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China navy takes delivery of first aircraft carrier: reportBeijing (AFP) Sept 23, 2012 China's first aircraft carrier was handed over Sunday to the navy of the People's Liberation Army, state press said, amid rising tensions over disputed waters in the East and South China Seas. The handover ceremony of the 300-metre (990-foot) ship, a former Soviet carrier called the Varyag, took place in northeast China's port of Dalian after a lengthy refitting by a Chinese shipbuilder, the Global Times reported. During the handover ceremony the aircraft carrier raised the Chinese national flag ... read more |
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  N. Korea warns South after sea confrontation North Korea on Saturday threatened military retaliation after South Korean navy patrol boats fired warning shots at fishing vessels from the North near their disputed Yellow Sea border. ... more | .. |
  S. Korea near deal on longer missile range: report South Korea and the United States are close to agreement on more than doubling the range of Seoul's ballistic missiles to better guard against threats from North Korea, a report said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Israel war on Iran 'will eventually happen': Guards chief An Israeli war on Iran "will eventually happen" but the Jewish state will be destroyed as a result, the head of Iran's elite Revolutionary Guards said on Saturday, according to reports. ... more | .. |
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  Iraq aims to unite with new national anthem, flag Iraq is seeking to replace its national anthem and flag in a move aimed at providing unifying national symbols and putting decades of conflict and hardship in the country behind it. ... more | .. |
  China's Wang Lijun: from supercop to traitor The jailing of Wang Lijun for 15 years Monday was the final tightly scripted act in the downfall of a police chief who always had a flair for theatre. ... more | .. |
  Syria, Iran nuclear fears, Muslim protests cloud UN summit War in Syria, mounting tensions over Iran's nuclear drive and anti-Western protests across the Muslim world will cast a shadow over the annual UN gathering of world leaders starting Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Rebel command moves to Syria in sign of confidence The rebel Free Syrian Army's decision to move its command centre from Turkey to "liberated areas" inside Syria shows its growing confidence despite the risk of air strikes, analysts said on Sunday. ... more |
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Airbus-built SpainSat NG-I satellite successfully launched
ESA Contracts Thales Alenia Space-Led Consortium for First Lunar Lander
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 Obama brushes off Israeli pressure over Iran President Barack Obama likened Israeli pressure on him to draw a line in the sand over Iran's nuclear ambitions as noise he tries to ignore, according to remarks aired Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Russia's Chechen war mastermind Grachev dies at 64 Russia's brutal 1994-1996 Chechen campaign mastermind and former defence minister Pavel Grachev died in Moscow on Sunday at the age of 64 after a highly divisive but historic career. ... more | .. |
 Iraq attacks kill six, including a brigadier Attacks in Iraq on Sunday killed at least six people, among them a police brigadier general and two soldiers, security and medical officials said. ... more | .. |
 Britain, France, Germany call for new Iran sanctions Britain, France and Germany have officially called for new European Union sanctions against Iran over its nuclear program, diplomats said. ... more |
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 China ships in Japan waters off isles: coastguard Chinese ships plied the waters of a disputed island chain Monday, Japan's coastguard said, as a fleet of Taiwanese fishing boats set sail for the area, vowing to stake Taipei's claim. ... more | .. |
 China postpones ceremony marking ties with Japan China postponed Sunday a ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties with Japan because of an ongoing territorial dispute, the Xinhua news agency said. ... more | .. |
 S. Korean leader warns of 'growing' maritime threats South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak warned on Monday of "growing threats" to the country's maritime security, posed by North Korea and regional territorial disputes over isolated island chains. ... more | .. |
 US Senate approves envoys to Iraq, Pakistan The US Senate on Saturday approved new American ambassadors to Iraq and Pakistan, both veteran diplomats who will take over as anti-Western protests sweep through Muslim countries. ... more |
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China's DeepSeek-R1: A Game-Changing AI Release or Strategic Gesture?
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 Syrian children killed ahead of UN briefing Regime warplanes struck rebel positions in Aleppo Monday, killing three children, as insurgents claimed to control most of Syria ahead of a UN Security Council address by peace envoy Lakhdar Brahimi. ... more | .. |
 Tunisia president ex-advisor gets suspended jail term A former advisor to Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki was handed a four-month suspended jail term for defaming the army and its commanders, he said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Boeing Awards CH-147F In-Service Support Contract to GD Canada Boeing has completed its selection of in-country providers to support Canadian Forces CH-147F helicopters by awarding an Engineering Support Services contract to General Dynamics Canada. The I ... more | .. |
 US Army, Navy Demonstrate JLENS' Ability to Defeat Anti-ship Cruise Missile A recent U.S. Army and Navy test has proved that the Raytheon JLENS can integrate with defensive systems currently in the U.S. Navy's inventory to provide, for the first time, overland cruise missil ... more |
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  Project Gives Computers a More Powerful Way to Detect Threats UT Dallas computer scientists have developed a technique to automatically allow one computer in a virtual network to monitor another for intrusions, viruses or anything else that could cause a compu ... more | .. |
 Leaked pics of cutting-edge Chinese fighter On September 15-16, images of the cutting-edge Chinese fighter jet appeared on the web. The state-of-the-art aircraft bears strong resemblance to the American F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II. ... more | .. |
  Northrop Grumman to Provide 44 Additional STARLite Radar Systems for the U.S. Army MQ-1C Gray Eagle Unmanned Aircraft System Northrop Grumman has been selected to supply an additional 44 STARLite wide area surveillance radars for the U.S. Army's MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system. STARLite features synthetic apertu ... more | .. |
 Northrop Grumman Awarded Contract to Develop Navigation System for the U.S. Navy's Super Hornet and Growler Aircraft Northrop Grumman has been awarded a competitive prototyping contract by The Boeing Company to develop an embedded global positioning/inertial navigation system (EGI) for the U.S. Navy's F/A-18E/F Su ... more |
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Ukrainian drone barrage on Russia kills two, hits oil refinery
EdgeCortix SAKURA-I AI Accelerator Validated for Radiation Resilience in Space Missions
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  US drone strike kills three in northwest Pakistan A US drone strike on Saturday killed at least three Islamic militants in Pakistan's restive tribal region near the Afghan border, security officials said. ... more | .. |
 China urges Philippines to mend ties after row Chinese leader-in-waiting Xi Jinping has told a visiting Philippine envoy that he hopes ties hurt by a territorial row can recover, state media said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Iraqi Kurds raise money for refugees Beneath a canopy of pines in central Rania, the music has been playing for weeks. For locals in this city of 100,000 in northern Iraq, the sound of "Oh, Enemy," the saz-infused Kurdish national anthem, conjures memories from the early 1990s, when the Kurds in this city rose up against then-dictator Saddam Hussein. The song is a somber rallying cry that charts the sacrifices and tenacity of Kurds throughout the centuries. ... more | .. |
 ISAF kills prominent IMU leader A joint military operation in Afghanistan's Kunduz province said it killed a leader of the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan. ... more |
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 Indian air force to buy French fighters The Indian air force is to finalize a contract to purchase 126 French Dassault Rafale jet fighters this year, in one of 2012's largest armaments purchases. ... more | .. |
US to take Iran opposition group off terror list In a move sure to enrage Tehran, the US is poised to remove an Iranian opposition group, the People's Mujahedeen of Iran, from its terror blacklist, US lawmakers said Friday. ... more | .. |
 UN atomic agency member states slam North Korea Member states of the UN atomic agency approved Friday a resolution "deploring" North Korea's decision to cease all cooperation with the watchdog and calling on Pyongyang not to conduct further nuclear tests. ... more | .. |
 Syria army deserters freed from underground cells Nassar spent 10 weeks in an underground jail at Hanano military barracks in the embattled province of Aleppo in northern Syria for planning to desert before his fortunes changed. ... more |
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