TEHRAN, Iran, Feb 7 (KATAKAMI.COM / AP) – Iran says it has built four new domestically produced satellites as part of a space program that’s worrying other nations. State TV showed President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad unveiling the satellites — Fajr, Rasad, Zafar and Amir Kabir-1 — on Monday at a ceremony in Tehran. State […]
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Archive | February 7, 2011
Shimon Peres: Gabi Ashkenazi One of the Best Chiefs of Staff Ever
February 7, 2011 
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Feb 7 (KATAKAMI.COM) — Israeli President Shimon Peres hosted at his Jerusalem residence Monday morning the IDF’s senior command. At the meeting he told outgoing IDF Chief of Staff Gabi Ashkenazi, “I was privileged to meet all 18 Chiefs of Staff before you. It took me a long time, but now, unlike you youngsters, I […]
Read moreIsraeli President Shimon Peres bids farewell to outgoing IDF chief Gabi Ashkenazi
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Feb 7 (KATAKAMI.COM / YNET) — President Shimon Peres, who is hosting the IDF General Staff in his home, complimented the outgoing IDF chief, Major General Gabi Ashkenazi, saying that “I had no doubt that I would get to see him as the chief of staff, as I have seen in him a daring but […]
Read moreSouth Korean Military unveils tentative defense reform plan
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Feb 7 (KATAKAMI.COM) — The Defense Ministry`s latest reform plan is known to include the reintroduction of extra credit for serving in the military, reduction in the number of generals, an active deterrent strategy, and a new headquarters near the five border islands in the Yellow Sea. A military official said Sunday, “Personnel appointments will […]
Read moreBritish Foreign Secretary William Hague : “We are on the side of a stable democratic future for Egypt”
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In an interview on the Andrew Marr Show on BBC1 on Sunday 6 February, Foreign Secretary William Hague spoke about the current situation in Egypt. Feb 7 (KATAKAMI.COM / FCO.GOV.UK) —- Full transcript : Andrew Marr: Well I am joined now by the Foreign Secretary William Hague. Welcome Mr Hague. William Hague (Foreign Secretary): Thank […]
Read morePalestinians disappointed by Middle East Quartet’s settlement stance
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Feb 7 (KATAKAMI / RIA NOVOSTI) — Palestinians on Sunday said they were disappointed that the Middle East Quartet refused to heed their call for unilateral statehood and failed to take a strong stance on Israel’s settlement construction, when it met on February 5 in Germany. The quartet – the UN, the U.S., the […]
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