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China's President Xi Jinping urges army to create strategy for information warfare
Date: 2014-08-30 15:31:52 GMT - China - World - SN:71 - ID:898490
BEIJING, Aug 30 (MENA) - Chinese President Xi Jinping has said China will spur military innovation and called on the army to create a new strategy for "information warfare" as the country embarks on military reform, state media said on ....
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Taliban militants execute 11 civilians in Farah province
Date: 2014-08-30 14:47:25 GMT - Iran - World - SN:65 - ID:898474
KABUL, Aug 30 (MENA) - Taliban militants executed at least eleven civilians in western Farah province of Afghanistan early Saturday, Khaama newspaper quoting local officials said. Provincial governor spokeman, Jawid Afghan, said the civilians who ....
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19 confirmed dead after SW China landslide
Date: 2014-08-30 14:40:15 GMT - China - World - SN:62 - ID:898465
BEIJING, Aug 30 (MENA) - Nineteen people have been confirmed dead while four others remain missing on Saturday, three days after a landslide hit a village in southwest China's Guizhou Province. Another landslide in the small hours of Saturday ....
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Iranian warships repel pirates' attacks on 2 cargo ships in high seas
Date: 2014-08-30 14:01:27 GMT - Iran - World - SN:59 - ID:898416
TEHRAN, Aug 30 (MENA) - Iranian Navy warships rescued two cargo ships in Bab el-Mendeb and the Gulf of Aden after tough battles with pirates in the high seas. In the first battle, the timely presence and action of the Iranian Navy's 31st Flotilla ....
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Pentagon confirms ISIL captured tanks, building ‘faster’ military force
Date: 2014-08-30 13:55:15 GMT - USA - World - SN:58 - ID:898376
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (MENA) - The United States has determined that Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Daesh) was building an armored force. Officials said the U.S. intelligence community detected a presence of U.S. and Russian-origin armored ....
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Several buildings afire in Donetsk after Ukrainean army artillery strike
Date: 2014-08-30 12:10:36 GMT - Ukraine - World - SN:46 - ID:898220
DONESTK, Aug 30 (MENA)- A district was afire in Donetsk after it was hit by incendiary shells in artillery strikes, Itar-tass news agency reported quoting witnesses as having said. Several big buildings were ablaze, including a bakery. Two city ....
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Daesh not able to cross Iranˈs borders: Commander
Date: 2014-08-30 11:56:46 GMT - Iran - World - SN:44 - ID:898189
TEHRAN, Aug 30 (MENA) - The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (also known as Daesh) is not counted a threat to Iranˈs military might and it can not cross border areas with Iraq, IRNA news agency reported quoting an Iranian senior commander as ....
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Russia never conducted warfare in Ukraine, rules out prospects – Defense Ministry
Date: 2014-08-30 11:42:48 GMT - Russia - World - SN:42 - ID:898153
MOSCOW, August 30 (MENA) — Russia has never held military actions in Ukraine and is not planning to undertake any in the future, Russia’s Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said Saturday in an interview with Slovak television. “Russia has ....
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Daily Beast outlines reasons behind Obama backing off more ISIS strikes
Date: 2014-08-30 11:12:50 GMT - USA - World - SN:39 - ID:898057
WASHINGTON, Aug 30 (MENA) - After lots of bluster about striking ISIS on Syria, President Obama threw cold water on the idea, disappointing those who wanted him to broaden the war. After a week of talk of eliminating the "cancer" of ISIS, President ....
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Malaysia welcomes long-term ceasefire between Israel And Palestine - Anifah
Date: 2014-08-30 10:52:58 GMT - Malaysia - World - SN:36 - ID:898044
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (MENA) - Malaysia welcomes the long-term ceasefire agreement between Israel and Palestine, brokered by Egypt on Aug 26, said Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Anifah Aman. He said Malaysia hoped that the ceasefire agreement would ....
