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Obama: NATO to erect missile shield for Europe (AP)

November 19th, 2010

U.S. President Barack Obama, right, shakes hands with Portuguese Foreign Minister Luis Amado as he arrives for a NATO summit in Lisbon on Friday, Nov. 19, 2010. U.S. President Barack Obama and the leaders of NATO's 27 other member nations will open a two-day summit Friday aimed at finding ways to keep the Cold War alliance relevant in the 21st century with revamped roles including ballistic missile defense, anti-piracy patrols, and counterterrorism. (AP Photo/Andre Kosters, Pool)AP - President Barack Obama won NATO summit agreement Friday to build a missile shield over Europe, an ambitious commitment to protect against Iranian attack while demonstrating the alliance’s continuing…

NATO seeks missile defense agreement with Russia (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

Sgt. Ysidro Gonzalez, of Alice, Texas, from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines Alpha Company storms through the door of a compound after the door was blown open to search for bomb-making materials during a patrol that came under fire from Taliban insurgents in the town of Nabuk in Helmand province, in this October 26, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/FilesReuters - NATO will invite Russia to take part in a U.S.-European missile defense shield at a summit on Saturday, a move that would herald the closest cooperation between the…

NATO agrees on missile defense shield: Obama (Reuters)

November 19th, 2010

Sgt. Ysidro Gonzalez, of Alice, Texas, from 1st Battalion, 8th Marines Alpha Company storms through the door of a compound after the door was blown open to search for bomb-making materials during a patrol that came under fire from Taliban insurgents in the town of Nabuk in Helmand province, in this October 26, 2010 file photo. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly/FilesReuters - NATO leaders agreed on Friday to develop a missile defense shield to protect the territory of all NATO states in Europe as well as the United States, President…

Iran says tests own model of Russian S-300 missile (Reuters)

November 18th, 2010

An anti aircraft missile is fired during a war game near the city of Semnan, about 228 km (141 miles) east of Tehran, in this picture released by Iran's Army November 18, 2010. REUTERS/Iran's ArmyReuters - Iran has successfully tested its own version of a missile system that Russia declined to supply amid concerns Tehran might be seeking nuclear weapons, a military official was…

U.S. missile strike kills 20 militants in Pakistan (Reuters)

November 16th, 2010

Reuters - Unmanned U.S. drone aircraft Tuesday fired four missiles into North Waziristan, a major sanctuary for al Qaeda and Taliban militants in Pakistan, killing at least 20 insurgents, local…

Eyeing Iran, Israel slates missile shield for 2015 (Reuters)

November 15th, 2010

Reuters - Israel’s multi-layered air defense network will be fully deployed by 2015, combining short-range rocket interceptors with kamikaze satellites that blow up ballistic missiles in space, officials said on…

Iran says to test own model of Russia S-300 missile (Reuters)

November 10th, 2010

Reuters - Iran has developed a version of the Russian S-300 missile and will test-fire it soon, the official news agency IRNA said, two months after Moscow decided not to…

Officials: US missile attacks kill 9 in Pakistan (AP)

October 16th, 2010

Photograph taken on November 27, 2008, shows flames gushing out of The Taj Mahal Hotel in Mumbai. The wife of a key figure in the 2008 Mumbai attacks warned US federal agents three years beforehand that her husband was training with a Pakistani militant group, the Washington Post reported(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AP - Suspected U.S. unmanned aircraft launched two missile strikes in a Pakistani tribal region along the Afghan border, killing nine people, Pakistani intelligence officials said.


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Fourth of 33 men rescued from Chilean mine (AP)

October 13th, 2010

In this photo released by the Chilean presidential press office, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, front right, hugs rescued miner Florencio Avalos after Avalos was rescued from the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010.  (AP Photo/Jose Manuel de la Maza, Chilean presidential press office)AP - To hugs, cheers and tears, rescuers using a missile-like escape capsule began pulling 33 men one by one to fresh air and freedom at last early Wednesday, 69…

First pair of 33 men rescued from Chilean mine (AP)

October 13th, 2010

In this photo released by the Chilean presidential press office, Chile's President Sebastian Pinera, front right, hugs rescued miner Florencio Avalos after Avalos was rescued from the the collapsed San Jose gold and copper mine where he was trapped with 32 other miners for over two months near Copiapo, Chile, Tuesday Oct. 12, 2010.  (AP Photo/Jose Manuel de la Maza, Chilean presidential press office)AP - The first two of 33 men trapped in a collapsed mine were rescued early Wednesday after 69 days underground, pulled to fresh air and freedom at last in…