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Western arms makers eye lucrative Mideast marketAbu Dhabi (AFP) Feb 22, 2011 Western arms makers, squeezed by budget cuts at home, jostled to ink deals at the biggest arms fair in the Middle East as crackdowns on anti-regime protestors claimed hundreds of lives in the region. Shiny fighter jets and armoured vehicles were showcased at the Sunday opening of the 10th International Defence Exhibition and Conference in Abu Dhabi amid reports of a bloodbath in Libya, the latest country in the region gripped by a sweeping pro-democracy uprising and ensuing violence. "The post- ... read more |
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  $40 billion 'missing' from Iraq accounts Around $40 billion are "missing" from a post-Gulf War fund that Iraq maintains to protect the money from foreign claims, its parliamentary speaker said on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Iran not behind Mideast protests: Mullen Iran foments instability in the Middle East but is not behind popular protests in Bahrain and other countries in the region, top US military officer Admiral Mike Mullen said Monday in Qatar. ... more | .. |
 Brazil delays jet deal Brazil is postponing its decision to buy 36 combat jets because of massive budget cuts, a newspaper reports. ... more | .. |
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Xue loses Chinese appeal in spying case The U.S. ambassador to China vowed to continue pressuring Beijing to free Xue Feng, a Chinese-born American geologist, jailed for allegedly spying. ... more | .. |
Iraq trades F-16s for food for poor Amid violent uprisings against autocratic Arab regimes, the Iraqi government says it has taken a novel step to head off trouble: shelving plans to buy 18 Lockheed Martin F-16s and diverting a $900 million down payment to buy food for its poor. ... more | .. |
  US drone strike kills five militants in Pakistan A US drone strike in Pakistan's lawless tribal region - the second such attack in 24 hours on the area near the Afghan border - killed five militants Monday, security officials said. ... more | .. |
Iranian ships to pass Suez on Tuesday: source Two Iranian naval ships are likely to pass the Suez Canal on Tuesday, a canal source said on Monday, en route to Syria on a purported training mission that Israel regards as a provocation. ... 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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  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 | .. |
Iraq to suspend law raising tariffs amid demos Iraq is looking to suspend a law that was to be implemented in two weeks raising tariffs on imports, a spokesman said Monday, in the latest move by the government to head off protests. ... more | .. |
 N. Korea sought military talks with US: report North Korea last month offered to hold high-level military talks with the United States to discuss tensions on the Korean peninsula and nuclear disarmament, a report said Monday. ... more | .. |
Azerbaijani soldier kills seven servicemen An Azerbaijani soldier shot dead seven of his fellow young servicemen at a military base, in the latest deadly shooting tragedy to hit the ex-Soviet state's armed forces, officials said Monday. ... more |
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Teenage protester killed in Iraq Kurd demo A teenage protester was killed in a rally in northern Iraq as lawmakers moved to head off further demonstrations by cutting their salaries and ramping up support for the needy on Monday. ... more | .. |
NATO air strike kills Afghan family of six: officials Afghan officials Monday accused NATO forces of killing a family of six in an air strike, a day after President Hamid Karzai said 50 innocent people had died in aerial attacks nearby. ... more | .. |
  US military to boost naval fleet in Asia A top US naval commander said Monday that Washington plans to boost its military presence in Asia, while warning that China should expand its own forces in a "responsible and constructive" way. ... 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 |
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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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 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 US drones hit mostly low-level targets: report 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. ... more | .. |
 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 |
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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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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 | .. |
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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 |
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  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 | .. |
 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 |
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