Mikhail Kalashnikov, the 93-year-old inventor of the legendary AK-47 assault rifle, has been hospitalized, his assistant Nikolai Shklyaev said on Tuesday. “He was in intensive care last Thursday,” he said, adding that he had no information about the present condition of the legendary inventor. Shklyaev said Kalashnikov complained to him about his health before being [...]
AK-47 Inventor Kalashnikov In Hospital
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China’s Evolving Core Security Needs: Active Defense Or Subtle Offense? – Analysis
A blueprint of China’s future defense framework was outlined by outgoing President Hu Jintao in his report delivered to the 18th Communist Party of China Congress last November. It called for the creation of a national defense and armed forces commensurate to China’s standing, enabling it to address the country’s security challenges which continuously grow [...]
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In Christmas Message, Pope Extends Christ’s Peace To The World
Pope Benedict outlined the power of faith and pointed to Christ coming in the flesh as the source of hope and peace for society in his annual “Urbi et Orbi” or, “The city and to the world,” message on Christmas day. “God has done everything; he has done the impossible: he was made flesh,” the [...]
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India: Criminal Indifference – OpEd
A brutal crime shocks the nation, but even as public discontent grows, our ’leaders’ waffle and play the blame game. But we can’t pin all the blame on our self-serving politicians – it’s us, Indian citizens, which have allowed regressive ideas and criminal behaviour to flourish. As the year ended, the nation was shaken to [...]
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Amnesty International’s Report On Pakistan Army: Fact Or Fiction – OpEd
Amnesty International alleged in its recent report that Pakistan Army has carried out extra-judicial killings and human rights violations in tribal areas. The Amnesty International’s report “The hands of cruelty”: Abuses by Armed Forces and Taliban in Pakistan’s Tribal Areas was published on 13 December 2012. UK based agency’s report has tried to defame Pakistan [...]
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Pakistan-Afghanistan Trilateral Summit in Turkey: Mild Affair – Analysis
Abdullah Gül, President of Turkey, Hamid Karzai the President of Afghanistan, and Asif Ali Zardari, the President of Pakistan, held their seventh Trilateral Summit Meeting in Ankara on 11 and 12 December 2012. The meeting took this high level dialogue, security cooperation and economic development partnership between the three countries, under the ‘Trilateral Ankara Summit [...]
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Nigeria: 6 Killed As Gunman Attacks Church
Gunmen have killed six people at a church in northeast Nigeria, the military said on Tuesday, December 25 the third year running Christmas services have come under deadly attack in Africa’s most populous nation, Reuters reported. The strike took place after a Christmas Eve midnight service outside the town of Potiskum, in northeast Yobe state, [...]
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Kazakhstan: 27 Killed In Military Plane Crash
A military plane said to be carrying senior Kazakh security officials has crashed in the south of the country, reports say, according to BBC News. More than 20 people were on board the flight, which went down near the city of Shymkent, Kazakh TV said. The Antonov An-72 plane was carrying high-ranking members of Kazakhstan’s [...]
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Afghan Cop Murders American Police Advisor In Kabul – OpEd
An American police advisor contracted by NATO was shot to death on Christmas Eve (Monday) when an Afghan female police officer allegedly opened fire on the law enforcement veteran, according to a former U.S. law enforcement and military intelligence officer now working in Israel. “A female police officer with the Afghan National Police (ANP) opened [...]
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Why Are Sri Lanka’s Policy Makers Not Using Buddhism As A Soft-Power Tool? – OpEd
By Shenali Waduge We are all well aware that both India and China are rivals for supremacy in Asia and both are fishing for new strategies to tap to forge the alliances needed to strengthen that supremacy. If India and China nations that once put Buddhism aside for other priorities are now realizing that their [...]
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Palestinians Celebrate As Turkey Withdraws Veto On NATO Ties With Israel – OpEd
By Dr. Sudhanshu Tripathi While thousands of Palestinians and visiting tourists gathered into the West Bank city of Bethlehem on the just gone by Monday to celebrate Christmas against heartening backdrop of the United Nations granting them upgraded non-member observer status for their state and also winning their first UNESCO World Heritage Site designation for [...]
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Another Shooting Crime Doesn’t Make US Lawmakers Change Their Minds – OpEd
By Vladimir Gladkov Recently, a certain William Spengler, a 62-year-old resident of the town of Webster in the New York State, set his own house on fire and called firefighters. When they were approaching the house, Spengler fired at them from a shelter, killing two of them and wounding another two. Then, he killed himself. [...]
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U.S. To sell $1.2 Billion In Spy Drones To South Korea
The Pentagon has informed Congress of its plans to sell four Global Hawk high-altitude spy drones to South Korea. Under the deal Seoul’s surveillance capabilities would be greatly improved, even though the US DoD itself wanted to retire the aircraft. The US Department of Defense wants to sell four of the Block 30 version of [...]
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Gaza: Palestinian Rockets Unlawfully Targeted Israeli Civilians, Says HRW
Palestinian armed groups in Gaza violated the laws of war during the November 2012 fighting by launching hundreds of rockets toward population centers in Israel. About 1,500 rockets were fired at Israel between November 14 and 21, the Israel Defense Forces reported. At least 800 struck Israel, including 60 that hit populated areas. The rocket [...]
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Endgame In Afghanistan: Pakistan’s New Approach – Analysis
Recent developments in Pakistan-Afghan relations indicate a major shift in Pakistan’s Afghan policy. Islamabad has presented itself as a facilitator instead of a blocker to a solution to the Afghan insurgency. This will help Pakistan secure its role in the Afghanistan endgame. By Arshad Ali THERE IS growing interest in the endgame in Afghanistan as [...]
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Ron Paul: Seeking Total Security Leads To A Totalitarian Society – OpEd
The senseless and horrific killings last week in Newtown, Connecticut reminded us that a determined individual or group of individuals can cause great harm no matter what laws are in place. Connecticut already has restrictive gun laws relative to other states, including restrictions on fully automatic, so-called “assault” rifles and gun-free zones. Predictably, the political [...]
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Police: Human Remains Found In Burned-Out House Of NY Shooter
Police in the town of Webster, in the northeastern U.S. state of New York say they have found human remains in the burned-out house of an ex-convict who set the dwelling on fire and shot at the firefighters who arrived to put out the flames. Police say they suspect the remains are those of the [...]
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China’s Commercial Aircraft Industry: Not So Fast – Analysis
China is currently pursuing a very ambitious commercial aircraft development programme, including the production of two medium-size airliners. However, it faces considerable – perhaps even insurmountable – barriers to breaking into this tough and demanding business. By Richard A. Bitzinger NO ONE can ever accuse China of thinking small. When it decided to enter into [...]
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Kazakhstan: Recent Archeological Finds Clarify Historical Record
By Katya Kumkova It is time for a pop quiz on Kazakhstani history. Going back more than 2000 years ago, the peoples who called what is present-day Kazakhstan home were: A) Blood-thirsty barbarians. B) Uncultured nomads who wandered the Steppe. C) Mainly farmers who also raised cattle and horses in year-round settlements. D) A and [...]
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Azerbaijan To Buy 50% Stake In Nabucco
(EurActiv) — Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz II gas group could agree to take a 50% stake in the Nabucco pipeline consortium by January, boosting Nabucco’s prospects in a competition between projects that aim to pipe Azeri offshore gas into Europe. Nabucco stakeholder Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) said on Thursday (20 December) that talks were advanced and [...]
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