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N. Korean leader Kim dead: state TVSeoul (AFP) Dec 19, 2011 North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has died aged 69 of a heart attack, state media announced Monday, plunging the impoverished but nuclear-armed nation into uncertainty as it faced a second dynastic succession. The leader "passed away from a great mental and physical strain" at 8:30 am on Saturday (2330 GMT Friday), while travelling by train on one of his field tours, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. It urged people to follow his youngest son and heir apparent Kim Jong-Un, who i ... read more |
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  Lockheed Martin Ships First Mobile User Objective System Satellite To Cape For Launch Lockheed Martin delivered the U.S. Navy's first Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla., on December 15, where it will be prepared for a Feb. 16, 2012 ... more | .. |
  Raytheon To Supply New Patriot Missile Defense Systems for Taiwan Raytheon has received a $685.7 million Foreign Military Sales (FMS) contract for additional new fire units of the combat-proven Patriot Air and Missile Defense System for Taiwan. "Our partners ... more | .. |
  Launching of the Pleiades-1 Satellite with SPACEBEL Software It is during the night from November 16th to 17th that the first satellite of the Pleiades constellation will fly off into Space from the Kourou Space centre. Spacebel, Belgian software engine ... more | .. |
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  USAF Awards Northrop Grumman Major Joint STARS Support Contract The U.S. Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a 30-month, $540 million contract for Total System Support Responsibility (TSSR) of the E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STAR ... more | .. |
  Lax security at Manning unit, court told Colleagues of a US soldier accused of giving a trove of classified material to WikiLeaks stored music, movies and games on a shared computer server, in violation of regulations, US Army officers told a hearing Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Britain needs to axe 700 senior defence posts: report Britain's "top-heavy" Ministry of Defence needs to shed more than 700 senior officers and civil servants over the next three years, according to a leaked MoD document published by the Guardian on Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Iraqis joyful as US leaves but wary of leaders Iraqis expressed joy at the news that US forces had completed their withdrawal on Sunday, but voiced doubts their politicians could come together to rebuild the violence-wracked country. ... more |
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  Taiwan receives two US early warning aircraft Taiwan received two upgraded early warning aircraft from the United States Sunday, the island's airforce said, as part of an arms deal that upset China-US relations. ... more | .. |
  Iraq foreign minister to lead Syria initiative Baghdad's foreign minister will lead an Iraqi initiative to end months of unrest in Syria by holding talks with the Damascus regime, opposition groups and the Arab League, an Iraqi official said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 US Republicans slam Obama over Iraq withdrawal Republican candidates for the White House slammed President Barack Obama on Sunday over the US troop withdrawal from Iraq, warning of greater Iranian clout and violence in the strife-torn country. ... more | .. |
 US forces quit Iraq nine years on The last US forces left Iraq and entered Kuwait on Sunday, nearly nine years after launching a divisive war to oust Saddam Hussein, and just as the oil-rich country grapples with renewed political deadlock. ... more |
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 Iran prepared for 'worst' on sanctions: Salehi Iran has prepared for "the worst case scenario" to circumvent toughened new Western sanctions targeting its central bank and oil exports, Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi said in an interview published on Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Iraq team has 'positive' talks with Syria's Assad An Iraqi delegation held "positive" talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Saturday in a bid to end the deadlock over an Arab League plan to stop nine months of bloodshed, its leader told AFP. ... more | .. |
 Overview of problems facing Iraq as US pulls out As US troops complete their withdrawal from Iraq, more than eight years after the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein, they leave behind a country still facing a litany of challenges. ... more | .. |
 Israel, US 'determined' to halt Iran nuclear drive: Barak Israel and the United States are determined to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons and do not rule out any option to that end, Israel's defence minister said on Sunday. ... more |
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NASA radar imagery highlights expanding landslide activity in Los Angeles
GHGSAT Selected as Copernicus Contributing Mission by ESA and EU
Asteroid Bennu comes from a long-lost salty world with ingredients for life | .. |
  US Senate confirms Obama envoy to Russia The US Senate on Saturday confirmed President Barack Obama's nominee to be ambassador to Moscow, Michael McFaul, after a delay tied to US missile defense plans. ... more | .. |
 Australia: 3 more projects back on track Australia's Defense Department removed three major projects from its official list of contracts falling behind schedule or having cost overruns. ... more | .. |
 Iraq, buying American, gets nod for F-16s The U.S. military may be pulling out of Iraq, but Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is investing billions of dollars in U.S. weaponry that will maintain Baghdad's links with the United States for years to come. ... more | .. |
 Iraq delegation arrives in Syria for talks: Iraq PM's office Iraqi National Security Adviser Falah al-Fayadh arrived in Damascus on Saturday for talks with Syrian officials on an Iraqi proposal to end months of unrest, an aide to Iraq's premier said. ... more |
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 Russia seizes radioactive material bound for Iran Russia on Friday seized a consignment of the radioactive isotope Sodium-22 used for medical and research purposes at a Moscow airport from a Tehran-bound passenger, the customs service said. ... more | .. |
Manning defense takes offensive in WikiLeaks case Lawyers for US soldier Bradley Manning mounted an aggressive defense at a hearing Friday on whether to court-martial him for spilling US diplomatic and military secrets to WikiLeaks. ... more | .. |
 Abu Ghraib remains scar on US war efforts He is now a schoolteacher, but Abu Mustafa admits he still sometimes has flashbacks to his 10 months in American custody at Iraq's most infamous prison - Abu Ghraib. ... more | .. |
Soyuz rocket lifts off with military satellite payload A Soyuz rocket lifted off on Friday from Europe's space base in French Guiana, placing into orbit six low-orbit satellites with military or joint military-industrial use. ... more |
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Robots Enhance Sewer Inspection and Maintenance with AI
Role of barrier films in maintaining the stability of perovskite solar cells
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  US Navy expects to base ships in Singapore The United States, facing a rising China but a tighter budget, expects to station several combat ships in Singapore and may step up deployments to the Philippines and Thailand, a naval officer said. ... more | .. |
 Furor as US hands over last Iraqi prisoner The United States on Friday handed its last prisoner in Iraq, a Hezbollah operative accused of plotting the killing of five US soldiers, to Iraqi authorities, sparking a political furor in Washington. ... more | .. |
 N. Korea 'agrees to suspend uranium enrichment' North Korea has agreed to suspend its enriched-uranium nuclear weapons programme, a key United States demand for the resumption of disarmament talks, news reports said Saturday. ... more | .. |
Malaysia firm wins $2.8 billion navy ship deal A Malaysian shipbuilder says it has won a 9.0 billion ringgit ($2.8 billion) deal from Kuala Lumpur for six naval vessels developed by French manufacturer DCNS. ... more |
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  Republicans mock Obama on lost drone Republicans vying to oust Barack Obama from the White House ridiculed the Democratic president on Thursday for asking arch-foe Iran to "pretty please" return a downed US drone. ... more | .. |
 Clinton recalls 'damaging' WikiLeaks document dump US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton recalled Thursday "the damaging action" caused by the mass release of classified US documents, one day before a US soldier was to be tried in the case. ... more | .. |
Camp Ashraf exiles file US complaint against Iran, Iraq Four Iranian exiles have filed a complaint in US court against senior Iranian and Iraqi officials for their alleged role in an April attack on Camp Ashraf, a site for Iranian dissidents in Iraq. ... more | .. |
UN presses Iraq to boost Kuwait normalization The UN Security Council on Thursday called on Iraq to step up efforts to normalize ties with neighboring Kuwait, still recovering from the Saddam Hussein-era invasion. ... more |
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