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Israel military tests SMS systemBeit El, Israel (UPI) Aug 13, 2012 The Israeli military's Home Front Command is testing a Short Message Service system this week. The SMS system is designed to warn the Israeli population against missile attacks. The $10 million system is a development between Israel's eVigilo and Sweden's Ericsson. The Personal Message system is scheduled for testing in different Israeli communities each day. A Home Front Command spokesman said SMS is specifically designed to focus missile alert warnings "just to people who are within a ... read more |
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  US insists diplomacy has time amid Iran drumbeat in Israel The United States insisted Monday there is still time for a diplomatic way out of the West's nuclear showdown with Iran despite a growing drumbeat of war in Israel. ... more | .. |
  Syria rebels claim jet downing as army advances in Aleppo Syrian rebels claimed they downed a fighter jet Monday in what would be a major coup for the opposition but the regime seized the upper hand in Aleppo as it advanced into a new rebel-held district. ... more | .. |
  Autonomous robotic plane flies indoors For decades, academic and industry researchers have been working on control algorithms for autonomous helicopters - robotic helicopters that pilot themselves, rather than requiring remote human guid ... more | .. |
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  New substances 15,000 times more effective in destroying chemical warfare agents In an advance that could be used in masks to protect against nerve gas, scientists are reporting development of proteins that are up to 15,000 times more effective than their natural counterpart in ... more | .. |
 First Flight of the Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle Northrop Grumman and Hybrid Air Vehicles Limited announce the successful completion of the first flight of the U.S. Army's Long Endurance Multi-Intelligence Vehicle (LEMV) in historic Lakehurst, N.J ... more | .. |
 Advanced explosives detector to sniff out previously undetectable amounts of TNT With the best explosive detectors often unable to sniff out the tiny amounts of TNT released from terrorist bombs in airports and other public places, scientists are reporting a potential solution. ... more | .. |
 Israel picks new home front defence minister Israeli former internal security minister Avi Dichter is to be named home front defence minister, media reported on Tuesday, as speculation grows that the Jewish state will launch an attack on Iran. ... more |
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 Syria aide due in China for talks on conflict A top aide to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad was due to arrive in China on Tuesday for talks about a political resolution to the violence in the conflict-torn country. ... more | .. |
  Burnt wreckage of two Ugandan army helicopters found The burnt wreckage of two Ugandan army helicopters was found Tuesday, two days after crashing in a remote mountainous region of Kenya while flying to war-torn Somalia, army officials said. ... more | .. |
  Oman Takes Flight A new C-130J Super Hercules for the Sultanate of Oman conducts a test flight at the Lockheed Martin facility here. This is the first of three C-130Js on order for Oman and is scheduled for del ... more | .. |
  Commentary: Dysinformatsia redux We are living in an age of fakery and fiction alongside reality and truth, concludes Huffington Post Books Editor Andrew Losowsky. The new Transmedia Project, he says, is part of a boundary-pushing genre that has so far kept to the edges of the mainstream. ... more |
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 CIA allegedly overseeing arms into Syria Syrian opposition officials claim the CIA is controlling weapons flow to Syrian insurgents. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan vice president heads for US stopover Taiwan's vice president left Monday for a stopover in the United States on a trip considered a test of a "diplomatic truce" with China which has previously protested over such visits. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan to seek fewer new US fighter jets: reports Taiwan plans to slash the number of advanced fighter jets it has been seeking from the United States from 66 to 24, apparently due to budget constraints, reports said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Afghans met Taliban leader in Pakistan jail: officials Afghan government representatives have held secret talks with a key member of the Taliban held in a Pakistani jail officials said Monday - a move that could signal fresh hope for peace negotiations. ... 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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 Holder sued over botched US-Mexico arms operation A US congressional committee filed a lawsuit Monday to force Attorney General Eric Holder to turn over documents related to a botched gun-running operation called "Fast and Furious." ... more | .. |
  Raytheon unveils cross domain strategy to securely access information via mobile devices Raytheon Trusted Computer Solutions (RTCS) has broadened its leading cross domain solutions strategy to include the government's growing need to access classified cloud and terrestrial networks from ... more | .. |
 US hopes N.Korea changes course The United States on Monday voiced hope that North Korea would change course and improve its people's welfare after a delegation headed to China to discuss development of special economic zones. ... more | .. |
 North Korean leader's uncle heads to China for talks The uncle of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un headed to China on Monday for talks on the joint development of two special economic zones, the North's state media reported. ... more |
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  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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 '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 | .. |
 Israel tests SMS missile alerts as Iran chatter grows 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. ... more | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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