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Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense Intercepts Target Using Space Tracking and Surveillance System-Demonstrators Data

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) and U.S. Navy sailors aboard the USS Lake Erie (CG 70) successfully conducted a flight test of the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system, resulting in the intercept of a medium-range ballistic missile target...

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Ban condemns attack on Turkish-Syrian border

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) speaks with a distressed woman during his tour of the Syrian refugee...

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N. Korean Nuclear Test Reveals Progress in Weapons Program

Analysts say North Korea's test of what it says is a miniaturized nuclear device is a step forward in its goal of developing a weapon capable of striking the United States.

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Pope Thanks Catholics, Explains Resignation

Pope Benedict XVI says he is stepping down "for the good of the church."

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