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The Senate is in the midst of its first impeachment trial in more than half a decade. Senators are hearing arguments in the case of Nevada Judge Harry Claiborne, a convicted tax evader, who has refused to give up his seat on the Federal bench. Linda
巴西将从瑞典购买36架战斗机 RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian authorities announced Wednesday it has decided to award a Swedish company a contract for the purchase of 36 fighter jets to modernize its air force fleet. According
By Carolyn Weaver Washington, DC 30 June 2006 watch report Sexual Harrasment The U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, was rocked by charges of sexual assults in 2003. A military jury acquitted a U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet of rap
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 25 July 2007 Soaring temperatures and forest fires have forced thousands of holiday-goers in southern Italy to evacuate hotels, campsites and other tourist sites. From Rome, Sabina Castelfranco reports there have been at l
SpaceX, the aerospace company founded by Elon Musk, launched a top-secret spy satellite for the US Department of Defense early last Monday morning. 上周一清晨,埃隆马斯克创立的航天公司SpaceX为美国国防部发射了一颗高度机密
By Sabina Castelfranco Rome 13 August 2006 Security Council members at UN Headquarters in New York voted to adopt a resolution calling for a cease fire between Israel and Lebanon Friday, August 11, 2006 Consultations are expected to begin this week
By Brian Padden Paris 25 June 2007 F-35 Joint Strike Fighter The Paris Air Show is one of the most extensive displays of aviation and aerospace in the world. The commercial aircraft industry comes to sell the latest technology to anyone who can affor
By Cathy Majtenyi Nairobi 26 April 2006 Officials from several eastern African countries met in Kenya's capital to continue work on putting together a regional peacekeeping force. Defense ministers an
In India, trials have begun to select a fighter aircraft for the country's air force. Six aircraft manufacturers are in the race to win what will be one of the world's biggest defense contracts worth billions of dollars. dod fa-18c hornet fighter je
GWEN IFILL: As Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel announced yesterday, the Pentagon is grappling with what to keep and what to cut in a time of tight budgets and national security challenges. At the Air Force, leaders have set their sights on grounding a
BEIJING, June 4 (Xinhua) -- Deliberately highlighting the military and security agenda, deploying more military forces and strengthening military alliances in the Asia-Pacific region are inappropriate, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Liu Weimin sa
NATO's secretary-general says foreign forces in Afghanistan will remain on combat duty during the scheduled transition to Afghan security control in 2014. That statement by Anders Fogh Rasmussen came after U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Ame
MOSCOW, April 22 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Space Forces has re-established contact with a military satellite, Geo-IK-2, which went missing in February, local media reported Friday. According to a spokesman from the Defense Ministry(国防部) , Interfa
Afghanistan's defense minister on Sunday said the Pentagon has pledged to take steps to reduce civilian casualties from aerial attacks against insurgents in the country. A strategic review of the war will also be conducted as Afghanistan gets permis
LONDON, April 9 (Xinhua) -- British Royal Navy survey ship HMS Echo and submarine HMS Tireless continued their hunt for the Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 that went missing on March 8, the British Ministry of Defense (MoD) announced Wednesday. British
BEIJING, Aug. 1 (Xinhua) -- The major part of China's armed forces, Chinese People's Liberation Army (PLA), has targeted on building up a defense might capable to handle threats in multidimensional battlefields. Celebrating the PLA's 82th founding a
BRUSSELS, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- NATO defense Ministers on Wednesday agreed to enhance military presence in eastern Europe at a ministerial meeting, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said at a press conference following the first day's meeting. St
A U.S. military plane has crashed in the East African nation of Djibouti, killing all four U.S. military personnel on board. The U.S. Defense Department says the four died Saturday when the aircraft, a U-28 utility plane, was involved in an accident
By Al Pessin Washington 01 November 2007 U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates says he believes the top Iranian leader is aware of the effort by the country's elite Quds Force to help Shiite insurgents in Iraq. And he confirmed that Iran's president ha
JERUSALEM, Nov. 25 (Xinhua) -- Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that the Israeli airforce will respond with force if an Egypt-brokered ceasefire deal with Gaza is violated. We chose when it will begin and controlled how it ended.