US, China to resume military dialogue: Pentagon

July 15th, 2009 Pentagon won't ban war zone smoking, despite studyWASHINGTON — The Pentagon says it won't ban smoking by troops in war zones despite a recent study recommending a tobacco-free military. Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell says troops already are under enough stress and making enough sacrifices from fighting the two wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

July 11th, 2009 Woman China blames for violence wants dialogueWASHINGTON — The woman Chinese authorities blame for violent unrest in western China's Xinjiang (shihn-jahng) region is asking for outside intervention to create a dialogue between her ethnic Uighurs (WEE-gers) and Chinese authorities. In an interview with AP Television, Rebiya Kadeer says bad blood caused by Chinese mistreatment and suspicion of its Uighur minority has created a situation that "doesn't come to the negotiating table that easily." Nevertheless, Kadeer says, the Uighurs still want a dialogue with the Chinese government for a peaceful settlement.

July 1st, 2009 Pentagon: Military cooperation on hold after coupWASHINGTON — The Pentagon says it has put cooperation with the Honduran military on hold. Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman says the United States has "postponed" joint operations in light of last weekend's military coup against that country's president.

May 13th, 2009 Pentagon: Abuse photos may cause problemsWASHINGTON — The top military commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan are telling President Barack Obama that their troops could be in greater danger if new detainee abuse photos are released this spring. The Pentagon has said it will release the pictures this month.

May 11th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari's latest overture to India to restart talks after the Lok Sabha elections does not have many takers. Strategic analysts say that New Delhi is unlikely to resume the stalled dialogue process with Islamabad in the near future, regardless of whether the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) or the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) forms the next government.

May 9th, 2009 CHENNAI - India will resume its composite dialogue with Pakistan only when it books those responsible for the terrorist attack in Mumbai, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Saturday. 'Our minimum demand is that Pakistan must take effective steps ...

May 6th, 2009 Pentagon says police foil security breachWASHINGTON — An unidentified man tried to push his way past Pentagon security Wednesday and was wrestled to the ground by police and arrested, officials said. The man tried to get into the huge military headquarters near the building entrance that fronts on Washington's subway system and a number of bus routes.

April 25th, 2009 Clinton hopes to resume nuclear talks with NKoreaBAGHDAD — U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says Washington hopes to resume talks with North Korea over its nuclear ambitions.

April 20th, 2009 BEIJING - International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei Monday called for dialogue to resolve the North Korean nuclear issue. 'The only way to resolve the issues is through dialogue,' ElBaradei told reporters at a conference on nuclear energy in Beijing.

April 10th, 2009 NEW DELHI - Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday denied any US pressure on India to restart talks with Pakistan and made it clear that the stalled composite dialogue will not resume unless Islamabad shows 'sincere evidence' to prosecute all the pepetrators of the Mumbai carnage. 'Let me say, there is no pressure on us to resume dialogue.

April 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan Thursday urged India to resume the sub-continental composite dialogue process that has been frozen in the wake of the 26/11 Mumbai carnage, a suggestion New Delhi has repeatedly and flatly rejected. 'It will be better to resume the dialogue process as it will be better for the region and for the progress and prosperity of the people,' Foreign Office spokesman Abdul Basit said during his weekly briefing here.

March 26th, 2009 BEIJING - China Thursday criticised a report by the US Defense Department on China's military strength. 'We have lodged solemn representations to the US side,' Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said.

March 13th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama told Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi that the two countries need to increase military dialogue following the weekend naval confrontation in the South China Sea, the White House said. Obama met Yang Thursday for a wide-ranging discussion that included the economic crisis, reining in North Korea's nuclear programme as well as Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the situation in Sudan's troubled Darfur region, the White House said.

January 23rd, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US military is to deploy about 20,000 Marines to Afghanistan in six to eight months, a senior military officer has said. 'The time is right for Marines to leave Iraq,' Marine Commandant James Conway told reporters here, adding that the deployment is a result of troop withdrawal from Iraq.

January 19th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistan's Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said Monday that the global community should ask India to resume the dialogue process with Islamabad, Geo TV reported. He made the remarks during a briefing to foreign envoys at the foreign ministry.