The North Korean minister, for his part, highlighted Iran’s development and success in various fields under leadership of its leader and its president and said North Korea is determined to consolidate ties with Iran.
There are ample untapped grounds for expansion of mutual ties and North Korea is to take advantage of Iran’s valuable experiences and [...]

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Russia will soon start construction of a prototype fifth-generation fighter plane, Air Force Commander Alexander Zelin said Wednesday. The Russian Defense Ministry has long announced plans to develop a new-generation fighter under the federal defense procurement program until 2015, and contracted the Sukhoi Design Bureau, the developer of the famed Su fighter family, to design [...]

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The Shanghai Cooperation Organization is holding joint military exercises this week in Russia, with all six member nations participating for the first time. However, judging from the number of soldiers taking part, the significance of the maneuvers is more symbolic than practical. Less than 4,000 troops are involved in the drills dubbed Peace Mission 2007: [...]

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Chinese military intelligence collectors scored a recent coup in stealing valuable U.S. simulation technology that will boost Beijing’s combat training.
Xiaodong Sheldon Meng, 42, a former Beijing resident, pleaded guilty Aug. 1 in California to illegally providing China’s military with embargoed software used in air force and navy training.
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GENEVA —Russian long-range bombers buzzed a U.S. naval base at Guam, Russian military officials said yesterday, the first such sortie since the Cold war and just the latest example of Moscow’s growing assertiveness in reclaiming some of the prerogatives of its Soviet superpower days.
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Russian bombers resuming Cold war patrols
International Herald Tribune, France - 18 hours ago
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A sober show in Berlin offers an introductory treatment — if not a thorough examination — of rising anti-Semitism in Europe and the Middle East since September 11.
“We have to uncover the roots of anti-Semitism,” said Wolfgang Benz, director of Berlin’s Center for Anti-Semitism Research, in an interview with the German daily Die Welt. (The [...]

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A COUPLE of months ago on an Internet forum I frequent, a discussion of human rights in Eastern Europe turned to the brutal suppression last May of a demonstration in Moscow protesting the city’s ban on a gay pride march.
Then came a remarkable response from a Russian forum participant, a 19-year-old university student from St. [...]

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