Arms Race
F-22 ‘Raptor’, the world’s most technologically advanced fighter jet was displayed at an air show in Europe to approving audiences. The jet’s dual engines are capable of flying at twice the speed of sound and the jet wouldn’t carry any weapons...
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President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuelan and Russian ships could soon hold joint naval exercises in the Caribbean _ a move that would likely raise concerns in...
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In a couple of years, a new kind of vessel will appear on the sea - the floating nuclear power plant (FNPP). The Academician Lomonosov, currently under construction in...
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Saturday the country has emerged as a force to ‘reckon with’ after the Caucasus crisis.’The events in South...
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He’s not known for his diplomatic graces, but blunt-talking French President Nicolas Sarkozy looks like Europe’s best bet for making peace between Russia...
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Russian President Dmitry Medvedev says the war in the Georgian region of South Ossetia show Russia is a “nation to be reckoned with.”
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A key Czech leader said Friday that a resurgent Russia has begun testing the West and warned that Ukraine’s strategic Crimea peninsula could become a target.
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Jelena Jankovic of Serbia overcame a slow start and beat Elena Dementieva of Russia 6-4, 6-4 Friday at the U.S. Open to reach her first Grand Slam final.
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The flagship of the U.S. Navy’s Mediterranean fleet anchored Friday outside this key Georgian port, defiantly delivering humanitarian aid to the war-ravaged U.S....
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Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega is formally recognizing the independence of two breakaway Georgian provinces.
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European Union nations are considering a call for an international inquiry as to which country is responsible for starting the conflict between Georgia and Russia.
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Russia’s number one cell operator MTS said Friday it has signed a deal with Apple Inc. to sell the iPhone in Russia.
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U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney has pledged U.S. support for Ukraine following last month’s war between neighboring Russia and Georgia.
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The Russian Foreign Ministry says Russia plans no military actions in response to the increased presence of U.S. ships in the Black Sea.
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Recently, the United States re-established the 4th Fleet which will patrol the South Atlantic. Besides discomfort for many local governments, it has brought much...
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This scowling countenance, which gives every impression of being that of a maniac, is that of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov, a member of the dictator...
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At the start of 2007, China took the first step in the international space arms race. On January 11, the Chinese launched a missileand successfully destroyed one of...
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What? Really! You must be kidding? Can’t believe that the UN, standing up and straight, has denounced the US for its proposed weapons deal in the Middle...
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The rat race for advanced weapons between Moscow and Washington has once again conferred a new facelift to the arch-arms-rivalry after Russia successfully tested a new...
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So, it was all the silence before the storm. Forget disarmament, perhaps, the cry of the skulls buried in Hiroshima and Nagasaki have lost their echoes and now to bury...
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