Archive for the ‘military’ Tag

China ‘wary’ of U.S. focus on Pacific military power

Tuesday, 5 June 2012, 15:08 | Breaking news | Comments Off
by Remoeng

U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta joins Vietnamese Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh at a ceremony Monday in Hanoi.The United States must respect regional interests in Asia, China’s foreign ministry saysU.S. military forces will shift toward the Pacific in coming yearsPresident Barack Obama announced the new strategy in November(CNN) ...

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Egypt’s military rulers slam ‘baseless slander’ by Muslim Brotherhood

Monday, 26 March 2012, 11:32 | Breaking news | Comments Off
by Remoeng

This file picture dated January 6, 1996 shows Kamal al-Ganzuri speaking at a press conference in Cairo.Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood questions why military rulers back the prime ministerMilitary rulers respond, calling the group’s claims “baseless” and “unacceptable”The military has held most power in Egypt ...

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Military prosecution faces major hurdles in massacre case

Friday, 23 March 2012, 11:40 | Breaking news | Comments Off
by Remoeng

A lack of autopsies on the victims of the shooting spree is one of many hurdles for prosecution in the case against Robert Bales.Victims of the shooting in Afghanistan were buried without autopsiesIslamic tradition calls for a quick burialThat lack of pathology evidence is just one of the many hurdles prosecutors will face”I think the [...]

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Ethiopian forces raid military posts in Eritrea

Friday, 16 March 2012, 18:25 | Breaking news | Comments Off
by Remoeng

Ethiopian government spokesperson Shimeles Kemal speaks in Addis Ababa on March 15, 2012.Raid targets posts used in attacks against Ethiopia, official says The assault reignites tensions between the two nationsBoth severed diplomatic relations after a two-year war in 1998 Eritrea won its independence from Ethiopia in 1993 after a 30-year ...

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