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Battle over SKA super-telescope leads to split siteAmsterdam (AFP) May 25, 2012 A long-running joust to host a radio telescope that would give mankind its farthest peek into the Universe ended on Friday with a Solomon-like judgement to split the site between Australia and South Africa. "We have decided on a dual site approach," said John Womersley, chairman of the board of the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) project, at a press conference in the Netherlands. He was speaking at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport following a meeting of the SKA organisation's members. The two south ... read more |
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  Iraqi Kurd politician warns of 'ethnic cleansing' A top Kurdish politician warned on Monday of Baghdad's continued desire for "ethnic cleansing," the latest in a series of attacks by Kurdish leaders on premier Nuri al-Maliki's leadership. ... more | .. |
  Mali deserters in Niger face uncertain future At a base near Niger's capital Niamey, more than 400 Malian soldiers who deserted in the face of an uprising in the north of their neighbouring country are encamped with no clues as to their future. ... more | .. |
 DR Congo senior officer defects to join eastern mutiny At least one senior Congolese army officer has defected with radio equipment and several of his men to join the ranks of a mutiny in the eastern region of Nord-Kivu, military sources said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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  Somali Islamists fire on foreign warships Somalia's Al-Qaeda linked Shebab insurgents said Tuesday they had fired on two foreign warships that came in close to the key rebel port of Kismayo, the first such reported incident as they face growing military pressure. ... more | .. |
 Gambia detains G.Bissau ex-army chief, ousted minister Gambia's immigration ministry said Tuesday Guinea-Bissau's former army chief, elections chief and ousted interior minister were being detained "for security reasons" after fleeing to Banjul. ... more | .. |
  Kenya's El Molo nostalgic for hippo hunting days Lparin Lokuk will never kill a hippo, the event which would have marked his passage into manhood, according to the ancestral traditions of his community in Kenya's far north. ... more | .. |
  Somali Islamists attack president as pressure grows Somalia's Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab insurgents shrugged off recent strategic losses and growing military pressure Tuesday to launch an ambush on the president - who escaped unhurt - and fire on foreign warships. ... more |
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Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture
Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role
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 Sudan, South Sudan start first talks since conflict Top negotiators for Sudan and South Sudan met Tuesday for their first talks since deadly border fighting last month took them to the brink of war, even as Juba accused Khartoum of fresh air strikes. ... more | .. |
 Sudan, South Sudan start first talks since conflict Top negotiators for Sudan and South Sudan have held their first talks since deadly border fighting last month took them to the brink of war, even as Juba accused Khartoum of fresh air strikes. ... more | .. |
  Greenpeace activists manhandled at S. Africa nuclear protest Five Greenpeace activists were roughed up by South African private security guards and briefly detained during an anti-nuclear protest in Johannesburg on Tuesday, a spokeswoman said. ... more | .. |
West African forces complete G.Bissau deployment The last batches of a 600-strong west African military force charged with restoring stability in Guinea-Bissau after an April coup arrived on Sunday in the unstable west African nation. ... more |
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  Rescue robot tested at So. Calif. beach Lifeguards in Los Angeles County say they've tested a robot rescue craft that could save struggling swimmers. ... more | .. |
 Former G.Bissau army chief, minister flee Former Guinea-Bissau armed forces chief Jose Zamora Induta has fled to a neighbouring country following the coup in his troubled country last month, officials said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Guinea police in massive ivory bust, six arrested Guinea police seized over 800 pieces of ivory, including sculptures and elephant tusks, in the capital Conakry during a raid that led to six arrests, police said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Sahel food crisis to remain critical in coming months: UN UN aid chief Valerie Amos said Thursday that a humanitarian crisis arising from food shortages in the drought-stricken Sahel would remain critical in the next few months. ... more |
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DAMPE space telescope finds universal spectral feature that narrows field on cosmic ray origins
ThinKom Develops Self-Funded Mobile HPM Weapon to Counter Drone Swarms
Planet and Carbon Mapper Plan SWIR-Only Tanager Satellite for Wider Methane Detection | .. |
  Ship's captain jailed over New Zealand oil spill The captain and second officer of a ship that caused New Zealand's biggest sea pollution disaster when it ploughed into an offshore reef were both jailed for seven months on Friday. ... more | .. |
China welcomes resumption of Sudanese talks China Friday welcomed next week's resumption of talks between Sudan and South Sudan and urged both nations to cooperate with international efforts to resolve issues linked to the recent civil war. ... more | .. |
  City's population is counted from space The population of an entire city has been estimated from space to speed up medical and disaster relief efforts, British researchers say. ... more | .. |
Somali, AU troops close in on Islamist stronghold of Afgoye African Union and Somali government troops were within striking distance Wednesday of the key rebel stronghold of Afgoye, site of the world's largest displaced people's camp, officials said. ... more |
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G. Bissau army to return to barracks Guinea-Bissau's armed forces vowed Wednesday to return to their barracks after transitional authorities formed a new government that includes an army officer who participated in the country's April 12 coup. ... more | .. |
  Internet entrepreneur hits paydirt in space, autos It was a landmark day for Elon Musk. The onetime Internet entrepreneur's firm SpaceX became the first commercial outfit to launch its own spacecraft toward the International Space Station. ... more | .. |
 Sudan war planes bomb South Sudan: South minister South Sudan said Tuesday Sudanese war planes have launched air strikes against its territory, the latest in a series of attacks that threaten to scupper international efforts to restart peace talks. ... more | .. |
45 Chinese arrested for illegal trading in Nigeria: official Nigeria's immigration service on Tuesday arrested 45 Chinese nationals in the northern city of Kano for allegedly engaging in illegal textile trading, an official said. ... more |
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Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program
Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm
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  Egypt army pledges of retreat could be an illusion: analysts Egypt's ruling military has promised a return to the barracks once a new president is elected, but the army's formidable political and economic weight means that such a withdrawal could be an illusion, analysts say. ... more | .. |
 Ethiopian shoe factory widens China's Africa footprint A steady drone of machines hum as workers assemble shoes in a Chinese-built industrial park outside Addis Ababa, the first in Ethiopia by the Asian giant deepening its presence in Africa. ... more | .. |
 Army, mutineers clash near DR Congo rare gorilla park Army troops clashed with ex-rebel mutineers in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Saturday in fighting close to a national park famed for its rare gorillas. ... more | .. |
 UN praises progress in Liberia since end of civil wars Liberia has made considerable progress in the years since back-to-back civil wars devastated the nation and killed about 250,000 people, a UN Security Council delegation said Sunday. ... more |
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 Egypt's election: A leap into the unknown Egypt, the heart of the Arab world and its most populous country, goes to the polls Wednesday and Thursday to elect a new president, a leap into the unknown after 60 years of military coups and stage-managed elections. ... more | .. |
 Astronomers discovered ancient Egyptian observations of a variable star The study of the "Demon star", Algol, made by a research group of the University of Helsinki, Finland, has received both scientific and public attention. The period of the brightness variation of th ... more | .. |
Nigeria, Senegal, Burkina Faso troops head to G.Bissau A military force being deployed to stabilise Guinea-Bissau after an April 12 coup will be drawn from Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Senegal, the west African bloc ECOWAS said on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Cattle dying, fields scorched as drought strikes Senegal In the northeastern nook of Senegal, one of the most stable and developed nations in the drought-hit Sahel region, carcasses of cattle lie in the sun, the fields have withered and food depleted. ... more |
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