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 New Delhi (AFP) Nov 5, 2012 Boeing looks set to win military contracts worth $2.4 billion from India for its Chinook and Apache helicopters, a report said Monday. Dow Jones Newswires, quoting an unidentified Indian Air Force official, said commercial negotiations would begin soon for the purchase of 15 Chinook CH-47F heavy-lift helicopters and 22 AH-64D Block III Apache helicopters. The transaction would mark a big shift for India away from its traditional supplier Russia. Boeing's twin-rotor Chinook was chosen recentl ... read more |
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  China military shuffle to preserve Hu role: analysts China has reshuffled its military top brass in a move analysts said Monday was probably aimed at ensuring President Hu Jintao remains commander-in-chief of the military after a 10-yearly leadership change. ... more | |
  British PM in gulf to boost arms sales British Prime Minister David Cameron is in the Persian Gulf seeking to mollify Arab leaders stung by recent British criticism and to boost arms sales, including possible deals for Typhoon jets built by Britain's BAE Systems worth $9.6 billion. ... more | |
  Netanyahu strike report boosts war fears An Israeli television report that Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu ordered the Jewish state's military to prepare for a strike against Iran's nuclear facilities in 2010 has heightened war fears in the Middle East. ... more | |
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 'No concrete results' in nuclear efforts with Iran: Amano Iran is resisting efforts to find out whether it is hiding nuclear material, the head of the UN atomic watchdog said Monday, as the Islamic state and North Korea slammed the agency's work. ... more | |
  Navy Researchers Look to Rotating Detonation Engines to Power the Future With its strong dependence on gas-turbine engines for propulsion, the U.S. Navy is always looking for ways to improve the fuel consumption of these engines. At the Naval Research Laboratory (NRL), s ... more | |
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FARMing with Data OpenET Introduces FARMS Tool to Aid Water Management
Heat from the Sun Linked to Seismic Activity on Earth
Orange Africa and Eutelsat Partner to Expand Satellite Internet in Africa and the Middle East | |
  Israel 'success' in new missile defence test The Israeli air force has successfully tested an upgraded version of its "Iron Dome" missile defence system, the defence ministry said on Sunday. ... more | |
  Japan to develop missile-detecting drone: report Japan is planning to develop an unmanned drone that could help detect a North Korean nuclear missile attack and to counter China's military buildup, a report said Sunday. ... more | |
  Heavy-handed Israelis cause diplomatic harm: report An internal report by Israel's foreign ministry says actions by politicians and officials are hurting the country's international standing, Maariv newspaper said on Sunday. ... more | |
 Triple air strike shows no mercy in Syria's Al-Bab The Syrian warplane screeched over the centre of town, forcing terrified civilians to run for cover as the deafening bomb explosion devastated families and shattered an otherwise peaceful Sunday. ... more |
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  Hope and fear mark countdown to NATO pull-out In a spectacular valley swept by centuries of Silk Road history, the hopes and fears of Afghanistan's only female governor capture the mood across the country as Western troops prepare to withdraw. ... more | |
 Chinese ships enter disputed waters: Japan Four Chinese government ships temporarily sailed into the territorial waters of disputed Tokyo-controlled islands in the East China Sea on Sunday, Japan's coastguard said. ... more | |
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Solar technology can meet UK electricity demand without reducing farmland
Beyond the burn: Harvesting dead wood to reduce wildfires and store carbon
Bio-inspired approach creates bespoke photovoltaics | |
 China's painful past displayed under political shadow A group of museums commemorating China's violent Cultural Revolution is opening up normally tightly controlled discussion of the chaotic era - but only up to a point. ... more | |
  Israel builds up its cyberwar corps Amid signs the cyberwar with Iran is heating up, the Israeli army reportedly has launched a major recruitment drive for computer wonks to expand Unit 8200, a highly secret outfit that's supposedly behind recent cyberattacks on the Islamic Republic. ... more | |
'Communism camp' for China's future leaders In the remote Jinggang mountains, China's future communist elite are being trained in Mao Zedong's former guerrilla base, an effort to buttress the revolutionary roots of a regime striving to maintain its legitimacy. ... more | |
  Indian rebels recant 'brutal' slayings Maoist rebels in India have said they will stop some of their more brutal methods of killing, including the slitting of throats. ... more |
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