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BBC News
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Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak has called on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to take a leave of absence or resign as he battles allegations of corruption.
Mr Barak said he would take his Labor Party out of Mr Olmert's governing coalition if he did not..
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BBC News
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Russian President Vladimir Putin has signalled he will not support a US plan for a missile defence system in Europe, at the start of key US-Russia talks.
He urged Washington "not to force" a planned deployment of a radar in the Czech Republic and inter..
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BBC News
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Moscow may target weapons at Europe if the US builds planned missile defence facilities in the region, Russian President Vladimir Putin has said.
Russia has not pointed missiles towards Europe since the end of the Cold War.
Last week, Russia said it..
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Guardian Unlimited
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The Ministry of Defence plans to open its "X-Files" on UFO sightings to the public for the first time. Officials have not yet decided on a date for the release of the reports, which date back to 1967, but it is hoped to be within weeks.
The move follow..
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BBC News
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The defence ministers of North and South Korea have begun talks in Pyongyang aimed at reducing tension along the disputed border.
They are also expected to discuss a joint fishing area in the Yellow Sea to end gun battles over fishing rights.
This i..
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BBC News
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The future of Poland's governing coalition is in doubt after a junior member, the Self Defence party, pulled its ministers out of the cabinet.
The move was announced by party leader Andrzej Lepper, who was sacked in July by PM Jaroslaw Kaczynski after..
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BBC News
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Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert has confirmed that the United States is planning a significant increase in military and defence aid to Israel.
The package would reportedly amount to more than $30bn (?14.8bn) over the next 10 years.
Mr Olmert desc..
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Al Jazeera
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Remarkable comeback
Barak, a former chief of staff and defence minister, was on Tuesday elected to head Labour - Olmert's main coalition partner - staging a spectacular comeback to the national political arena after a more then six-year absence...
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BBC News
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The US should halt moves to deploy a missile defence shield in central Europe, pending further talks, the Russian foreign minister has said.
Sergei Lavrov was speaking after President Bush made clear Poland and the US were committed to the plan.
Rus..
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BBC News
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Nato has reacted cautiously to a Russian offer to use a radar facility in Azerbaijan as part of a joint missile defence system with the US.
The alliance's secretary-general, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, welcomed the proposal as a break with the "anachronisti..
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Guardian Unlimited
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Military personnel have been banned from selling their stories to the media, the defence secretary, Des Browne, announced tonight, amid a growing row over the returned captives from Iran.
He said the Royal Navy had faced a "very tough call" over its de..
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News.com.au
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THREE defence personnel on counter-terrorism training were killed after their car ran off a bridge into water southwest of Melbourne.
The rental car plunged into the water after veering off the causeway halfway between Queenscliff and Swan Island short..
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Yahoo News
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Three Japanese naval officers who swapped pornography on their computers triggered a scandal over a possible leak of sensitive data linked to Japan's missile defence system, a newspaper said on Thursday.
Police launched a probe last week after a navy o..
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News.com.au
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THE Australian Defence Force has banned soldiers from writing online journals and has deleted blogs from troops serving in Iraq...
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BBC News
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India has successfully tested a short-range ballistic missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads, according to defence officials...
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BBC News
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French troops serving in Lebanon have been only seconds away from firing on Israeli aircraft, the French defence minister says...
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New Zeland Herald
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Saddam Hussein's defence team has urged a delay of his possible death sentence and said the ousted Iraqi leader believed today's expected verdict was timed to boost President George Bush before US mid-term elections...
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