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'Nuclear hellstorm' if bin Laden caught: 9/11 mastermindLondon (AFP) April 25, 2011 The mastermind of the 9/11 attacks warned that Al-Qaeda has hidden a nuclear bomb in Europe which will unleash a "nuclear hellstorm" if Osama bin Laden is captured, leaked files revealed Monday. The terror group also planned to make a 9/11 style attack on London's Heathrow airport by crashing a hijacked airliner into one of the terminals, the files showed. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed told Guantanamo Bay interrogators the terror group would detonate the nuclear device if the Al-Qaeda chief was capture ... read more |
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  Kadhafi safe and his morale high: spokesman Moamer Kadhafi is in a safe place and his morale is high, a regime spokesman said on Monday after an overnight NATO air strike on the Libyan leader's compound wrecked his office. ... more | .. |
 Seoul sites rockets near N. Korea border: reports South Korea has deployed rockets on two islands near its tense Yellow Sea border with North Korea to guard against possible attacks, reports said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Delivers First Standard Missile-6 To US Navy Raytheon delivered the first Standard Missile-6 production round to the U.S. Navy. "Five years ago, Raytheon promised the U.S. Navy that SM-6 would be delivered in March 2011, and we delivered on th ... more | .. |
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  Northrop Grumman Begins Testing New Multi-Function Active Sensor Northrop Grumman has announced the start of system tests of a new Multi-Function Active Sensor (MFAS) being developed here for use by the U.S. Navy onboard the MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance ... more | .. |
 Britain's SAS faces recruitment crisis: military chief Britain's elite SAS is facing a recruitment crisis because the army is so overstretched that soldiers do not have time to prepare for the gruelling selection process, a senior officer warned on Monday. ... more | .. |
  Forgotten victims of Pakistan's Taliban war Shadi Khan was once a proud soldier fighting the Taliban, but today he quivers in pain, socks bagged around metal pins after a bomb blew off his legs on Pakistan's deadliest battlefield. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea says N. Korea deceptive on dialogue South Korea accused North Korea Monday of "deceptive" appeals for dialogue and said Pyongyang was determined to keep its nuclear weapons despite international efforts to revive disarmament talks. ... more |
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  China to launch carrier in 2011: Taiwan spy chief Taiwan's spy chief on Monday said China could bring its first aircraft carrier into service before the end of the year, kindling fears in Taipei over Beijing's continued naval build-up. ... more | .. |
  Three Turks kidnapped in Iraq released: army Three Turkish workers who were kidnapped in mid-February in the northern Iraqi oil hub of Kirkuk were released on Monday after being held by a Sunni militant group, security officials said. ... more | .. |
  Uruguay buys three more Bombardier jets Uruguay flag carrier Pluna is sticking to Bombardier Aerospace jets for an extension of its fleet and will buy another three of the manufacturer's CRJ900 NextGen aircraft. ... more | .. |
 Jihadist killers challenge Hamas in Gaza Jihadist militants are believed to have been behind the recent killing of Italian pro-Palestine activist Vittorio Arrigoni in the Gaza Strip, underlining their growing strength in the Palestinian territory and the challenge this poses to its hard-line rulers, Hamas. ... more |
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 Israeli arms firms target Latin America Elbit Systems, one of Israel's leading defense companies, has won an $85 million contract to upgrade 11 Brazilian air force F-5 fighter-bombers as well as a joint venture with plane maker Embraer to build Israeli-designed unmanned aerial vehicles. ... more | .. |
 Petraeus visits Pakistan for security talks: embassy US general David Petraeus on Monday visited Pakistan and held talks with its army chief on ways to bolster regional security, the US embassy said in a statement. ... more | .. |
 Food shortages focus of North Korea visit: Carter A group of former statesmen led by ex-US president Jimmy Carter said Monday they will focus on food shortages, human rights and denuclearisation when they visit North Korea this week. ... more | .. |
 Italy ready for 'targeted action' in Libya: Berlusconi Italy will allow its air force to take "targeted action" against selected military objectives in Libya, Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi said Monday. ... more |
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SFL Missions Inc. Secures CSA Contract for HAWC Satellite Concept Study
Multinational research project shows how life on Earth can be measured from space
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 Rebels claim Misrata success as NATO targets Kadhafi Rebels in the besieged Misrata port said on Monday they have pushed troops loyal to Moamer Kadhafi out of the city, after the Libyan leader's compound took direct hits in a NATO air strike. ... more | .. |
  US urged to protect activist site from China hackers A lawmaker on Monday urged the United States to intervene to protect a popular activist site after it was hit by China-based hackers apparently upset at a petition to free artist Ai Weiwei. ... more | .. |
Kurd officers killed in clash with Iraqi forces Two Kurdish security officers died and four other people were wounded in armed clashes between Iraqi soldiers and Kurdish forces in the oil-rich northern city of Kirkuk Monday, officials said. ... more | .. |
Thousands remember Australia, NZ war dead Tens of thousands of Australians and New Zealanders turned out in wet weather Monday for annual ANZAC Day dawn services to honour the nations' war dead. ... more |
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  Australians see China as military threat: poll Almost half of Australians believe China will become a military threat in the next 20 years and a majority believe Canberra is allowing too much Chinese investment, according to a poll released Monday. ... more | .. |
 Pakistan re-opens NATO supply route NATO can resume supplying its troops in Afghanistan through a key Pakistani route on Monday after protesters against US drone strikes lifted a blockade, an official said. ... more | .. |
 US appeals court revives Iraq Blackwater case A US appeals court has reopened the prosecution of four former Blackwater security guards accused of killing 14 Iraqi civilians in 2007, documents obtained by AFP Sunday showed. ... more | .. |
Bombing destroys presidential building in Tripoli Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi's office in his immense Tripoli residence was destroyed in a NATO air strike early Monday, while loud explosions were heard in several districts of the capital as warplanes roared overhead. ... more |
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 Misrata fighting rages on, Kadhafi office hit The most powerful explosions to hit the Libyan capital in weeks of fighting shook downtown Tripoli early Monday, as as an airstrike hit Moamer Kadhafi's office at his sprawling residence. ... more | .. |
Russia frees software tycoon's kidnapped son Russian police on Sunday freed the son of software tycoon Eugene Kaspersky after a five-day kidnap ordeal, ending one of the highest-profile abduction dramas in the country in recent years. ... more | .. |
 Aegis Combat Systems Installed on Two New U.S. Navy Destroyers The U.S. Navy, supported by Lockheed Martin has installed the Aegis Combat System aboard two new Navy destroyers, USS Gravely (DDG 107) and USS Jason Dunham (DDG 109). The Aegis Combat Systems aboar ... more | .. |
Iraq PM pledges not to ask for US troop extension Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has pledged that Baghdad would not ask US troops to stay in the country beyond a year-end pullout, his office said on Saturday. ... more |
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 Libya stalemate would draw in Al-Qaeda: McCain Senator John McCain urged the United States on Sunday to step up its involvement in NATO air strikes on Libya, warning that a stalemate would likely draw Al-Qaeda into the conflict. ... more | .. |
 U.S. Army Awards Raytheon $173 Million Contract for Excalibur Raytheon has received a $173 million U.S. Army fiscal year 2010 contract for the production of Excalibur precision-guided projectile rounds for in-theater use. This contract marks the beginning of f ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Demonstrates Integration of MONAX Communications System with Air Force Base Network Military commanders may soon have the ability to access the full range of smartphone applications anywhere on their installations with the Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) MONAX 3G wireless communication ... more | .. |
  Stability And Security In Space "A long-standing principle of U.S. national space policy," said Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Bureau of Arms Control, Verification and Compliance Frank Rose, "is that all nations have the right ... more |
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