the war and then killed themselves at home (a sizable, if uncharted, number).
While troops who have [...]

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Dozens of loudspeakers have been installed around Sydney’s CBD to tell people what to do in the event of a major emergency like a terrorist attack.
New South Wales Police Minister David Campbell says the system is part of the Government’s counter-terrorism initiatives announced two years ago and should be operational for next month’s APEC summit.
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Iraq faces the distinct possibility of collapse and fragmentation, UK foreign policy think tank Chatham House says.
Its report says the Iraqi government is now largely powerless and irrelevant in many parts of the country.
It warns there is not one war but many local civil wars, and urges a major change in US and [...]

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