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Indian eye in sky developedNew Delhi (UPI) Feb 16, 2009 Bent on boosting its military intelligence, India is set to develop a new, cutting-edge surveillance satellite. The spy craft, called the Communication Centric Intelligence Satellite is expected to be launched into orbit in 2014, keeping a close watch on hot spots in the troubled neighborhood. CCI-Sat is part of a high-priority plan to develop electronic warfare systems for India's army, navy and air force, G Boopathy, director of the Defense Electronic Research Laboratory, was quoted te ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Feb 16, 2010Former top US officials staged an elaborate exercise on Tuesday to test the US response to a cyberattack which disables cellphone networks, slows Web traffic to a crawl and cripples the power grid. Dubbed "Cyber ShockWave," the event was held in a Washington hotel room transformed for the day into the White House Situation Room, where the president and his advisers typically meet to address ... more  
Paris (AFP) Feb 16, 2010France used soldiers as guinea pigs in nuclear tests in the 1960s, deliberately exposing them to radiation from atomic blasts to test the effects, according to a report revealed Tuesday. A secret military report, obtained by AFP, said that between 1960 and 1966 France sent troops onto Algerian desert test sites "to study the physiological and psychological effects caused on humans by an atom ... more 
Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Feb 16, 2010Saudi Arabia fueled doubts on Tuesday about whether it backs new UN sanctions to end the Iran nuclear crisis, as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton prepared to return home. Clinton defended the US-led push for tougher sanctions when she again charged that "evidence doesn't support" Iran's assertion that it is pursuing a peaceful atomic programme. US officials travelling with Clinton o ... more |
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London: Dubai hit squad carried fake IDsLondon (UPI) Feb 16, 2009 Britain said Tuesday the British passports used by six suspects in the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai are fake. The suspects were part of an 11-person hit squad accused of killing the senior Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel room on Jan. 19. Police officials said the suspects, 10 men and one woman, carried European passports, including Irish, French and German ones. The 11 suspects are at large. "We are aware that the holders of six British passports have been ... read more |
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