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A secret deal between Britain and the notorious al-Mahdi militia prevented British Forces from coming to the aid of their US and Iraqi allies for nearly a week during the battle for Basra this year, The Times has learnt.
A secret deal between Britain and a notorious Iraqi militia kept the British forces out of a bloody battle in the southern Iraqi city of Basra earlier this year, leaving U.S. and Iraqi forces to fight alone, The Times of London reported Tuesday. The Ministry of Defense denied the allegation.
A controversial decision by Britain’s anti-fraud agency to halt an inquiry into whether one of the world’s largest arms dealers offered bribes in exchange for lucrative contracts in Saudi Arabia was upheld by the country’s highest court Wednesday.
President Bush is committed to an $11 billion arms package for Taiwan, former Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz said Wednesday, amid reports that the U.S. is freezing such sales to the island to avoid angering China.Wolfowitz, a former World...
Howie Mandel, the models, the banker and the briefcases all will be in place when the syndicated version of “Deal or No Deal” premieres in September _ along with cash for viewers as well as contestants.Players on the new show won’t have a shot at the...
The Baltimore Ravens have agreed in principle to a five-year deal with first-round draft pick Joe Flacco on a contract with a maximum value of $30 million that includes $8.75 million in guaranteed money for the quarterback.Flacco’s agent, Joe Linta,...
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s government is expected to call a parliamentary confidence vote later this month that will determine its fate and the future of a controversial nuclear deal with the United States, a party official said Friday.Singh...
Swiss authorities have widened a corruption investigation linked to arms deals by the British aerospace company BAE Systems PLC, prosecutors said.Federal prosecutors are conducting three criminal investigations into possible money laundering linked to...
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s communist allies withdrew their support for his four-year-old coalition government on Tuesday to protest the government’s plan to push forward with a controversial nuclear deal with the United States.Prakash...
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh ’s communist allies withdrew their support for his four-year-old coalition government on Tuesday to protest the government’s plan to push forward with a controversial nuclear deal with the United States.Prakash...
The Indian government’s bid to secure political support for a civilian nuclear deal with the United States stalled Thursday when a key regional party asked for more time to make a decision.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has been wooing the Socialist...
Operation Silence has failed to end radical hold over Pakistan. Instead, the administration is trying to salvage the broken peace deal with Taliban militants hiding in the tribal dominated Waziristan regency of its North West Frontier Province. The swear...
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Warships seen at a military harbor where the South African Navy is based at Simon’s Town, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan 15, 2008. A massive arms scandal that has haunted South Africa for nearly a decade threatens to explode into a crisis as African...
