By Robert Hewson
Janes Defense Weekly
12 October 2009

Russian Air Force aircraft used a new generation of precision guided
munitions (PGMs) during the joint Russian/Belarusian Zapad-09 military
exercises, which concluded on 29 September.

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By Gideon Rachman
Financial Times

Published: October 12 2009 03:00 | Last updated: October 12 2009 03:00

At last! Ireland has passed the Lisbon treaty and now the European Union
can move forward with its plan for world domination. Within months, the
EU is likely to appoint a president and a foreign minister. Tony Blair
is limbering up for a run at the top job. A clutch of Swedish, Dutch and
Belgian candidates are jostling for the post of foreign minister.

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by Hana Levi Julian
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(IsraelNN.com) The Temple Mount is sacred to the People of Israel,
rabbis agree, but at least one -- Rabbi Yosef Sholom Elyashiv -- has
urged President Shimon Peres not to allow Jews to tread the site.

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AAP

October 08, 2009 02:55pm

THE fourth major earthquake in six hours has struck near the Pacific
island of Vanuatu.

The latest tremor measrued 6.9 on the Richter scale, according to the US
Geological Survey.

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