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  1. Turkey’s Prime Minister Tayyip Erdogan said Thursday a bill passed by France’s Lower House of Parliament, making it a crime to deny genocide, was racist, discriminatory and xenophobic and said it had opened wounds with Paris that would be difficult...
  2. Iran will on Saturday start naval exercises in a region crucial for global oil supplies, state TV said, raising concern about a possible closure of the world's No. 1 shipping route for crude.
  3. With growing awareness of the importance of ensuring personal safety in the workplace and instituting stringent safety regulations towards that end, the Middle East market for personal protective equipment and safety gear is in an exciting growth...
  4. Lebanon’s Defense Minister Fayez Ghosn announced receiving intelligence on the presence of al-Qaeda operatives on Lebanese soil and the smuggling of arms across the border with Syria.
  5. Defense and security company Saab has received an extension contract for ammunition to the Carl-Gustaf M3 weapon system.
  6. Navistar Defense, LLC received a $134 million delivery order for field service representatives (FSRs).
  7. Thales and Safran signed, Wednesday, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to create an equally-owned joint venture for optronics (electro-optical) systems and equipment. French Defense Minister Gerard Longuet attended the signing ceremony.
  8. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Leaders endorsed the proposal of HRM King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia to form a “single entity”.
  9. General Dynamics completed, this week, its acquisition of Force Protection, Inc., a provider of blast- and ballistic-protected platforms that support the armed forces of the United States and its allies.
 



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