Russia on Friday unveiled a new fighter aircraft touted as a rival of the US F-22 stealth jet and developed amid the highest secrecy as part of a plan to modernise the armed forces. The

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China, the United States and Russia are among 20 countries locked in a cyberspace arms race and gearing up for possible Internet hostilities, according to the head of web security firm McAfee. Dave DeWalt, chief

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Some of the last of Mahatma Gandhi's ashes, kept in secret for decades by a family friend, will be scattered at sea off South Africa's coast on Saturday, 62 years after his assassination, his family

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The Palestinian Islamist group Hamas accused Israel on Friday of assassinating one of its senior military commanders in a Dubai hotel, but Dubai police said the killing was the work of a criminal gang. Mahmoud

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Haiti's desperate earthquake survivors faced a new threat Friday as the United Nations reported a rise in cases of diarrhea, measles and tetanus in squalid tent camps for victims. A vast foreign aid effort is

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The United States is trying to persuade Beijing that it's time to get tough with Iran on its nuclear programme, even though Tehran is a major oil supplier to China, US Secretary of State Hillary

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US interest rate futures rose on Friday as investors doubted that data showing the economy grew at its fastest rate in six years would hasten monetary tightening from the Federal Reserve. US gross domestic product

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Sterling fell against the dollar on Friday as the US currency rallied on the back of surprisingly strong growth data which added to optimism that the world's biggest economy is recovering from recession. The GDP

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The euro steadied after hitting multi-month lows on Friday as uncertainty over US GDP data led to squaring up of short positions, while concerns over Greece still lurked in the background. The US economy is

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New issues from Indonesia and Philippines weakened slightly on Friday as investors cut exposure to riskier assets on concerns about Greece's fiscal problems and doubts about the strength of the global economic recovery. Newly issued

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