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Rafael key to blocking Hezbollah missilesTel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Aug 7, 2012 Amid a welter of reports about how Israel is upgrading its defenses to counter long-range Iranian missiles, military commanders say the gravest threat comes from closer to home: Hezbollah's reputed arsenal of 43,000 missiles and rockets. The answer: Rafael Advanced Defense System's combat-proven Iron Dome system and the David's Sling weapon that's being fast-tracked through development, largely because of U.S. funding. The Haaretz daily reported Monday that the military command has asses ... read more |
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  India's first nuclear submarine set for trials India on Wednesday said its first home-built nuclear submarine was set for sea trials, as it detailed billion-dollar projects to arm its navy with warships, aircraft and modern weaponry. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: North Korean domestic policy Undoubtedly, North Korea's new 20-something leader, Kim Jong Un, was thrilled by the Olympic weightlifting competition in which the country was represented by Om Yum Chol, 20. Om won a gold medal, setting a record by lifting three times his body weight. ... more | .. |
  Israel sells Hermes UAVs in Latin America While Brazil develops its capability for producing high-tech unmanned aircraft system, its long-term Israel partner Elbit has secured another multimillion-dollar contract to supply its Hermes 450 and Hermes 900 drones to an unnamed Latin America country. ... more | .. |
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  EU raps Lebanon on Syrian refugee move The European Union has urged Lebanon to honor its humanitarian commitments in the wake of its deportation of Syrian refugees back to their war-torn country. ... more | .. |
  Pussy Riot: Radical punks with message for Putin Young and educated, they campaign for the environment and volunteer at children's hospitals. But they also love performing punk music and use it to publicise their shared distaste for President Vladimir Putin. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: Terror decline predictable? A report issued by the U.S. Department of State last week cites a sharp decline in the number of worldwide terrorist incidents from 11,641 in 2010 to 10,283 in 2011. ... more | .. |
  'Green-on-blue' attack ends bloody Afghan day A US soldier was killed in the latest in a series of "green-on-blue" attacks by Afghan allies in a bloody day across the war-torn country on Tuesday. ... more |
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 Politics at heart of China murder trial The murder trial of former Chinese leader Bo Xilai's wife which opens Thursday goes to the heart of a corruption scandal that has rocked the Communist party ahead of a 10-yearly handover of power. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan, China set to sign key investment pact Taiwan will sign a key investment pact with former rival China at a top-level meeting this week, but anti-Beijing critics remain deeply sceptical of closer ties with the "rascal" mainland government. ... more | .. |
  Abidjan hosts flourishing trade in automatic weapons Keen to hire a Kalashnikov for the day? In a dangerous legacy of years of conflict, Ivory Coast's economic capital is now the hub of a thriving trade in automatic weapons for the criminal underworld. ... more | .. |
 N. Korea slams US, S. Korea military drill North Korea Monday hit out at the United States and South Korea over their planned joint military drill this month which it said was "an all-out war rehearsal" that could ignite conflict on the Korean Peninsula. ... more |
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 Another Syrian general defects to Turkey: report Another Syrian brigadier general has fled to Turkey to join opposition fighters, accompanied by five high-ranking officers and more than 30 troops, Anatolia reported Monday. ... more | .. |
 Former Blackwater fined $7.5 mn over US arms case The security firm formerly known as Blackwater has agreed to pay a fine of $7.5 million to avoid US prosecution for smuggling arms, the Justice Department said in a statement Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Still raw wounds greet US medics in Iraq's Fallujah In an Iraqi city where US military offensives levelled entire neighbourhoods in 2004, a hospital has turned to American doctors to treat children with heart problems that residents blame on fallout from the fighting. ... more | .. |
 Iranians 'confess' to nuclear scientist murders: state TV Iranian state television on Monday showed several Iranians alleged to be part of a group of 13 who "confessed" to killing four Iranian nuclear scientists after being trained by Israeli intelligence. ... 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
Groundwater in the Arctic is delivering more carbon into the ocean than was previously known | .. |
  BAE Systems wins contract to upgrade S.Korean F-16 jets British arms manufacturer BAE Systems on Monday said it had won a contract to upgrade more than 130 South Korean F-16 fighter jets. ... more | .. |
 Hiroshima marks anniversary of atomic bombing A bell tolled to mark a moment of silence while people joined hands in prayer as tens of thousands marked the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Sinai attack was backed by Gaza mortar fire: Egypt army Gunmen who launched a deadly assault on an Egyptian border post near Israel on Sunday were backed by mortar fire from the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian army said. ... more | .. |
 Standard Chartered rejects US' Iran trade claims Banking giant Standard Chartered on Tuesday rejected a US regulator's claim that it hid $250 billion in transactions with Iranian banks in violation of US sanctions. ... 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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World awaits Trump tariff deadline on Canada, Mexico and China
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  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 '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 | .. |
 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 |
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