ST. LOUIS - The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] submitted two proposals to the Indian Air Force this week, offering the AH-64D Apache and the CH-47F Chinook for India's attack and heavy-lift helicopter competitions.
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According to DD India, two NATO members said on Friday they will not send more troops to Afghanistan unless its 7th Nov presidential runoff creates a legitimate government and until President Barack Obama decides on a new strategy there.
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Between 1980 and 2005, the time parents spent on the job rose substantially for families with children, mostly because of the rising labour market participation of mothers.
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Retail sales in current dollars rose 0.8% in August to $34.5 billion, offsetting the decline in July. The bulk of the increase came from higher sales at gasoline stations and new car dealers. Excluding these retailers, sales were flat.
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Israel Aerospace Industries (IAI) is displaying, for the first time REX, a small robotic platform designed to accompany ground forces on operations, at the 2009 Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition, opening today in Seoul, Korea.
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Press freedom must be defended everywhere in the world with the same energy and the same insistence,” Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Jean-François Julliard said as his organisation issued its eighth annual world press freedom index.
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Unmanned US surveillance planes will be used in the fight against piracy off the Seychelles coast, which has seen a rise in ship hijackings in recent days.
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The Cabinet of South-Korea passed a motion Tuesday and approved a one-year deployment extension for Korea's naval unit operating off the Somali coast. The present term was set to expire at the end of this year.
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Finally the Chinese company of bulk carrier MV De Xin Hai confirmed Tuesday that 25 Chinese crew members were being held hostage by pirates in the Indian Ocean.
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Hindus and Jews have appealed to all the Hungary political parties and politicians not to make any xenophobic anti-Roma statements during the campaign for upcoming elections.
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