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Too much hysteria over cyber attacks: US expertsSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 15, 2011 Overblown talk of full-on cyber war between nations fueled by recent attacks like the computer worm Stuxnet could hamper Internet security efforts, officials and experts warned Tuesday. Serious attention should be paid to threats of cyber attacks from hackers, spies and terrorist groups but not to the extent of mass hysteria, speakers at the premier RSA computer security conference in San Francisco said. "Cyber war is a terrible metaphor," said White House cybersecurity czar Howard Schmidt. "Don ... read more |
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  Global defense industry in better shape The global defense industry is in a better shape after the recent economic downturn, which affected both performance and profits of weapons and security equipment manufacturers and suppliers worldwide, a report released Tuesday indicated. ... more | .. |
  Report examines FBI anthrax investigation A U.S. review has faulted some of the science the FBI used in its investigation of anthrax letter mailings that killed five people in 2001, officials said. ... more | .. |
Sticker shock: Pentagon reports cost millions The Pentagon on Monday highlighted efforts to save money in a new defense budget but revealed that its budget documents cost millions of dollars to prepare. ... more | .. |
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  Defector admits 'fabricating' crucial Iraq WMD intel: report The defector whose claims that Iraq had biological weapons were used to justify the 2003 US invasion has admitted that he lied to help get rid of Saddam Hussein, the Guardian newspaper said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Huawei says won't divest U.S. tech company China's tech giant Huawei has said it won't cave in to U.S. congressional pressure to go back on a $2 million deal because of security concerns. ... more | .. |
Argentine-US tensions simmer with 'Guantanamo' jibe Argentine-US tensions over items seized from a visiting US military aircraft spiked higher Tuesday after Buenos Aires claimed its personnel "would have ended up in Guantanamo" if the situation were reversed. ... more | .. |
 US did not seek WikiLeaks cutoff: Clinton The United States did not pressure private companies to deny service to WikiLeaks following its release of secret US diplomatic cables, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Tuesday. ... more |
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Webb unveils evolving dust system and energetic jets
Multinational research project shows how life on Earth can be measured from space
How life's building blocks formed on early Earth examined through polyester protocell formation limits | .. |
  Syria still stonewalling UN nuclear probe: diplomats Syria has snubbed a request by UN atomic watchdog chief Yukiya Amano for prompt access to a suspect nuclear site and a number of other locations, diplomats said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Argentina, US in diplomatic spat after cargo seized Argentina and the United States engaged Monday in a diplomatic spat after Buenos Aires authorities seized what they said were undeclared weapons and drugs on a US military aircraft last week. ... more | .. |
 IAEA chief under 'political pressure': Iran Iran said on Tuesday that the chief of the UN atomic watchdog is under "political pressure" when it comes to the Islamic republic's nuclear programme. ... more | .. |
  Russia says foreign power may have caused spy satellite loss The Russian space agency suggested Monday that a foreign power may have been behind the space accident that disabled one of the country's most modern military satellites earlier this month. ... more |
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  Three British troops killed in Afghanistan A British soldier was killed Monday by an explosion in Afghanistan after it was announced earlier in the day that two soldiers had died in a blaze at the main British base in the war-torn country. ... more | .. |
Commentary: Megabyte revolution The "Cairo Necropolis" is a bustling jumble of tombs and mausoleums where some 5 million homeless and impoverished (out of 18 million Cairenes) live and work among their dead relatives and ancestors. Along the base of the Mokattam Hills, the City of the Dead stretches for 4 miles from northern to southern Cairo. With 40 percent of Egypt's population of 82 million living under or just above the United Nations' poverty line of $2 a day, many come to Dead City looking for work, shelter and food. ... more | .. |
 China official backs N. Korea succession: KCNA A senior Chinese official has expressed support for the plan by North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il to transfer power eventually to his youngest son, the North's official news agency said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Afghan war costs $300 million a day: Pentagon The withdrawal of American troops from Iraq will allow for a reduced US defense budget in 2012 but the war in Afghanistan stll costs the United States close to 300 million dollars a day. ... more |
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Efforts to Detect Alien Life Advanced by Simple Microbe Mobility Test
How Early Earth Supported the Formation of Polyester Protocells
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  India, China growth race 'silly', says Nobel winner India's leading economist, Nobel Prize winner Amartya Sen, dismissed on Monday the "silly" obsession of comparing the economic growth rates of China and India. ... more | .. |
  EU's Ashton targets Palestinian state by September EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton on Tuesday said the international community still sought to achieve a peace deal and a Palestinian state by September, despite the region's political turmoil. ... more | .. |
  Elbit unveils new UAV command center Elbit Systems says it has successfully flight-tested its Hermes 450 and Hermes 900 unmanned aerial vehicles from one ground control station, greatly enhancing the operational flexibility of the long-range drones amid a growing global market for the aircraft. ... more | .. |
Brazil aims to expand arms industry market Brazil is taking measures to build and expand a regional market for its resurgent defense manufacturing industry, extending to neighbors Argentina and Uruguay the promise of closer collaboration in the military and security sectors. ... more |
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Pentagon budget down due to Iraq pullout: US The Pentagon on Monday proposed a reduced defense budget for the first time since the September 11 attacks, finding savings in the withdrawal of US troops from Iraq. ... more | .. |
Defector admits 'fabricating' crucial Iraq WMD intel: report The defector whose claims that Iraq had biological weapons were used to justify the 2003 US invasion has admitted that he lied to help get rid of Saddam Hussein, the Guardian newspaper said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Japanese ex-coastguard defends China video leak A former Japanese coastguard officer who leaked a video of a tense maritime incident with a Chinese trawler on YouTube said Monday he had acted in the interest of his country. ... more | .. |
Iraq shelter bombed by US remains frozen in time A bleak civilian bomb shelter where hundreds of Iraqis were killed by US missiles 20 years ago remains frozen in time, occasionally visited by relatives of victims who come to pray. ... more |
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New method employs atomic clocks and lasers to probe dark matter
Robot Demonstrates Advanced Gripping Technology in Space
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Finnish soldier killed in Afghanistan blast: military An explosion killed a Finnish soldier in the northern Afghan province of Samangan on Tuesday, the military said. ... more | .. |
Abu Bakar back in an Indonesian court Terrorist suspect Abu Bakar Bashir denied in a Jakarta court all allegations against him, including raising and giving thousands of dollars to other terrorist suspects. ... more | .. |
Sudanese inmate pleads guilty at Guantanamo: US A Sudanese inmate pleaded guilty on Tuesday to providing "material support to terrorism" before a military tribunal in Guantanamo, officials said. ... more | .. |
Philippine government, communist rebels resume peace talks The Philippine government and communist rebels resumed peace talks near Oslo Tuesday, more than six years after the last round broke down, but prospects for progress remained uncertain after the arrest hours earlier of a top guerilla leader. ... more |
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PM fury over British soldiers' sacking by email British Prime Minister David Cameron finds it "completely unacceptable" that 38 serving soldiers were sacked via email, including one on the front line in Afghanistan, his spokesman said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Long-awaited Philippine peace talks resume The Philippine government and communist rebels resumed peace talks near Oslo Tuesday, more than six years after the last round broke down, but prospects for progress remained uncertain after the arrest hours earlier of a top guerilla leader. ... more | .. |
  Taiwanese anti-China groups vow protests Radical anti-China groups in Taiwan said Tuesday they plan to mobilise thousands of protesters when a top Chinese negotiator visits the island's south, a stronghold of pro-independence forces. ... more | .. |
US-South Korea war games amid tensions with North The United States and South Korea will launch annual joint military exercises this month, officials said Tuesday, amid continued tensions with North Korea over two deadly border incidents last year. ... more |
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