Archive for November, 2011

Syria’s Homs Pays Heavy Price in Uprising

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

By Michael Lipin.

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Survey of Afghans Indicates Security Concerns, Decline in Taliban Support

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

A nationwide survey of more than 6,300 Afghans found security remains a concern, but confidence in the Afghan government, army and police are high while support for the Taliban is waning.
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Libyan factions in deadly clashes near Zawiya

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

Several days of fighting between rival factions near the Libyan coastal city of Zawiya have left at least seven people dead, reports say.
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African viewpoint: Defending Nigeria’s police and army

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

By Sola Odunfa.

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India’s border plans will go nowhere: China

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

India’s plans to recruit 100,000 soldiers over the next five years and deploy them on the Indo-China border to strengthen its defence mechanism has clearly annoyed China, which says New Delhi’s troop buildup will go nowhere.
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Australia agrees US Marine deployment plan

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

Australia has agreed to host a full US Marine task force in the coming years, Prime Minister Julia Gillard has announced at a news conference with US President Barack Obama in Canberra.
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Azerbaijan interested in purchase of Pakistani-Chinese JF-17 combat aircraft

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

As Pakistan Aeronautical Complex (PAC), which displayed its products in Dubai Airshow-2011 in UAE, told APA, Azerbaijan shows interest in JF-17 Thunder combat aircrafts jointly produced by Pakistan and China and announced its intention to purchase aircrafts of this type.
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Why China is setting up military bases in Pakistan

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

By Bidanda Chengappa.

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China believes India’s military modernisation ‘to contain China’

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

By Ananth Krishnan.

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Syrian army base attacked

Wednesday, November 16th, 2011

Syrian army defectors said they launched several attacks Wednesday on President Bashar Assad’s military bases near the capital Damascus, including one on a Syrian intelligence facility – the latest in stepped-up assaults by the renegade troops targeting the regime’s forces.
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