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May 08, 2013
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Turn your satnav idea into business
Paris (ESA) May 07, 2013
Ready to take the next step with your satnav idea? ESA's business incubation centres are offering help through this year's European Satellite Navigation Competition. For the tenth time, the competition is calling for services, products and business innovations that use satellite-based navigation to improve everyday life. Also known as the Galileo Masters competition, it gives entrepreneurs from industry, research and universities the chance to present value-added business applications for the emer ... read more
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GPS NEWS

NIST demonstrates transfer of ultraprecise time signals over a wireless optical channel
By bouncing eye-safe laser pulses off a mirror on a hillside, researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have transferred ultraprecise time signals through open air wit ... more
SPACEWAR

Recent events highlight risks from orbiting space junk
Empty space. In discussions of things astronomical, the term pops up so often it's gone beyond cliche. ... more
SUPERPOWERS

US shift to Asia on track despite budget cuts: admiral
Plans to expand the American naval presence in the Pacific with new ships and hi-tech weaponry will go ahead despite steep budget cuts, the US Navy chief said before a trip to the region. ... more
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TERROR WARS

Tunisia links two wanted jihadist groups to Al-Qaeda
Tunisian authorities on Tuesday recognised that two jihadist groups which the army has been hunting on the Algerian border have links to Al-Qaeda, stressing their determination to take them out. ... more


TAIWAN NEWS

Taiwan intelligence unit confirms Hong Kong visit
A top Taiwanese intelligence official has visited Hong Kong in a landmark trip seen as the latest sign of fast-warming ties between Taiwan and former rival China, officials and local media said Tuesday. ... more
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WAR REPORT

Iran FM meets Assad, says time to dissuade Israel
Iran's Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi held talks with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad on Tuesday and said it was time to dissuade Israel from carrying out attacks such as its air strikes on Syria over the past week. ... more
CYBER WARS

Syria drops off Internet, reasons unclear
Syria was cut off from the Internet on Tuesday, according to US tech firms monitoring Web traffic and the State Department. ... more
Space News from SpaceDaily.com
Blue Ghost Mission Nears Moon Touchdown and GNSS Milestone
China Prepares for Launch of Tianwen 2 Asteroid Mission
What Hundreds of Millions of Galaxies Can Teach Us About the Big Bang
MILPLEX

Pentagon plans to cut civilian workforce
The Pentagon plans to cut its vast civilian workforce by 5-6 percent over the next five years to match similar reductions in the number of US troops, Deputy Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Tuesday. ... more
THE STANS

Kurd rebels warn Ankara against 'provocations' during pullout
Kurdish rebel leaders have confirmed that their fighters will begin withdrawing from Turkey into bases in neighbouring Iraq on Wednesday and warned Ankara against "provocations and clashes" which could hamper their retreat. ... more
WAR REPORT

Obama: US has 'moral' obligation in Syria
US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he had both a moral and a national security obligation to stop the slaughter in Syria, but warned he could not just act on a "hope and a prayer." ... more
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WAR REPORT

Syria: Sunnis fear massacre in Assad bastion
Hundreds of Syria's Sunni Muslims have reportedly fled the region around the Mediterranean port of Tartous in recent days after scores of their co-religionists were allegedly massacred by militiamen loyal to President Bashar Assad's beleaguered Alawite regime. ... more
NUKEWARS

US, S.Korea vow no concessions to North
The leaders of the United States and South Korea on Tuesday vowed no concessions to North Korea after months of high tension, saying the burden was on the communist state to end the crisis. ... more
24/7 News Coverage
Glacial Ice Loss Escalates Freshwater Depletion and Sea Level Rise
Long-Term Decline in Downward Surface Solar Radiation Highlights Emission Impacts
Catalyst breakthrough for efficient CO2 conversion
WAR REPORT

Israel PM freezes W.Bank settlement tenders: report
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has ordered a freeze on tenders for new West Bank settler homes, a report said Tuesday, with a rights group confirming not a single tender has been issued in months. ... more
IRAQ WARS

Seven killed in Iraq attacks
Shootings and a bombing killed seven people in Iraq on Tuesday, officials said, as Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki condemned attacks on mosques he said were aimed at promoting sectarian strife. ... more
WAR REPORT

Israel not getting involved in Syria civil war: Yaalon
Israel is not getting involved in Syria's civil war, Defence Minister Moshe Yaalon said on Tuesday, just days after two Israeli air strikes near Damascus sent regional tensions soaring. ... more
WAR REPORT
U.S. seeks $220 million for Israel missile defense

Pentagon requests more funding for Israel's 'Iron Dome'

Lockheed Martin PAC-3 Missile Intercepts and Destroys Tactical Ballistic Missile in New Test


WAR REPORT
Syria: Israel blasts Hezbollah's missile chain

Lockheed Martin's Nemesis Missile Scores 3-For-3 in Flight Tests

Guam heightens alert level after N. Korea threats


WAR REPORT
Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Conduct First Arrested Landing of X-47B Unmanned Demonstrator

Outside View: Drones: Say it with figures

ESA-EDA Flight Demonstration On Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems Insertion Into Civil Airspace


WAR REPORT
Department of Defense looking to allow Apple, Samsung devices

DARPA Seeks Clean-Slate Ideas For Mobile Ad Hoc Networks

Gilat to Equip IDF with SatTrooper-1000 Military Manpack

MILPLEX

France told to cut back on military pomp and ceremony
In another sign of tough times in France, the government has been told to cut the size of the Republican Guard, the elite unit that provides the pomp and ceremony on state occasions. ... more
NUKEWARS

Top China bank shuts key N. Korea account: Dow Jones
The state-owned Bank of China has shut the account of a North Korean bank accused by the United States of supporting the North's nuclear programme, Dow Jones Newswires said Tuesday. ... more
NUKEWARS

N. Korea removes missiles from launch site: US officials
North Korea has taken a major step back from a planned missile test, US officials said, even as Pyongyang and Seoul exchanged fresh threats Tuesday of swift military retaliation to any provocation. ... more
SUPERPOWERS

Beijing says US defence report hypes China threat
Beijing on Tuesday dismissed an annual Pentagon report that accused it of widespread cyberspying on the US government, rejecting it as an "irresponsible" attempt to drum up fear of China as a military threat. ... more
24/7 Energy News Coverage
MSU scientists discover new sources for 'the molecule that made the universe'
New Findings on Atomic Nucleus Structure and Potential Dark Forces
Physicists detect signs of dual time arrows emerging from quantum interactions
THE STANS

China and India to discuss Kashmir issues

TERROR WARS

Outside View: What 9/11 is telling us years later

CYBER WARS

China's cyber spying targets US government: Pentagon

UAV NEWS

Northrop Grumman, U.S. Navy Conduct First Arrested Landing of X-47B Unmanned Demonstrator

WAR REPORT

Two soldiers wounded in Tunisia jihadist hunt: medic

WAR REPORT

US Democrat offers bill to arm Syrian opposition

TERROR WARS

Report: Rajoy receiving widely divergent assessments of ETA threat

WAR REPORT

'No information' Syria rebels used chemical arms: US

MISSILE NEWS

Syria: Israel blasts Hezbollah's missile chain

WAR REPORT

Syria rebels may have used sarin: UN

Nigeria fighter jet crashes in Niger, two killed

India, China begin withdrawing troops from border

Calls for restraint after Israel raids on Syria

Iraq attacks kill 10 people

Iraq: The deadly bomb detector fraud

Canadian submarine woes far from over

Files posted online to 'print' working handgun

Taiwan wavers on F-16 deal

French M51 ballistic missile self-destructs in failed test

Israel's Syria hit sends warning to Iran, Hezbollah: pundits

Iraq signs $830 million deal for more F-16s

Israel behind Syria strikes, hit Iran missiles: source

N. Korea lays out conditions for reviving Kaesong

Japan never had smooth ties with China: deputy PM Aso

Landsat Thermal Sensor Lights Up from Volcano's Heat

Scaling up gyroscopes: From navigation to measuring the Earth's rotation

New attention on old China poisoning case

New Mechanism Converts Natural Gas to Energy Faster, Captures CO2

South Australia rocked by new clean energy technology

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