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28/12/2011 - Guinea-Bissau

AU chief in Guinea-Bissau after alleged failed coup attempt

African Union chief Jean Ping arrrived in Guinea-Bissau on Wednesday two days after the army chief claimed to have foiled a coup attempt by the head of the navy.

Turkey's Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan (R) chairs the annual meeting of the Supreme Military Council (YAS) as he is flanked by Ground Forces Commander and acting Chief of Staff General Necdet Ozel in Ankara 1 August 2011.
01/08/2011 - Turkey

Turkey to appoint new armed forces chiefs

Turkey's Supreme Military Council will begin appointing new armed forces commanders Monday, days after the shock mass resignation of Turkish military chiefs.

Emergency personnel stand near a destroyed fire engine and bodies at the scene of a large explosion at a military base in southern Cyprus 11 July 2011
11/07/2011 - Cyprus

Blast rips through Cyprus munitions dump, 11 dead

At least 11 people were killed in a series of blasts at a munitions dump at the main Greek Cypriot naval base at Zygi in the south of the Mediterranean island early on Monday.

03/06/2011 - South Africa - Mozambique - report

South Africa, Mozambique combine to fight Somali pirates

Mozambique and South Africa have agreed to cooperate in fighting piracy, which is spreading south from Somalia.

25/05/2011 - Pakistan

Taliban bomber flattens Peshawar police station, killing six

A Taliban suicide bomber flattened a north-west Pakistani police station on Wednesday, killing six people in the latest attack on security forces since US troops killed Osama bin Laden.

16/05/2011 - France

High-speed internet takes to the waves

The French navy, the Bolloré Group and Korea's Samsung have developed a system which allows high-speed internet access to boats as far as 10 kilometres from the shore.

11/05/2011 - Pakistan - United States

Bin Laden sons question killing

Osama Bin Laden’s sons have denounced the “arbitrary killing” of their father and his burial at sea.

06/05/2011 - Chile

Chilean navy officers found guilty of journalist's murder

Chile’s Supreme Court found six ex-navy officers guilty on Thursday of the abduction and murder of a Chilean journalist one day after the country’s military coup of 1973.

28/02/2011 - North Korea - South Korea

South Korea and US launch war exercises

US and South Korean troops on Monday launched major annual land, sea and air exercises. North Korea has threatened to turn Seoul into a "sea of flames" if provoked.

06/02/2011 - India - Thailand - Somalia

Indians capture 52 alleged pirates after offshore shootout

India’s navy and coastguard captured a suspected pirate "mothership" and detained 52 people after a shootout on Sunday off the south-western state of Kerala, the Defence Ministry ...

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