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US-NKorea talks ease tensions but no quick deal seenSeoul (AFP) July 25, 2011 Upcoming US-North Korean talks will ease high tensions on the Korean peninsula but are unlikely to bring a quick breakthrough in years-long efforts to shut down the North's nuclear programme, analysts say. US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Sunday that the North's vice foreign minister Kim Kye-Gwan would visit New York this week for "exploratory talks" on possible resumption of long-stalled six-nation nuclear negotiations. The invitation was announced after nuclear envoys from North ... read more |
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  Kadhafi counter-attack repulsed, Tripoli bombed Forces loyal to Libyan leader Moamer Kadhafi launched a counter-offensive on rebels in the southwest on Sunday but were repulsed, after NATO warplanes blitzed military targets in the capital. ... more | .. |
 Iran accuses US, Israel of killing scientist Iran on Sunday accused arch-foes the United States and Israel of masterminding the assassination of a scientist in Tehran, Dariush Rezaei-Nejad, who was reportedly associated with the defence ministry. ... more | .. |
  'Qaeda' suicide bomber in pickup kills 9 Yemeni troops A suicide bomber Sunday detonated a truck packed with explosives at an army camp in Aden, killing nine soldiers, a military source said, amid raging battles between troops and Islamist militants. ... more | .. |
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 N. Korea tested missile rocket: report North Korea last year tested a rocket to carry long-range missiles in an apparent attempt to showcase its weapons capability to the United States, a report said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  US money ended up in Taliban hands: report US government funds earmarked ostensibly to promote business in Afghanistan have landed in Taliban hands under a $2.16 billion transportation contract, The Washington Post reported late Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Israel nabs boat smuggling weapons on Dead Sea: army The Israeli military and police on Monday captured a boat on the Dead Sea which was trying to smuggle weapons from Jordan, and detained two Palestinians on board, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Hundreds displaced by Iran-Iraqi Kurd clashes: ICRC Fighting between Iranian military forces and Kurdish separatists has displaced hundreds of villagers in the border regions of northern Iraq, the Red Cross said on Monday. ... more |
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 US forces to stop joint operations in Iraq's north In one week US troops will cease joint operations with Iraqi and Kurdish forces, begun in early 2010 to dampen tensions between Kurds and Sunni Arabs in disputed northern zones, a US military official said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan says Chinese fighter jets entered its airspace Two Chinese fighter planes intruded into Taiwanese airspace, the defence ministry said Monday, in an incident local press said resulted from their attempts to drive away a US spy aircraft. ... more | .. |
  China launches largest dock landing ship China has launched its largest amphibious dock landing warship, the 19,000 metric ton Jinggangshan, in Shanghai. ... more | .. |
  Ghana debates military jet purchase The decision by the National Democratic Congress government to acquire five new aircraft for Ghana's armed forces at a cost of $102 million has been debated in Parliament. ... more |
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  IMF 'may never know' who mounted cyber attack The International Monetary Fund said Friday it may be impossible to identify who mounted a cyber attack on its computer files in May, after a Bloomberg report suggested it was China. ... more | .. |
 NATO operation kills 50 militants in Afghanistan More than 50 militants were killed in a major Afghan and foreign operation against the Haqqani network in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Metal Storm and TASER Sign MoU Metal Storm Limited is pleased to announce that it has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with TASER International Inc. and BREON Defence Systems Pty Limited to develop and market TASE ... more | .. |
  GA-ASI Awarded Contract for Hellads Weapon System Demonstrator General Atomics Aeronautical Systems has announced that the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) recently awarded the company a contract for development of the complete Demonstrator Las ... more |
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Fresh quake barrage hits Greek island Santorini
Pain, anger as Turkey marks two years since quake disaster
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 US Army Develops New Ways to Test, Identify Biological Agents The Army is advancing science in new ways. Scientists as the U.S. Army Edgewood Chemical Biological Center developed a ground-breaking method for identification of biological agents. "We are e ... more | .. |
 UK Defence Equipment Budget Rises As Future Force Takes Shape The Government has committed to increasing the planned MOD equipment budget by over GBP3bn during the Spending Review period after 2015 to fund vital future military equipment. The longer-term ... more | .. |
 Australian army soon to get Nary vehicles The Australian army will take delivery of 31 new Nary patrol vehicles this month after a delay of more than three years. ... more | .. |
 US lawmakers in new bid for Taiwan jets A congressional panel on Thursday urged the United States to sell F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan, the latest appeal for the weaponry the island says it needs to counter a rising China. ... more |
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 'Anonymous' fires back at hacker hunters Notorious hacker group Anonymous on posted a defiant message to police Thursday and boasted of plundering sensitive data from NATO computers. ... more | .. |
  France tips Dassault to supply new drones France is in talks with French group Dassault Aviation to buy medium-altitude, long-endurance (MALE) drones to enter service in 2014, Defence Minister Gerard Longuet said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Canadian ex-Afghan commander pleads guilty to affair Canada's former top officer in Afghanistan, Brigadier-General Daniel Menard, pleaded guilty Thursday to having an affair with a female corporal under his command on active duty. ... more | .. |
 U.S., Iran spar over downed drone claim A senior Iranian legislator is claiming that his country downed a U.S. spy drone overflying the Fordo nuclear enrichment plant in Iran's Qom province in central Iran. ... more |
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MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zone
Scientists' conference kicks off global AI summit in Paris
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 UN bid will not affect peace process: Abbas Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas said Wednesday his efforts to seek UN membership for the Palestinians would not affect negotiations "that we want to continue to have" with Israel. ... more | .. |
 Petraeus warns of deteriorating US-Pakistan relations US General David Petraeus admitted Wednesday there was no option but to work on troubled relations with Pakistan, days after standing down from his job at the helm of coalition forces in Afghanistan. ... more | .. |
 Iran Guards kill Kurdish rebels Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards continued their offensives against rebels from the Party of Free Life of Kurdistan (PJAK) on Wednesday, killing and wounding a number of them, media reported. ... more | .. |
Little progress in Taliban talks as handover begins With violence in Afghanistan flaring to record levels as Western troops begin to withdraw and key cities are handed over to local forces, experts say peace talks with the Taliban are becoming ever more urgent. ... more |
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 Pentagon looks to social media as new battlefield The Pentagon is asking scientists to figure out how to detect and counter propaganda on social media networks in the aftermath of Arab uprisings driven by Twitter and Facebook. ... more | .. |
  STSS Demonstrator Satellites Track Short-Range, Air-Launched Rocket The Space Tracking and Surveillance System (STSS) demonstration satellites successfully acquired and tracked a short-range, air-launched target (SRALT) July 8 in a test that showed their ability to ... more | .. |
 Boeing P-8A Poseidon Production Aircraft Completes First Flight The first Boeing P-8A Poseidon production aircraft completed its first flight on July 7, taking off from Renton Field and landing three hours later at Boeing Field in Seattle. The P-8A is the first ... more | .. |
 Heavy metal hardens battle The French may have had a better chance at the Battle of Agincourt had they not been weighed down by heavy body armour, say researchers. A study published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B shows ... more |
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