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Sahel armies on alert as Libya crisis threatens regionBamako (AFP) April 30, 2011 Army chiefs from Mali, Mauritania, Niger and Algeria are on alert as the crisis in nearby Libya deteriorates, placing the entire region at risk, a military source said Saturday. Speaking after a meeting Friday between the four army heads, a Malian officer who attended said: "The situation in Libya is of great concern. There is a risk of destabilising the entire region." The meeting was to reinforce the fight against insecurity in a region threatened by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI). ... read more |
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  No Taliban link shown in Kabul shooting yet: NATO A gunman who opened fire at an air force training centre in Kabul, leaving eight US troops and an American contractor dead, appeared to be acting alone, NATO said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  China to foster cooperation with ASEAN Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said Saturday Beijing wants to boost cooperation in trade and security with the 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). ... more | .. |
  Sony to reveal PlayStation hack probe findings Sony will reveal details of its internal probe into a massive theft of personal data from users of its PlayStation Network on Sunday, plus a timetable for bringing the network back into action, it said. ... more | .. |
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  Reconciliation possible for some Iraqi Qaeda: minister Iraq is hoping to reconcile with any members of Al-Qaeda's front group in the country who do not have blood on their hands, the national reconciliation minister told AFP on Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Governments probe Sony PlayStation Network hack The United States, Britain, Australia and Hong Kong are investigating the hacking and theft of personal data from Sony's PlayStation Network, which has 77 million users worldwide. ... more | .. |
  S.Korea to stage live-fire drills near islands: report South Korea will stage live-fire artillery exercises in the coming week on two frontline islands including one hit by a deadly North Korean shelling last November, a news report said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 N.Korea must talk first to South: Clinton US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Friday that North Korea must reach out first to South Korea before it can expect any resumption of denuclearization talks involving Washington. ... more |
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  Israel urged to buy U.S. rocket defenses Amid Israeli concerns of a new war with Hezbollah and other foes, there are doubts the anti-missile systems Israel's defense industry has produced or is developing will be adequate to defend the nation against sustained missile and rocket attack. ... more | .. |
 NATO stops Kadhafi forces mining Misrata harbour NATO warships stopped Moamer Kadhafi forces on Friday from laying anti-ship mines in Misrata's harbour, the alliance said, accusing the regime of trying to disrupt the flow of aid to the besieged city. ... more | .. |
 'Tangible progress' in Afghanistan war: Pentagon NATO-led forces are making "tangible progress" in the Afghanistan war with Taliban insurgents forced out of key southern strongholds, the Pentagon said Friday in an upbeat report. ... more | .. |
Libyan tanks launch assault on Misrata Libyan government tanks launched an assault Friday on Misrata, rebels said, as NATO reported its warships had stopped Moamer Kadhafi's forces from laying mines in the besieged city's harbour. ... more |
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 Thai-Cambodian cease-fire ends, one dead One Thai soldier died in renewed fighting on the border after the collapse of a cease-fire that had lasted only several hours, between Thailand and Cambodia. ... more | .. |
  Army chiefs from four Sahel countries meet on Qaeda fight Army chiefs from four Sahelian nations held a meeting in Bamako Friday to reinforce the fight against insecurity in a region threatened by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQMI). ... more | .. |
  Indonesia launches fast missile-carrier Indonesia has launched the indigenously built fast missile-carrying ship the KCR Clurit amid hopes that other Indonesian-made vessels will help the country's defense industry. ... more | .. |
  India rejects Russia's fighter jet bid: official Russia confirmed on Friday that India had rejected its bid to supply its traditional ally with 126 multi-role combat aircraft in a deal worth about $12 billion. ... 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
How life's building blocks formed on early Earth examined through polyester protocell formation limits | .. |
 Seven killed in Iraq after deadly mosque attack A Sunni imam's family and four Sunni brothers were killed in separate incidents in central Iraq early on Friday, just hours after a suicide bomber killed 10 Shiite worshippers in a nearby mosque. ... more | .. |
 Jimmy Carter raises lonely voice on N.Korea With the threat of war hanging over the Korean peninsula in 1994, Jimmy Carter flew to Pyongyang and reached a surprise deal with the reclusive regime to freeze its nuclear program and start talks. ... more | .. |
 Pentagon shows off alleged WikiLeaker's new prison Bradley Manning, the US soldier accused of leaking cables to WikiLeaks, faces far less restrictive conditions after being relocated to a new prison, according to the Pentagon. ... more | .. |
 Half of Israelis back recognition of Palestinian state Nearly half of the Israeli public believes the government should recognise a Palestinian state as long as Israel can keep the major settlement blocs, a survey published on Friday showed. ... more |
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 Obama names team for 'new phase' in Afghan war President Barack Obama Thursday charged his reshaped national security team with managing a "new phase" in the long war in Afghanistan - the struggle to put Afghans in charge of their own security. ... more | .. |
  Shielding body protects brain from shell shocking blast injuries Stronger and tougher body armor to shield the chest, abdomen and back may be just what soldiers fighting in the Afghanistan and Iraq wars need to better protect their brains from mild injuries tied ... more | .. |
 Researchers create terahertz invisibility cloak Researchers at Northwestern University have created a new kind of cloaking material that can render objects invisible in the terahertz range. Though this design can't translate into an invisibility ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Delivers 1000th Guardian Laser Transmitter Assembly Northrop Grumman has announced the delivery of the 1,000th Guardian Laser Transmitter Assembly (GLTA) to the U.S. government for use as part of the Department of Navy's Large Aircraft Infrared Count ... more |
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Lula pushes mega-oil project as Brazil prepares to host COP30
Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic'
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  LockMart Battle Command System Replaces US Army Legacy System A Lockheed Martin developed web-based capability for U.S. Army readiness reporting, force registration, mobilization, and force projection planning has completely replaced the legacy system that pre ... more | .. |
 ICANN hires hacker to keep Internet safe The agency in charge of the world's Internet addresses on Thursday appointed veteran hacker Jeff Moss to be its chief of security. ... more | .. |
 Britain's new carriers to cost even more The cost of Britain's new aircraft carriers is set to rise yet again on a decision to make the compatible with a different version of a U.S. fighter jet. ... more | .. |
 Israeli 'tunnel rats' to fight Hezbollah Israel's military is reported to have built a underground complex to train troops how to be Vietnam-style "tunnel rats" and go after Hezbollah in its elaborate bunker system across southern Lebanon should the shooting starts again. ... more |
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 With new team, Obama looks for Afghan exit By naming a new team Thursday to oversee the Afghanistan conflict, President Barack Obama could find it easier to extricate US troops from a grinding war where success has proved elusive. ... more | .. |
 G8, G20 to prepare ground for UN nuclear talks The G8 and G20 will meet in Paris in June to prepare for a conference of the UN's nuclear agency sparked by the Fukushima disaster, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 India, Pakistan agree to enhance trade India and Pakistan agreed Thursday to set up a joint working group to enhance trade, in a further move designed to ease tensions between the nuclear-armed South Asian rivals, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Allen, new Afghan commander made name in Iraq war Lieutenant General John Allen, tapped Thursday to take over as US commander in Afghanistan, made his name in the Iraq war by striking alliances with Sunni tribal leaders. ... more |
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