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File - Foster-Miller TALON SWORDS units equipped with various weaponry. SWORDS or the Special Weapons Observation Reconnaissance Detection System, is a weaponized version being developed by Foster-Miller for the US Army. UN mulls ethics of 'killer robots'
So-called killer robots are due to be discussed at the UN Human Rights Council, meeting in Geneva. | A report presented to the meeting will call for a moratorium on their use while the ethical questio... (photo: US Army) BBC News
Defence   Human Rights   Photos   UN   Wikipedia: Military robot  
In this image taken on Oct. 4, 2009, Pakistan's new Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, center, stands pose with his deputy Waliur Rehman, left, and spokesman Azam Tariq in Sararogha in Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along Afghanistan border. Drone Strike Kills Pakistan Taliban Deputy
By SAEED SHAH | FAISALABAD, Pakistan—A U.S. drone strike Wednesday killed the deputy chief of the Pakistani Taliban, Pakistani officials said, in an attack that could hinder Islamabad's planned atte... (photo: AP / Ishtiaq Mahsud) Wall Street Journal
North Waziristan   Taliban   Waliur Rehman   Wikipedia: Wali-ur-Rehman  
U.S. Army Sgt. Michael Landers, center, security force team member for Provincial Reconstruction Team (PRT) Farah, maintains security at the conclusion of a key leader engagement in Farah City, May 22, 2013. The Iraq War is Not Over for the Iraqi People
In 1946, the  at Nuremberg stated the following, in language that was introduced by Judge Robert Jackson, the lead American prosecutor of Axis war criminals: | To initiate a war of aggression, there... (photo: US Navy / Lt. j.g. Matthew Stroup) CounterPunch
Iraq   Photos   US   War   Wikipedia: May 2013 Iraq attacks  
In this photo released on Sunday May 26, 2013, by the Syrian official news agency SANA, Syrian forces loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad run to take their position during clashes against Syrian rebels, in Aleppo, Syria. Syria crisis: UN debates Qusair fighting as powers spar
An emergency debate on Syria is due to be held at the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Wednesday. | Member states will consider a resolution condemning the presence of foreign fighters in Qusair, ... (photo: AP / SANA) BBC News
Photos   Syria   UN   War   Wikipedia: Syrian civil war  
The Soyuz-FG rocket booster with Soyuz TMA-09M space ship carrying a new crew to the International Space Station, ISS, blasts off at the Russian leased Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Wednesday, May 29, 2013. Russia’s Soyuz Spacecraft Docks with ISS
MOSCOW / BAIKONUR, May 29 (RIA Novosti) - The Soyuz TMA-09M spacecraft, carrying three new crew members to the International Space Station (ISS), docked with the station on Wednesday, a spokesman for ... (photo: AP / Mikhail Metzel) Novosti
Photos   Russia   Soyuz spacecraft   Space   Wikipedia: Soyuz (spacecraft)  
In this Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012 photo, a Free Syrian Army fighter aims his weapon during heavy clashes with government forces in Aleppo, Syria. Russia: Iran must join Syria peace conference
Russia has said that it is imperative for Iran to join a proposed peace conference on Syria despite reservations from some Western nations. | "The issue of Iran is key for us," said Sergei Lavrov, Rus... (photo: AP / Narciso Contreras) Al Jazeera
Peace   Photos   Russia   Syria   Wikipedia: Syrian conflict peace proposals  
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