DTN News: India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh And His Wife Gursharan Kaur Arrive At G20 Summit In Toronto (Presentation # 6)....NSI # 675

DTN News: India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh And His Wife Gursharan Kaur Arrive At G20 Summit In Toronto (Presentation # 6)....NSI # 675

DTN News: India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh And His Wife Gursharan Kaur Arrive At G20 Summit In Toronto (Presentation # 6)....NSI # 674

DTN News: India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh And His Wife Gursharan Kaur Arrive At G20 Summit In Toronto (Presentation # 6)....NSI News Source Info # 674

*Bollywood star Akshay Kumar will attend G-20 Summit in Toronto, Canada
Source: DTN News By Roger Smith - Special Feature
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 26, 2010: Bollywood star Akshay Kumar will add a hint of glamour to the G-20 Summit being held in Toronto, Canada. The actor will be the guest of honour at an event, where the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper will meet Indian PM Manmohan Singh today.

DTN News: Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh Arrives In Toronto For G-20 Summit - Canada 2010, (Presentation # 5)....NSI News Source Info # 673

Source: DTN News By Roger Smith - Special Feature
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 26, 2010: Indian Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh arrived in the Canadian city of Toronto at 10 15 a.m. local time Saturday, where he will spend the next two days participating in the fourth Group of Twenty Summit.Dr. Singh, his wife, Gurharan Kaur and the Indian delegation accompanying him were received at the Lester B. Pearson Airport here by officials of the protocol department of the Canadian Government and India's High Commissioner to Canada Shashishekhar Madhukar Gavai, besides others.

DTN News: Navistar Reaches Another Milestone In Its Global Growth Strategy; First Mahindra-Navistar Trucks Roll Off Assembly Line In India...NSI # 672

DTN News: Navistar Reaches Another Milestone In Its Global Growth Strategy; First Mahindra-Navistar Trucks Roll Off Assembly Line In India
• 25-ton MN25 Rolls Out of Chakan Plant

• Plant Has 50,000-truck Capacity

• Other Mahindra-Navistar Variants to Roll Out in the Months Ahead

(NSI News Source Info) PUNE, India - June 26, 2010: After unveiling its entire range of high-performance trucks at the Indian Auto Expo in Delhi earlier this year, Mahindra-Navistar Automotives Ltd. (MNAL) today announced the start of production as its first truck offering, the 25-ton capacity MN25, rolled off the assembly line in Chakan, Pune, India.

DTN News: Boeing C-130 Avionics Modernization Program To Enter Production....NSI News Source Info # 671

(NSI News Source Info) LONG BEACH, Calif., - June 26, 2010: The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA] June 24., announced that the U.S. Air Force has granted the C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP) approval to begin low-rate initial production (LRIP) following a successful Defense Acquisition Board Milestone C production review.The Milestone C review completes several intensive reviews by the U.S. Department of Defense and the Air Force, including engineering and manufacturing reviews, to prepare for LRIP. Boeing also performed an extensive flight-test program to validate the system's design and development.

DTN News: G-20 Toronto Summit - Canada 2010, (Presentation # 3) India....NSI News Source Info # 670

* G20 summit: Prime minister Manmohan Singh leaves for Toronto

Source: DTN News By Roger Smith - Special Feature

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 26, 2010: Prime minister Manmohan Singh today left for Toronto to attend the G20 Summit this weekend after an overnight transit halt in Frankfurt.*DTN News reports, Prime minister Manmohan Singh said last week at a meeting of foreign reporters that the country's economy is expected to grow at 8.5% in the current financial year.

DTN News: G-20 Toronto Summit - Canada 2010, (Presentation # 4) Muskoka 2010 G-8....NSI News Source Info # 669

*Prime Minister Stephen Harper Announces Canada Cancels Haiti’s Debt

*MY SUMMIT Motivates Youth Delegates from Around the World

*PM announces Canada’s contribution to the Muskoka Initiative on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Source: DTN News By Roger Smith - Special Feature
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 26, 2010: The G-8 leaders are meeting in Canada today. World leaders were searching for common ground on economics, health, security and other issues as three days of summits.Among the issues to be discussed will be fuirther sanctions on Iran over its nuclear programme – building on expanded Security Council measures adopted this month.

DTN News: Dmitri Medvedev In Washington "Hamburger Versus AK-47"....NSI News Source Info # 668

*Analysis: What a blissful and pleasant scenario to see the world's two most powerful leaders grabbing a burger and fries at the Arlington eatery Ray's Hell Burger? Should majority of the world leaders follow the path of Obama - Medvedev, needless to say AK-47 would remain sealed in it's original packing. By Roger Smith - DTN News Defense-Technology News.

DTN News: U.S. Marines With Indonesian Marines During Marine Exercise 2010....NSI News Source Info # 667

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - June 25, 2010: U.S. Marines from the 1st Battalion, 4th Marine Division return to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Dubuque (LPD 8) in an amphibious assault vehicle after training with Indonesian marines during Marine Exercise 2010 on June 22, 2010. Marine Exercise is designed to provide training to the Indonesian military and build relationships that help maintain regional stability.

DTN News: Boeing Receives Contract To Upgrade US Air Force KC-10 Cockpits....NSI News Source Info # 666

(NSI News Source Info) ST. LOUIS, - June 24, 2010: Boeing [NYSE: BA] yesterday June 23, announced that it has received a $216 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to upgrade the service's 59-jet KC-10 tanker fleet with a new communication, navigation, surveillance and air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system.

DTN News: UN Chief Says Israeli Plan For East Jerusalem Is Illegal....NSI News Source Info # 665

(NSI News Source Info) UNITED NATIONS - June 24, 2010: UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Wednesday voiced concern that an Israeli plan to raze 22 Arab homes to make way for an archaeological park in annexed east Jerusalem is "unhelpful" and against international law.
Ban "is deeply concerned about the decision by the Jerusalem Municipality to advance planning for house demolitions and further settlement activity in the area of Silwan in East Jerusalem," the secretary general's spokesman Martin Nesirky said in a statement."The planned moves are contrary to international law, and to the wishes of Palestinian residents," the statement said.

DTN News: 'No Excuses Acceptable In S-300 Case' Iran To Russia....NSI News Source Info # 664

(NSI News Source Info) TEHRAN, Iran - June 24, 2010: Amid Russia's ambiguity over delivery of S-300 defense system to Iran, an Iranian lawmaker insists that the dispatch of the missiles is Russia's definite obligation.
"The delivery of S-300 missile defense system to Iran is part of Moscow's definite obligation and no excuse to dodge the responsibility is acceptable," Head of Iran-Russia Parliamentary Friendship Committee, Mehdi Sanai, told Mehr news agency on Tuesday.

DTN News: US Afghan Commander Stanley McChrystal Fired By Obama....NSI News Source Info # 663

(NSI News Source Info) WASHINGTON - June 22, 2010: The top US military commander in Afghanistan, Gen Stanley McChrystal, has been dismissed by President Barack Obama over comments made in a magazine.

He will be replaced by Gen David Petraeus, who led the "surge" in Iraq. Mr Obama insisted it was "a change in personnel but not a change in policy". In a statement, Gen McChrystal said he was leaving because of a "desire to see the mission succeed".

DTN News: EADS Pitches A400M, C-295 To Australia....NSI News Source Info # 662

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 23, 2010: EADS, which is preparing to start deliveries of air tankers to the Royal Australian Air Force, has also been busy promoting its Airbus Military A400M and C-295 in Australia.

DTN News: Russia To Offer Turkey Advanced Surface-To-Air Missiles....NSI News Source Info # 661

(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW, Russia- June 21, 2010: Russia is ready to participate in a tender to offer Turkey S-300 and S-400 surface-to-air missile systems, the state-controlled arms exporter said on Wednesday."The Turkish military has a great need for S-300 and S-400 long-range missile defense systems," Rosoboronexport CEO Anatoly Isaikin said. "Russia has expressed its readiness to participate in a tender for the delivery of such systems."He said leading SAM manufacturers from Western countries would participate in the tender "on a par with Russia."

He gave no indication as to what specific SAM modifications would be offered or the timeframe for the tender.Turkish military experts have said Ankara is interested in the Russian missiles, which could effectively protect the country's southern borders.

DTN News: Russia To Sky-Rocket Its Military Imports....NSI News Source Info # 660

(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW, Russia - June 21, 2010: Russia may spend more than €10 billion on weapons from Europe and Israel over the next 5 years. Experts at a Moscow-based research institute predict Russians will see two €1.5 billion deals within the next couple of years. The first will be a purchase of 4 Mistral-class warships, which are primarily helicopter carriers, from France. Prime Minister Putin negotiated the possible terms during his recent visit to the country. The second deal will be 3,000 light-armoured LMV vehicles from an Italian firm, Iveco. They are used in hot spots to protect infantry from gunfire and bombs. Other contracts are thought to be in the pipeline for the next 5 or 6 years, including a purchase of Israel air-space industry models of unmanned aircraft and a deal with another French firm for thermal imaging equipment, which in total will cost €10 billion.

DTN News: North Korea's Kim Jong-il Demands Fighter Jets from China....NSI News Source Info # 659

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 21, 2010: North Korea asked China to provide it with the latest J-10 fighter jets and other hardware but was rejected, it emerged last week according to reliable sources from DTN News.According to a high-ranking source in the North, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il made the request to Chinese President Hu Jintao when he visited China in early May. But Hu apparently told Kim that he China will protect and support him if attacked.

DTN News: Turkish Troops Enter Iraq After Kurd Rebel Attacks....NSI News Source Info # 658

(NSI News Source Info) ANKARA, Turkey - June 21, 2010: Turkish forces pushed into northern Iraq on Sunday, killing four people, including a 15-year-old girl, as they hit back against hideouts of Kurdish rebels who killed 12 soldiers in the deadliest spell of violence in two years.The ground incursion into Iraq came after Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan vowed to fight the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) "to the end" and PKK spokesman Ahmed Denis hit back with a threat to attack cities across Turkey if the army did not halt its policy of confrontation.

DTN News: G-20 Toronto Summit - Canada 2010....NSI News Source Info # 657

*Since G-20 Toronto Summit - Canada 2010 being held in our Großstadt, DTN News would feature major participants Brazil, Russia, India And China (BRIC) in the coming days.

Source: DTN News By Roger Smith - Special Feature

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 21, 2010: The 2010 G-20 Toronto Summit is the fourth meeting of the G-20 heads of government in discussion of financial markets and the world economy, which will take place at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Set to take place during June 26—27, 2010, the summit was initially proposed to take place in the town of Huntsville, which was also chosen as the host of the concurrent 36th G8 summit, by Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The town was later deemed insufficient to provide hospitality for the large number of G-20 delegates and journalists, thus the G-20 summit was later finalized to take place in Toronto.

DTN News: Burma Buys 50 K-8 Karakorum Jet Trainers From China....NSI News Source Info # 656

Source: DTN News By Roger Smith

(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - June 20, 2010: The Burmese air force continues to expand with the recent procurement of 50 K-8 jet trainer aircraft from China, according to sources within the air force in Meikhtila.

“Parts of the K-8 aircraft were transported by cargo ship from China and are being assembled at the Aircraft Production and Maintenance Base in Meikhtila,” said one of the sources.

The purchase of the 50 aircraft comes after Burma’s air force chief Lt-Gen Myat Hein traveled to China in November to negotiate an upgrade to the fleet of Chinese-made military aircraft already owned by Burma.

“There are two reasons to purchase K-8 trainers,” said the source. “Either for training exercises or for counter-insurgency.”

The K-8 jet trainer, sometimes called the K-8 Karakorum or the Hongdu JL-8, is a joint venture between China and Pakistan, and is fitted with air-to-air missiles and rockets.

In 1998-9, the Burmese air force bought 12 K-8 jet trainers from China, which are now stationed at Taungoo Air Base in Pegu Division.

DTN News: Iran Defends Missile Buildup After US Allegation....NSI News Source Info # 655

Source: DTN News / AFP

(NSI News Source Info) TEHRAN, Iran - June 20, 2010: Iran accused the United States of "deception" on Saturday and insisted its missiles are for self-defence only after a top US official charged that the Islamic republic could rain missiles down on Europe.
"The Islamic Republic's missile capability has been designed and implemented to defend against any military aggression and it does not threaten any nation," Defence Minister Ahmad Vahidi said in a statement carried by state media.
He was reacting to remarks by US Defence Secretary Robert Gates on Thursday that US intelligence has shown that Iran could attack Europe with "scores or hundreds" of missiles, prompting major changes to US missile defences.

DTN News: Russian Passengerjet Closer To Market After Delays....NSI News Source Info # 654

(NSI News Source Info) MOSCOW, Russia - June 20, 2010: The engine for Russia's first post-Soviet passenger jet should earn certification soon, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Friday, bringing a plane Moscow hopes will rival Boeing (BA.N) and Airbus (EAD.PA) aircraft closer to the market.
Russian manufacturer Sukhoi's long-waited Superjet 100 made its maiden flight in May 2008, missing an initial 2007 deadline, and the first deliveries of the regional jet are more than a year behind schedule.