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Assad will use chemical weapons: top defectorLondon (AFP) July 17, 2012 Syrian President Bashar al-Assad will use chemical weapons against opposition forces and may have already deployed them, Nawaf Fares, the first Syrian ambassador to defect, told the BBC on Monday. Fares, the most prominent politician to defect since the uprising against Assad began, insisted that the president's days were numbered but warned he would be prepared "to eradicate the entire Syrian people" to remain in power. When asked by the BBC's Frank Gardner whether that would mean the use of ch ... read more |
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  Venezuela sees Mercosur as defense pact Venezuela says it sees the Mercosur trade bloc as an emergent military power in Latin America and will pursue plans for integrating its defense manufacturing capacity with Argentina's military industries as a first step in that direction. ... more | .. |
  Researchers demonstrate 'spoofing' of UAVs A University of Texas at Austin research team successfully demonstrated for the first time that the GPS signals of an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), or drone, can be commandeered by an outside sourc ... more | .. |
  Colorful light at the end of the tunnel for radiation detection A team of nanomaterials researchers at Sandia National Laboratories has developed a new technique for radiation detection that could make radiation detection in cargo and baggage more effective and ... more | .. |
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  Northrop Grumman's RC-12X Airborne Signals Intelligence System Completes 1,000th Mission Northrop Grumman's RC-12X Guardrail system recently completed its 1,000th mission since going into theater in 2011. The RC-12X provides operationally effective signals intelligence (SIGINT) capabili ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman, AUVSI Partner to Develop Unmanned Systems Engineers Northrop Grumman has taken on the prime sponsorship of the Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) student competitions for 2012. The competitions give high school and college ... more | .. |
  Finmeccanica Completes First Tests for NATO Cyber Security System The Finmeccanica Cyber Solutions team selected in February 2012 to fulfil the NATO Computer Incident Response Capability (NCIRC) - Full Operating Capability (FOC) requirement, has completed the test ... more | .. |
 Clinton warns Iran after talks in Jerusalem US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Monday said Washington would use "all elements of its power" to prevent Iran going nuclear and was working in "close consultation" with Israel over how to do so. ... more |
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 WikiLeaks case focuses on Manning's 'intent' Prosecutors must prove that US Army private Bradley Manning intended to help Al-Qaeda by passing secret government documents to the WikiLeaks website, defense lawyers argued Monday. ... more | .. |
  Afghan soldier sentenced to death for French killings An Afghan soldier has been sentenced to death for killing five French soldiers in a "green-on-blue" attack in Kapisa province in January, the defence ministry said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan intelligence officer put on wanted list Taiwan has put a military intelligence officer on the wanted list after she failed to report to work following a holiday in Thailand last month, the defence ministry said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 N. Korea names new army vice marshal: state media North Korea has named a new army vice marshal, state media said Tuesday, as part of a reshuffle apparently aimed at tightening young leader Kim Jong-Un's grip on the communist state's powerful military. ... more |
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  Iraq seeks to speed up F-16 deliveries Iraq wants the Pentagon to speed up delivery of the 36 F-16IQ jet fighters it ordered from Lockheed Martin as it seeks to fast track the development of its armed forces following the U.S. military withdrawal in December. ... more | .. |
 Cyprus plot seen as part of Iran's war The arrest in Cyprus of a suspected agent of Hezbollah, Iran's deadly Arab proxy, for allegedly planning bomb attacks on Israeli targets widens the scope of an Iranian offensive against the Jewish state amid growing tensions in the Persian Gulf. ... more | .. |
 5,000 Taliban left the battlefield since 2010: NATO Nearly 5,000 former Afghan insurgents have given up their weapons and more are joining a reintegration programme, but it has not dented the overall Taliban force, a NATO general said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Ukraine jails two N. Koreans for missile spying Ukraine has jailed two North Koreans for eight years on charges of trying to obtain sensitive missile production data, a law enforcement official said on Monday. ... 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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No electronic 'break-in' by WikiLeaks suspect: attorney WikiLeaks suspect Bradley Manning had permission to read secret US diplomatic cables and should not be charged with an electronic "break-in" of government computers, his defense lawyer told a military court Monday. ... more | .. |
  Clinton lands in Israel on last-leg of world tour US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Israel late on Sunday for top-level talks with Israeli officials expected to focus on Iran's nuclear programme and the stalled peace process. ... more | .. |
 US to use 'all elements of power' to halt nuclear Iran The United States will use "all elements of American power" to stop Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said late on Monday at a press conference in Jerusalem. ... more | .. |
  Two Iraqi journalists 'killed in Damascus' The bodies of two Iraqi journalists, who were stabbed and shot dead in Damascus, were handed over at a border post with Syria on Monday, officials said. ... more |
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 Taiwan tests new weapons in China war simulation Taiwan for the first time Monday tested how a fleet of advanced submarine hunting aircraft and attack helicopters would be utilised in the event of an attack by rival China, officials and media said. ... more | .. |
 New Pakistan protest at reopening of NATO supply routes Thousands of people gathered at a park in northwest Pakistan Monday for a protest at the reopening of NATO supply routes into Afghanistan, which will culminate in a march the following day. ... more | .. |
 Annan, Ban press Russia, China to back Syria action Kofi Annan and Ban Ki-moon head for Russia and China on Monday to press the two UN Security Council doubters to back tougher action against President Bashar al-Assad to halt the slaughter in Syria. ... 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 pursues probe in Syria village killings UN observers plan to return on Sunday to the Syrian village of Treimsa to pursue their investigations after saying activists and rebels bore the brunt of an army assault that killed more than 150 people. ... more | .. |
 Japan offers glimpse of history in MacArthur's office For six years US General Douglas MacArthur was lord of all he surveyed as supreme commander of the Allied forces in occupied Japan, gazing over Tokyo from a building requisitioned from an insurance company. ... more | .. |
 Russian drones can see obstacles Russia may equip its drones with the so-called "technical vision" device that enables them to see and avoid obstacles, detect small-size objects and assess their potential danger. The system was cre ... more | .. |
 Laser Powers Lockheed Martin's Stalker UAS For 48 Hours Lockheed Martin and LaserMotive recently demonstrated the capabilities of an innovative laser power system to extend the Stalker Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) flight time to more than 48 hours. This ... more |
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 Boeing to Collaborate with Elbit Systems on Hermes 450 and 900 UAS Boeing and Elbit Systems have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate on the marketing and sales of Elbit Systems' Hermes 450 and 900 unmanned airborne system (UAS) product lines in the ... more | .. |
 Outside View: State Dept. must have spine The fate of 3,400 Iranian dissidents in Iraq must not be a bargaining chip to appease the Iranian regime and their Iraqi agents. ... more | .. |
 Colorful light at the end of the tunnel for radiation detection A team of nanomaterials researchers at Sandia National Laboratories has developed a new technique for radiation detection that could make radiation detection in cargo and baggage more effective and ... more | .. |
 UK spy chief's Iran warning may go too far: analysts Britain's foreign spy chief has reportedly warned that Iran is two years away from acquiring nuclear weapons, but analysts said he was assuming Tehran is actually developing the bomb. ... more |
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