US looking to boost military funding for ‘right war’
Published: 13 May, 2009, 14:08
The US Congress is expected to pass an emergency bill on funding for the military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.
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Dozens of civilians were killed after being caught up in U.S.-led air strikes in Afghanistan on Monday. Malou Innocent, a foreign policy analyst at the CATO Institute, spoke about the problem.
06.05.2009, 16:49
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The Russian Parliament says the international forces in Afghanistan must take urgent steps to curb illegal drug production in the country, and Moscow can help to deal with the problem.
29.12.2009, 04:08
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Today the US is spending more on war than the governments of 50 American states spend on education, healthcare and welfare of the American people, says journalist Sherwood Ross.
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A South Korean newspaper claims Russian investigators have found North Korea did not torpedo one of the South's warships that sank in spring. The report says the vessel hit a mine.
16.02.2010, 11:02
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The world’s top arms producers have descended on New Delhi with their eyes on lucrative contracts up for grabs at India’s main arms fair.
20.02.2009, 15:13
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The Kyrgyz President Kurmanbek Bakiev has signed the bill on the closure of the American military base at Manas. The Pentagon has been sent official notice, and now base personnel have to leave within 180 days.
A group of top Pentagon officials gathered on Capitol Hill in Washington to share their ideas on how to save money.
15.12.2009, 14:24
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The US can step down from a trillion military budget and stop being a militarized country, which does not fit with its self-image but is true by any objective measure, said US scholar Bill Ayers.
Published: 13 May, 2009, 14:08
The US Congress is expected to pass an emergency bill on funding for the military campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan.