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Israel boosts missile defense with Arrow-2Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Aug 6, 2012 Israel's air force is expected to take delivery of advanced Arrow-2 missiles interceptors, capable of greater killing power against Iranian and Syrian ballistic missiles, over the next few weeks amid rising Middle East tensions. The disclosure of the deployment of the upgraded Arrows, known as the Block 4 variant, to bolster the top tier of Israel's multilayered missile defense shield, came hard on the heels of an announcement by the Islamic Republic it had tested a fourth-generation model of t ... read more |
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  Syria regime intact despite PM's defection The defection of Syrian Prime Minister Riad Hijab, the highest-ranking government leader to abandon beleaguered President Bashar Assad, is another body blow for the minority regime in Damascus that has lost several key figures in recent weeks. ... more | .. |
  Hiroshima marks anniversary of atomic bombing Tens of thousands of people marked the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Monday, as a rising tide of anti-nuclear sentiment swells in post-Fukushima Japan. ... more | .. |
  China leaders convene for key summer talks China's leaders including the man expected to be the next president have begun their summer meetings at a seaside resort, state press said Sunday, ahead of a once-in-a-decade transition of power. ... more | .. |
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 China's Gu to be found guilty but spared execution The wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai is all but certain to be found guilty of murder when she goes on trial Thursday, but will likely escape execution, legal experts say. ... more | .. |
 N. Korea shuts down army-run finance firm North Korea has shut down a military-run company tasked with attracting foreign investment due to its poor performance, as the regime tries to rein in the army, a report said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Five assailants in Egypt-Israel border attack killed: army Five gunmen who slew 16 Egyptian guards near the border with Israel before crossing into the Jewish state in an armoured vehicle have been killed, an army spokesman said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Gunmen kill NATO driver in Pakistan: officials Gunmen on Monday killed a driver of a NATO supply truck in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt on the Afghan border, officials said. ... more |
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 'Was it worth it?' ask young Maoist fighters in Nepal As youths they were idealistic Maoist soldiers fighting to bring revolution to Nepal but now that their leaders are in power, many say the party has abandoned its faithful. ... more | .. |
  Suicide bomber in Nigeria kills six soldiers, one civilian A suicide bomber in a car rammed into a military patrol on Sunday in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu, killing himself, at least six soldiers and a civilian, authorities said. ... more | .. |
 Syria warplanes pound Aleppo as ground assault looms Syrian regime warplanes pounded rebel positions in second city Aleppo on Sunday ahead of a threatened ground assault by more than 20,000 troops assembled around the commercial capital. ... more | .. |
  Turkey PM defends foreign minister's Kirkuk trip Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Sunday defended his foreign minister's visit to the disputed northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk last week, which infuriated Baghdad. ... more |
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 Iraq attacks kill five Attacks mainly targeting Iraqi security forces killed five people, among them four policemen, and wounded 16 on Sunday, security and medical officials said. ... more | .. |
 Croatia leader extends hands of peace to Serbs Croatian President Ivo Josipovic extended the hand of peace to Serb citizens Sunday as he marked the anniversary of the crushing of a Serb rebellion in 1995, an operation pivotal in ending the war. ... more | .. |
 Assad's warplanes reap deadly harvest in Aleppo It starts with a distant humming from the sky as a bright object edges ever closer. It is a warplane, deployed by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's military to suppress Aleppo's insurgency. ... more | .. |
  Iran's new space center boosts rocket plan Iran is reported to be putting the finishing touches on a secret new space center to launch satellites into orbit, a step Western analysts say will move the Islamic Republic closer to developing int ... 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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  Major step taken towards 'unbreakable' message exchange Single particles of light, also known as photons, have been produced and implemented into a quantum key distribution (QKD) link, paving the way for unbreakable communication networks. The resu ... more | .. |
  Elbit Systems of America Showcases the Skylark I-LE Block II at AUVSI's Unmanned Systems North America 2012 Elbit Systems of America, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Elbit Systems Ltd., will showcase the Skylark I-LE Block II's capabilities at the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International's ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Demonstrate SEWIP Electronic Attack Capability for US Navy at Rim of Pacific Exercise A Lockheed Martin and Raytheon Company team has demonstrated its potential electronic attack solution for the U.S. Navy's Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) during the multinatio ... more | .. |
 The 'lone wolf' terrorist A mounting global threat is of terrorists who act as "lone wolves". Locating and preventing such terrorist activity is more complicated than organizational terror threats. A new study conducted by P ... more |
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SEWIP Electronic Attack Capability Demonstrated For US Navy At RimPac A Lockheed Martin and Raytheon team has demonstrated its potential electronic attack solution for the U.S. Navy's Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program (SEWIP) during the multinational Rim ... more | .. |
British diplomats to attend Chinese trial of Bo Xilai's wife China has granted British diplomats extremely rare access to the trial of the wife of disgraced Chinese politician Bo Xilai for the murder of Briton Neil Heywood, the foreign ministry said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Iraq sees wave of attacks on security forces A wave of brazen attacks killed dozens of Iraqi soldiers, police and anti-Qaeda militiamen in recent days, but security forces say it pales in comparison with the worst years of violence in the country. ... more | .. |
 China lashes out over Syria China Saturday accused countries that oppose its position on Syria of undermining attempts to find a political solution to the conflict, after voting against a new UN resolution on the crisis. ... 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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 Pakistan resumes NATO supply into Afghanistan Pakistan on Saturday resumed NATO supplies, allowing 14 containers to cross into Afghanistan from its northwestern border at Torkham, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Pussy Riot trial tests rebranded Putin Russian President Vladimir Putin faces the toughest test of his rebranded leadership as he grapples with fearless feminist punk and rock stars and their friends worldwide as the Pussy Riot trial goes under way. ... more | .. |
  Australia's Hawk jets reach 75,000 hours Australia's Hawk 127 jet trainers have reached the milestone of 75,000 flying hours, the Australian Department of Defense said. ... more | .. |
Ex-president Truman's grandson meets nuke survivors A grandson of former US president Harry Truman, who authorised the atomic bombing of Japan during World War II, met survivors in Tokyo Friday, calling it "a good first step towards healing old wounds". ... more |
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 'This is war': Iran feels impact of sanctions Iran is being hit by a "war" on its economy, according to officials facing tightened US sanctions and renewed Israeli threats of imminent military action over Tehran's nuclear activities. ... more | .. |
 Russia to send warships to Syria: reports Three Russian amphibious assault ships carrying hundreds of armed navy personnel will briefly dock in a Moscow-leased Syrian port in the coming days, Russian news agencies reported on Friday. ... more | .. |
 US criticizes new China garrison in tense sea The United States on Friday accused China of raising tensions through a new military garrison in the South China Sea as it called on all sides to lower tensions in the hotly contested waters. ... more | .. |
 North Korea's Kim meets senior Chinese official North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un has met a leading Chinese official in Pyongyang, state media said Friday, his first reception of a senior foreign guest since taking power last December. ... more |
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