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Bell Boeing to brief India on V-22 Osprey Minister of State for Defense, Mallipudi Mangapati Pallam Raju, accompanied by the deputy chief of the Indian Navy, Vice Admiral Satish Soni, asked the Bell Boeing V-22 Tiltrotor Team for a briefing on the aircraft. A US Marine Corps MV-22...

Will World War III be between the U.S. and China? 26th November 2011, By MAX HASTINGS China's vast military machine grows by the day. America's sending troops to Australia in response. As tension between the two countries escalates, Max Hastings warns of a terrifying threat to world peace...

India developing high power e-bomb, laser gun Indian defence scientists are in the process of developing futuristic high power laser weapons, e-bombs as powerful as 1,000 lightning strikes, and computers that can be worn by soldiers. According to Dr V.K. Saraswat, scientific adviser to the...

18 children killed in crash Global Times | November 17, 2011 Police officers investigate the school bus destroyed in a collision in Qingyang, Gansu Province Wednesday. Photo: IC At least 18 pre-school children and two adults were killed when their minivan collided head-on with a truck...

Cairo Islamists protest French paper's prophet cartoon By Agence France-Presse, November 11, 2011 CAIRO: Hundreds of hardline Islamists protested outside France's embassy in Cairo on Friday against a French satirical newspaper that published pictures of the Muslim prophet, the state MENA news...

India reaffirms its commitment to expand nuclear ties with Russia MOSCOW, November 11, 2011 India has reaffirmed to Russia its firm commitment to continue and expand bilateral cooperation in nuclear energy notwithstanding the stalled commissioning of the Kudankulam nuclear plant. “That...

Russia and India will light up the moon Russia is planning to put a “lighthouse” on the moon as part of its joint Russia-India Moon Resource space mission. Russian scientists plan to equip the lander station “Luna-Glob” two powerful LED light beacons. One of them is...

Why is no one protecting Saudi Arabia's child brides? 'The Saudi monarchy has a long history of marrying very young girls.' Atgaa, 10, and her sister Reemya, 8, are about to be married to men in their 60s. Atgaa will be her husband's fourth wife. Their wedding celebrations are scheduled...

A major BBC World Service poll exploring how people in 33 countries view various countries found not a single country where a majority has a positive view of Iran’s role in the world (with the exception of Iranians themselves). Views of Iran are lower than the US, although the US continues...

Pakistan should stop relying on its nuisance value Americans like to use abbreviations. They like simplifying, which does not come from an inability to master sophisticated thought, but rather from a desire to pursue pragmatism to fix a problem. If American diplomacy came up with the...

China executes Pakistani man on drugs charges 21 September 2011 Last updated at 13:06 GMT Mr Shah's supporters say he was framed for a crime he did not commit. China has executed a Pakistani man, Zahid Husain Shah, despite last-ditch appeals for clemency, his family says. Mr Shah, 35, was...

New Delhi: The National Investigation Agency (NIA) on Thursday claimed to have solved the September 7 Delhi High Court blast case. Sources say that the investigators have found that the blast was carried out by Harkat-ul-Jihad-al-Islami (HuJI) and the conspiracy to target the Delhi High Court...

Why China is betting on Narendra Modi Given their own domestic history, Chinese leaders find themselves in synch with Modi on many counts Ask any BJP leader about whom the party might project as its prime ministerial candidate in 2014, and you’ll likely be subjected to incoherent...

Army to be made modern force: PM Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina hands over National Standard to Ordnance Centre and School of Bangladesh Army at the Rajendrapur Cantonment in Gazipur yesterday. Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday said her government will implement the 'Forces Goal 2030' to...