Eleven people including top officers have been killed in fierce clashes between Yemen’s army and suspected al Qaeda militants in the country’s restive south, military and local officials said on Saturday.
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Eleven soldiers, militants killed in Yemen clashes
Saturday, July 30th, 2011Libya conflict: Nato targets TV satellite dishes
Saturday, July 30th, 2011Nato says it has disabled three Libyan state TV satellite transmission dishes in the capital, Tripoli, through a “precision air strike”.
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‘Iran, Turkey cooperating to improve security situation on border areas’
Saturday, July 30th, 2011The security situation in Iran-Turkey borders will improve in the near future, police chief Esmaeil Ahmadi Moghaddam said on Thursday.
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Russian inspectors to make aerial surveillance flight in US
Saturday, July 30th, 2011A group of Russian air inspectors will make an aerial observation flight over the territory of the United States in line with the Open Skies Treaty, Russia’s Defense Ministry said on Saturday.
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China PLA Digs military motorcycle potentiality
Saturday, July 30th, 2011China has disbanded its last motorcycle company (a Military Police, or MP, unit). That does not mean the end of military motorcycles in China, just the end of units composed mainly of troops mounted on motorcycles.
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AWACS provides key link for NATO strikes over Libya
Saturday, July 30th, 2011The Boeing E-3 Sentry Airborne Warning and Control System (AWACS) is providing a key link in passing attack authorisations to NATO strike aircraft operating over Libya.
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S. Korean Nuclear Envoy Cautious About Renewed Diplomacy with North
Saturday, July 30th, 2011South Korea’s chief nuclear envoy says he is not very optimistic about the United States’ and South Korea’s renewed diplomatic engagement with North Korea.
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Russian airborne forces to get state-of-the-art artillery guns in ‘13
Saturday, July 30th, 2011Russian airborne forces will accept for service new state-of-the-art self-propelled artillery guns in 2013, Lt. Gen. Nikolai Ignatov said on Saturday.
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U.S. Army Moves Forward on JLTV
Saturday, July 30th, 2011The U.S. Army insists it plans to go forward with its open competition for Joint Light Tactical Vehicle following completion of its two-year technology development phase even as many defense analysts have the program pegged for cancellation.
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Mass protests staged again across Syria
Saturday, July 30th, 2011Tens of thousands of Syrians have again turned out for Friday protests against the rule of President Bashar al-Assad.
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