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Analysts play down higher-grade uranium find in IranVienna (AFP) May 25, 2012 Analysts on Friday played down the UN atomic agency's discovery of higher-grade uranium traces in Iran, saying it was likely due to a technical glitch rather than a covert attempt to enrich to arms grade. The agency's latest report, seen by AFP, did however say that satellite imagery showed "extensive activity" at the Parchin military site, which it said could hamper investigating claims of suspected nuclear weapons research there. The International Atomic Energy Agency also revealed that its he ... read more |
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  Congress to spend more on tanks than US military wants The US Congress is poised to approve more funds for modernizing the US Army's main battle tank despite objections from the military that it puts the Pentagon's overall strategy in jeopardy. ... more | .. |
  Hollande defends French exit in Afghanistan President Francois Hollande on Friday defended France's imminent exit from Afghanistan, saying 2,000 combat troops will leave in a coordinated withdrawal this year but vowing not to abandon the country. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Negotiating with Iran This week, six world powers resumed discussions with Iran in Baghdad to avert what increasingly appears to be a nuclear standoff. What the Obama administration hopes to achieve through such talks is anybody's guess. History suggests that diplomatic engagement with Iran is a fool's errand. ... more | .. |
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  Lovitt to supply parts for Super Hornets Lovitt Technologies in Melbourne, Australia, has won a contract with Boeing worth nearly $1 million for wing parts for all F/A-18 Super Hornet fighters worldwide. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan businessman jailed for spying for China Taiwan's supreme court has upheld a decision to sentence a businessman to three-and-a-half years in jail for spying for China, in a case local media said has spooked the island's own agents abroad. ... more | .. |
  S. Korea says to pick weapons suppliers in October South Korea will select suppliers of military aircraft worth billions of dollars in October, a spokesman said Friday, despite calls from the main opposition party for further studies to be carried out. ... more | .. |
  Lack of access to WikiLeaks suspect condemned in US US rights activists Friday condemned a lack of disclosure in the case against WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning, saying there was even less transparency than proceedings against the alleged September 11 attackers. ... more |
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 $2.5B jet deal with Saudis boosts BAE BAE Systems' $2.5 billion training contract with Saudi Arabia's air force is a major coup for Europe's largest defense contractor and keeps the wolf from the door as Western defense industries face a sharp downturn because of hefty cuts in military spending. ... more | .. |
 $3B in training deals for European firms Military pilot training and training aircraft were in the news this week, with European companies reaping more than $3 billion in contracts. ... more | .. |
 Tick tock: Pressure for real progress in next Iran talks Iran and world powers cannot afford to come away from their next round of nuclear talks in Moscow in June without concrete progress, as they did in Baghdad, analysts said on Friday. ... more | .. |
  MPs see conscription as possible cure to Iraq woes Iraqi MPs are toying with a Saddam-era policy they hope will combat both high unemployment and fears of sectarian divisions in a country that was on the brink of civil war a few years ago: conscription. ... more |
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 China targets immigrants on North Korean border China has launched a crackdown on illegal immigration in its northeast region bordering North Korea, state press said Friday, in a campaign apparently targeting both North and South Koreans. ... more | .. |
  US soldier convicted in base attack plot A US soldier who fled his post as a Muslim conscientious objector was convicted Thursday of plotting an attack on a Texas military base, prosecutors said. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Delivers Core Structure for Fourth SBIRS Satellite Lockheed Martin has received the core structure for the U.S. Air Force's fourth Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) geosynchronous satellite (GEO-4). The structure was delivered to Lockheed Martin's ... more | .. |
 Canadian military shakeup to save costs A planned shakeup in the command structure of Canada's 68,000-strong armed forces will save costs and also respond to criticism of government performance over the planned Canadian acquisition of the Joint Strike Fighter program. ... more |
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Climate change increases risk of successive natural hazards in the Himalayas
GMV teams up with +Atlantic CoLAB in AIR4Health project to enhance public health forecasting
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  Israel said to escalate covert operations Despite the prospect of a diplomatic breakthrough in talks about Iran's nuclear program between Tehran and a U.S.-led coalition in Baghdad, Israeli military officials say covert operations against "enemy countries" are on the rise. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Pipe dream in Afghanistan? Since U.S. President Barack Obama's visit earlier this month, talk in the Afghan capital has centered almost exclusively on how the United States' and NATO presence will pack its bags on the way out of the country, beginning next year. ... more | .. |
  India's NAL links with Kadet for UAV India's state-run National Aerospace Laboratory will work with Kadet Defense Systems to develop NAL's Hansa trainer aircraft into an unmanned aerial vehicle. ... more | .. |
 Last-ditch salvage effort at tough Iran talks Iran and six world powers sought desperately Thursday to salvage something tangible from two days of talks that have revealed huge differences over how to resolve the crisis over Tehran's nuclear programme. ... more |
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 Protection of protests tops Syria rebel army goals The rebel Free Syrian Army (FSA) issued a statement on Thursday outlining its goals and principles, saying the "protection of peaceful protests" is its top priority. ... more | .. |
 Moldova court sentences three for uranium trafficking A court in Moldova sentenced three people Thursday to penalties of up to five years in prison for trafficking radioactive materials including nuclear bomb ingredient Uranium-235. ... more | .. |
 Baghdad mortar attack kills one, wounds six A mortar attack in Baghdad killed one person and wounded six others Thursday, in the second attack in Iraq's capital during key talks on Iran's nuclear programme, security and medical officials said. ... more | .. |
 Iran has 'absolute right' to enrichment; Jalili Iran has the "absolute right" to uranium enrichment, Tehran's chief negotiator at talks in Baghdad with world powers, Saeed Jalili, said on Thursday. ... more |
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 US drone strike kills eight in Pakistan: officials A US drone strike Thursday killed eight militants in a Taliban stronghold of Pakistan's tribal belt, bringing the death toll from such strikes to 12 in two days, Pakistani officials said. ... more | .. |
 AeroVironment Introduces Digital Wasp AE Small Unmanned Aircraft System AeroVironment has introduced the Wasp small unmanned aircraft system and announced that it has been accepted by the U.S. Air Force for inclusion in its Battlefield Air Targeting Micro Air Vehicle (B ... more | .. |
 Pre-qualified modular app ready platform gets apps promptly to the battlefield Kontron has announced the availability of its new multi-mission rugged computer system ApexVX specifically designed for the rapid deployment of a broad range of military and avionics applications. ... more | .. |
 A new imaging system produces 3D models of monuments using unmanned aircraft University of Granada researchers have developed a 3D imaging system that scans 3D models of historical buildings using data obtained from an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-an aircraft without a huma ... more |
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 Boeing to Modernize Flight Deck and Avionics for US and NATO AWACS Fleets Boeing has received a $368 million Engineering, Manufacturing and Development (EMD) contract to develop a design that modernizes the flight deck and avionics of the U.S. and NATO E-3 707 Airborne Wa ... more | .. |
 S. Korea firm to sign $7.75 bn deal on Iraqi homes Hanwha Group said Thursday it would soon sign a $7.75 billion contract to build 100,000 homes in a Baghdad suburb, in what it called the largest-ever overseas construction deal for a South Korean company. ... more | .. |
 Troubled Iran nuclear talks spill over into second day Tough talks aimed at helping resolve the crisis over Iran's nuclear programme entered an unscheduled second day on Thursday with world powers and Tehran seemingly wildly at odds. ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman's Joint STARS Completes Flight Testing of JT-8D Engines Northrop Grumman's E-8C Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (Joint STARS) testbed aircraft, equipped with a new JT-8D propulsion system, has successfully completed flight testing and moved ... more |
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