Iran fires missiles amid nuclear controversy
AFP Sunday, September 27, 2009 Iran test-fired three short-range missiles on Sunday as the Islamic republic began war games two days after the UN nuclear watchdog disclosed it was building a second uranium enrichment plant. Hossein Salami, air force commander of the elite Revolutionary Guards, said that Monday would also see a test-firing of a long-range missile which Iran says has a range of 1,300-2,000 kilometres (800-1,240 miles) and is capable of hitting arch-foe Israel. “Tomorrow we will test the long-range Shahab-3 missile,” he told state television.
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Australian town ‘world’s first’ to ban bottled water
AFP Sunday, September 27, 2009 An Australian town pulled all bottled water from its shelves Saturday and replaced it with refillable bottles in what is believed to be a world-first ban. Hundreds of people marched through the picturesque rural town of Bundanoon to mark the first day of its bottled water ban by unveiling a series of new public drinking fountains, said campaign spokesman John Dee
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Protesters beaten and shot as 10,000 police launch brutal crackdown in Iran
UK Daily Mail Wednesday, June 24, 2009 Thousands of police were today brutally suppressing a pro-democracy rally in central Tehran. In a flurry of postings on blogs and Twitter, demonstrators described people being heavily beaten and shot
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Obama’s new war doctrine: ‘Cyber dominance’
AFP Sunday, May 31, 2009 The US military is moving ahead with plans to create its first “cyber command” designed to bolster America’s potential to wage digital warfare as well as defend against mounting cyber threats, officials said on Friday. After President Barack Obama announced Friday his plans to overhaul cyber security policy, Defense Secretary Robert Gates was expected to soon formally propose the new cyber command that will be overseen by a four-star officer, Pentagon officials told AFP. The move reflects a shift in military strategy with “cyber dominance” now part of US war doctrine and growing alarm over the perceived threat posed by digital espionage coming from China, Russia and elsewhere
‘Iran deploys missiles in Persian Gulf’
Jerusalem Post Tuesday, May 12, 2009 Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps has deployed mobile ground-to-air and ground-to-sea missile batteries in the Strait of Hormuz and other areas in the Persian Gulf, a senior Iranian official was quoted by Al Watan as saying on Tuesday. The source told the Saudi-based newspaper that the move was made after Iran received reports that the US and Israel were preparing to attack the Islamic republic’s nuclear facilities. Meanwhile, Revolutionary Guard Commander Mohammad Ali Jafari warned of the military and non-military threats facing Iran.
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