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Turkey takes jet downing to NATO, Syria tension soarsDamascus (AFP) June 24, 2012 NATO said on Sunday it will discuss Turkey's accusation that Syria shot down one of its warplanes in international airspace, as Damascus suffered heavy casualties and violence scaled new heights. Syria's surging bloodshed saw at least 76 people killed, a bulk of them soldiers in fighting with rebels, activists said. Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu warned Ankara's southern neighbour not to challenge Turkey's military. And Britain, another member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisat ... read more |
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  N. Korea raps war games flag 'provocation' North Korea has denounced the use of its national flag as a target during US-South Korean war games as a "grave provocative act" and vowed to strengthen its nuclear deterrent. ... more | .. |
  Iraq faces painful legacy of mass graves Iraq wants to put the legacy of murderous dictator Saddam Hussein behind it, but faces a huge need for specialists to excavate mass graves thought to contain at least half a million unidentified victims. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Selected to Manage Major Defense Information Systems Network Operations The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) has chosen Lockheed Martin to manage the transformation of the Department of Defense's global data network. The work will take place under an innovative ... more | .. |
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 Who dares wins: New ideas needed in Iran nuke deadlock World powers negotiating with a defiant Iran over its nuclear programme need to risk more and get more "creative" if they want to break a deadlock that threatens tipping into military conflict, analysts say. ... more | .. |
  Boeing Completes Upgrade of AEOS Telescope at Maui Space Surveillance Complex Boeing has completed a two-year modernization effort for the Advanced Electro-Optical System (AEOS), a powerful telescope used for research and space situational awareness by the U.S. Air Force Rese ... more | .. |
  Boeing Delivers 100th Modified Chinook to US Army Boeing has delivered the 100th modified CH-47F Chinook helicopter to the U.S. Army in a ceremony at the company's modification center in Millville. "The Boeing Millville team is proud to have ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman F-35 Supplier Quickstep Opens New Facility Northrop Grumman's largest F-35 Australian supplier-Quickstep Technologies Pty Ltd.-opened a new facility in Bankstown, Australia. Quickstep supplies composite skins and subassemblies for the F-35 L ... more |
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 Lockheed Martin Selected to Deliver Major Improvements to DoD's ISR Information Sharing Capabilities With the help of Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Department of Defense is making major strides in its ongoing initiative to quickly and efficiently share the vast volume of intelligence, surveillance and ... more | .. |
 Deadly Israel raid on Gaza deals blow to truce efforts The armed wing of Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, threatened on Saturday to end a three-day-old Egyptian-brokered truce following a flurry of Israeli air strikes. ... more | .. |
 Iraq warns on Syria crisis spillover Iraq's Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari warned on Saturday of the danger that the Syrian crisis might spill over into neighbouring states, and insisted that Iraq have a role in the future of Syria. ... more | .. |
  Blast at Afghan music market, two dead: officials An improvised bomb exploded at a music market in an Afghan city on Saturday, leaving two people dead, officials said, a day after Taliban militants stormed a lakeside resort near Kabul, killing at least 18. ... more |
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 Turkey tensions simmer as Assad retains old guard Turkey on Saturday played down the loss of a warplane to Syrian air defences as President Bashar al-Assad announced a new cabinet with key posts unchanged and dozens of people were killed nationwide. ... more | .. |
 Turkey says downed jet may have breached Syrian airspace Turkey said Saturday one of its fighter jets may have violated Syrian airspace after Damascus confirmed shooting it down, in comments seen as a bid to cool the latest spat between the former allies. ... more | .. |
  Stonehenge a symbol of a united Britain? Stonehenge was the center of ancient Britain and the monument was meant to symbolize the unification of eastern and western communities, researchers say. ... more | .. |
  Bali bomb maker gets 20 years in jail A court in Jakarta has handed down a 20-year jail sentence to a man accused of helping to make the deadly Bali bombs that killed more than 200 people in 2002. ... 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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  Iran battles Israel, U.S. on cyberwar front As the Middle East becomes a hot cyberwar battleground, Iran claims it has detected a planned "massive cyberattack" by the United States, Britain and Israel against its nuclear installations. ... more | .. |
 Kaman in New Zealand talks for helos The U.S. Department of State has given Kaman Corp. authorization for a possible sale of its SH-2G(I) Super Seasprite helicopters to New Zealand. ... more | .. |
 Syria says it shot down Turkish jet Syria confirmed on Saturday that it shot down a Turkish warplane over its territory, sparking a fresh crisis on the two countries' long border which is already awash with refugees and rebel fighters. ... more | .. |
 S.Korea, US launch major naval exercise South Korea and the United States on Saturday launched a massive naval exercise in the tense Yellow Sea, ahead of the 62nd anniversary Monday of the outbreak of the Korean War, a spokesman said. ... more |
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 US seeks to reassure Japan over Osprey aircraft Pentagon officials sought to reassure Japanese representatives Friday about the safety of Osprey aircraft after recent crashes raised concerns about plans to deploy the planes to Okinawa. ... more | .. |
 Turkey says downed jet may have breached Syrian airspace Turkey said Saturday its downed fighter jet may have violated Syrian airspace after Damascus confirmed shooting it down, sparking a fresh crisis amid nosediving ties between the erstwhile allies. ... more | .. |
 Saddam Hussein's nephew seeks asylum in Austria A nephew of late Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein has requested asylum in Austria after being picked up by police in a routine identity check, the interior ministry said Friday, confirming media reports. ... more | .. |
 Political 'dysfunction' threatens US security: Panetta The "dysfunction" in the US Congress, where Republicans and Democrats have failed to compromise on debt reduction, threatens US national security, according to Defense Secretary Leon Panetta. ... more |
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Low-carbon energy investment hit record $2.1 tn in 2024: report
World awaits Trump tariff deadline on Canada, Mexico and China
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 UN sees China behind NKorea embargo breach: report A UN panel has found Chinese involvement in more than half of the suspected violations of the North Korean arms and luxury goods embargoes, a Japanese media report said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Bombings, shooting kill nine in Iraq Two roadside bombs killed at least six people on the outskirts of Baghdad Friday while gunmen shot dead three policemen at a city checkpoint, officials said, in the latest in a wave of attacks in Iraq. ... more | .. |
S.Korea, US conduct largest joint live-fire drill South Korean and US troops Friday held their biggest single-day joint live-fire exercise to test responses to any North Korean attack, amid high tensions on the peninsula. ... more | .. |
 Taliban storm lakeside hotel in Kabul, 4 dead Taliban militants armed with guns and rockets attacked a lakeside hotel near Kabul overnight, seizing dozens of hostages including women and children and killing at least four people. ... more |
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 Researchers advance biometric security Researchers in the Biometric Technologies Laboratory at the University of Calgary have developed a way for security systems to combine different biometric measurements-such as eye colour, face shape ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman Demonstrates Joint Threat Emitter for NAS Whidbey Island Northrop Grumman reports the successful demonstration of the company's Joint Threat Emitter (JTE) in an electronic warfare (EW) range concept test that took place at the U.S. Naval Station Everett A ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Game book Take A few steps back, allow a few months to pass, and Syria becomes Libya. ... more | .. |
  Drones: pros and cons Recently, US human rights organization called "American Civil Liberties Union" filed in a suit against President Obama's administration. This organization demands that the president's administration ... more |
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