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Armament system procurement follows priority scale

National Development Planning Minister Armida S Alisjahbana said the procurement of the Indonesian military`s main ...

NATO jets batter Tripoli, Kadhafi defiant

A wave of NATO air strikes battered Tripoli early Wednesday, piling pressure on embattled Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi ...

Azerbaijani civilian killed near Karabakh: ministry

Armenian forces have killed an Azerbaijani civilian close to the front line near the disputed region of Nagorny ...

Two British soldiers killed in Afghanistan: ministry

Two British soldiers were killed by a homemade bomb while on patrol in southern Afghanistan, defence officials in ...

Russia, US sign chopper deal for Afghanistan: report

Russia has signed a contract with the US Army to deliver 21 MI-17 helicopters to Afghanistan, new agencies quoted the ...

Italian killed in Lebanon blast against UN: ANSA

An Italian peacekeeper was killed and several people wounded in an explosion targeting a UN peacekeeping patrol in ...

Ammunition store blast kills 28 in Yemeni capital

An ammunition store belonging to the powerful Al-Ahmar tribe has exploded in the Yemeni capital Sanaa killing 28 ...

France, Britain to deploy helicopters to Libya: Paris

France and Britain are deploying attack helicopters to strike Moamer Kadhafi`s forces, top French ministers said ...

RI still waiting for Thailand`s signal to meet Cambodia

Indonesia`s Foreign Affairs Ministry said it had yet to receive an official statement from Thailand regarding its ...

British missiles target Libyan air defences

A British submarine launched a fresh salvo of Tomahawk missiles at Libyan air defence systems in a coordinated strike ...

First shot fired in Libya destroyed vehicle - France

The first shot in a U.N.-mandated intervention in Libya was fired by a French aircraft and destroyed a military ...

Coalition Launches Military Action In Libya

French President Nicolas Sarkozy on Saturday announced the launch of military action in Libya, backed by Western ...

Yemen clashes kill `Qaeda militants, police`

Al-Qaeda members launched an attack on a security post in Yemen`s eastern province of Marib on Thursday, leading to ...

Radiation "not threat outside nuclear plant zone"

Radiation from a quake-hit Japanese nuclear power plant poses no immediate health threat outside a zone which has ...

Japan disaster death toll likely to pass 1,000: Kyodo

More than 1,000 people probably died in the massive quake and tsunami disaster that devastated large parts of northern ...