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Smartphones can help track diseasesNairobi, Kenya (UPI) Mar 13, 2012 Smartphones can improve disease surveillance in the developing world with more accurate, faster, cheaper gathering of disease information, U.S. researchers say. A study presented Monday at the International Conference on Emerging Infectious Diseases in Atlanta reported smartphone use was cheaper than traditional paper survey methods in tracking disease spreads in Kenya. The Kenya Ministry of Health along with researchers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analyzed survey ... read more |
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  Israeli warships pass though Suez canal Two Israeli naval vessels passed through Egypt's Suez Canal on Tuesday, headed from the Mediterranean to the Red Sea, Israeli and Egyptian sources said. ... more | .. |
  Signs are al-Qaida is on the move again A U.N. envoy warned that al-Qaida is making "alarming" gains in Yemen after seizing several southern towns but it's also resurgent in Iraq and North Africa despite U.S. airstrikes that are picking off its leaders. ... more | .. |
 Australian commandos operating in Africa: report Australian special forces have been operating in several African countries over the past year gathering intelligence on terrorist activities, a report said on 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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  Gaza toll hits 25 as bloodshed rages for fourth day Israeli warplanes pounded Gaza for a fourth day on Monday, killing six more Palestinians, as a teenager died in a mystery blast, raising the death toll so far to 25. ... more | .. |
  AQIM chief buying arms in Libya: source Mokhtar Belmokhtar, a top fugitive leader in Al-Qaeda's north African branch, is in Libya shopping for weapons, Malian security sources told AFP on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Israel invasion looms amid Gaza fighting As Israeli jets hammer the Gaza Strip amid a barrage of Palestinian rockets on cities in the Negev desert, pressure has been mounting for a new invasion of the Hamas-ruled territory, a move that could draw global condemnation and threaten relations with Egypt. ... more | .. |
  Mauritius, Seychelles to jointly manage Indian Ocean shelf Mauritius and the Seychelles on Tuesday signed a pact to jointly manage a continental shelf in the Indian Ocean spanning 396,000 square kilometres in what was described as a pathbreaking accord. ... more |
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  Tropical Storm Irina kills three in Mozambique:official Tropical Storm Irina killed three people when it lashed the Mozambique coast at the begin of the month, according to a final tally given by the government on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Seychelles' idyllic habitat at risk from climate change Bursts of torrential rain lash the idyllic white beaches of the Seychelles, where conservationists fear that rare species such as the giant tortoise are at severe risk from climate change. ... more | .. |
  EU-funded study underlines importance of Congo Basin for global climate and biodiversity With its 1.7 billion square kilometres, an area equivalent to 5 times the size of Germany, the Congo Basin forest is the world's second largest tropical forest. The 'State of the Congo Basin F ... more | .. |
  S.Africa unveils wind atlas in renewable energy push South Africa on Tuesday launched its first verified wind atlas which maps out potential hotspots as a tool for wind farm developers as the coal-hungry country pushes toward renewable energy. ... more |
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 Italy angered by botched British rescue A botched British rescue of two European hostages in Nigeria has angered Italy and sparked a war of words between Rome and London. ... more | .. |
  'Anonymous' group hacks Tunisian Islamist sites Hackers claiming to belong to the Anonymous Internet freedom group posted video messages on Facebook pages of Tunisian Islamists, threatening reprisals over their efforts to introduce Salafist laws. ... more | .. |
 GCC chief meets Chinese envoy on Syria China's envoy on Syria met with Gulf Cooperation Council head Abdullatif al-Zayani in the Saudi capital on Sunday, the six-nation organisation said. ... more | .. |
 Gaza violence spikes, Netanyahu warns militants Israeli air strikes on Gaza killed three Palestinians on Sunday, raising the toll to 18, as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed no let-up against rocket-firing militants. ... 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
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  Bloodhounds deployed to fight elephant poaching in DR Congo The Democratic Republic of Congo's famed Virunga National Park has deployed bloodhounds to track down elephant poachers, a park official said Monday. ... more | .. |
Seychelles' idyllic habitat at risk from climate change Bursts of torrential rain lash the idyllic white beaches of the Seychelles, where conservationists fear that rare species such as the giant tortoise are at severe risk from climate change. ... more | .. |
  China frees 24,000 abducted women, kids in 2011 Chinese police rescued more than 24,000 abducted children and women last year, some of whom had been sold for adoption or forced into prostitution as far away as Angola, officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Internet Censorship Revealed Through the Haze of Malware Pollution On a January evening in 2011, Egypt - with a population of 80 million, including 23 million Internet users - vanished from cyberspace after its government ordered an Internet blackout amidst anti-go ... more |
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 China sending envoy on Syria to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, France China said Friday it is sending an envoy to Saudi Arabia, Egypt and France to explain its position on Syria, after Beijing called for an end to the year-long conflict in the Middle East country. ... more | .. |
 AU troops to replace Ethopian forces in key Somali cities African Union troops are set to replace Ethiopian forces in two Somali cities recently taken from Shebab rebels, the AU Commissioner for the Peace and Security Council said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Former Ugandan child soldier backs viral video A former child soldier at the heart of a viral campaign to bring accused Ugandan war criminal Joseph Kony to justice said Friday he backed the video and urged people to watch it. ... more | .. |
 James Cameron to explore Earth's deepest ocean trench "Titanic" director James Cameron will try in the coming weeks to dive to the deepest place on Earth, further than any other human has on a solo mission, to return with specimens and images. ... more |
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  13 million people threatened by food crisis: Oxfam About 13 million people living in west and central Africa face a major food crisis unless immediate action is taken, humanitarian group Oxfam warned Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Nigerian oil zone faces renewed insurgency Armed militants in Nigeria's main oil-producing region appear to be cranking up an old insurgency targeting foreign oil companies as the West African giant seeks to boost production to 4 million barrels per day. ... more | .. |
 US warns against further 'militarization of Syria conflict The United States Thursday warned against further "militarizing" the Syria conflict, a day after saying it could offer non-lethal military aid to rebels fighting the Damascus government. ... more | .. |
 Mali rebels strike amid post-Libya anarchy North Africa, never the most placid of places, has been plunged into turmoil in recent weeks by groups of heavily armed fighters that have fanned out across the Sahara to destabilize the region known as the Maghreb. ... more |
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 James Cameron to explore Earth's deepest ocean trench "Titanic" director James Cameron will try in the coming weeks to dive to the deepest place on Earth, further than any other human has on a solo mission, to return with specimens and images. ... more | .. |
 Libya's oil-rich east declares autonomy The declaration of an autonomous region in Cyrenaica in eastern Libya, which contains most of the country's oil, is the most serious threat to central authority in post-revolutionary Libya and could disrupt oil flows already threatened by the Persian Gulf crisis. ... more | .. |
 China's diplomacy juggle in Sudan-S.Sudan oil crisis As former foes Sudan and South Sudan try to break a long running deadlock over a furious oil dispute, economic giant China is forced into a difficult juggling of allegiances between the rivals. ... more | .. |
 Commentary: Is Syria 2011 Spain 1936? Is Syria's civil war a prelude to a larger Mideast conflict that would involve Israel, Iran, the Arab Gulf countries minus Oman (Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Bahrain) and Israel? ... more |
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