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China hits out at US cyber spying accusationsBeijing (AFP) Nov 4, 2011 Beijing on Friday hit out at a US intelligence agency report accusing the Chinese of extensive cyber spying, saying it was unprofessional and irresponsible. The unusually blunt report on foreign cyber spying submitted to the US Congress on Thursday said the Chinese were the world's "most active and persistent perpetrators" of economic espionage. "Cyber attacks are transnational and anonymous," Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Hong Lei told reporters. "Without investigation, to prejudge the ... read more |
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  Israel holds major missile defence drill Israel on Thursday completed a major civil defence drill in the Tel Aviv region aimed at simulating a response to conventional and non-conventional missile attacks, the military said. ... more | .. |
  China opens up military space programme China is opening up its military-run manned space programme to foreign nations, seeking its own alliances as US concerns see it excluded from the international space station project, analysts say. ... more | .. |
  US soldier killed after Iraq pullout announcement A US soldier has been killed in northern Iraq, the US military said on Friday, the first American service member to die in an attack here since the US announced its forces would depart by year's end. ... more | .. |
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  US reins in drones over diplomatic concerns: report The US spy agency has quietly tightened its rules on drone strikes in Pakistan over concerns about their impact on tense relations with Islamabad, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Call for Australia, US security pact with India Australia and the United States should form a three-way security dialogue with India, in part to help counter any naval aggression from China, a paper released Friday said. ... more | .. |
  Iran ready for worst, warns US about 'collision course' Iran's foreign minister said on Thursday that Tehran was "prepared for the worst" and warned the United States against putting itself on "collision course" with his country. ... more | .. |
  India to open rival bids for huge war plane deal India was on Friday set to open rival bids from France's Dassault and the Eurofighter consortium, which are competing over a multi-billion contract to provide 126 fighter jets. ... more |
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  US says Turkey will not escort aid flotilla to Gaza The United States said Thursday it has received assurances from Turkey that it would not send warships to accompany two new aid ships seeking to break Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip. ... more | .. |
 Stuxnet-like virus hides in Microsoft Word files Microsoft said Thursday it is working to fix a Windows software vulnerability that lets a Stuxnet-like Duqu virus sneak into computers by hiding in Word document files. ... more | .. |
  Raytheon Airborne Processors Track Multiple Ballistic Missiles from Airborne Platform During a test at the Pacific Missile Range Facility in Kauai, Hawaii, Raytheon airborne processors demonstrated precision tracking of multiple ballistic targets from an airborne platform. A to ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Demonstrates JAGM Fixed-Wing Rocket Motor Maturity Lockheed Martin has conducted the first test firing of its Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM) reduced-smoke rocket motor, demonstrating the functionality and maturity of the design. The reduce ... more |
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  DCGS-A Next-Gen ISR System Completes Baseline Software Certification Tests Northrop Grumman has successfully completed formal qualification testing of the Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) Mobile Basic software baseline being developed for the U.S. Army. ... more | .. |
 Boeing, US Army Mark Delivery of First AH-64D Apache Block III Combat Helicopter Boeing has marked delivery of the first AH-64D Apache Block III multi-role attack helicopter to the U.S. Army in Mesa. The Block III Apache begins a new era in combat aviation by delivering advanced ... more | .. |
  Colombia security set-up faces disarray Colombia's security organization faced disarray after the government dissolved the main domestic intelligence agency and unveiled plans to fragment its operations. ... more | .. |
 Labor overhauls veterans' program Foreshadowing a larger announcement close to Veterans Day next week, U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis released data Thursday that indicated a large spike in unemployment among African-American veterans. ... more |
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Quantum factors elevate plant energy transport efficiency
Small temperature rise could triple Earth heat hazard
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 Chile's past haunts protests over rights Chile's abysmal record of human rights violations under its past dictatorial regimes is coming to haunt the democratic administration of President Sebastian Pinera as criticism of his rule mounts. ... more | .. |
  US weighs shift in strategy in Afghanistan war President Barack Obama's advisers are debating a shift in the military's mission in Afghanistan that would focus on advising Afghan forces while scaling back combat operations much earlier than planned, officials say. ... more | .. |
 11 killed in attacks on Iraq security forces Bomb and gun attacks against police and anti-Qaeda militiamen killed 11 people and wounded 38 across Iraq on Thursday, security officials said. ... more | .. |
 Most US troops out of Iraq by mid-December: general The "vast majority" of remaining US troops in Iraq will be out by mid-December as the American military's withdrawal picks up pace, a US general said Thursday. ... more |
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 US drones kill three Haqqani militants in Pakistan A US drone strike killed at least three militants in northwest Pakistan on Thursday, destroying a compound in a mountain stronghold of the Afghan Taliban's Haqqani network, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Russia blasts US 'merchant of death' verdict Russia said Thursday it had grave doubts about the guilty verdict handed down by a US jury to a Moscow businessman dubbed "the merchant of death" for his global arms trafficking. ... more | .. |
 US points finger at China, Russia over cyber spying The Chinese are the world's "most active and persistent perpetrators" of economic espionage, a US intelligence agency said on Thursday in an unusually blunt report on a sensitive topic. ... more | .. |
 Palestinians face choices that will 'change face of region' The Palestinian leadership faces decisions about the peace process that will "change the face of the region," presidential spokesman Nabil Abu Rudeina said on Thursday. ... more |
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Rubio in Costa Rica as he seeks to curb China influence; Panama lawsuit would axe HK canal concession
New Belgian government ditches nuclear power exit plan
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 In Israel, speculation over strike on Iran grows Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is seeking cabinet support for a military strike on Iran, the Haaretz newspaper reported on Wednesday, after days of speculation about plans for an attack. ... more | .. |
 US ready to sell F-35 fighter to India: Pentagon The United States would be prepared to sell India the new F-35 fighter jet, the Pentagon said Wednesday, after New Delhi rejected a US offer of older aircraft in a major competition this year. ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Conducts Pac-3 Missile Test at White Sands Missile Range Lockheed Martin's PAC-3 Missile successfully detected, tracked and intercepted an aerodynamic tactical ballistic missile target in a flight test at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. The test inc ... more | .. |
 ATK Awarded Contract for Third LRIP Lot of AARGM ATK has announced that it has been awarded a $54.4-million contract by the U.S. Navy for a third lot of low-rate initial production (LRIP) Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGM). The contra ... more |
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 Cassidian has Developed Most Powerful Ground Surveillance Radar Worldwide Cassidian, the defence and security division of EADS, has developed the world's most powerful radar for battlefield surveillance for use by the German Armed Forces. Owing to a combination of the lat ... more | .. |
 P and W Rocketdyne Selected to Test New Liquid Propulsion System The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne a $14 million contract to test new liquid-propulsion technologies that could be used to help intercept incoming ballistic missiles ... more | .. |
 CREW: Helping Defeat IEDs "If it's on it's going to work. So it's 100 percent effective," explained Eddi Bowers, the Regional Support Center-Kandahar site lead, about the Counter Radio Electronic Warfare system. CREW s ... more | .. |
  Berlin 'threatens 6th sub sale to Israel' Germany has reportedly threatened to halt the delivery to Israel of a sixth Dolphin class submarine, supposedly capable of firing nuclear-tipped missiles at Iran, in protest against plans to build 1,100 homes for Jewish settlers in an East Jerusalem suburb. ... more |
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