As children in the southern Israeli town of Sderot toddled back to class after summer vacation on Monday, a Palestinian rocket exploded near a gaily painted kindergarten. None of the kids were hurt by the blast, but as one mother who rushed to the kindergarten says, “I found all the children terrified and in tears.” [...]

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NEW DELHI, September 5 (RIA Novosti) - India has developed a submarine launched supersonic missile, a modification of the BrahMos Russian-Indian cruise missile, the Press Trust of India quoted Defense Minister A. K. Antony as saying.
He said the missile has yet to undergo trials before it can be adopted by the Navy.
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The six-day-long exercise currently underway in the Bay of Bengal is one of the biggest war games the world will see this year. But not all its participants want that fact broadcast. The exercise, dubbed Malabar 07-02, involves warships from the U.S., Australia, India, Japan and Singapore — more than two dozen, in all, including [...]

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China denies its military hacked Pentagon network
Computerworld, MA - 13 hours ago
“Some people are making wild accusations against China and wantonly saying the Chinese military attacked the Pentagon’s computer network,” Jiang Yu, …
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China may be confronted over US cyber attacks Sydney [...]

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HONG KONG: On the way to the annual summit meeting of Asia-Pacific leaders in Australia, President Vladimir Putin of Russia has scheduled a brief stop-off in Jakarta on Thursday. High on Putin’s agenda: the signing of a $1 billion arms deal that includes supplying Indonesia with two Kilo-class submarines, the first of a small fleet [...]

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While we have burned in Iraq, others have fiddled. China’s diplomacy goes far beyond East Timor. The Chinese are providing several billions of dollars in aid for roads, ports and bridges from Laos to Cambodia to the Philippines, far outstripping U.S. aid and engagement in the region and rivaling World Bank and Asian Development Bank [...]

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The People’s Liberation Army (PLA) is pursuing comprehensive transformation from a mass army designed for protracted wars of attrition on its territory to one capable of fighting and winning short-duration, high intensity conflicts against high-tech adversaries – which China refers to as “local wars under conditions of informatization.” China’s ability to sustain military power at [...]

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The three suspected terrorists seized Tuesday were planning huge bomb attacks on targets in Germany. The bombs they were planning to make would have had more explosive power than those used in the Madrid and London terror attacks. By Matthias Gebauer and Yassin Musharbash in Berlin more…

Photo Gallery: Bombmakers Seized in Germany
Attacks on Frankfurt Airport, [...]

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London (AsiaNews) – Chinese hackers have apparently launched attacks on key British government networks, the third in a list which includes the Pentagon and the Bundestag. The news was carried by the British Guardian newspaper today, which cited anonymous government sources.
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Three terror suspects have been arrested in Germany. They are thought to have been plotting bomb attacks on Frankfurt Airport and the US military base at Ramstein. more…

Danish Al-Qaida Connection: Eight Terror Suspects Held in Copenhagen
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