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Pakistan's nuclear weapons vulnerable to theft: reportWashington (AFP) Nov 4, 2011 Pakistan has begun moving its nuclear weapons in low-security vans on congested roads to hide them from US spy agencies, making the weapons more vulnerable to theft by Islamist militants, two US magazines reported Friday. The Atlantic and the National Journal, in a joint report citing unnamed sources, wrote that the US raid that killed Al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden in May at his Pakistani compound reinforced Islamabad's longstanding fears that Washington could try to dismantle the country's nuclear ... read more |
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  China hits out at US cyber spying accusations Beijing on Friday hit out at a US intelligence agency report accusing the Chinese of extensive cyber spying, saying it was unprofessional and irresponsible. ... more | .. |
 Tensions rise over an Israel-Iran conflict Anxiety is rising in world capitals over possible pre-emptive military strikes by Israel against Iran over the threat posed by Tehran's nuclear program. ... more | .. |
  Australia moves to ratify defense treaty The introduction of a bill in Parliament moves Australia a step closer to cutting red tape surrounding procurement from U.S. defense businesses. ... more | .. |
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  Libya's NTC pledges to destroy chemical weapons: OPCW Libya's National Transitional Council has pledged to continue with the previous regime's programme of destroying its chemical weapons stockpiles, an international monitoring group said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Army says not 'correct' to revoke Indian Kashmir law A top Indian army official says harsh emergency laws in Indian Kashmir should not be revoked until Pakistan ends its "interference" in the revolt-hit region. ... more | .. |
 Mexican hacker group drops reprisal as member freed Persons claiming to be with the Mexican arm of "hacktivist" group Anonymous said Friday they were scrapping plans to expose information about the Zetas drug cartel after a kidnap victim was released. ... more | .. |
  Israel navy intercepts flotilla ships off Gaza coast Two ships carrying pro-Palestinian activists intercepted by the Israeli navy while trying to run the blockade on the Hamas-run Gaza Strip reached Ashdod port Friday night, public radio said. ... more |
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  Obama to hold White House talks with Iraqi PM US President Barack Obama will meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki at the White House on December 12, just days before all US troops are due out of Iraq, a US official said Friday. ... 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 | .. |
  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 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 |
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  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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Quantum factors elevate plant energy transport efficiency
Small temperature rise could triple Earth heat hazard
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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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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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 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 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 | .. |
 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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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