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Cost of Israeli Iran attack: $41.4 billionRishon Lezion, Israel (UPI) Aug 21, 2012 The Business Data Israel Ltd. research company estimates that an Israeli attack on Iran would cost Israel $41.4 billion. The BDI estimate includes the direct and indirect financial damage to the Israeli economy from an attack on Iran's nuclear facilities. BDI costs the immediate cost to the Israeli economy from such an attack at $11.66 billion, plus $5.95 billion annually in lost gross domestic product for five years in the wake of the attack because of the collapse of businesses. ... read more |
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 Dome now in place on North Korean nuclear plant: report North Korea has put a dome on a light-water reactor it is building, a key step towards completing a plant that could be used to support its nuclear weapons programme, a leading defence journal said. ... more | .. |
  Top US general blasts ex-officers for attacking Obama US military chief General Martin Dempsey denounced ex-officers Tuesday for waging a campaign against President Barack Obama, arguing that soldiers had a duty to stay above the political fray. ... more | .. |
  Australia urges China to respect its rights on US troops China must respect Australia's sovereign right to have United States Marines deployed in its north as Washington enhances its presence in the Pacific, Foreign Minister Bob Carr said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
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  US 'significant' in Iraq despite troop exit: Dempsey Top US military officer General Martin Dempsey insisted Tuesday during a quick trip to Iraq that Washington was still playing an important role there, eight months after the last American troops departed. ... more | .. |
  Australia ups Middle East arms sales Since 2009 Australia has sold more than $13 million in military equipment to three Middle East nations. ... more | .. |
  Church seeks Russia-Poland 'forgiveness' The stain on relations between Russia and Poland can be overcome through faith and forgiveness, a Russian Orthodox religious leader said last weekend. ... more | .. |
Outside View: Pre-scripted 'Clue'? In the make-believe world of television, writers of crime dramas demonstrate a talent for incorporating, within the confines of a one-hour show, the entire program's story - the commission of the crime, building the case against the suspect, the trial and ultimate conviction of the criminal. ... more |
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Will the US get to Mars quicker if it drops or delays plans to visit the Moon?
Searching for Water on the Moon: UC San Diego Researchers Uncover Clues to Lunar Water's Origins
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  US drones kill three militants in NW Pakistan: officials A US drone strike on Tuesday killed at least three militants in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said. ... more | .. |
PA losing legitimacy among Palestinians: UN The Palestinian Authority is losing legitimacy among its people because it is not creating a state, and as a result its institutions could "eventually collapse," the UN Middle East envoy has said. ... more | .. |
Taiwan won't work with China in Japan row: Ma President Ma Ying-jeou said Tuesday Taiwan would not join hands with China against Japan in a territorial dispute involving an archipelago in the East China Sea claimed by all three sides. ... more | .. |
Police chief fired over Afghan insider attack on NATO An Afghan district police chief has been fired after one of his men killed a NATO soldier, marking the start of a crackdown on the increasing number of insider attacks, officials said Tuesday. ... more |
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  Swiss fighter jet purchase to go ahead despite criticism Switzerland is to press ahead with its controversial purchase of 22 Saab Gripen fighter jets despite a highly critical parliamentary report into the deal released on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Taking the edge off a pipe bomb - literally The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate's (S and T) new low-cost device for dismantling dangerous pipe bombs may look like a tinkerer's project, but that's no ac ... more | .. |
  US Army certifies soldiers ready to defend battlespace with JLENS Combatant commanders moved one step closer to being able to detect, track and engage threats such as swarming boats and incoming cruise missiles, around the clock, from hundreds of miles away. In Ju ... more | .. |
  Supporting warfighters from space Air Force Space Command Vice Commander Lt. Gen. John Hyten spoke at the 15th Annual Space and Missile Defense Conference here Aug. 14 and discussed how the American way of war has fundamentally chan ... 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 | .. |
S. Korea, US in major annual military drill The South Korean and US militaries have begun a major annual joint exercise to test defences against North Korea, with Pyongyang denouncing the drill and vowing to strengthen its nuclear deterrent. ... more | .. |
 Barak panel wants more for Israeli defense Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has convened a secret panel to argue for increased defense spending. ... more | .. |
 Commentary: Guns of 2012? A former chief of Israeli military intelligence, who retired two years ago, takes sharp exception to three more recently retired Israeli intelligence chiefs who disagree on the imperative need to bomb Iran's nuclear facilities. ... more | .. |
Pakistani bloggers accused of hate videos Doctored videos showing apparent violence against Muslims in Assam that created panic originated on Pakistani blogs, an Indian minister said. ... more |
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 Afghans ready to counter insider threat: top US general Afghan leaders appear ready to take decisive action to curb unprecedented "insider attacks" by Afghan recruits that have killed 40 Western troops this year, the top US military officer said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Iraq says not helping Iran avoid sanctions Iraq insisted on Monday that its trade with neighbouring Iran was above board, and denied reports that it was helping the Islamic republic skirt sanctions by smuggling oil and secretly moving cash. ... more | .. |
Afghanistan will not unravel after troop exit: NATO Afghanistan will not unravel into a civil war after the withdrawal of NATO combat troops in two years or return to Taliban rule, a senior NATO diplomat said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Syria: a peaceful uprising turned brutal civil war The spark was lit in March 2011, when a group of young boys were arrested and cruelly tortured for daubing walls in the southern Syrian city of Daraa with anti-government graffiti. ... 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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 Japan stands firm on China islands dispute Japan rejected Chinese protests Monday over the raising of a Japanese flag on disputed islands but sounded a placatory note, saying ties with Beijing are among the "most important" it has. ... more | .. |
  Obama says use of Syrian chemical weapons 'red line' US President Barack Obama said on Monday that if Syria were to move or use its chemical weapons it would be a "red line" that would change his perspective on how to respond to the conflict. ... more | .. |
US, Israel view Iran threat with different 'clocks': general The United States and Israel have different interpretations of the same intelligence reports on Iran's nuclear programme, the US military's top general said. ... more | .. |
Israeli media buzz on attacking Iran aims to pressure US A high-volume public debate in Israel over a possible imminent military strike on Iran's nuclear facilities is designed to pressure Washington to back its ally more firmly, experts say. ... more |
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US drones kill six militants in NW Pakistan: officials Two US drone strikes on Sunday killed at least six militants in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said. ... more | .. |
Bo Xilai: China's fallen political star Once a rising political star famous for busting gangs and reviving Maoist ideals, China's Bo Xilai suffered a dramatic fall from grace when his wife was accused of murdering a British businessman. ... more | .. |
US hopes for stronger military ties with Iraq: general Eight months since American troops withdrew from Iraq, Baghdad has signalled a readiness to bolster military ties with the US, America's top general said ahead of a visit to the country. ... more | .. |
  Assange demands release of alleged WikiLeaks source Manning Julian Assange called Sunday for US soldier Bradley Manning, the alleged source of a massive trove of secret government documents published by WikiLeaks, to be released from a military prison. ... more |
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