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But Cuban military leaders have insisted in state-run press that Bastion 2009 is "a necessity of the first order in the current political-military situation that characterizes the confrontation between Cuba and the empire (the United States)." They appeared...
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Oil prices rose more than 1% to move above $78 a barrel on Monday due to weakness in the dollar and signs of buoyant demand from China, the world's second largest energy consumer. Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development) remains relatively...
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He told the official Granma newspaper that the “Bastion-2009” exercises will “raise the deterrent capacity to prevent a military confrontation, under the principle that there is no better way to win a war than by avoiding it,” AFP reported. The military...
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The war game, dubbed Bastion-2009, will begin on November 26 in an effort to boost the country's deterrence powers, Cuban Defense Ministry said in a Monday statement. "The Bastion-2009 strategic exercises will be held throughout the country on November...
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If you're anything like me you have a membership to a gym and work out a lot. If you're ambitious, you work out four, five days a week and are even committed to detailed stretching. But, like me, you don't see a whole lot of reward for your efforts. Sure...
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The US and Israeli militaries will launch their biggest joint missile defense drill yet on Wednesday, in the shadow of mounting missile threats from Iran, Hizbullah and Syria, and growing regional tension over Teheran's nuclear program. The Juniper Cobra...
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Turkey and Syria celebrated on Tuesday the inception of the new Syrian-Turkish Strategic Cooperation Council, which was created during Syrian President Bashar Assad's recent visit to Turkey. Syrian and Turkish ministers meeting in Aleppo on Tuesday outlined...
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Both countries on Monday denied the incident posed any threat to long-standing bilateral ties, though Turkey’s general staff issued a statement at the weekend saying that international participation in the fortnight-long “Anatolian Eagle” exercises had...
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Turkey and Italy were scheduled to conduct this week, was taken off the table because of American disappointment with Ankara's decision to withdraw from the maneuver due to Israel's planned participation, Israeli defense officials said Sunday. Turkey...
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Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and China's ambassador to Australia, Junsai Zhang, have both backed the idea following reports in Fairfax newspapers that Australia and the US will soon invite China to participate in joint military exercises. Mr Rudd says Australia...
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