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Pakistan was tenth largest arms importer in the world in 2015, at one point from nine the previous year, a military think tank database reveals, while Saudi Arabia was leading importer of arms in the world, closely followed by India. International Peace Research Institute shows, India was the top weapons importer in 2014. Pakistan spent $ 735 million on imports of weapons by 2015. In comparison, India imported arms worth $ 3, 078m. The biggest exporter of weapons to Pakistan in the year 2015, China was the transfers of weapons worth $ 565 million, followed by the United States of America (us) with $ 66 m in transfers of weapons. Pakistan is also the largest Chinese merchant on the weapons, which represents 35 percent of the total turnover from the sale of weapons in the country, Close military ties between Pakistan and China, sometimes sparked tension with India, which is trying to increase its own homegrown weapons industry and has long been objections to other countr...

Harper Lee, the whose debut novel, "To kill a mockingbird," immortalized his name in the history of justice and bred in a small town south and became a classic of American literature, has died. He was 89. Her death was confirmed Friday in Hall enjoyable, Alabama, where he lived. "Mockingbird," published in 1960, was derived from elements of his childhood in Lee enjoyable, Alabama. In the steady prose shadowed by memory and lyricism, describes how an impulsive girl, Scout Finch, the older brother Jem, their friend Dill and various other townspeople get caught when Tom Robinson, a black man accused of rape in the Depression-era town of Maycomb, Alabama. Through it all, without character is more indelible than the Scout is widowed father, Atticus Finch. The lawyer meticulous, fair, who defends the accused falsely Robinson in a racist hall a model for the kindness and bravery that still resonates more than 50 years later. "I want to see what real cour...

The US Air Force will send six F-15s in Finland this spring for exercises that will operate from a base about 100 miles from the border with Russia, military officials say. The six jets from the 173rd Fighter Wing at Kingsley Field Air National Guard base in Oregon will fly training missions with Finnish forces as part of the Atlantic resolve operation, which the United States began in 2014 to reassure NATO allies after the military intervention of Russia in Ukraine.           The Strike Eagle is a version of the air superiority fighter adpated to perform ground -strike missions. With a crew of two, the twin-jet can carry and deploy most weapons in the     Air Force inventory and operate in any weather. The F-15E was first delivered in 1988. The Air Force lists 219 in its fleet. The United States requested the exercises, said Maj. Sheryll I. US Klinkel Europe air forces. If Finland is not part of NATO, it shares a 813 miles to the border wi...

Sarah-Jane Crawford attends the British Academy Film Awards ate Royal Opera House in London on Sunday, February 14.  "Revenant" became the main victor on a night honoring BAFTA otherwise relatively evenly spread-out that saw 14 films emerge with prizes. The film won the Best Film Award, Best Director and Best Actor awards, along with the best sound and best cinematography. "Mad Max: Road Rage" won four awards, while «Carol,« which had led the nominations were among the few titles excluded completely. Stephen Fry was, again, the main host of the evening, but the other presenters included Tom Cruise, Idris Elba (who lost in a Best Supporting Actor to Mark Rylance) and Cuba Gooding Jr.. There were many comedic digs discussion Oscars diversity across, such as those available Rebel Wilson and Sacha Baron Cohen. The evening also saw Sidney Poitier receive the BFI Fellowship, but the iconic actress was too ill to attend to accept the award in a video. In ho...

One day after he spoke Russian Prime Minister for a renewed "cold war" in the country with the West, the US senior senator accused Moscow therapist in Syria "as an exercise in live-fire" for the army as he tried to carve out a sphere influence in the Middle East. In Sunday's speech to the Munich Security Conference in Germany, US Senator John McCain critical intervention of Russian President Vladimir Putin in Syria almost five years of civil war. "Mr. Putin is not interested in being our partner," said McCain, President of the Commission of the US Senate armed services, adding that the Russian president wanted to "close the Assad regime." World powers agree to pause fighting in Syria  From September to intervene in the conflict in Syria, Russia has pursued a campaign of air from an air base in the province Hmeymim Latakia in Syria, which has helped swing momentum for Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. McCain continued, "wa...

Major world powers have agreed to "cessation of hostilities" and to provide direct assistance to Syria, US Secretary of State John Kerry announced early Friday. He spoke in Munich, Germany, where top diplomats from more than a dozen countries, including the United States and Russia, met in order to achieve an agreement. "I am happy to say that as a result today in Munich, we believe we have made progress on the humanitarian front and cessation of hostilities along, and these two fronts, this progress has the potential - to be fully realized, fully accept to - be able to change the daily lives of the Syrian people, "the Kerry said. "Firstly, we agreed to accelerate and expand the implementation of humanitarian aid which was just beginning," he told reporters.

Hillary Clinton wants to know Bernie Sanders has got back President Obama Barack. Much of the debate to lacked the bitterness of past Forums Clinton Sanders laid out differences on policy issues. But the controversy over the PBS "NewsHour" simulcast democratic debate on CNN fester into open anger last moments. Clinton accused the competitor does not stand with Obama after claimed a book by CNN contributor Bill press criticism of the President. He said Sanders had called Obama "weak" and a "disappointment" in the past and warned of "the kind of criticism that we have heard from Senator Sanders for our president, expect Republicans. It does not expect (it) by someone running the Democratic Party to succeed President Obama. " Hillary Clinton criticizes Sanders for attacks on Obama Sanders was furious: "Madam Secretary, that's a low blow." He insisted that Obama was his friend, but that does not mean that the senator ha...

BRUSSELS : United States ( US ) Defence Secretary Ash Carter , who was under pressure to shore up support from Arab allies to fight the Islamic State (IS) armed group on Thursday welcomed the commitment of Saudi Arabia to expand its role in air strikes against militants. In a gathering of defense ministers more than two dozen at NATO Headquarters, Saudi Arabia, which quietly resumed its air strikes in participation in recent weeks, also renewed the possibility of sending forces to Syria. "The defense minister of Saudi Arabia ... stated that the Kingdom relaunch its commitment to the coalition air campaign, which is very welcome news, and contributing in other critical ways on the ground," Carter said after the talks in Brussels. Carter, generally praising contributions from allies, said should win the US-led war against IS despite former Cold War foe Russia's role in the civil war in Syria on the side of the government of President Bashar Al-Assad. On Wednesd...

Ankara: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan Thursday threatened to send millions of refugees in Turkey, EU Member States, NATO pledged to deploy ships in the Aegean to facilitate migrant crisis. Erdogan to accelerate the termination of the western migration policy in a speech in Ankara, confirming had threatened EU leaders at the November summit that Turkey could say "goodbye" to refugees. Alarm is growing in EU capitals that thousands of migrants still crossing daily Aegean from Turkey after over one million the dangerous sea voyage last year. NATO agreed to send a naval group on Sea to fight people-smuggling feeding the influx of immigrants, while Greece is considering sending someone got in the water back to Turkey. Turkey, already house some three million refugees, it is also within the EU and UN pressure to take in tens of thousands of Syrian refugees fleeing regime advances the Aleppo region. Erdogan said Turkey had every right to peat refugees from th...

There is still so much we do not know how a 13-year-old Blacksburg, Virginia, the girl got to know a 18-year-old freshman Virginia Tech, before he allegedly stabbed to death. What we know is a little bit more for a possible motive for the death of Nicole Lovell, a junior high school student. David Eisenhauer, a college track and field athlete, believed that they had an inappropriate relationship with Lovell and stabbed to death because he threatened to expose their relationship, according to a law enforcement official. But how do you meet? How did the alleged relationship? Points are facing an online network, after police arrested Eisenhauer with tips and leads from social media. We also know that Lovell was active in social media, including entries in a group on Facebook called teen dating and courtship, which has been closed since.

Twitter is losing customers  It is difficult for the small core of Twitter addicts to accept, but Twitter, just not popular enough to be successful. In fact, Twitter can lose customers. The social media company said Wednesday that it lost two million users in the last three months of 2015. Shares plummeted by 12% in trading late at night. Twitter has 305 million active users by the end of 2015. In contrast, Facebook (FB, Tech30) has 1.6 billion. Google (GOOGL, Tech30) has eight products with over one billion users each. Even to Instagram surpassed Twitter in September, increased to 400 million users. If Twitter (TWTR, Tech30) was able to generate sales effectively tweets sponsorship and partnerships, is growing at a snail's pace. It is still a relatively niche product that has not been able to expand its reach in the way they are his competitors. New management, products, I have no plans and features do much to move the needle. Twitter's growth has stagnated and ...

Ranking North Korean army officer said to be executed by regime A senior North Korean military leader has been executed for "disruption, abuse of power and corruption," a South Korean government official with knowledge of North Korean affairs told CNN Thursday. The official, who spoke on CNN, on condition of anonymity, declined to give further details on how or when general Ri Yong-gil, chief of staff of the North Korean army, was executed. RI was appointed in 2013, Yonhap news South Korean delegation. A source told Yonhap that Ri was executed last week. David Kang, professor of international relations at the University of Southern California, told CNN the move seems to be a show of strength by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. Execution of RI is the latest in a series of high profile officials who have cleared dramatically. "It's another way for Kim Jong Un to show that they are in power. Is still young and still learning who's on his side and ...

VTech has restored access to learning software Lodge Cyber security experts said parents should boycott or at least be careful of VTech electronic games because of how he handled a hack attack. They gave advice, after he revealed that the VTech new terms and conditions, stating that parents must take responsibility for future violations. children accounts for more than 6.3 million affected by violation of last year, which gave the perpetrator access to photos and chat logs. VTech says is beside the new conditions. "By learning about the hack from databases, VTech has worked hard to improve website security and services and the protection of customer information," the spokesman said. "But any company that operates online can provide a 100% guarantee that this will not be hacked. "Learning Lodge terms and conditions as the T & Cs for several online sites and services, simply recognize the fact by limiting the company's liability for the acts of...

car automatic driving system Google could soon be given the same legal definition as a human driver, opening the way for vehicles without steering wheel or pedals. The US national road safety management service (NHTSA) - What rules and regulations sets on the streets of America - shared her thoughts in a letter to the Google made public this week. Until today, every car without a human driver could not be considered technically. However, taking into account technological developments, the NHTSA has changed the perspective. "If the human tongue of the vehicle can actually drive the vehicle, it is more reasonable to identify the driver as anything else (unlike anyone) doing the driving," he said. "In this case, an item of equipment a motor vehicle, the Self-Driving system, in fact the vehicle." Google boost  This means automatic driving of Google pod, which has no formal controls in the car, is a crucial step closer to be allowed on public roads. With...

This story was reported by Dana Bash, Gloria Borger, Abigail Crutchfield, Jeremy Diamond, Chris Frates, Noah Gray, Ashley Killough, Betsy Klein, Elizabeth Landers, Phil Mattingly, Dan Merica, Sara Murray, Mark Preston, Manu Raju, Gabe Ramirez, Maeve Reston, Lauren Selsky, Sunlen Serfaty, Cassie Spodak, Gregory Wallace and Jeff Zeleny. There was more than a hint of irony in the victory of Donald Trump in New Hampshire Tuesday night. In a state that has always been known for giving new life to the political worker candidates, he swept the field. Spaced at its closest rival, Ohio Governor John Kasich, by double digits, and he notched his first victory in this presidential race acting more like a traditional candidate. Victory Speech triumph was elegant and understated with a long list of thanks for family and campaign staff. He acknowledged that he had learned the lesson of Iowa that the land subject of the game and paid more attention to their voters in New Hampshire. Most strik...

The White House says it is working to increase the security of computer systems and data from the federal government after high-profile outages in several agencies, including a recent breach in the Department of Justice. President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed a decree establishing a council of federal privacy for all branches of the administration are using the best and safest practices safeguard information when individual employees, as well as government data. He also called a meeting of his national security team, complemented by top cybersecurity advisors on Tuesday morning to discuss the new initiative. "One of the biggest gaps between the public sector and the private sector in our space from you. And it vulnerable to information from around the world, Obama said, describing the systems provide the technology base for Social Security and other programs" archaic ". "This is not ideological issue does not matter if there is a Democratic president or...

The Zika virus was discovered almost 70 years ago, but most likely is that probably had not heard of it until the last months. With fear and uncertainty separated as soon as the virus itself, Should I be worried about Zika? The Zika virus is part of the same family as West Nile, chikungunya, yellow fever and dengue. But there is no vaccine to prevent Zika or medicine to treat the infection. Although the symptoms are milder, Zika is commanding attention because of an alarming link between the virus and microcephaly, a neurological disorder that results in babies born with abnormally small heads. Cause severe developmental problems and in some cases can result in death. What are the chances I go to Zika virus? The virus most commonly when an Aedes aegypti mosquito bites a person with an active infection is transmitted and then spread the virus by biting other. It was originally discovered in a forest in Uganda, aggressive mosquito is now raising concerns prevalent in Central...