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Sailor charged in deadly Russian submarine accident
MOSCOW (AFP) - A sailor has been charged for setting off the fire extinguishing system on the Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa, causing 20 people to be gassed to death, investigators told news agencies on Thursday.
Nations:Russia India Source:(AFP)
2008-11-13
Gates rejects Russian pressure on missile plans
TALLINN, Estonia - Russian threats to position missiles near Poland to counter a U.S. missile defense plan in Europe are misguided, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Thursday, suggesting that Moscow's latest aggressive rhetoric harkens back to the old Cold War era.
Nations:Russia Ukraine Poland Estonia Lithuania People:Dmitry Medvedev Robert Gates Barack Obama Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations Source:(AP)
2008-11-13
US general urges Obama to keep missile defense
WASHINGTON - The Air Force general who runs the Pentagon's missile defense projects said Wednesday that American interests would be "severely hurt" if President-elect Obama decided to halt plans developed by the Bush administration to install missile interceptors in Eastern Europe.
Nations:Poland Russia Activities:Obama Admin. U.S.-Russia Military Relations Source:(AP)
2008-11-12
Reports: Kremlin rejects US missile defense
MOSCOW - The Kremlin has rejected a second set of U.S. proposals offered to assuage increasingly strident Russian criticism of plans for an American missile-defense system in Poland and the Czech Republic, news agencies reported Wednesday.
Nations:Russia Poland People:Dmitry Medvedev Barack Obama Condoleezza Rice Activities:U.S.-Russia Military Relations Source:(AP)
2008-11-12
Russian sub accident points to Navy's shortcomings
Moscow - An accident aboard a Russian nuclear attack submarine that killed at least 20 and injured 22 late Saturday, is the latest in a series of undersea tragedies that have struck the Russian Navy as it struggles to regain Soviet-era capacities.
Nations:Russia India Source:(Christian Science Monitor)
2008-11-10
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