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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2009
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weapon stories: 32 news summaries

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Libya Clinches European
Arms Deal

Sarkozy yields to probe of ties to Gadhafi,  Belgian nurses

Aug 4, 07 9:11 AM CDT
(Newser) - Nicolas Sarkozy submitted yesterday to calls for an inquiry over the weapons and  nuclear technology deal just finalized with Libya, says the Financial Times. Sarkozy flew to Tripoli to shake on the deal last week, just days after Libya's release of six Bulgarian nurses. Under the agreement, Libya will... More »

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Nicolas Sarkozy • France • Libya • nuclear reactor • weapon • missile • arms deal • Moammar Gadhafi • Bulgarian nurses

Bush Plans
Huge Arms Deal With Saudis

Saudi role in
Iraq complicates
$20B deal

Jul 28, 07 8:43 AM CDT
(Newser) - The White House is proposing a $20 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia and five Gulf neighbors, despite increasing dismay over the Saudis' undermining the US-backed Iraqi government, the New York Times reports. The deal, likely to generate resistance in Congress, makes no demands for Saudi cooperation on Iraq; its... More »

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Iraq • Israel • Saudi Arabia • weapon • arms deal

Americas' First Gun Victim Found in Peru

Inca warrior shot in head by Conquistadors, archaeologists say

Jun 21, 07 4:17 AM CDT
(Newser) - The first gunshot victim in the Americas—an 16th century Inca warrior blasted in the back of the head by Spanish Conquistadors—has been discovered by archaeologists poring over the bones of 72 Incans killed in a 1536 uprising in Peru. The remains of the warriors were uncovered in a... More »

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archaeology • science • Peru • Incans • weapon • history • Conquistador • Lima

Iran Boosts Nuclear Capability

Surprise inspection turns up improved enrichment technology

May 14, 07 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Iran has made a quantum leap in its nuclear program, and now has the capacity to enrich uranium on a much larger scale than previously believed, the International Atomic Energy Agency reports after a short-notice inspection last weekend. With dramatically improved centrifuge technology, engineers are turning out reactor-grade uranium. More »

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Iran • Bush administration • nuclear • nuclear program • weapon • uranium

Amnesty Faults Sudan for Arming Darfur

 Planes disguised as U.N. aircraft to foil arms embargo

May 8, 07 8:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - Amnesty International accuses Sudan of violating the UN arms embargo with the help of  Security Council members Russia and China. The human rights group claims the Khartoum government is using planes disguised as all-white UN aircraft to move military equipment into the embattled region where 200,000 people have already... More »

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United Nations • Darfur • genocide • human rights • Sudan • Amnesty International • weapon

US Opposes Taiwan's Missiles

Diplomats concerned about further escalation with mainland

May 3, 07 6:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - As Taiwan threatens to go on the offense against China, the U.S. is wincing at the island's growing arsenal. Last month Taipei announced a missile program to hit Chinese sites, to the candid disapproval of Steven Young, the top American diplomat there. "The focus should be on defensive... More »

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China • Taiwan • weapon • missile • Steven Young • Taipei

Terrorist Attacks Spiked in '06

Attacks rise 25% percent, driven by

Apr 30, 07 10:16 PM CDT
(Newser) - Terrorist attacks rose 25 percent in 2006, with much of the rise attributable to Iraq, according to a State Department report released today. Terrorism claimed over 20,000 lives in 2006—two-thirds of those in Iraq—up sharply from 2005, raising doubts about the short-term success of the continued War... More »

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Iraq • Afghanistan • War on Terror • terrorism • Sudan • State Department • weapon • chemical weapons • terrorist • Iraq war

Brits Find US Feckless On
Gun Control

America "unable to defend its citizens from its armed maniacs"

Apr 18, 07 11:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Guardian takes aim at U.S resistance to gun control, calling it an "enduring civic failure" that allows tragedies like the Virginia Tech shootings to occur. The paper describes a country held hostage by the NRA, failing its basic responsibilities by being "unable to defend its ordinary... More »

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NRA • gun control • violence • weapon • Virginia Tech shootings

Most Dems Mum on Gun Control

Murphy: Massacre
could have been avoided if leaders
stood up to gun lobby

Apr 18, 07 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - Grief over the Virginia Tech massacre is re-energizing gun control advocates like Rep. Carolyn Murphy, whose husband was shot dead in 1996. "For too long, Congress has stood idle while gun violence continues to take its toll," she said yesterday. But most Dems have studiously avoided the hot-button... More »

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Congress • politics • gun control • Democrat • weapon • Carolyn Murphy • Virginia Tech shootings • gun violence • Election 2008

NRA Targets Post-Katrina Gun Seizures

13 states pass laws barring cops from confiscating firearms in emergencies

Apr 16, 07 2:31 PM CDT
(Newser) - After New Orleans cops confiscated guns in the wake of Katrina, 13 states have barred officials from seizing firearms in emergencies. NRA types were livid over the post-hurricane gun grab, which they vowed would not be repeated. “You don't go and abuse good citizens because of a concern for... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • NRA • weapon • emergencies • Katrina aftermath

Slasher Gets Life For Horror-ific Attack

Deranged Freddy Krueger wannabe cuts up friend with homemade glove

Apr 5, 07 4:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A slasher fan will be locked up in Britain after attacking his buddy with a homemade Freddy Krueger glove. Prosecutors extracted from Jason (!) Moore, a Leicester stonemason, that he’d seen Nightmare on Elm Street more than 20 times (itself somewhat horrifying) before he slashed his friend (passed... More »

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film • prison • Freddy Krueger • violence • weapon • Jason Moore • slasher • Britain • movies

New Fad in New Orleans: Guns

Citizens arm themselves against crime wave

Apr 5, 07 9:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Violent crime is storming post-Katrina New Orleans with almost the force of the 2005 hurricane, Time reports. The city has America's highest murder rate, and weapons sales are skyrocketing as citizens take to arming themselves.  "They're not gun aficionados," a gun shop owner says of the recent... More »

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Hurricane Katrina • New Orleans • crime • Louisiana • violence • concealed weapon • weapon • Big Easy • Katrina aftermath • guns

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