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US drones hit mostly low-level targets: reportWashington (AFP) Feb 20, 2011 CIA drones killed at least 581 militants in Pakistan last year, but only two were noteworthy enough to appear on a US list of most-wanted terrorists, the Washington Post reported on its website late Sunday, citing independent estimates. The report, due to appear in Monday's edition of the daily, said that despite a drastically escalated number of Predator drone strikes, the number of high-ranking militants as a result has fallen or increased only slightly. The daily reported that the relatively ... read more |
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 Kurd play adds voice to Mideast anger A play whose plot took actors and audience alike across Iraq's Kurdish capital of Arbil this week delivered a stinging portrait of the northern region's leaders as power-mad and greedy. ... more | .. |
  China's Huawei drops US tech firm deal Chinese telecom giant Huawei said it has taken the "difficult decision" to abandon its acquisition of US computer firm 3Leaf Systems, after a US panel voiced security concerns about the deal. ... more | .. |
  Russian defense satellite in wrong orbit A Russian defense satellite sent into the wrong orbit can't perform its mission, said First Deputy Defense Minister Vladimir Popovkin. ... more | .. |
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  Sentries In The Garden Shed Someday, that potted palm in your living room might go from green to white, alerting you to a variety of nasty contaminants in the air, perhaps even explosives. The stuff of science fiction you say? ... more | .. |
  Boeing And Fluor Team To Pursue Sandia National Laboratories Contract Boeing and Fluor Corp. have formed a team to pursue a contract to manage and operate the Sandia National Laboratories if the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) decides to hold a competition. Sand ... more | .. |
  Boeing EA-18G Growlers Deployed by US Navy Boeing has announced that EA-18G Growler airborne electronic attack aircraft have been deployed for the first time by the U.S. Navy. "The men and women of Boeing are honored to see this new ca ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Receives $34.5 Million Contract For Paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb Kits Lockheed Martin has been awarded a $34.5 million contract from the U.S. Air Force for production of paveway II Plus Laser Guided Bomb (LGB) GBU-12 kits. The majority share contract includes deliveri ... more |
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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
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 A Device Enables The Remote Explosion Of Improvised Land-Mines Composed of diverse elements, mostly of plastic, with little metal used, improvised explosive devices are very difficult to detect. In cooperation with two colombian universities, scientists at EPFL ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman To Outfit Littoral Combat Ship Mission Package Containers Northrop Grumman will support assembly of the U.S. Navy's Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) mission packages at Naval Base Ventura County, Port Hueneme, Calif. It also has rounded out its team of subcontra ... more | .. |
  AeroVironment Develops World's First Fully Operational Life-Size Hummingbird-Like Unmanned Aircraft for DARPA AeroVironment, Inc. has accomplished a technical milestone never before achieved - controlled precision hovering and fast-forward flight of a two-wing, flapping wing aircraftthat carries its own ene ... more | .. |
Global arms sales passed $400 billion in 2009: think tank The world's 100 largest arms dealers, excluding Chinese vendors, sold weapons for $401 billion in 2009, with US vendors remaining in first place, according to a report published Monday. ... more |
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  Iraqi MPs pass $82-billion 2011 spending programme Iraqi lawmakers approved an $82-billion spending programme for 2011 by voting for a national budget in parliament on Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Russia sends Peru Mi-35 helicopters to fight rebels Peru will receive two Russian-made Mi-35 attack helicopters next month to fight drug traffickers and Shining Path guerrillas, Air Force chief Carlos Samame said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Report: N. Korea appears to prepare nuclear test North Korea has started digging tunnels at its nuclear test site in apparent preparation for a third atomic detonation, a report said Sunday. ... more | .. |
Argentine military halts US training over cargo spat Argentina is suspending participation in training with foreign militaries in the wake of a diplomatic row over a seizure of weapons and drugs from a US military plane, a top official said Sunday. ... 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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 Iranian warships' passage through Suez put back two days The passage of two Iranian naval ships through the Suez Canal has been put back to Wednesday, a canal official said on Sunday as Israel expressed its grave concern about the Mediterranean-bound vessels. ... more | .. |
  US top military officer visits Gulf amid Arab revolts Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said Sunday he was "stunned" by the spread of Arab protests as he arrived in Saudi Arabia on a Gulf tour to boost Washington's ties with regional allies. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan cardinal eyes China-Vatican dialogue Taiwan's Cardinal Paul Shan, who will embark on a high-profile trip to China this summer, says he hopes that the Vatican and Beijing can be "mature" and reconcile their bitter differences. ... more | .. |
Gulf expo could boost Mideast arms sales The Middle East's premier arms exhibition opens Sunday in Abu Dhabi amid forecasts that the region's military spending is set to grow by 14 percent over five years. ... more |
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 Popular MP in Iraq PM's bloc resigns A popular member of Nuri al-Maliki's political party has stepped down as an MP, apparently over his unhappiness with a key supreme court ruling last month, an official said on Friday. ... more | .. |
 China blocking UN report on N.Korea: diplomat China has warned its partners on the UN Security Council that it intends to block publication of a report on the status of North Korea's nuclear program, a diplomat at the United Nations said Friday. ... more | .. |
Mideast unrest puts US military access in jeopardy Popular unrest sweeping the Middle East highlights the US military's reliance on Arab regimes that offer privileged access to airfields and ports from Cairo to Qatar. ... 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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  Destructive cyber attack inevitable: NSA chief The US National Security Agency (NSA) chief on Thursday urged top computer security specialists to harden the nation's critical infrastructure against inevitable destructive cyber attacks. ... more | .. |
  Yale scientists build 'anti-laser' U.S. researchers have announced the development of the world's first "anti-laser," a device that can absorb and cancel out a laser beam. ... more | .. |
US fears new 'provocation' by N.Korea A senior US military commander on Thursday voiced fear of new "provocation" within months from North Korea but said he had no indications the communist state was preparing a new missile launch. ... more | .. |
 Nasrallah, Barak trade invasion threats Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah has declared his forces will invade Israel's northern Galilee region if a new Middle East war erupts. ... more |
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 New wing tests for carrier drone The low-speed characteristics of a new wing design for a carrier-launched unmanned aerial system have been validated by its California manufacturer. ... more | .. |
US: Troops' move depends on Japan A US military commander on Thursday pressed for Japan to decide soon over a controversial military base, suggesting that the pullout of some 8,000 troops may be delayed without progress. ... more | .. |
China denies Canada hacking involvement China on Thursday rejected as "groundless" reports suggesting it was behind an unprecedented cyberattack on the Canadian government that penetrated two key agencies and forced them offline. ... more | .. |
N.Korea completes missile launch tower Recent satellite images show that North Korea has completed a launch tower at its new missile base, a key step in efforts to test a missile which could eventually reach the United States, experts say. ... more |
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