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Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 07:23
The Honduran Armed Forces are once again signing up boys and girls for its social outreach youth program, "Guardians of the Nation." The goal of the program, is to provide juveniles skills they would otherwise not have access to and opportunities to become mentally, physically, and emotionally stronger.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 07:16
The goals of the cooperative agreement include stopping narco-flights and the trafficking of other contraband, such as firearms, according to FAB Colonel Airton Miguel Yasbeck, Jr., who commands the FAB group headquartered in Luque, about 15 km from Asunción, Paraguay’s capital city.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 07:12
Moored on the U.S. side of the international boundary, the balloon is an unmanned, high-altitude sentinel carrying cameras that let U.S. Customs and Border Protection peer deep into Mexico and spot a human from 12 miles (20 kilometers) away in the dark. “This is putting long-range eyeballs at 500 to 5,000 feet that did not exist before,” said Tobin Ruff, who runs the U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s program for tactical aerostats, as the blimps are formally known.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 07:06
The Colombian government and the FARC have planted the seeds of peace, but there are still real hurdles to be surmounted. The FARC must reach its own internal agreement about accountability that will affect its members differently before hammering out an accord with the government.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 07:02
Niger's government on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in the Diffa region along the border with Nigeria, which has been attacked repeatedly by Boko Haram in recent days.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 07:00
The future NATO-Kazakhstan joint activities will be held in the framework of the Partnership for Peace program, which centers on the development and exchange of experience for peacekeeping forces.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 06:47
US Army Africa is currently hosting an African Land Forces Summit in Senegal - the second engagement of the year with African militaries. The first was the medical readiness training exercise (Medrete 15-1) in partnership with the Burundian National Defence Force from January 19 to 30.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 06:45
Baku and Bishkek have discussed the prospects of cooperation between the two countries in the fields of defense, military education, as well as regional security issues.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 06:44
Work continues to ensure the smooth transition of Naval Station Durban to Naval Base Durban, the future home of the SA Navy’s in- and offshore patrol vessels. The project team responsible for ensuring the final step in returning the facility to its base status – a Ministerial signature – is now in its fifth year of work and will soon be headed by a new leader.
Wednesday, February 11, 2015 - 06:41
Kazakh President Nursultan Nazarbaev says U.S. and EU sanctions against Russia are "barbaric" and has called for the "de-dollarization" of the Central Asian country's economy.