By Agence France-Presse Monday, April 11th, 2011 Rawstory.com STOCKHOLM — Growth in global military spending slowed to its lowest level since 2001 last year as the world economic crisis hit defence budgets, Swedish think-tank SIPRI said Monday. World military spending rose only 1.3 percent in 2010 to $1.63 trillion (1.14 trillion euros), after average annual … Continue reading U.S. military spending up 81 percent since 2001: report