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ESC team completes Bulgarian TACAN effort, enhances NATO compatibility
An Electronic Systems Center team has completed a Foreign Military Sales effort in Bulgaria, adding new capabilities for this NATO-member nation and enhancing U.S. security interests in the region.
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World Bank's IFC offer more help in China's energy efficiency efforts
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, said Tuesday it would offer more help to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in supporting China's efforts to increase energy efficiency.
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Ambassador: France wishes to widen economic cooperation to all sectors of Azerbaijani economy
Trend interviewed French Ambassador to Azerbaijan Gabriel Keller on the occasion of National Day of France
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Russia: Iran closer to creating nuclear weapons
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Monday Iran was gaining the ability to build a nuclear bomb, the strongest criticism of Iran's nuclear program to emerge from the Kremlin under either Medvedev or his predecessor, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
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Japan Engages a Nuclear India
Japan, long critical of Indian nuclear policy, is discussing a civilian nuclear energy cooperation agreement that could be signed by the end of the year when the Indian prime minister visits Tokyo, Harsh V Pant comments for ISN Security Watch.
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Gazprom tries to get RWE on board gas pipeline
Russian gas behemoth Gazprom is trying to get German power company RWE to join the South Stream gas pipeline project, a press report said on Monday, raising the stakes for a rival European programme.
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N Korea postpones talks with US
North Korea postpones talks scheduled with the US-led United Nations Command about the sinking of a South Korean warship.
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External Relations Briefing: Russian-Jordanian Relations
 (59 Kb) Jordan has always been a moderate monarchy and, taking into account the role of the British Empire in the foundation of the Hashemite Kingdom, one of the most pro-Western regimes in the Arab East. Jordan’s well-established relations with Russia, which have become even closer and warmer during the last decade, might therefore seem surprising. However, in the Middle East, perhaps even more than in any geopolitical regions, neither generalizations nor stereotypes are able to reflect complex realities. Moscow and Amman have a number of reasons to preserve and cultivate their cooperation
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