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Washington (AFP) Feb 14, 2011 The United States said Monday it was "disturbed" by Argentina's seizure of equipment from a US military aircraft last week and urged Buenos Aires to return it. "We are disturbed it was handled in this way," State Department spokesman Philip Crowley told reporters. "We continue to call on the Argentine government to return our equipment." Argentina earlier Monday said it plans to lodge a formal protest with Washington after seizing what it said were undeclared weapons and drugs on a US military aircraft last week. Officials in the South American country have said they seized "sensitive material" that had not been declared in a manifest submitted by the US embassy.
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British military to lose equipment worth �12 billion: reportLondon (AFP) Feb 14, 2011 Britain's armed forces will lose equipment worth more than 12 billion pounds as part of wide-ranging government cuts targeting the country's public deficit, the Times newspaper reported Monday. Last October's spending review announced that the country's fleet of Harrier jets and the aircraft carrier Ark Royal were to be decommissioned. Plans for a four-billion-pound fleet of Nimrod spy p ... read more |
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