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US weighing drone strikes in north Africa: reportWashington (AFP) Oct 2, 2012 The White House may extend its campaign of drone strikes against Al-Qaeda to target the desert bases of the group's north African arm, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. A spokesman for President Barack Obama's National Security Council would not confirm details of the debate, which The Post said involved officials from the Central Intelligence Agency, the State Department and the Pentagon. But NSC spokesman Tommy Vietor told AFP: "The president has been clear about his goal to destroy Al-Qae ... read more |
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  Sanctions failing to halt Iran nuclear drive: Israel International sanctions against Iran are biting but are not slowing the country's nuclear programme, Israel's strategic affairs minister Moshe Yaalon said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Commentary: Cyber Pearl Harbor A shadowy hacker group in the Middle East has disrupted the electronic banking operations of some of the United States' largest financial institutions, The Seattle Times reported. ... more | .. |
  Friends again, Israel and China boost ties Israel and China have been renewing military ties in recent months after a lengthy chill caused by hefty Israeli arms deals that the United States shot down. ... more | .. |
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  After Libya attack, US renews focus on AQIM: officials US officials said Tuesday the deadly attack on a US consulate in Libya has prompted a renewed focus on the threat posed by Al-Qaeda's affiliate in North Africa, suspected of possible links to last month's assault. ... more | .. |
Iran says will not retreat on nuclear issue despite woes Iran will press on with its nuclear programme despite the problems caused by Western sanctions, including a dramatic slide in the value of its currency, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
German interest in EADS/BAE deal remains unclear Talks over a planned merger of European aerospace giant EADS and British defence group BAE Systems are progressing but Germany's intentions in the resulting super-firm remains unclear, sources said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Eurocopter unit inaugurates chopper plant in Brazil Helibras, the Brazilian subsidiary of European manufacturer Eurocopter, on Tuesday inaugurated a new plant in the southern state of Minas Gerais that will assemble 50 EC725 military helicopters for the armed forces by 2017. ... more |
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Ariane 6 to deliver inaugural Galileo 2nd Gen satellites as European industry backs Arianespace
Momentus to conduct multi sensor rendezvous trial with US Air Force
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  Lebanon border a new front in Syria's war Clashes along Lebanon's border with Syria are growing as the tiny Mediterranean country becomes a battle front in Syria's 18-month-old civil war, with control of the mountain passes used by both sides in the conflict an increasingly strategic issue. ... more | .. |
Iraq searches Syria-bound Iran plane Iraq stopped and searched a Syria-bound Iranian cargo plane for weapons on Tuesday, but allowed it to continue as no prohibited items were found, Iraqi officials said. ... more | .. |
US: Iranians blame leaders for deprivation The White House said Tuesday that Iranians blame their leaders for rising deprivation caused by US and international sanctions stemming from Tehran's nuclear program. ... more | .. |
  Baghdad moves to end Turkish presence in north Iraq Baghdad on Tuesday moved to end Turkey's military presence in north Iraq where Ankara is pursuing Kurdish rebels, signalling a further deterioration in ties between the neighbours. ... more |
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ULFA insurgents eye south Bhutan bases Battered by Indian military operations, Assamese insurgents are relocating to Bhutan. ... more | .. |
Outside View: Justice prevails for PMOI U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton deserves admiration for her courageous decision to remove the Iranian opposition movement People's Mujahedin of Iran from the U.S. list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations, even though this should have happened years ago. ... more | .. |
  Chinese govt ships enter disputed waters: Japan Chinese government ships returned to waters off disputed Japanese-controlled islands Tuesday, the coastguard said, a week after they last left and days after heated exchanges at the United Nations. ... more | .. |
 Mobile missile complexes: Russia's nuclear shield future Moscow (Voice of Russia) Oct 02, 2012 The Teykovskaya Division of Russia's Strategic Missile Troops located in the Ivanovo region is the first division fully rearmed with the new Topol-M (SS-27) an ... more |
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Fresh quake barrage hits Greek island Santorini
Pain, anger as Turkey marks two years since quake disaster
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 Guard-2012 exercise to counter nuclear terrorism over in Moscow The Guard-2012 international exercise to counter nuclear terrorist threats has drawn to a close in Moscow. The manoeuvres were held as part of the Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism ... more | .. |
 Eglin F-35 Fleet At 20 And Growing The 20th Lockheed Martin F-35 Lightning II has been as delivered to Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., to support F-35 pilot and maintainer training taking place on the Emerald Coast. BF-15, piloted ... more | .. |
  Lockheed Martin Completes Centralization Of Targets and Countermeasures Operations in Huntsville Lockheed Martin has completed the centralization of its Targets and Countermeasures operations in Huntsville, Ala., where the program offices of both the company and the Missile Defense Agency custo ... more | .. |
 AUVSI Welcomes Formation of Senate Unmanned Aerial Systems Caucus The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) has welcomed the announcement from Capitol Hill that Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) formed the Senate Unmanne ... more |
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Terrorism fears as Islamists lose bastion African forces have driven militants of al-Shabaab, an Islamist group linked to al-Qaida, out of their last urban stronghold in the port of Kismayo but there are signs the militants are already retaliating. ... more | .. |
Thailand's Muslim insurgency reignites Attacks in Thailand's restive southern Muslim provinces have killed six people and wounded 27. ... more | .. |
  Gulf states speed up U.S. missile shield As tensions swell in the Persian Gulf, the United States is pressing its fractious Arab allies to accelerate efforts to establish an integrated missile defense network to counter the threat of Iran's growing ballistic arsenal. ... more | .. |
 Two S. Korea nuclear reactors shut down Two South Korean 1,000-megawatt nuclear reactors were shut down Tuesday at separate plants, both as a result of unrelated systems malfunctions, operators said. ... more |
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Google pledge against using AI for weapons vanishes
MIT engineers help multirobot systems stay in the safety zone
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Syria rebels claim missiles seized in Damascus Syrian rebels claimed on Monday to have seized an undisclosed number of missiles from the army's arsenal in the east of Damascus province. ... more | .. |
Japan PM adds China balm in cabinet reshuffle Japan's unpopular prime minister reshuffled his cabinet Monday, picking a woman with Beijing-friendly credentials in what commentators said signalled his hope to move past a damaging territorial row. ... more | .. |
 US hails war vehicle that saved lives, bypassed bureaucracy US defense officials on Monday congratulated themselves on an armored vehicle that helped protect American troops but acknowledged the program succeeded in spite of the Pentagon's own entrenched bureaucracy. ... more | .. |
Peace talks sit uneasily with Colombian military Colombia's military officially supports peace talks with its old foe, the leftist FARC guerrilla group, but behind the facade of unity there is uneasiness in the ranks after half a century of warfare. ... more |
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Two Kurdish brothers charged with 'terror' ties in Switzerland Two Kurdish brothers from Iraq, living as refugees in Switzerland, have been charged with taking part in a "terrorist" organisation linked to Al-Qaeda, the Swiss attorney general's office said Monday. ... more | .. |
Syria chemical weapons 'great concern': NATO Syria's chemical weapon stockpiles are a "great concern" but the solution to the conflict there remains political, not military, NATO head Anders Fogh Rasmussen said Monday. ... more | .. |
Hackers shifting to 'destruction': US cyber chief Hackers are stepping up the intensity of their attacks, moving from "disruption" to "destruction" of key computer systems, the top US cyber-defense official said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Wave of Iraq attacks kills at least 33 Militants carried out bombings and shootings in 10 cities and towns in Iraq on Sunday, killing at least 33 people and wounding 106, in the latest wave of deadly attacks to hit the country. ... more |
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