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Arabian Sea Image Exposes Gap Between Trump's Peace Talk, US Action On Iran
Even as Trump pushes for peace talks, US forces are escalating tensions on the ground.
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Video: "Guardians Of Peace, Warriors At Heart" - Army Showcases Modern Warfare Tech
The Indian Army's Spear Corps has posted a video highlighting operational preparedness through the use of advanced technologies on the battlefield.
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"Peace Along LAC Necessary If China Wants Good Ties With India": Expert
Ahead of the 19th round of Corps Commander talks between India and China, security expert Lt Gen Sanjay Kulkarni (Retd) said that the friction points of Demchok and Depsang remain high on priority.
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India, China Hold Eighth Round Of Corps Commander-Level Talks
The Indian Army on Friday strongly insisted on early disengagement of troops by China from all the friction points in eastern Ladakh at the eighth round of Corps Commander-level talks between the two sides that primarily focused on a roadmap for restoration of peace and tranquillity in the region, according to people familiar with the developments.
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Couple Ate Squirrel Believed To Have Health Benefits. They Died Of Plague
For days, the dusty roads of a small town in Mongolia's westernmost province were largely deserted. "After the quarantine was announced, not many people - even locals - were in the streets for fear of catching the disease," Sebastian Pique, an American Peace Corps volunteer who has lived in the remote mountainous region for two years, told the Agen...
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Microsoft, Google Make Peace After Decade Of Fighting
Peace broke out between Microsoft Corp. and Google just two days after European Union antitrust watchdogs sent the search-engine company another statement of objections partly triggered by Microsoft-backed lobbying.
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The Indian-American Killed in Mali Hotel Attack Was There to Help
As she headed to Mali a week ago, Anita Datar was in high spirits. She told her friends on Facebook that she had not visited West Africa since leaving Senegal in 1999. Back then, she was a Peace Corps volunteer. Now she was a 41-year-old global health policy expert for an international development firm.
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This Peace Corps Volunteer Helped Discover a Lizard Unknown to Science
Being a member of the Peace Corps has its rewards. Getting to co-author a scientific paper isn't usually part of the deal. But Grant Adams will always have a little something extra to remember his travels: the discovery of a lizard previously unknown to science.
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Al Gore Spreads Environmental Gospel Before Climate Talks
Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore is busily training an army of organizers to go out and spread his environmental gospel ahead of key climate talks in Paris later this year.
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Iran Unveils New Missile, Says Seeks Peace Through Strength
Iran on Saturday unveiled a new surface-to-surface missile it said could strike targets with pin-point accuracy within a range of 500 km (310 miles) and it said military might was a precondition for peace and effective diplomacy.
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Vietnam Seeks Western Warplanes to Counter Potential Chinese Threat
Vietnam is in talks with European and US contractors to buy fighter jets, maritime patrol planes and unarmed drones, sources said, as it looks to beef up its aerial defences in the face of China's growing assertiveness in disputed waters.
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American, Italian Hostages Inadvertently Killed in US Counter-Terror Operation: Barack Obama
An American and an Italian who had been held hostage for several years by Al Qaeda in the border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan were inadvertently killed in a US counter-terrorism operation in January, US President Barack Obama today.
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US Families Await Peace Corps Evacuees' Homecoming
Families in the United States expect to be reunited as early as this weekend with some of the more than 300 Peace Corps volunteers evacuated from three West African nations affected by the worst recorded Ebola outbreak in history.
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Sierra Leone Declares Emergency as Ebola Virus Death Toll Hits 729
Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine Ebola victims, joining neighbouring Liberia in imposing controls as the death toll from the outbreak of the virus hit 729 in West Africa.
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Liberia Shuts Schools as Ebola Virus Spreads, Peace Corps Leaves Three Countries
Liberia will close schools and consider quarantining some communities, it said on Wednesday, rolling out the toughest measures yet imposed by a West African government to halt the worst outbreak on record of the deadly Ebola virus.
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Arabian Sea Image Exposes Gap Between Trump's Peace Talk, US Action On Iran
Even as Trump pushes for peace talks, US forces are escalating tensions on the ground.
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Video: "Guardians Of Peace, Warriors At Heart" - Army Showcases Modern Warfare Tech
The Indian Army's Spear Corps has posted a video highlighting operational preparedness through the use of advanced technologies on the battlefield.
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"Peace Along LAC Necessary If China Wants Good Ties With India": Expert
Ahead of the 19th round of Corps Commander talks between India and China, security expert Lt Gen Sanjay Kulkarni (Retd) said that the friction points of Demchok and Depsang remain high on priority.
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India, China Hold Eighth Round Of Corps Commander-Level Talks
The Indian Army on Friday strongly insisted on early disengagement of troops by China from all the friction points in eastern Ladakh at the eighth round of Corps Commander-level talks between the two sides that primarily focused on a roadmap for restoration of peace and tranquillity in the region, according to people familiar with the developments.
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Couple Ate Squirrel Believed To Have Health Benefits. They Died Of Plague
For days, the dusty roads of a small town in Mongolia's westernmost province were largely deserted. "After the quarantine was announced, not many people - even locals - were in the streets for fear of catching the disease," Sebastian Pique, an American Peace Corps volunteer who has lived in the remote mountainous region for two years, told the Agen...
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Microsoft, Google Make Peace After Decade Of Fighting
Peace broke out between Microsoft Corp. and Google just two days after European Union antitrust watchdogs sent the search-engine company another statement of objections partly triggered by Microsoft-backed lobbying.
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The Indian-American Killed in Mali Hotel Attack Was There to Help
As she headed to Mali a week ago, Anita Datar was in high spirits. She told her friends on Facebook that she had not visited West Africa since leaving Senegal in 1999. Back then, she was a Peace Corps volunteer. Now she was a 41-year-old global health policy expert for an international development firm.
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This Peace Corps Volunteer Helped Discover a Lizard Unknown to Science
Being a member of the Peace Corps has its rewards. Getting to co-author a scientific paper isn't usually part of the deal. But Grant Adams will always have a little something extra to remember his travels: the discovery of a lizard previously unknown to science.
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Al Gore Spreads Environmental Gospel Before Climate Talks
Nobel Peace Prize winner Al Gore is busily training an army of organizers to go out and spread his environmental gospel ahead of key climate talks in Paris later this year.
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Iran Unveils New Missile, Says Seeks Peace Through Strength
Iran on Saturday unveiled a new surface-to-surface missile it said could strike targets with pin-point accuracy within a range of 500 km (310 miles) and it said military might was a precondition for peace and effective diplomacy.
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Vietnam Seeks Western Warplanes to Counter Potential Chinese Threat
Vietnam is in talks with European and US contractors to buy fighter jets, maritime patrol planes and unarmed drones, sources said, as it looks to beef up its aerial defences in the face of China's growing assertiveness in disputed waters.
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American, Italian Hostages Inadvertently Killed in US Counter-Terror Operation: Barack Obama
An American and an Italian who had been held hostage for several years by Al Qaeda in the border region of Pakistan and Afghanistan were inadvertently killed in a US counter-terrorism operation in January, US President Barack Obama today.
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US Families Await Peace Corps Evacuees' Homecoming
Families in the United States expect to be reunited as early as this weekend with some of the more than 300 Peace Corps volunteers evacuated from three West African nations affected by the worst recorded Ebola outbreak in history.
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Sierra Leone Declares Emergency as Ebola Virus Death Toll Hits 729
Sierra Leone has declared a state of emergency and called in troops to quarantine Ebola victims, joining neighbouring Liberia in imposing controls as the death toll from the outbreak of the virus hit 729 in West Africa.
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Liberia Shuts Schools as Ebola Virus Spreads, Peace Corps Leaves Three Countries
Liberia will close schools and consider quarantining some communities, it said on Wednesday, rolling out the toughest measures yet imposed by a West African government to halt the worst outbreak on record of the deadly Ebola virus.
