Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono appointed his brother-in-law – who rights groups say may have been responsible for abuses in East Timor in 1999 – as the nation’s new army chief June 30.
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Indonesia President Names Relative as Army Chief
Friday, July 1st, 2011EU Demonstrates MARSUR Network Prototype
Friday, July 1st, 2011The European Defence Agency (EDA) and 15 EU member states, led by Finland, demonstrated a maritime surveillance network (MARSUR) here June 30 to show how they could share information about maritime threats.
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Gates Ends Historic Term as Defense Secretary
Friday, July 1st, 2011Robert M. Gates is the only man to thank two presidents for the privilege of serving as secretary of defense.
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Russian Navy expects to receive three nuclear submarines by yearend
Friday, July 1st, 2011The Russian Navy plans to receive three nuclear submarines by yearend, Navy commander Adm. Vladimir Vysotsky said on Friday.
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Afghans accuse Pakistan of stoking war on border
Friday, July 1st, 2011At the last military post before the Pakistan border, Afghan district governor Wali Shah explains why the insurgents seem untouchable, “The Pakistan government protects them,” he said.
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France Denies Giving Libya Rebels Anti-Tank Missiles
Friday, July 1st, 2011The French military on June 30 denied supplying anti-tank missiles to rebels fighting Libyan Moammar Gadhafi’s regime, though it admitted parachuting light arms to them.
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US rejects demand to vacate Shamsi air base
Friday, July 1st, 2011The United States is rejecting demands from Pakistani officials that American personnel abandon a military base used by the CIA to stage drone strikes against suspected militants, US officials told Reuters.
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Pakistan to build more n-plants
Friday, July 1st, 2011Pakistan’s nuclear capability was purely for peaceful purposes, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has said while declaring that the country would build more power plants to meet its growing energy needs.
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