· Secret military programme nears completion
· Vessels may undergo sea trials next year
India has kept its efforts to build a nuclear submarine under wraps for more than 30 years, but a top Indian scientist has confirmed that the ongoing project at the Kalpakkam nuclear facility near Chennai to develop a nuclear reactor fuelled by enriched [...]

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Without START, all of its verification procedures disappear completely — a prospect that worries the intelligence community and international security research groups alike. Fortunately, Russia and the United States have both indicated that they would like to retain some sort of post-START verification measures.
However, as the clock ticks down on START with no consensus in [...]

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Taiwan — China has increased the number of ballistic and cruise missiles aimed at Taiwan to more than 900 along with improved guidance and targeting systems, Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense (MND) said in a 2007 report to the Legislative Yuan on Chinese military strength and Taiwan’s five-year military consolidation plan.
The report, citing military intelligence, [...]

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The stabbing of a rabbi in Frankfurt by a young man speaking Arabic has prompted Germany’s Jewish community to renew its warnings about no-go areas for minorities in Germany, and to warn that Germany’s young Muslims are becoming radicalized by hate preachers. more…

Mob Rule in Eastern Germany: Indians Attacked by Crowd at Street Party
Racism Alive [...]

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With the help of the CIA, German investigators foiled what would likely have been the most devastating terror attack of its kind in the country’s history. The plans of a fanatical group of Islamists trained in Pakistan reveal just how great a risk Europe faces. By Simone Kaiser, Marcel Rosenbach and Holger Stark more…

Interview with [...]

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German ex-chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has urged EU powers to stop backing Poland on trade and to counter US missile shield plans, or risk another unfriendly summit with Russia next month.
Speaking to press at a book-launch in Moscow on Saturday (8 September), he described Poland’s outstanding veto on a new EU-Russia treaty as “narrow-minded nationalism” and [...]

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Key factors in Syrian behavior
At present, Syria’s behavior is a function of the following factors:
1. The Syrian perception that it has a realistic military option against Israel based on its view of Hizbullah’s successes in last summer’s war.
2. Syria’s continued sponsorship of radical Palestinian Islamic terror groups including Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Hamas, [...]

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