Arms Trade

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• Strategic Balochistan becomes a target in war against Taliban

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Look around Balochistan, and you may not see much. Pakistans largest province is also its poorest and least inhabited – an expanse of rocky deserts and ramshackle villages where hardy tribesmen live by ancient laws. But to outside eyes, Balochistans barren sands glisten with hidden value. Mining companies eye its ...
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• Ex-Soviet Pilots And The International Arms Trade

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 162
  Thai security personnel surrounded a cargo plane that made an emergency landing at Don Muang airport in Bangkok on Saturday. Thai security forces seized more than 35 tonnes of arms and arrested five crew members. Reuters New Job For Ex-Soviet Pilots: Arms Trafficking -- Time Magazine It was no ordinary ...
  4 days ago

• Thailand says it acted on US tip when it seized plane carrying arms from North Korea

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 141
  Macleans/ASSOCIATED PRESSBANGKOK, Thailand – Thai authorities were acting on a tip from the United States when they seized tons of illicit weapons from a plane from North Korea, a senior official said Thursday.The Ilyushin Il-76 transport plane was impounded Saturday in Bangkok during what officials said was a ...
  5 days ago

• Seized Plane Linked to Alleged Smugglers

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 141
  Associated PressBANGKOK – A weapons-laden cargo plane impounded in Bangkok has links to at least two men accused of global arms trafficking, including one fighting extradition to the U.S. from Thailand, an analyst said Tuesday.The five-man crew of the aircraft that arrived from North Korea – four from Kazakhstan ...
  6 days ago

• Saudi Arabia Biggest Buyer Of U.S. weapons

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 162
  Royal welcome ... Barack Obama and Saudi King Abdullah are greeted by a guard of honour and inset: the president holds a gift from the king. Photo: Reuters Saudi Arabia Was Top Buyer Of U.S. Arms In 2005-08 -- Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Saudi Arabia was the biggest buyer of U.S. weapons during a ...
  1 week ago

• Seized Weapons linked to Victor Bout.

  
  World News Journal — Authority: 137
  Sidney Morning Herald 15 December 2009 A plane loaded with North Korean weapons that was seized in Thailand has been linked to suspected Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, once dubbed the Merchant of Death. Thai authorities focused yesterday on inspecting the 35 tonnes of weapons seized from the cargo plane, as ...
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• North Korea And The International Arms Trade

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 162
  North Korea Weapons: How Much Slips Through? -- Christian Science Monitor The recent seizure of an illegal weapons shipment from North Korea in Thailand was praised. But analysts wonder how many weapons shipments sneak through. The seizure at Bangkok’s airport of 35 tons of North Korean arms being shipped by ...
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• UN & IANSA Plotting to Tear Down the 2nd Amendment & Take Away Our Guns

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 626
  United Nations & International Action Network on Small Arms Plotting to Tear Down the 2nd Amendment & Take Away Our Guns Never heard or IANSA? Well get ready they have already succeed banning guns in the UK and the AU. National Rifle Association FAIRFAX, VIRGINIA - -(AmmoLand.com)- NRA News’ ...
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• Governments disown North Korea flight

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Bangkok court extends detention of five-man crew over Ilyushin-76 airliner, with speculation of illegal shipment to Iran The intended destination of a plane carrying 35 tonnes of arms from North Korea and impounded in Thailand was tonightstill unclear, with none of the governments apparently linked to the seized ...
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• N Korean plane carrying smuggled arms seized

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Five held in Bangkok over 35-tonne cargo which included rocket launchers, grenades and missiles A lethal cargo of rocket launchers, grenades and other weapons seized in Thailand at the weekend may be just a glimpse of what US and UN investigators say is a global North Korean illegal arms smuggling network used to ...
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• North Korean Arms Shipment Intercepted By Thailand

  
  War News Updates — Authority: 162
  The Il-76 was unloaded by Thai soldiers Thailand Seizes Arms Plane Flying From North Korea -- BBC Thailand has seized a cargo plane refuelling in Bangkok airport, which it says was carrying weapons from North Korea to an unknown destination. The five crew members were also detained. Rocket-propelled ...
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• Ukraine reaches $2.5B arms deal with Iraq.

  
  World News Journal — Authority: 137
  By SIMON SHUSTER, Associated Press Writer December 9, 2009 KIEV, Ukraine – Ukraine will provide Iraq with $2.5 billion worth of weapons and military equipment under a deal intended to shore up Iraqs fledgling armed forces before the planned pullout of U.S. troops, a senior Ukrainian lawmaker said Wednesday. ...
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• Letters: Less is more in Copenhagen

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  In your admirable common editorial, published across 56 newspapers ( Fourteen days to seal historys judgment on this generation , 7 December), there is one crucial thing still unsaid. More intelligent shopping, eating and travelling cannot simply mean more carbon-efficiently – it also has to mean less. ...
  2 weeks ago

• International Gun Ban Treaty?

  
  FactCheck.org — Authority: 135
  Q: Has Obama found a "legal way around the Second Amendment"? A: The administration’s agreement to talk about writing a United Nations treaty to regulate arms exports and imports is a far cry from banning possession of firearms, which Obama says he doesn’t want to do and the Supreme Court has said ...
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• The UN And International Treaties to Take Away Your Guns

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 626
  The United Nations And International Treaties to Take Away Your Guns National Rifle Association New York, NY - - (AmmoLand.com) - Over the last few weeks, the NRA has received many inquiries regarding the UN and the impact of international treaties on our Second Amendment freedom. The NRA has been engaged ...
  3 weeks ago

• Landmines

  
  Global Issues News Headlines — Authority: 448
  Throughout the 1990s, a coalition of numerous non-governmental organizations, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL), campaigned successfully to prohibit the use of landmines. This helped to create the 1997 Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of ...
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• Obama follows Bush on landmines | Matthew Bolton

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  The US has announced that it wont sign the global landmine ban treaty. So much for the Nobel peace laureate In two weeks time, Barack Obama will accept the Nobel peace prize in Oslo for his "extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and co-operation between peoples" and his commitment to ...
  3 weeks ago

• The eco-friendly arms maker | Open thread

  
  Comment is free | guardian.co.uk — Authority: 158
  The 10:10 campaign has welcomed the carbon-cutting pledge of MBDA Missile Systems. Was it the right decision? The 10:10 climate change campaign has accepted the pledge made by arms manufacturer MBDA Missile Systems to cut its carbon emissions by 10% in 2010. At the same time, 10:10 has rejected the Manchester ...
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• BAE to cut 640 jobs

  
  The Guardian - guardian.co.uk — Authority: 986
  Defence company to open talks on redundancies affecting eight sites across UK BAE Systems is planning to axe about 640 jobs following a review of its workload, the defence company announced today. The firm said it would start consulting on 642 potential job losses across eight sites in its integrated system ...
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• Global Arms Sales Decreases in 2008 compared to 2007 but still high

  
  Global Issues News Headlines — Authority: 448
  The latest data covering global arms sales shows that sale of arms in 2008 decreased to around $55 billion, over 75% of which went to developing countries. This was down from a total of almost $60 billion the year before but was still the second highest amount in the 8 year period the data covers. While the ...
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