City Police are in a bind when it comes to bullets, thanks to high demand for ammo overseas. The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are depleting the availability of ammunition so much that the SWAT team is stocking up, conserving their rounds, and considering a different type of ammunition for training and qualifying.

Kosovo: the terrible aftermath Agoravox, France - 20 hours ago Once a supplier of farm produce to other parts of Yugoslavia, Kosovo now brings in almost all its food, along with fuel and building materials. ...

Kosovo: the terrible aftermath Agoravox, France - 3 hours ago Once a supplier of farm produce to other parts of Yugoslavia, Kosovo now brings in almost all its food, along with fuel and building materials. ...

China will cancel export tax rebates on cadmium products and nickel-cadmium batteries from August 1, the State Administration of Taxation said on Thursday.

CHINA/SUDAN: Move to Get Al-Bashir Off Genocide Charges Inter Press Service (subscription), Italy - Jul 31, 2008 China is also Khartoum’s biggest arms supplier and has been accused by rights organisations of violating the UN arms embargo in Darfur by supplying arms to ...

BEIJING (XFN-ASIA) - China will cancel the export rebates on unwrought zinc and silver with a purity higher than 99.99 pct, the State Administration of Taxation said.

David Packard - an overlooked giant of American business The Gazette (Montreal), Canada - 2 hours ago As for the military-industrial complex, Packard personified it. His company was a supplier of electronics equipment to the US military, and he himself left ...

Taiwan is moving towards a major revision of regulations regarding semiconductor investment in China and has signaled it will...

US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has agreed to explore deploying a powerful missile defense targeting radar in Israel, a senior US defense official said Tuesday.

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US Lawmakers Urge Support for Darfur Peacekeepers Voice of America - Jul 30, 2008 "The commission has asked President Bush to urge the Chinese government, as the Sudanese government's major oil partner and arms supplier, to use its ...