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    North Korean missile advances put new stress on US defenses

    • Robert Burns, AP National Security Writer
    • Updated Jul 6, 2017
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    North Korea’s newly demonstrated missile muscle puts Alaska within range of potential attack and stresses the Pentagon’s missile defenses like never before. Even more worrisome, it may be only a matter of time before North Korea makes an even longer-range ICBM with a nuclear warhead, putting…

    Experts: North Korea nuke probably can't reach Alaska

    • Staff and wire reports
    • Updated Aug 11, 2017
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    FAIRBANKS — Tuesday’s successful missile test by North Korea made Alaska the only U.S. state within theoretical range of that nation’s fast-growing missile program.

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    US signs Arctic Council accord

    US signs Arctic Council accord

    • Matt Buxton, mbuxton@newsminer.com
    • Updated May 13, 2017
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    FAIRBANKS — The United States’ chairmanship of the Arctic Council came to an end Thursday when U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson handed the gavel to Finland’s Minister of Foreign Affairs Timo Soini in a ceremony at the Carlson Center.

    Week of the Arctic kicks off today

    Week of the Arctic kicks off today

    • Matt Buxton, mbuxton@newsminer.com
    • Updated Jun 12, 2019
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    FAIRBANKS — The Week of the Arctic  gets underway today as more than 1,000 people from around the world arrive in Fairbanks for a meeting that caps off the United States' chairmanship of the Arctic Council.

    US hits IS with largest non-nuclear bomb ever used

    US hits IS with largest non-nuclear bomb ever used

    • By Robert Burns, AP National Security Writer
    • Updated Apr 14, 2017
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    WASHINGTON  — U.S. forces in Afghanistan on Thursday struck an Islamic State tunnel complex in eastern Afghanistan with "the mother of all bombs," the largest non-nuclear weapon every used in combat by the U.S. military, Pentagon officials said.

    To Alaska's east, oil industry decline having big impact

    • By Rebecca Penty and Jeremy van Loon, Bloomberg
    • Updated Jun 12, 2019
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    CALGARY, Alberta — Crime is rising, home prices are falling and food banks are overwhelmed in Calgary as job losses spread. And the worst isn't yet over in the heart of Canada's oil patch.

    Paris attacks may prompt Obama to step up military action

    Paris attacks may prompt Obama to step up military action

    • By Robert Burns, AP National Security Writer
    • Updated Nov 15, 2015
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    WASHINGTON — The Paris terrorist attacks seem likely to compel President Barack Obama to consider military escalation against the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria. But that probably will not mean dramatic moves like launching a U.S. or international ground offensive or accelerating aerial bom…

    Alaska's U.S. senators react to Paris attacks

    • By Casey Grove and Matt Buxton, cgrove@newsminer.com and mbuxton@newsminer.com
    • Updated Nov 16, 2015
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    FAIRBANKS—The day after more than 100 people were killed and hundreds more injured in terrorist attacks in Paris, Alaska's U.S. senators voiced support for France and reiterated the need for continued vigilance against terrorism.

    France, allies signal major response to Islamic State terror attacks

    France, allies signal major response to Islamic State terror attacks

    • Maura Judkis, Griffe Witte and Brian Murphy, The Washington Post
    • Updated Nov 15, 2015
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    PARIS — French President François Hollande decried the massacres across Paris as an "act of war" by the Islamic State, amplifying signals Saturday of a major response from France and its allies after coordinated gunfire and bombings that killed at least 127 people.

    Paris rocked by explosions and shootouts; more than 100 killed

    Paris rocked by explosions and shootouts; more than 100 killed

    • Maura Judkis and Griff Witte, The Washington Post.
    • Updated Nov 14, 2015
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    PARIS —France declared a state of emergency and secured its borders Friday evening after attackers unleashed a coordinated wave of explosions, gunfire and hostage-taking in Paris that left well over 100 people dead and generated scenes of horror and carnage.

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