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05 24th, 2010| 
AFP – US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday commended as courageous a decision by Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama to keep an unpopular US military base in Okinawa. Read the rest of this entry »
May
23
AFP – Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama Sunday apologised for breaking his election pledge to move an unpopular US military base off Okinawa, also receiving a public dressing-down from local officials. Read the rest of this entry »
May
21
AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday renewed threats of a presidential veto if Congress funds a second engine for the F-35 fighter jet or additional cargo aircraft. Read the rest of this entry »
May
21
AFP – The US court of appeals in Washington ruled Friday that prisoners held at a US military base in Bagram, Afghanistan cannot challenge their case in US civil courts, even though Guantanamo detainees can. Read the rest of this entry »
May
21
AFP – US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday renewed threats of a presidential veto if Congress funds a second engine for the F-35 fighter jet or additional cargo aircraft. Read the rest of this entry »
May
20
AP – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton’s three-nation Asia tour is likely to be dominated by a new crisis with North Korea — this time accused of sinking a South Korean naval ship with a deadly torpedo attack. Read the rest of this entry »
May
18
AFP – US missile defense plans are based on “technical myths” and interceptors have mostly failed to knock out incoming warheads in military tests, a new study argues. Read the rest of this entry »
May
18
AP – Luxury homebuilder Toll Brothers Inc. said Monday co-founder Robert Toll will step down from his long-held post as chief executive next month, but will retain his title of executive chairman. Read the rest of this entry »