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Russia Today- N. Korea fires 4th short-range missile in 2 days – Seoul May 19, 2013North Korea has fired a short-range missile into the Sea of Japan, a Seoul military official said, one day after firing three short-range guided missiles. Meanwhile, South Korea has deployed precision-guided missiles on its border islands.RT
- No swarms in space: DARPA axes $200mn ‘fractionated sat’ project May 19, 2013After spending more than $200 million, the Pentagon’s advanced research branch has decided to scrap one of its key space projects, System F6, which aimed to distribute functions of a big satellite into several small ones orbiting in a tight formation.RT
- 'Few Western powers really want solution': Assad skeptical about proposed Geneva peace talks May 19, 2013Syrian President Bashar Assad has welcomed the proposed peace talks for Syria agreed by Russia and the US, but voiced his skepticism about their prospects for success, saying that many forces don't really want to see a solution.RT
- OECD paints grim picture in new inequality report May 19, 2013A new OECD report has confirmed that social and economic inequality in the majority of industrialized nations has soared since the start of the economic crisis of 2007-8.RT
- Tehran ready to allow experts to Parchin in exchange for deal with IAEA – Iran’s ambassador to Russia May 19, 2013Tehran is ready to explain every “suspicious” point of the country’s nuclear program as well as allow experts to Parchin nuclear facility if the IAEA agrees to sign a protocol detailing all its questions, the Iranian ambassador to Russia says.RT
- N. Korea fires 4th short-range missile in 2 days – Seoul May 19, 2013
