Obama widens U.S. sanctions on North Korea The Star | WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama broadened financial sanctions on North Korea on Monday and froze the U.S. assets of four North Korean citizens and eight firms in part to punish it for the sinking of a South Korean warship. U.S. President Barack Obama delivers remarks at Xavier Univer...
Why the US really wants Bout Asia Times | Aug 31, 2010 Why the US really wants Bout | By Bertil Lintner | BANGKOK - While Bangkok-based observers weigh the legal merits of extraditing alleged Russian gunrunner Viktor Bout to the United States, a far more important issue seems to have eluded the media: why is Washi...
An arms race, with no shortage of muscle Herald Tribune | The New York Times AC = 1234 | --> | GAINESVILLE -- He has a budget of almost $95 million, growing fast, and command of three private planes. He oversees a newly renovated and certified green building as well as nearly a dozen other tricked-out fac...
Suspected Arms Dealer's Extradition to US Delayed The New York Times | Filed at 7:03 a.m. ET | BANGKOK (AP) -- A suspected Russian arms dealer's extradition to the United States will be delayed at least until Oct. 4 to allow a Thai court to review new charges filed as a precaution by Washington, a judge said Friday. |...
North Korea leans on its major ally to dodge world's arms-trade ban Canada Dot Com  | North Korea is using China as a transit route as it attempts to dodge international sanctions on its trade in arms and nuclear technology, according to reports in South Korea. | Media reports confirmed by South Korean National Intelligence Servi...
Britons up in arms over claims of TV talent fakery The Boston Globe | LONDON-Britons are up in arms over online claims that a popular TV talent competition has been electronically tweaking contestants' voices to make them sound in tune. | Fans of B...
Russia defends Iran's right to peaceful nuclear energy program Daily Star Lebanon | By Agence France Presse (AFP) | Friday, August 20, 2010 | - Powered by | --> | Vladimir Isachenkov | Associated Press | MOSCOW: Russia’s nuclear chief said Thursday that th...
The NFL and meâEuro"keeping failure at arm's length, for now Newsvine | You should already know better than to trust someone who claims to have PTSD. If they're lying, they're a liar. If they're not, they're simply unreliable and prone to letting you down anyway. | Everybody thinks I'm lying, but I've gotten used to it...
Search under way in Wash. state for armed man Herald Tribune | EVERETT, Wash. - Northbound lanes of Interstate 5 in the Everett, Wash., area are closed but southbound lanes have reopened as officers hunt for an armed man who reportedly fired at deputies and later fled on foot from the freeway. AC = 1234 | --> ...
Armed robber who posed for photos with haul is jailed London Evening Standard An armed robber who was caught after posing with wads of cash and a diamond ring following a violent raid was jailed for life today. | Brothers Yohan and Yamani Clarke took photographs after the attack at a cash and carry in which one man was shot in...
Pakistan's bomb has prevented war with India: A Q Khan Deccan Herald Washington, Sep 3 (IANS) Friday, September 03, 2010 --> | Pakistan's nuclear arsenal has prevented a conventional war with India and made the ''nation walk with heads held high'', boasts notorious Pakistani scientist A Q Khan, considered the father of Islamabad's clandestine nuclear weapons programme. | "Our nuclear programme has ensured our surviv...
Muslims across India offer prayers on last Friday of Ramadan Newstrack India | Lucknow/Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh), Sep 3 (ANI): Muslims across India gathered in huge numbers at various mosques to offer the 'Alvida Namaz' on the occasion of the last 'Jumma' of the fasting month of Ramadan on Friday. | In a unique display of amity, thousands of devotees congregated at Lucknow's historic Imambara mosque. &nbs...
