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Pakistan port integral to China maritime expansion
Feb 17, 2013 (AFP)
China's acquisition of a strategic port in Pakistan is the latest addition to its drive to secure energy and maritime routes and gives it a potential naval base...
Outside View: Presidents' Day -- Remembering two presidents
Feb 17, 2013 (UPI)
Presidents' Day is set aside to recognize the February birthdays of two of our greatest presidents, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. As we honor them this...
Japan to send envoy to China for island row talks: report
Feb 16, 2013 (AFP)
Japan will next week send a foreign ministry official to Beijing for three days for talks on an ongoing territorial dispute and North Korea's recent nuclear tes...
China ships in disputed waters: Japan coastguard
Feb 15, 2013 (AFP)
Three Chinese government ships entered disputed waters Friday, the Japanese coastguard said, as the two countries' soured relationship grew more complex followi...
Republicans snub White House, delay Hagel vote
Feb 14, 2013 (AFP)
US Senate Republicans on Thursday ignored a White House demand for a vote to confirm President Barack Obama's pick for defense chief, throwing up a roadblock at...
White House demands vote on Hagel nomination
Feb 14, 2013 (AFP)
The White House Thursday demanded a vote to confirm President Barack Obama's pick for Pentagon chief this week and blasted Republicans for sending a bad signal ...
Outside View: Pivot to Europe?
Feb 13, 2013 (UPI)
Last year, the Obama administration released its latest strategic guidance for the Pentagon. The lead headline read "U.S. pivots to Asia." As a result, virtuall...
Philippines expects to get 10 Japanese patrol boats
Feb 12, 2013 (AFP)
The Philippines said Tuesday it expects to get 10 new Japanese patrol boats within 18 months, as it tries to strengthen its sea defence capabilities amid a deep...
Hagel defense nomination passes Senate panel
Feb 12, 2013 (AFP)
A divided US Senate panel approved Chuck Hagel as the next US secretary of defense on Tuesday, a key step in a process that could see the controversial nominee ...
White House warns Republicans on Hagel, Brennan votes
Feb 11, 2013 (AFP)
The White House said Monday a top Republican was harming national security by delaying confirmation of new Pentagon and CIA chiefs in a row over the US consulat...
Walker's World: Battle won, war to be lost
Feb 11, 2013 (UPI)
Against most predictions and against tough odds, British Prime Minister David Cameron won the battle of the European budget last week. But he may have condemned...
Japan plans to give patrol boats to Manila: report
Feb 11, 2013 (AFP)
Japan plans to donate patrol boats costing $11 million each to the Philippines, ramping up regional efforts to monitor China's maritime activity in disputed wat...
Committee to hold Hagel confirmation vote Tuesday: aide
Feb 11, 2013 (AFP)
The Senate Armed Services Committee will meet Tuesday to consider the nomination of Chuck Hagel to be the new US defense secretary, an aide to the committee cha...
Walker's World: The changing French alliance
Feb 10, 2013 (UPI)
French President Francois Hollande's state visit to the United States this week (without any lady friend in tow) is being touted as a revival of America's oldes...
Republican vows to block US defense, CIA picks
Feb 10, 2013 (AFP)
A Republican lawmaker threatened Sunday to block the confirmations of President Barack Obama's nominees for defense secretary and CIA director over the deadly a...
Japan summons China envoy over radar denial; suggests hotline
Feb 08, 2013 (AFP)
Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday demanded Beijing apologise and admit that a Chinese frigate got a radar lock on a Japanese destroyer in internationa...
Commentary: Close but no SIGAR -- yet
Feb 08, 2013 (UPI)
He's a composite of Perry Mason, Hercule Poirot, Sam Spade, Sherlock Holmes and Jules Maigret from the Golden Age of detective fiction. John F. Sopko is a formi...
US spy chief warns cuts will hurt morale
Feb 07, 2013 (AFP)
US intelligence chief James Clapper has warned potential deep budget cuts could damage morale and undermine the mission of the country's spy agencies, according...
Outside View: Free of Russian influence
Feb 07, 2013 (UPI)
Late last month, Russia's foreign minister confirmed that his country's forces are in the process of vacating a major radar station in Azerbaijan. The Gabala ra...
China accuses Japan of 'smear' over radar incident
Feb 07, 2013 (AFP)
Beijing accused Tokyo Thursday of mounting a smear campaign after Japan said a Chinese frigate had locked its weapons-targeting radar on a Japanese warship in a...
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