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Boeing Flies X-48C Blended Wing Body Research AircraftChicago IL (SPX) Aug 17, 2012 A modified Boeing Blended Wing Body research aircraft - designated the X-48C - flew for the first time early this week at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center at Edwards Air Force Base in California. The remotely piloted X-48C aircraft took off at 7:56 a.m. Pacific Daylight Time and climbed to an altitude of 5,500 feet before landing 9 minutes later. The X-48C is a scale model of a heavy-lift, subsonic vehicle that forgoes the conventional tube-and-wing airplane design in favor of a triangular air ... read more |
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  Iraq helping Iran skirt sanctions: report Iraq is helping its neighbor Iran skirt international sanctions by smuggling oil and letting Tehran secretly move large amounts of cash through bank auctions, The New York Times reported Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Ramadan game brings tinderbox Iraq city together Every Ramadan, as they have for decades, the diverse residents of Kirkuk gathered to play a game called Siniyah, which remains one of the few apolitical traditions in the disputed city of northern Iraq. ... more | .. |
  Syria denies vice president has defected Syria denied opposition claims on Saturday that top regime official Vice President Faruq al-Shara had defected as its armed forces pounded rebels in several key flashpoints across the country. ... more | .. |
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  Afghan NATO air strike kills militants: ISAF A NATO air strike on Saturday killed at least two dozen militants in eastern Afghanistan, the military alliance's force in the country said. ... more | .. |
 Uncle of N. Korean leader completes China trip A powerful North Korean official and uncle of leader Kim Jong-Un has returned home, state media said, after high-level talks in Beijing which are seen as a precursor to a visit by Pyongyang's young ruler. ... more | .. |
  US drone kills six militants in Pakistan: officials A US drone attack Saturday killed at least six militants in a remote Pakistani tribal town near the Afghan border as local people celebrated the Muslim festival of Eid al-Fitr, security officials said. ... more | .. |
  Japan-China dispute: little islands, big problem The governor of Tokyo wants to buy them, Taiwan says it would like them back and China has made their return a national priority. But for the Kurihara family, the islands Japan knows as Senkaku are just a bit of land they would really rather sell. ... more |
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Searching for Water on the Moon: UC San Diego Researchers Uncover Clues to Lunar Water's Origins
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 UN observers wind up Syria mission UN observers wind up their mission in Syria Sunday, after Damascus denied opposition claims that top regime official Vice President Faruq al-Shara had defected as its armed forces pounded rebels in several key flashpoints across the country. ... more | .. |
Iran exiles say will move group to new Iraq site An Iranian opposition organisation said on Saturday it is ready to move another group of its Iraq-based members to a new site near Baghdad after a delay which has dragged on for several months. ... more | .. |
  Assange asylum diplomatic row deepens An international diplomatic row over Ecuador's grant of asylum to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange deepened Friday as Sweden joined Britain in criticizing the Latin American country for its decision. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan denies it still seeks F-16C-D jets A Taiwanese military spokesman denied media reports that Taiwan is pursuing a reduced order for F-16C/D jet fighters after being refused the purchase last year. ... more |
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  Taiwan: Japan 'furtively occupying' disputed islands Taiwan has accused Japan of "furtively occupying" disputed islands in the East China Sea which are at the centre of a territorial row between Tokyo, Beijing and Taipei. ... more | .. |
 Pussy Riot: Jailed rebels with anti-Putin cause They studied philosophy and read poet Osip Mandelstam, a Stalin critic who died in a labour camp in 1938, before turning into the unwitting stars of a global cause celebre. ... more | .. |
 Syria pounds rebel bastions as UN names new envoy Syrian forces launched new air strikes and shelled rebel strongholds in several key cities on Saturday, a watchdog said, after the UN named a new envoy to try to end the conflict. ... more | .. |
Pakistan air man dies after audacious base assault A second air man died of injuries sustained in an audacious Islamist assault on a key Pakistani air base, raising the overall death toll from the attack to 11, the military said Friday. ... 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 | .. |
Deadly Iraq attacks overshadow Eid preparations A spate of attacks that killed 82 people in Iraq overshadowed preparations Friday to mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, amid warnings insurgents would look to carry out deadly strikes. ... more | .. |
 Japan deports pro-China island activists Japan on Friday deported pro-Beijing activists who had sailed to a disputed island, as Tokyo moved swiftly to put an end to a potentially damaging row with China. ... more | .. |
  Germany allows domestic military ops, ending taboo Germany's top court ruled Friday that the military may conduct combat operations within the country's borders in case of a terror attack of "catastrophic proportions", ending a post-war taboo. ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Receives US Marine Corps Contract For Personnel Carrier Vehicle Study and Demonstration Underscoring the company's ability to deliver cost effective ground vehicle solutions, Lockheed Martin received a $3.5 million contract from the U.S. Marine Corps to test and validate the company's ... more |
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 Boeing Delivers Smaller, Lighter Radio Relay for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Boeing has delivered production units of a smaller, lighter version of its Tactical Compact Communications Relay (TCCR), which allows a small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) to function as a tactical, ... more | .. |
 Americans back guns, even after shootings: poll An overwhelming majority of Americans, particularly whites, are adamant about the constitutional right to bear arms, a poll showed this week amid a rash of shootings across the United States. ... more | .. |
  Nigeria oppposes U.S. terror listing Nigeria's ambassador to the United States outlined his government concerns about the United States listing Boko Haram as a terrorist organization. ... more | .. |
 Sinai "nest of terrorists" :Israeli military source If Egypt fails to restore order in the Sinai peninsula it could come to resemble the Afghan mountain hideouts which sheltered the Taliban and their Al-Qaeda allies, an Israeli military source warned on Thursday. ... 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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 53 killed in pre-Eid Iraq attacks A wave of attacks across Iraq killed at least 53 people on Thursday amid warnings that insurgents would mount deadly attacks ahead of the end of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. ... more | .. |
 11 killed as Black Hawk downed in Afghanistan: NATO A NATO Black Hawk helicopter came down in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing seven American soldiers and four Afghans, the military said, as Taliban insurgents claimed responsibility. ... more | .. |
Taliban attack Pakistan air base, 10 dead: officials Heavily armed militants stormed a Pakistani air force base on Thursday, sparking clashes that left 10 people dead and raised concerns about the safety of the country's nuclear arsenal. ... more | .. |
 Peru soldiers killed in clash with Maoist rebels Five soldiers were killed and seven wounded in a clash with suspected Shining Path Maoist guerrillas, Peru's military said Thursday. ... more |
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 World presses Syria as regime accused of new atrocity The world community piled the pressure on Syria Thursday to end 17 months of bloodshed as rights groups accused Damascus of a new atrocity and the conflict threatened to entangle neighbouring Lebanon. ... more | .. |
 Embraer, Cobham ink KC-390 tanker deal Aviation manufacturer Cobham has received a $30 million contract from Brazil's Embraer Defense and Security to develop and supply the auxiliary fuselage fuel tank for the KC-390 tanker aircraft. ... more | .. |
  Thailand seeks Evolved SeaSparrow missiles Thailand is looking to buy nine Evolved SeaSparrow missiles with associated equipment, spares, logistics and training systems for around $18 million. ... more | .. |
 Syrians flee to Turkey after deadly Aazaz air strike Carrying bags of clothes and boxes of food on their heads, hundreds of Syrians are fleeing to Turkey after a massive Syrian air strike on the northern rebel bastion of Aazaz. ... more |
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