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(Photo: PIB of India / Photo Division Ministry of I & B Government of India.)India and Russia ink pacts in defence and strategic spheres
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh and the Prime Minister of Russia, Mr. Vladimir Putin at the Indian-Russian CEOs Council Meeting, in Moscow, Russia on December 07, 2009....Full Story

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(Photo: PIB of India)Russia to build more nuclear reactors in India (Roundup)
The Director General, State Corporation ROSATOM of Russia, Mr. Sergey Kirienko and the Secretary, Department of Atomic Energy, Dr. Sree Kumar Banerjee signing the agreements between two governments on Cooperation in the use of Atomic Energy for Peaceful Purpose and Road Map for the Serial Construction of Russian Designed Nuclear Power Plants in the Republic of India in the presence of the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir V. Putin and Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, in New Delhi on March 12, 2010....Full Story

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Air India security beefed up in Kabul
| New Delhi, March 14: With Indians and assets in Afghanistan coming under constant attack from Taliban and Al Qaeda, Air India has beefed up security in flights to and from Kabul following information that it was a “sitting duck” for terror groups. | While the airl...Full Story
Book extract: The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose
| How Company, 2nd Battalion, First Marines - known as the 2/1 - arrived at Guadalcanal, in the Solomon Islands, on the USS George F Elliott in early August 1942. Five thousand Japanese troops were rumoured to be awaiting them on this small piece of land, 90 miles long ...Full Story
Tom Hanks on the mother of all wars in The Pacific
| My grandfather joined the King's Royal Rifle Corps in 1939, on the day war was declared. He'd tell me funny stories of tank battles in the desert where the Afrika Korps couldn't lower their guns far enough to hit him, so a grinning tank commander waved the crazy Brits...Full Story
'Jewel' to call on a 'queen'
| S. Anandan | The former is of Muscat and latter, of Arabian Sea. Kochi will welcome an Omani wooden ship, powered only by wind, on Monday. | Kochi: Embarked on an 18-metre-long wooden sailing ship displacing 55 tonnes, constructed a la ninth-century cargo vessel whose...Full Story
Is Pakistan blaming the Lahore attacks on India to avoid taking responsibility for terrorism?
Is Pakistan blaming the Lahore attacks on India to avoid taking responsibility for terrorism? | Posted March 14th, 2010 in DC Correspondent Yes No Be the first to comment Earlier Polls Your name: * E-mail ID: E-mail ID will not be published Comments: * Word Verification...Full Story
Warship gun goes off, kills 1
Warship gun goes off, kills 1 | Visakhapatnam\New Delhi, March 13: A sailor died on board the INS Delhi, a destroyer, at Visakhapatnam harbour on Friday when the anti-aircraft gun on board went off accidentally, the Navy has confirmed in New Delhi. | The sailor, a radio...Full Story
Pipeline project finds deep-sea surprises
| STOCKHOLM - A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks - some of them unusually well-preserved - have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany. | The oldest wreck probably dates back to medieval times and could be ...Full Story
Fallen Utah Marine longed to serve since childhood
Updated: 03/13/2010 06:02:06 PM MST | Click photo to enlarge Kim and Todd Olsen, of Salem, laid to rest their son Lance Cpl. Nigel Olsen who was killed March 4 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. RelatedUtah MarineMar 5: | Salem » Nigel Olsen stood with the oce...Full Story
MAIL COMMENT: Discrimination - An even-handed response at last
|   | This country accepted laws against discrimination because they rightly put a stop to crude, cruel and unjust behaviour by employers and landlords. | But from small beginnings, these measures have grown into a vast legal and bureaucratic apparatus, often heavy...Full Story
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Book extract: The Pacific by Hugh Ambrose
Tom Hanks on the mother of all wars in The Pacific
'Jewel' to call on a 'queen'
Is Pakistan blaming the Lahore attacks on India to avoid taking responsibility for terrorism?
Warship gun goes off, kills 1
Fallen Utah Marine longed to serve since childhood
MAIL COMMENT: Discrimination - An even-handed response at last
The Falklands: For Argentina, Oil Reopens Old Wounds
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The Falklands: For Argentina, Oil Reopens Old Wounds
Yahoo Daily News | Argentines could be said to share three passions: soccer, the tango and their longstanding claim over Las Malvinas, which the British who control the island archipelago 300 miles off Argentina's coast call the Falklands. Even though Britain decisiv...
Belay those Horse's Necks and Cockers P! (Or how, after 200 years, the MoD has ...
The Daily Mail | Royal Navy commanders have been ordered to scrap cocktail parties that have been held on board ships visiting foreign ports since the days of Admiral Horatio Nelson more than 200 years ago. | The end of the parties, known to officers as ‘Cock...
The 17-year-old boy who sailed round the world and into the record books
The Daily Mail | Mike Perham on the deck of his Open 50 yacht. He became the youngest person to sail solo round the world | Midnight. The boat flew over the raging waters, on through the darkness. Everything inside danced and shook as she breasted each vast wave an...
Navy Week comes to Tampa
Newsvine | Tampa, Florida - Airfest 2010 is next weekend March 20 and March 21. Leading to Airfest is Navy Week. The 2010 Tampa Bay Navy Week, in conjunction with Airfest, will be packed with events demonstrating the mission of the U.S. Navy and showcasing it...
Security stepped up at Jewish Synagogue, church in Kochi
Zeenews Kochi: Commandos have been posted at the Jewish Synagogue at Mattancherry, the oldest place of worship of the Jewish community in the Commonwealth region, and St Francis church at Fort Kochi following a Union Home Ministry alert about a possible terr...
DEBKAfile, Irans Building New Weapons, Gates Beats Ahmadinejad to Kabul
Newsvine | DEBKAfile's Iranian sources say Tehran and its allies Syria and Hizballah feel they are in the midst of rapid military and diplomatic momentum compared with American ineptness and Israeli inertia. It seems that while President Obama is busy sitting...
The predatory culture aboard HMAS Success
Newsvine | Within the predatory culture aboard HMAS Success junior female sailors would agree to have sex with their male counterparts to ''get it over and done with so the focus would move to someone else''. | A commission of inquiry into the conduct of sail...
As Its Arms Makers Falter, Russia Buys Abroad
The New York Times | MOSCOW — Ask a Russian what the country makes well, and the answer, more often than not, will be the Kalashnikov rifle. | Russian-made cars may be rickety, and its passenger airplanes such fuel-guzzlers that even the country’s flag carr...
India and Russia ink pacts in defence and strategic spheres
The Hindu | Sandeep Dikshit | Steps taken to extend partnership in new areas of energy, fertilizers | DIVERSIFYING TIES: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, exchange notes after delegation-level talks in | NEW DELHI: Indi...
Pakistan Navy test fires missiles in Arabian Sea manoeuvres
The Hindu | Says the exercise was a message to "nefarious" forces | In this handout picture released by the Pakistan Navy, a target ship is hit by a missile during a naval firepower test conducted by the Pakistan Navy in the north Arabian Sea on Friday. | Isla...
India, Russia sign fresh Gorshkov deal
The Times Of India NEW DELHI: India and Russia have inked the fresh $2.33 billion deal for refit of aircraft carrier Admiral Gorshkov and the $1.6 billion deal for 29 more MiG-29K maritime fighters. | India will now get Gorshkov in 2013 -- instead of the earlier August...
Deals signed, Putin reminds India: Never sold arms to Pak
Indian Express | India and Russia on Friday signed several agreements on defence, space and nuclear cooperation even as Moscow gently reminded New Delhi that it remained the only power in the world that had never supplied military equipment to Pakistan. The two sid...
Liberty plans sale and leaseback of London store
The Times | Liberty is on the verge of a sale-and-leaseback deal of its mock-Tudor department store on Regent Street in Central London. | The move will be a precursor to a sale of the business. Marco Capello, the former boss of Merrill Lynch's private equity d...
Is combat role next step for Indian women?
The Times Of India NEW DELHI: Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh deploy women on sea-faring warships. The US has even allowed them on submarines. Even Pakistan has seven women fighter pilots. Why then does India remain extremely reluctant to allow women to jump into fi...
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