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Imaan Mazari-Hazir: Lawyer who called Pakistan army 'terrorists' re-arrested
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-66637600
Putin claims 'real war' being waged against Russia
President Vladimir Putin told Russians the world was at a key turning point and they were engaged in a patriotic struggle for the future of their country.
https://www.dw.com/en/putin-claims-real-war-being-waged-against-russia/a-65557289
UK, France plan joint nuclear tests ...
Countries will launch unprecedented defence cooperation in an effort to enhance capabilities while saving money.
Britain and France will sign a treaty on Tuesday that will see the two countries test the safety of their nuclear weapons stocks in a joint facility in France.
The unprecedented defence accord, which will also include the creation of a joint military force and sharing of aircraft carriers, will be signed in London by British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy.
http://english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2010/11/201011221148902571.html
HULC exoskeleton system ready for soldier tests A robotic exoskeleton that ...
HULC exoskeleton system ready for soldier tests
A robotic exoskeleton that makes it easier for soldiers to run and carry heavy weights is to go through final testing in the US.
The HULC (Human Universal Load Carrier) allows soldiers to carry weights of up to 200lbs (91kg) with little effort and is designed to reduce the strain of carrying heavy equipment.
It works by transferring the load to the ground through the exoskeleton's titanium legs and uses an onboard computer to sense and mimic the user's movements.
The battery powered device, which can fit different body sizes, also allow for jumps, squats, crawling and slow-speed running.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/10703219
Gates: Russians Hate US Missile Defenses Russia will "always hate" U.S. mis...
Gates: Russians Hate US Missile Defenses
Russia will "always hate" U.S. missile defenses because it cannot match them, but that should not stand in the way of ratifying a new U.S.-Russian nuclear arms treaty, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday.
In blunt language, with the administration's top diplomat sitting beside him, Gates told a Senate panel there is little prospect of Washington and Moscow seeing eye-to-eye on missile defense.
http://www.military.com/news/article/gates-russians-hate-us-missile-defenses.html?ESRC=eb.nl
ICC makes waging war a crime For the first time in the war ...
ICC makes waging war a crime
For the first time in the war stricken story of mankind, waging aggressive wars has become a prosecutable crime in international law and given precise meaning and teeth before the ICC - this on the strength of an unexpected consensus reached between member states of the Court (or in ICC terminology 'states parties').
The conference in Kampala concluded with the adoption of a resolution that at last defined the crime of aggression listed in Article 5 of the Rome Statute - the Court's founding treaty - using the UN General Assembly Resolution 3314 (XXIX) as a guide.
The resolution, in effect, criminalises the use of force (for example: blockades, invasions, bombardments) against another country in violation of the Charter of the United Nations; giving the Court the power to try future political and military leaders who plan, prepare, initiate or execute illegal wars, and to hold them (individually) criminally responsible for the commission of this new, and long-overdue, international crime.
Equally importantly, the Kampala resolution settled the conditions under which the ICC could exercise jurisdiction over the crime.
http://english.aljazeera.net/focus/2010/06/2010614114457900167.html
U.S. troops march in Moscow in salute to Allies' role in WWII American sold...
U.S. troops march in Moscow in salute to Allies' role in WWII
American soldiers march for the first time in Red Square in a Victory Day parade, sparking anger among some Russians.
Reporting from Moscow
U.S. troops marched through Red Square for the first time in a Victory Day parade on Sunday as Russia celebrated the 65th anniversary of the end of World War II.
It was a scene cut from Russia's Cold War nightmares: 71 Americans in dark blue dress uniforms carried the U.S. flag over the cobblestones, past the mausoleum of Vladimir Lenin and the towers of the Kremlin wall to salute Russian leaders.
But in the weeks leading up to the parade, the inclusion of foreign soldiers sparked controversy in some corners of Russian politics.
Author Alexander Prokhanov, editor in chief of the nationalist Zavtra daily, called the appearance of U.S. servicemen in Red Square a national humiliation.
"The fact that American troops are trampling underfoot the cobblestones of Red Square is a huge shame and humiliation for Russia," Prokhanov said. "Thus they are celebrating their final victory not in World War II but in the Cold War."
Many Russians have long resented what they see as the West's tendency to minimize Russia's role in the allied victory over Nazi Germany. By most counts, more than 20 million Russian soldiers and civilians were killed during the conflict, the greatest toll suffered by any single nation.
Israeli religious forces on the march As the Israeli Palestinian 'peace proc...
Israeli religious forces on the march
As the Israeli Palestinian 'peace process' marches in place, religious-Zionism is marching into the leadership of the Israeli army, rendering an improbable peace mission impossible.
If as expected their number continues to increase at the same rate, no future Israeli leader will be able to evacuate Jewish settlements in the context of a peace agreement.
The radicalisation of Israeli society and polity is evident not only in the most right wing government in the country's history, but also in the make up of its professional military.
Recent revelations in the Israeli media show how the Israeli military, which was once a bastion of 'secular Zionism', is slowly but surely falling under the influence of extreme religious Zionism with a wider role for radical rabbinical chiefs.
http://blogs.aljazeera.net/imperium/2010/05/10/israeli-religious-forces-march
Army in New Push for Skilled Immigrants http://www.military.com/news/article...
Army in New Push for Skilled Immigrants
http://www.military.com/news/article/army-in-new-push-for-skilled-immigrants.html?ESRC=eb.nl