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World News tagged with weapons

Israel Invites Foreign Envoys to Inspect Iran Arms Shipment
World  (tags: middle-east, israel, iran, conflict, weapons, politics, terrorism, world )

Cal
- 16 days ago - jpost.com
Following the seizure of a massive shipment of Iranian arms bound for Hizbullah, the Foreign Ministry stepped up diplomatic efforts on Thursday, inviting foreign ambassadors stationed in Israel to come and inspect the container-loads of weapons captured b
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Venezuela to Buy Russian Short-Range Missiles
World  (tags: russia, moscow, venezuela, HugoChavez, conflict, crisis, missiles, world, news, humans, politics, government, u.s., America, colombia, SouthAmerica, americas, war, drugs, weapons, military, cold-war, violence )

SirRobert
- 70 days ago - independent.co.uk
Since the U.S. stopped all weapons sales to Venezuela (Hugo Chavez) in 2006, the Russians have filled this void with a series of arms deals with Chavez. Is Russia reverting to Cold War 'create a crisis' tactics? Moscow will sell Chavez anything he desires
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Los Zetas Called Mexico's Most Dangerous Drug Cartel
World  (tags: government, US, Mexico, drug cartels, crime, corruption, violence, death, drugs, weapons, murder, violence )

Dee
- 107 days ago - cnn.com
VERACRUZ, Mexico (CNN) -- The dead always tell a story. And in Mexico that story is the fight for the right to meet U.S. demand for illegal drugs -- a war becoming more violent and ruthless, mostly because of one group.
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Police Say Local Drug Busts Targeted Mafia-Style Ring Based in Mexico
World  (tags: government, Narcotic Task Force, (ICE) agents, drugs in Mexico, crime, violence, drugs, weapons, GoodNews )

Dee
- 112 days ago - tdn.com
Agents from 13 area police agencies arrested nine local men Thursday as a result of a six-month investigation into a Mexico-based cocaine and methamphetamine trafficking group that a top drug enforcement official Friday likened to a Mafia-style--
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Pakistan Denies It's Expanding Nuclear Arsenal
World  (tags: violence, world, weapons, Pakistan, asia )

Cal
- 186 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
Information minister says it will 'maintain a minimum nuclear deterrence'
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AMNESTY Action: Ask Secretary Clinton Why the US Continues to Deliver Arms to Israel
World  (tags: usa, usa military arms, israel, palestine, gaza, war crimes, weapons, amnesty international HumanRights, middle-east, government, death )

Cheryl Su
- 222 days ago - takeaction.amnestyusa.org
Despite strong evidence of the misuse of U.S. weapons against civilians in Gaza, Amnesty International recently revealed that the United States sent a massive new shipment of arms to Israel. The Wehr Elbe, a ship controlled by the U.S. Military Sealift Co
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Sign Petition: Ask President Obama to Act Now for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World
World  (tags: world, america, obama, russia, medvedev, war, violence, humanrights, death, nuclear, weapons, ban, atomic, bomb )

Tom
- 238 days ago - capwiz.com
On April 1, US President Obama and Russian President Medvedev will meet for the first time in London. This is an incredible opportunity for the two men who oversee 95% of the world's nuclear weapons to reverse decades of mistrust and danger.
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Know Your Weapons - White Phospheros-Brasscheck Video
World  (tags: israel, terrorism, legalised murder, weapons )

Janet
- 308 days ago - brasschecktv.com
It's been around since WW I when itwas a horror in the trenches. It causes a kind of fire you can'tput out with a fire extinguisher if it gets on human flesh, itwill burn straight down the the bone - and keep burning. Now the Israeli military is drop
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Analysis: Venezuela's 'Huge' Arms Buildup
World  (tags: u.s., united states, usa, world, venezuela, russia, conflict, government, humans, weapons, arms buildup, politics, society, war )

SirRobert
- 381 days ago - spacewar.com
Venezuela has been undertaking a massive arms buildup right in America's own backyard. Another Cuban style crisis on our horizon with the Russians and Venezuelans?
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U.S. to Sell $6.4B in Weapons to Taiwan
World  (tags: u.s., world, china, taiwan, asia, congress, arms deal, weapons, conflict, government, war, protection, bush administration )

SirRobert
- 413 days ago - cnn.com
Congress is expected to quickly approve this massive arms deal with Taiwan, that is sure to anger China, who has been threatening an invasion of Taiwan for many years. The reason for the arms deal is to protect the strait between China and Taiwan.
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Opposition "Clear Victor" in Zimbabwe, U.S. Says
World  (tags: Africa, Zimbabwe, South Africa, China, weapons )


- 575 days ago - nytimes.com
Earlier Thursday, China's Foreign Ministry confirmed that a Chinese ship bound for Zimbabwe would turn back without unloading its cargo of bullets and mortar bombs made by a Chinese state-owned company.
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South African Union Refuses to Unload Chinese Arms Destined for Zimbabwe
World  (tags: Zimbabwe, China, South Africa, weapons, union workers )


- 581 days ago - iht.com
"We are concerned that the current standoff could mean the arms would fall into the hands of those who want to use military force against the people of Zimbabwe," the union's general secretary, Randall Howard, said on Friday.
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Weapons On Way For Mugabe Crackdown On Opposition - Chinese Ship With Arms Cargo For Zimbabwe Arrives
World  (tags: China, cargo ship, Zimbabwe, tons, tonnes, weapons, Robert Mugabe, die-hard regime, South Africa, port, Durban, docked, permit, trans-shipment )

Alba
- 582 days ago - guardian.co.uk
Ship carrying 77 tonnes of small arms, inc 3m rounds ammunition, AK47 assault rifles, mortars & rocket-propelled grenades, docked in S African port for transportation to Zimbabwe. South African arms control committee issued permit for shipment to Harare.
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'Forced Circumcision': The Latest Weapon in Western Kenya's Ethnic Strife
World  (tags: Kenya, human rights, violence, ethnic violence, male circumcision, weapons, mobs, machetes, Kenya, Africa )

ON VACATI
- 662 days ago - afp.google.com
in the violent context of Kenya's post-election strife, what has become known as "forced circumcisions" are often outright penile amputations performed with rusty machetes by angry mobs.
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Emails: Stop the Deployment of Laser Weapons to Afghanistan - Ceasefire
World  (tags: government, harper, weapons, lazor, afganistan, stop, ethics, Govtfearmongering, violence )

Cheryl Su
- 682 days ago - ceasefire.ca
Harper government has bought new weapons known as laser dazzlers to deploy in Afghanistan. These are weapons that may inadvertently blind innocent civilians - permanently! Send your letter to Stephen Harper, demanding that he places a moratorium on the de
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