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Russia to seek UN arms embargo against Georgia - envoy
United Nations (AFP) Sept 9, 2008Russia pressed Tuesday for a UN arms embargo against Georgia as a US team prepared to travel to Tbilisi to assess the needs of its military, which was routed in a Russian blitzkrieg for control of South Ossetia. "It is in everybody's interest to have an arms embargo against Georgia," Russia's UN Ambassador Vitaly Churkin told reporters after he introduced a draft resolution in the UN ... more Pentagon set on mission to rebuild Georgian military 
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2008The Pentagon said Tuesday it was sending a team to Georgia this week to assess needs for rebuilding its military, emphasizing that Tbilisi must be capable of deterring any new Russian attack. "The Department of Defense is sending an assessment team to Tbilisi later this week to help us begin to consider carefully Georgia's legitimate needs and our response," said Under Secretary of Defense ... more Russia, China Resume Talks On Military Transport Planes 
Gelendzhik, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 10, 2008Russia will continue negotiations on a contract to deliver 34 transport planes and four aerial tankers to China earlier frozen due to a disagreement over prices, Russia's state-run arms exporter said on Friday. "We are returning to the contract and renegotiating the price of these planes," Mikhail Zavaliy, a Rosoboronexport official told reporters at an air show in the Krasnodar Region. ... more Clinton questions US freeze on Russian nuclear pact 
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2008US Senator Hillary Clinton questioned Tuesday Washington's decision to freeze a much vaunted US-Russian civilian nuclear pact, saying the move might not be in Washington's interest. US President George W. Bush decided on Monday to pull from congressional consideration the agreement in the latest effort by the administration to convey its displeasure with Russia over its military actions in ... more Arctic meeting calls for closer international cooperation 
Ilulissat, Denmark (AFP) Sept 9, 2008Representatives from the European Union, Canada, Russia, China and South Korea met Tuesday in Greenland to put the spotlight on the Arctic, which is hard hit by global warming and home to vast untapped natural resources. In Ilulissat, at the foot of one of Greenland's biggest glaciers, some 100 delegates gathered to discuss ways of encouraging "stronger international commitment to the Arctic ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Sept 9, 2008Russia's decision to send warships to the Caribbean is not just a riposte to US navy manoeuvres in the Black Sea, but a sign of Moscow's determination to contest American influence, say analysts. Russia announced Monday it was sending a nuclear cruiser and other warships and planes for joint exercises with Venezuela, the first such manoeuvres in the US vicinity since the Cold War. ... more European science satellite launch is delayed 
Paris (AFP) Sept 8, 2008The launch of a satellite to monitor Earth's gravitational field, scheduled for Wednesday from a base in northern Russia, has been postponed to October 5 because of technical problems, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced on Monday. Launch preparations at the Plesetsk cosmodrome 800 kilometres (500 miles) north of Moscow were stopped on Sunday "due to an anomaly in one of the units of ... more US postpones nuclear pact with Russia amid Georgia tension 
Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2008US President George W. Bush decided Monday to postpone a US-Russia civilian nuclear pact, officials said, amid tensions over Moscow's military actions in neighboring Georgia. The announcement came as both the State Department and White House said Washington was watching Russia's plans to stage unprecedented joint naval maneuvers with Venezuela in Venezuelan waters. With moves toward new ... more Russian Nuke Cruise In Venezuela Manoeuvres As US Watches 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Russia said Monday it was dispatching a nuclear cruiser and other warships and planes to the Caribbean for joint exercises with Venezuela, the first such manoeuvres in the US vicinity since the Cold War. The announcement came amid soaring tensions between Russia and the United States, including over the presence of US naval vessels sent close to Russian shores to deliver aid to Georgia, but ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Russia reacted with ambivalence to the decision by US President George W. Bush to postpone a US-Russia civilian nuclear pact, Interfax reported on Monday citing a foreign affairs ministry official. "Such a step is regrettable" and is "out of keeping with bilateral relations," the official, said by the news agency to have requested anonymity, was quoted as saying. However, "Russia does ... more Russia warns of asteroid threat 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 5, 2008 Russia's top space official said international cooperation is needed to deal with the threat of an asteroid collision with the Earth. Anatoly Perminov told the Russian newspaper Krasnaya Zvezda the threat is real and needs to be solved "through broad international cooperation" within the framework of the United Nations, RIA Novosti reported Friday. A Moscow scientific conference ... more Russia's Glonass System To Comprise 30 Satellites By 2011 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 08, 2008The number of satellites comprising Russia's Glonass navigation system will be increased from the current 16 to 30 by 2011, the head of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos) said on Friday. Glonass (Global Navigation Satellite System) is the Russian equivalent of the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS), which is designed for both military and civilian use, and allows users to identify ... more US rearming Georgia under guise of aid: Medvedev 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 6, 2008The United States is rearming Georgia under the guise of humanitarian assistance, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev charged on Saturday, following the arrival in Georgia of US warships laden with aid. "The rearming of the Georgian regime is continuing, including under the guise of humanitarian assistance. They've sent a whole fleet to provide humanitarian assistance," Medvedev told officials ... more
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