“That export control announcement has really opened the door for increased high-technology trade and cooperation between the United States and India” US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke told reporters here Thursday.
Year: 2011
C-130J reaches Hindon ahead of induction into IAF
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•A C-130J transport aircraft, India’s first acquisition from the US through the foreign military sales route in decades, arrived at its new home at Hindon airbase outside the capital ahead of its formal induction into the Indian Air Force (IAF) Saturday.
IAF’s MiG fighter crashes, pilot safe
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•A Soviet-era MiG-21 aircraft of the Indian Air Force (IAF) crashed Friday in a forest area near a Madhya Pradesh village due to an engine problem, but there were no casualties as the pilot ejected safely, an official said.
Bangladesh’s Zia blamed for rebel’s hanging
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•A US journalist and writer has accused former Bangladesh president Ziaur Rahman for the hanging of a former army officer who turned a rebel in 1976.
Gilani to dissolve cabinet
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•The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Friday authorized Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani to dissolve the cabinet and form a smaller one, a media report said.
British Muslims on jehad trip to Somalia: WikiLeaks
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•British Muslims are traveling to Somalia for ‘jehadi tourism’ to get training for terrorist attacks in Britain, secret US diplomatic cables released by Wikileaks have revealed.
22,000 flee due to fighting in Pakistan
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•Roshan Khan Mehsud, a government spokesperson, said the estimated 22,000 displaced are now living in camps away from the troubled area and are being provided with food and aid, The Nation reported Friday.
Zardari marriage rumor swirls, PPP denies
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•The ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) Friday rejected rumors that President Asif Ali Zardari has secretly tied the knot in the US with a Pakistani doctor based in Boston.
Myanmar parliament selects ex-general as president
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•Myanmar’s parliament Friday elected former army general Thein Sein as the country’s president, giving him the power to select a cabinet and head a powerful new security council.
Benazir Bhutto’s BlackBerry phones found
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•Investigators probing the assassination of former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto said they have found two BlackBerry mobile phones belonging to the slain leader.
Pakistan team to assess Jammu lake project
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•A team of Pakistani experts will visit the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir in the third week of February to assess an artificial lake under construction here.
Raytheon’s offering at Aero India
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•US defense systems manufacturer Raytheon plans to exhibit a wide range of products and programs in the areas of Intelligence, Surveillance And Reconnaissance (ISR), Command, Control And Communications (C3), integrated air & missile defense, missile systems, radar and homeland security (including coastal/maritime security), at Aero India 2011 in Bangalore next week.
Boeing at Aero India 2011
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•A statement issued by the company says it will exhibit large-scale models, interactive displays, a P-8I mobile console, and an F/A-18E/F Super Hornet simulator with a next-generation cockpit. Other defense capabilities to be highlighted include the Boeing C-17 Globemaster III, AH-64D Apache, CH-47F Chinook, Airborne Early Warning & Control (AEW&C), ScanEagle, and weapons systems.
US sends high tech trade mission to India
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•Top US companies like Boeing, Lockheed Martin, GE-Hitachi and Westinghouse are among 24 businesses in the business mission to India led by US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, who accompanied President Barack Obama to India in November last year.
Slapped politician is new Nepal PM
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•The chief of Nepal’s ruling communist party, who was slapped by a disgruntled former supporter for holding the nation to ransom for seven months, managed to woo the opposition Maoists Thursday to become Nepal’s 34th prime minister after 16 unprecedented rounds of fruitless voting.