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Despite turmoil, Mideast arms sales boom Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates (UPI) Feb 25, 2011 Despite unprecedented political upheaval across the Middle East and North Africa, the United Arab Emirates has announced defense contracts worth $3.8 billion at the close of the region's biggest arms exhibition. There was little indication that the unrest that has driven the president of Egypt and Tunis from office, after 32 years and 23 years respectively, and threatens to topple the entire regime of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi has stifled the arms business in the region. More than 1, ... read more |
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  US, S. Korea launch war games amid N. Korea threat US and South Korean troops on Monday launched major annual land, sea and air exercises, amid North Korean threats to turn Seoul into a "sea of flames" in the event of any provocation. ... more | .. |
  Iran To Build Advanced Fighter Jet The Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force has launched a project to design and build the country's most advanced fighter jet, the English language satellite Press TV reported Sunday. Brigadier Ge ... more | .. |
  ONR Moves A Modular Space Communications Asset Into Unmanned Aircraft For Marines Successfully taking a small radio receiver intended for space applications and creating a full-featured radio frequency system, initially designed for a Marine Corps unmanned aircraft, would not hav ... more | .. |
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  Mullen Mideast trip shows US 'worry': Iran general A trip to the Middle East by the top US military officer Mike Mullen shows the "deep worry" of Washington when it comes to the fate of its forces in the region, the top Iranian general said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Iraq PM gives cabinet 100-day warning after demos Iraq's prime minister warned his cabinet on Sunday to shape up within 100 days or face "changes", as protest organisers called for a fresh set of rallies and religious leaders demanded reforms. ... more | .. |
 North Korea threatens US, South with 'all-out war' North Korea threatened "all-out war" in response to exercises by South Korean and US troops due to start Monday and told Seoul to stop cross-border propaganda, upping the rhetoric against its arch rivals. ... more | .. |
 Russia could 'lose $4 bn' in Libya arms deals Russia could lose almost $4.0 billion in arms export contracts to Libya after Moscow joined other world powers in slapping an arms embargo on Moamer Kadhafi's regime, a report said on Sunday. ... more |
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Multinational research project shows how life on Earth can be measured from space
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  Nigeria police kill Islamist sect financier Police said Sunday they had shot dead a man financing a radical Islamist sect in northern Nigeria and arrested another man suspected of supplying the group with arms. ... more | .. |
  Gunmen torch two NATO trucks in Pakistan Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan attacked two trucks carrying supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan and set them on fire on Sunday, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan to relax China high-tech investment limits Taiwan is to relax controls on investments from mainland China in the island's high-tech companies, a senior economic official said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Christian town in north Iraq offers refuge For hundreds of terrified Christian families who fled attacks in Baghdad and Mosul in recent months, an ancient Christian town in Iraq's north has offered a safe haven from violence. ... more |
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  Russia vows to sell missiles to Syria Russia vowed Saturday to fulfil its contract to supply Syria with cruise missiles despite the turmoil shaking the Arab world and Israel's furious condemnation of the deal. ... more | .. |
 Iran to 'remove fuel' from Bushehr nuclear plant Iran said on Saturday it is removing the fuel from the reactor of a Russian-built nuclear power plant, a move seen as a big blow to its controversial nuclear programme. ... more | .. |
  Israeli jets hit militant camps in Gaza Israeli warplanes bombed militant training camps in the Gaza Strip for a second time on Saturday, wounding four people including a toddler, Palestinian officials and medics said. ... more | .. |
 Iraqi journalists allege torture during demos Four Iraqi journalists detained by security forces during protests in Baghdad said Saturday they would sue Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki after alleging they were physically tortured while being held. ... more |
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Efforts to Detect Alien Life Advanced by Simple Microbe Mobility Test
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 Third Greek ferry of Chinese fleeing Libya arrives in Crete A third Greek ferry chartered by China to evacuate its nationals from Libya cast anchor in the port of Heraklion on the southern Greek island of Crete early Saturday. ... more | .. |
 British warship ferries Benghazi evacuees to Malta A British warship with evacuees from Libya docked in Malta on Saturday as governments raced to pull thousands of foreign nationals away from turmoil in the oil-rich North African state. ... more | .. |
 Tanker victory spells risks for Boeing Boeing's triumph over European rival EADS for a major US Air Force tanker contract poses risks amid defense spending cutbacks and multiple delays to its commercial projects. ... more | .. |
  Father of Soviet submarines dead at 91 Sergei Kovalyov, the father of the Soviet Union and Russia's nuclear submarine programme, has died at the age of 91 in his native Saint Petersburg, his colleagues said Friday. ... more |
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 EADS 'disappointed and perplexed' by US tanker decision Senior European leaders and EADS head Louis Gallois expressed disappointment Friday after the Airbus plane maker lost out to arch US rival Boeing on a massive US Air Force tanker contract. ... more | .. |
 China's Huawei seeks US government probe Chinese telecom giant Huawei on Friday urged the US government to investigate the company, arguing "unfounded accusations" and "falsehoods" had jeopardised its operations in the United States. ... more | .. |
 Boeing wins massive US air tanker contract US aerospace giant Boeing on Thursday won a massive contract to supply aerial refueling tankers to the Air Force, defeating European rival EADS in a long and tortuous contest. ... more | .. |
 Top US lawmaker sounds alarm over Syria nukes A top US lawmaker pressed President Barack Obama on Thursday to impose new sanctions on Syria after photographs emerged suggesting its secret nuclear program was broader than previously revealed. ... more |
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New method employs atomic clocks and lasers to probe dark matter
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 Thailand Receives First Batch Of Gripen Fighters The Royal Thai Air Force (RTAF) has now taken delivery of six Gripen C/D fighters. These aircraft belong to the first batch ordered in 2008. In total, Thailand has ordered 12 Gripen. The ... more | .. |
 US Navy's Newest DDG 51 Class Destroyer Delivered The U.S. Navy accepted Northrop Grumman's latest Aegis guided missile destroyer in a ceremony held on the fantail of the Navy's newest ship. William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) is the 28th DDG 51 Class de ... more | .. |
  Fire Scout Completes First Unmanned Test Flights On Littoral Combat Ship The Northrop Grumman-built MQ-8B Fire Scout vertical takeoff and landing tactical unmanned aerial vehicle (VTUAV) achieved a significant development milestone in November when it flew its first test ... more | .. |
 Main Mast Installation Completed On USS Theodore Roosevelt Northrop Grumman completed a significant work performance milestone on the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) with the installation of the final section of the ship's main ... more |
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India hikes defence spending by 12 percent India, which has embarked on a major programme to upgrade its military, announced a nearly 12 percent jump in defence spending to 36 billion dollars in its annual budget on Monday. ... more | .. |
Israel PM meets Blair as Quartet pushes peace Israel's Benjamin Netanyahu held talks on Monday with Quartet envoy Tony Blair, as international peace negotiators sought to coax Israel and the Palestinians back into some form of peace dialogue. ... more | .. |
Libya arms embargo halts boom for Italy, Russia The arms embargo on Libya agreed by the UN Security Council this weekend puts an official block on a flourishing trade for Russian and European defence contractors worth billions of euros (dollars). ... more | .. |
Kuwait marks liberation with massive parade The Gulf state of Kuwait Saturday marked the 20th anniversary of its liberation from Iraqi occupation with a massive international military parade as 17 world leaders watched. ... more |
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