The Associated Press
Wednesday, December 24, 2008; 2:09 PM

MOSCOW -- Russian news reports say the military has commissioned another
batch of new intercontinental ballistic missiles.

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• 70 ICBMs intended to pressure US in treaty talks
• £95bn package includes tanks, ships and planes

* Tom Parfitt in Moscow and Julian Borger, diplomatic editor
* The Guardian, Wednesday 24 December 2008

Russia has thrown down a new gauntlet to Barack Obama with an
announcement that it will sharply increase production of strategic
nuclear missiles.

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Hundreds of Christians have fled their homes in northern Iraq for the
sanctuary of a monastery this Christmas after being targeted for their
faith.

By Angus McDowall in Irbil
Last Updated: 11:04PM GMT 21 Dec 2008

Mosul: Iraqi Christians flee gunmen for sanctuary of monastery
The people of Mosul have also come under attack from al-Qaeda fighters.

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Reuters
Sunday, December 21, 2008; 9:45 AM

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Russia has begun delivering S-300 air defense systems
to Iran which could help repel any Israeli and U.S. air strikes on its
nuclear sites, the official IRNA news agency reported on Sunday.

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