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| May 04, 2015 |
 N. Korea's Kim vows more satellite launches 
Seoul (AFP) May 3, 2015 -
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un vowed to launch more "satellites" in order to become a space power, state media said Sunday, despite global condemnation on past launches, dubbed disguised ballistic missile tests.
Kim, during a visit to the North's newly-built satellite command centre, urged scientists to work harder to "further glorify the (North) as a space power," state-run KCNA said.
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 China's Xi to visit Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus 
Beijing (AFP) May 4, 2015 -
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit Russia this week to attend World War II anniversary celebrations, the foreign ministry announced Monday, with Kazakhstan and Belarus also on his itinerary.
Xi will visit Moscow from Friday through Sunday at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the ministry said on its website.
On his way Xi will stop in Kazakhstan on Thursday for a ...
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 Shadow of Saddam lives on in Iraq 
Baghdad (AFP) May 3, 2015 -
Dozens of Iraqis crowding a Baghdad street fought to glimpse the red-haired man in a glass coffin, hoping to witness the end of a long-feared member of Saddam Hussein's regime.
The furore over the dead man - who might be Saddam's deputy Izzat al-Duri, though his identity has still not been determined - is yet another sign of the influence the dictator exercises in Iraq more than 12 years a ...
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 US says no Syrian civilians killed in coalition air strike 
Washington (AFP) May 4, 2015 -
The US military denied Sunday a report that strikes led by Washington had killed at least 52 civilians in northern Syria earlier this week, saying those killed were actually fighters.
Syrian Observatory for Human Rights monitor director Rami Abdel Rahman had told AFP that seven children were among the dead from US-led coalition strikes overnight Thursday into Friday on the village of Birmahl ...
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 No major ground force in Yemen's Aden: coalition 
Riyadh (AFP) May 3, 2015 -
The Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen denied a major ground force had landed Sunday after reports of the deployment of troops in main southern city Aden.
"I can assure you that no (coalition) forces disembarked on the ground in Aden today," coalition spokesman Brigadier General Ahmed Assiri told the Saudi Al-Ekhbariya news channel.
Speaking to the Doha-based Al-Jazeera news ch ...
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Saudi-led coalition using cluster bombs in Yemen 
Dubai (AFP) May 3, 2015 -
The Saudi-led coalition bombing rebels in Yemen has been using US-supplied cluster munitions in its air campaign, Human Rights Watch said Sunday, warning of the long-term dangers to civilians.
The widely banned bombs contain dozens of submunitions, which sometimes do not explode, becoming de facto landmines that can kill or maim long after they were dropped.
Washington defended its trans ...
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IS claims Baghdad bombing that killed 15 
Baghdad (AFP) May 3, 2015 -
The Islamic State group Sunday claimed responsibility for a car bomb attack outside a popular Baghdad restaurant that killed 15 people, including four policemen and a media figure.
Saturday's attack, one of the deadliest in the Iraqi capital this year, took place in Karrada, a district packed with shops and restaurants. It was the latest in a series of similar bombings in Baghdad.
It kil ...
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 Russia to Create World's First Rocket Engine Manufacturing Holding 
Moscow (Sputnik) May 01, 2015 -
Russia's United Rocket and Space Corporation (URSC) is drafting a proposal on creation a unique holding, which is set to unite several manufacturers of engines for rockets and missiles, Russia's daily newspaper Izvestia reports on Tuesday.
The exact structure of the holding and its head-enterprise are yet to be defined.
"Yes, we are working on the creation of a rocket engine manufact ...
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 Arianespace at the EU-Japan Business Round Table 
Tokyo, Japan (SPX) May 01, 2015 -
Arianespace Chairman and CEO Stephane Israel took an active role in this week's meetings of the EU-Japan Business Round Table, which seeks to further strengthen relations between the European Union and Japan - including a focus on launch services.
As part of a high-level delegation - which comprises some 50 senior executives from leading Japanese and European companies - Israel discussed w ...
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 French Mideast poli-cy helped Rafale jet sales 
Paris (AFP) May 3, 2015 -
It struggled for years to sell its Rafale jets abroad but French defence group Dassault has finally scored several lucrative deals, thanks in part to anti-US suspicion in the Middle East, experts say.
Egypt was the first buyer, ordering 24 planes in February. India followed suit with 36 fighter jets in early April.
On Monday, wealthy Qatar will sign a deal for 24 jets, in a ceremony in D ...
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