China refutes delivering missile launchers to North Korea
June 13th, 2012 - 7:45 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, June 13 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Beijing has rubbished media reports suggesting that a Chinese company allegedly supplied Pyongyang with four ballistic missile launchers last year in a breach of UN ... Read more...
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Moscow ramps up security ahead of Putin inauguration
May 6th, 2012 - 7:08 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 6 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Police have stepped up security across Moscow ahead of the inauguration of President Vladimir Putin May 7.Security was also in place for the opposition March ... Read more...
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Medvedev to meet World War II veterans
May 8th, 2011 - 12:33 pm ICT by IANS
Moscow, May 8 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will meet World War II veterans and representatives of patriotic organisations, and lay a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown ... Read more...
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Turmoil rages in Libya, UN slaps sanctions (Roundup)
February 27th, 2011 - 8:29 pm ICT by IANS
Tripoli, Feb 27 (IANS) Anti-government protesters in Libya seized the third largest city Misurata and most of its oil fields as the UN Security Council slapped sanctions against Muammar Gaddafi's regime ... Read more...
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No strategic significance for Patriot missiles near Russia: Poland
January 21st, 2010 - 2:46 pm ICT by IANS
Warsaw, Jan 21 (RIA Novosti) Poland's decision to deploy a battery of US Patriot missiles just 100 kilometres from the Russian border is neither political nor strategic, the Polish defence minister ... Read more...
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Indian Army to acquire 100 Armoured Personnel Carriers
November 11th, 2009 - 7:52 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Nov. 11 (ANI): The Indian Army is set to procure over 100 Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs), which would be deployed in different kinds of terrains.The Army has initiated the ... Read more...
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US to abandon plans for missile defense system in Poland, Czech Republic
September 17th, 2009 - 5:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Sep 17(ANI): United States is reportedly set to abandon its plans for a missile defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic following a review of Iran's long-range missile program which ... Read more...
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US Senator urges Obama to safeguard Pak nukes
May 9th, 2009 - 6:27 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, May 9 (ANI): Republican Senator Richard Lugar has asked the Obama admisitration to apply Nunn-Lugar Bill to Pakistan, like it did with the former Soviet Union, to safeguard Pakistan's nuclear weapons. ... Read more...
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Four plead guilty for trying to buy missiles for LTTE in US (Lead)
January 29th, 2009 - 2:04 pm ICT by IANS
New York/Toronto, Jan 29 (IANS) Four people, three of whom were Toronto based Sri Lankan Tamils, have pleaded guilty in a New York court to charges that include conspiring to acquire anti-aircraft ... Read more...
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Four plead guilty to trying to buy missiles for LTTE in US
January 29th, 2009 - 11:46 am ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 29 (IANS) Four people have pleaded guilty in a New York court to charges that include conspiring to acquire anti-aircraft missiles and provide material support to the Liberation Tigers ... Read more...
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Truck-mounted laser shoots down unmanned aerial vehicle
January 28th, 2009 - 4:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, Jan 28 (ANI): Aerospace firm Boeing has reported that their prototype truck-mounted laser has shot down an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at a missile range in New Mexico, US.According to ... Read more...
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French Navy’’s training at Kochi Port
January 24th, 2009 - 4:32 pm ICT by ANI
By Juhan Samuel
Kochi, Jan 24 (ANI): The French Navy''s helicopter carrier Jeanne d''Arc, with about 250 cadets and midshipmen on board, will call at Kochi port on January 28 on a ... Read more...
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Beijing airspace will remain closed during Olympics opening ceremony
July 18th, 2008 - 2:43 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, July 18 (ANI): The airspace over the Chinese capital, Beijing, will be closed for about five hours during the Olympics opening ceremony on August 8 as part of the ... Read more...
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Two sentenced in Germany for exporting launcher parts to India
June 27th, 2008 - 7:01 pm ICT by IANS
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Dortmund (Germany), June 27 (DPA) Two businessmen received prison terms in Germany Friday for selling missile-launcher parts to India at the end of the 1990s in breach of German arms export laws. ... Read more...
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