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Israel tests SMS missile alerts as Iran chatter growsJerusalem (AFP) Aug 12, 2012 Israel on Sunday began testing an SMS system for warning the public of an imminent missile attack as chatter over a possible strike on Iran dominated the Israeli press headlines. As testing began, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Israel had chalked up "a significant improvement" in its home front defence capabilities, mentioning its highly-vaunted anti-missile systems such as Iron Dome and Arrow 2. "There has been a significant improvement in our level of defence capacity on the home front ... read more |
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  Israel girds up to face Syria, Iran with upgraded Arrow The delivery of an upgraded interceptor currently being installed on Israel's Arrow anti-missile batteries will ramp up its ability to cope with threats from Syria and Iran, defence experts say. ... more | .. |
 Talk of Iran strike dominates Israel press Talk of a possible military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities dominated the Israeli press on Friday, a day after Defence Minister Ehud Barak said the issue had become more "urgent." ... more | .. |
  Iraq attacks kill 14 Gunmen allegedly affiliated with Al-Qaeda on Sunday executed eight young Shiites near a northern Iraq town hit by shootings a day earlier, while six people died in other attacks nationwide. ... more | .. |
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  Brazil getting armored vehicles, boats The Brazilian subsidiary of Italian vehicle manufacturer Iveco is to begin production of Guarani armored vehicles for Brazil's military forces. ... more | .. |
  India's nuclear submarine nears sea trials India's indigenously built nuclear-powered submarine Arihant soon will be setting off on sea trials, the navy said. ... more | .. |
 Israel's IMI banned from Indian contracts India's government in March banned several foreign defense contractors from bidding on contracts. ... more | .. |
  Bo's wife blames breakdown for Briton's murder The wife of Chinese politician Bo Xilai, whose downfall rocked the ruling elite, has admitted murdering a British businessman and blamed her actions on a mental breakdown, state media said. ... more |
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 Inflatables and politics as China's leaders hit the beach As holidaymakers crowded beaches at the Chinese seaside resort of Beidaihe, a heightened security presence was the only sign that China's most senior leaders had gathered for their annual talks. ... more | .. |
 Syrians wage frenzied propaganda war on social media The battle for Syria is raging on the ground but also on social media, where people on both sides of the conflict are hacking, posting and spamming in a frenzied propaganda war. ... more | .. |
 US says has 'eyes' inside Iran nuclear program In remarks seemingly aimed at Israel, the United States said Friday it had "eyes" and "visibility" inside Iran's nuclear program and would know if Tehran made a "breakout" towards a nuclear weapon. ... more | .. |
  US must seal border for Waziristan push: Pakistani official Pakistan has told Washington that US forces must seal the Afghan border in the event of any offensive against the Al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani network in North Waziristan, an official said Saturday. ... more |
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 Ramadan criers on the decline in Iraq Beating a small drum and walking through the streets of his neighbourhood in the early hours, Luay Sabbah shouts, "Suhoor! Suhoor!", plying a craft that is increasingly rare in Iraq. ... more | .. |
  Computer virus hitting Middle East banks Computer security experts say they have identified a new computer virus dubbed Gauss infecting networks in the Middle East. ... more | .. |
 Brazil security maneuvers test borders Brazil is testing border security with large-scale military maneuvers along borders with Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay amid increased concerns over international smuggling of drugs, people and weapons and other organized crime. ... more | .. |
 'Green-on-blue' attacks spike in Afghanistan Seven international soldiers have been killed by their local colleagues in a bloody week of violence in Afghanistan, further eroding trust between foreign troops and the Afghans they work with. ... 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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 Truth as elusive as militants in Egypt's Sinai As the sun set over his desert village in Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, Abu Asma sat down to break his Ramadan fast when he heard gunfire from the army outpost down the road. He ignored it, and then a bullet hit his little brick home. ... more | .. |
 Baghdad at 1,250: a far cry from past glories Baghdad was once the capital of an empire and the centre of the Islamic world, but at 1,250 years old, the Iraqi city is a far cry from its past glories after being ravaged by years of war and sanctions. ... more | .. |
 Russia fears Chinese immigration threatens its Far East Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev raised alarm Thursday over immigration to the remote Far East from giant neighbours such as China, saying the region risked falling into foreign hands. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies Unveils New Unmanned Quad Rotor Vertical Take-Off and Landing System Lockheed Martin Procerus Technologies' new small vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) unmanned aircraft system gives warfighters, first responders and others in small, cluttered, urban environments ... more |
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 Boeing Team Demonstrates Expanded Control of Unmanned Aircraft Swarm Boeing and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (JHU/APL) have demonstrated that an operator on the ground, using only a laptop and a military radio, can command an unmanned aeria ... more | .. |
 Navantia use Paramarine Advance Marine Design Software in the development of naval ships and submarines Paramarine software, developed by QinetiQ GRC, is being used by Navantia to support the development of both new naval surface ships and submarines. It is specifically being used for stability calcul ... more | .. |
 Lockheed Martin Performs First Ever Outdoor Flight Test Of Laser Powered UAS Lockheed Martin and LaserMotive have completed a series of flight tests of the Stalker Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) to further validate the performance of an innovative laser power system. These tes ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Tehran's covetous plot Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei demands the closure of Camp Ashraf from the Iraqi government. The 1,200 men and women who still call Ashraf home would be dislodged at all costs, with violence if necessary. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki, a stooge of the clerical regime, is determined to do this unless the international community stands up. ... more |
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World awaits Trump tariff deadline on Canada, Mexico and China
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  Spain: ETA figure in arrested in France One of most-wanted members of the Basque separatist group ETA has been arrested in southern France, the Spanish Interior Ministry announced this week. ... more | .. |
  Sri Lanka eyes Mi-17 helicopters Sri Lanka is conducting a feasibility study into the purchase of Mi-17 helicopters from Russia for use by the air force in its commercial venture. ... more | .. |
China says Gu Kailai didn't contest murder charge The wife of a former Chinese leader at the centre of a scandal that has rocked the Communist party did not deny murder during her one-day trial, which ended Thursday with no verdict, the court said. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan, China sign investment pact as protesters rage China and Taiwan signed a landmark investment pact on Thursday as hundreds of protesters voiced their anger over the island's ever closer economic ties with its giant former foe. ... more |
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 Australia urges deeper US-China ties Australia said Thursday it was "optimistic" about the emergence of China as a world power but said strong and peaceful ties between Beijing and the United States would be key to regional stability. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong police body cameras spark fears In a first for Asia, Hong Kong police said Thursday they will trial the use of video cameras attached to their uniforms to film exchanges with the public, despite concerns from human rights groups. ... more | .. |
 Australian fined over Iraq oil-for-food kickbacks The former managing director of an Australian wheat firm that paid sanctions-busting bribes to secure UN oil-for-food programme contracts in Iraq was fined Aus$100,000 (US$106,000) on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Nagasaki marks bomb with nuclear-free Japan call The mayor of Nagasaki called Thursday for a Japan free of nuclear fears as the city marked the 67th anniversary of its World War II atomic bombing by the United States. ... more |
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