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Blast-off: 6 recent missile advances
Missiles have been prominent in the news with India’s successful test, North Korea’s failed one, and much talk of missile defense systems in Europe and the Persian Gulf. Here are six recent noteworthy missile-technology advances.
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In Pictures Liu Xiaobo: Nobel Peace Prize recipient
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Shaky peace accord in Somalia
Monday, the government and an opposition bloc signed a UN-brokered peace deal. But Tuesday, Islamist hard-liners said they would continue to fight.
06/10/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security U.N. Security Council delegation tours Darfur
Ongoing Darfur attacks and violent outbreaks in oil-rich central Abyei region are high priorities.
06/05/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Somalia violence flares in the wake of U.S. airstrike
Mogadishu's recent outbreak of violence appeared linked to a May airstrike that killed Hashi Aden Ayro, a Somali Islamist leader who the US says has links to Al Qaeda.
05/21/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Zimbabwe violence escalates
Opposition activists have been targeted and killed. South African President Thabo Mbeki arrived in Zimbabwe Friday for talks with President Robert Mugabe.
05/09/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Lebanon unrest widens amid government, Hezbollah tensions
A strike originally called over high food prices and low wages spirals into confrontation and violence.
05/08/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Food riots, anti-U.S. protests erupt in Somalia
The unrest follows reports of atrocities by militants and US-backed Ethiopian and Somali forces, as well as a recent US strike on an alleged Al Qaeda leader there.
05/07/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Nigeria deploys troops in oil-rich Bayelsa
The deployment follows annulled election results and reports of a rise in pirate attacks in the Niger Delta region.
04/17/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Al Qaeda mastermind believed dead
Abu Obaidah al-Masri, a secretive figure behind foiled terrorist plots in Europe, died a year ago, US intelligence officials say.
04/10/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Counterterror debate turns to troop levels in Afghanistan, Iraq
Democrats say an overemphasis on the war in Iraq has come at the expense of Afghanistan and has allowed Al Qaeda to regroup in that region.
04/07/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Pakistan's prime minister broaches Taliban peace
Newly elected Yousaf Raza Gillani's announcement may cause rift with US.
03/31/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Somali militants hinder humanitarian aid
Islamist forces in Somalia have launched fresh attacks, worrying international aid groups.
03/27/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Violence in Tibet strains China's relations with India, Nepal
Tibetans have protested in both countries, which have long accepted Tibetan refugees but restricted their political activities.
03/20/2008 01:00 am -
Terrorism & Security Pentagon report eyes China's cyberwarfare, antisatellite programs
Chinese authorities say assessment of Chinese military distorted facts.
03/04/2008 12:00 am -
Burma's censors monitor Internet, newspapers - and poets
The regime has watched the media more closely since last September's uprising by monks.
02/11/2008 12:00 am
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