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NATO trio team up to boost air refuelling capacityBrussels (AFP) April 18, 2012 France, Germany and the Netherlands agreed Wednesday to team up in order to boost Europe's fleet of air-to-air refuelling aircraft, a key shortcoming identified by last year's NATO operation in Libya. The three nations announced that they would lead efforts to share existing planes or acquire new ones, such as the Airbus 330 MRTT, hoping to boost their capacity in this field by 2020. France plans to buy 14 planes. The announcement was made at a meeting of NATO defence and foreign ministers to la ... read more |
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  Southern Africa to build climate change study centre Southern African countries on Wednesday agreed to launch a centre to tie together climate change studies across the region. ... more | .. |
  Spanish king sorry after Africa hunting trip Spanish King Juan Carlos apologised Wednesday for a hunting trip to Botswana that sparked indignation in recession-hit Spain, as he emerged on crutches from hospital after breaking his hip on the visit. ... more | .. |
  7.0-magnitude quake hits off Papua New Guinea: USGS A 7.0-magnitude quake struck off the northeast of Papua New Guinea on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey said, but there was no tsunami warning issued. ... 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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  War planes strike suspected Somali pirate base: coastguard War planes fired several missiles at a suspected Somali pirate base in the north of the war-torn country, wounding two civilians, a coastguard official said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
India proposes norms for Indian Ocean anti-piracy patrols With the Indian Ocean region infested by Somali pirates, India is spearheading an effort to create a naval standard operating procedure (SOP) for the 32 littoral nations of the region to jointly fig ... more | .. |
  Diarra: launch of NASA scientist into Mali politics Mali's new prime minister, Cheick Modibo Diarra, is an accomplished astrophysicist who worked on five NASA missions and became a US citizen, but said he never forgot the Malian town of his birth. ... more | .. |
  Sudan war mirrors region's oil conflicts The brewing war between Sudan and the fledgling state of South Sudan is a battle for oil and there are other potential conflicts in the Middle East and Africa that could signal supply disruption whatever happens in the U.S.-Iran face-off in the Persian Gulf. ... more |
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  4 deny attack plot over Danish cartoons Danes reacted with anxiety and dismay to this week's opening of a trial of four men charged with plotting to attack a newspaper that published caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. ... more | .. |
 Spain's king, wildlife patron, slammed for hunting Spain's King Juan Carlos, patron of a wildlife charity, faced fire Monday for making an expensive hunting trip to Botswana while his country struggles with a recession. ... more | .. |
  South Africa issues shark warning around washed-up whale South African coastal authorities on Friday warned beachgoers around the tourist town of Knysna that sharks were moving into the area, feeding on the remains of a whale that ran ashore two days ago. ... more | .. |
 Sudanese warplanes bomb UN camp in South Sudan Sudanese warplanes bombed a UN peacekeepers' base, damaging it but causing no casualties in the first such attack since a recent escalation of fighting with South Sudan, officials said Monday. ... more |
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  Robotic cats, a kitten mummy and a major UK vet gathering April 11th sees over 300 world-class veterinary speakers converging for the WSAVA/FECAVA/BSAVA* World Congress 2012 in Birmingham UK. The current issue of the new-look JFMS, timed to coincide with t ... more | .. |
  Electoral officials' arrest inflames Iraq tension The arrest of Iraqi electoral commission officials has inflamed political tensions here, drawing accusations on Friday that Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki aims to destroy the democratic process. ... more | .. |
 G.Bissau army says coup bid over secret deal with Angola The Guinea-Bissau army said Friday it launched a coup bid in the notoriously unstable west African state because of an alleged secret military deal signed by the government with Angola. ... more | .. |
Coup attempt in G.Bissau, attack on PM residence Guinea-Bissau troops staged a coup attempt late Thursday, attacking the prime minister's residence, arresting politicians and taking over the ruling party headquarters amid a media blackout. ... 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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 DR Congo must arrest war crimes suspect: rights group Congolese President Joseph Kabila's suggestion that he might arrest war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda was a positive sign, but the arrest should be carried out immediately, Human Rights Watch said Friday. ... more | .. |
 ECOWAS council asks regional leaders to okay Mali force The West African bloc ECOWAS has asked regional leaders to approve troops deployment to end the rebellion by separatist groups in northern Mali, it said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Researchers Use Game to Change How Scientists Study Disease Outbreaks It may seem like a game of tag, but it's an innovative tool for teaching the fundamentals of epidemiology, the science of how infectious diseases move through a population. An international te ... more | .. |
 Nigeria Islamists 'get looted Libyan arms' Nigeria's Boko Haram Islamist militants appear to be gaining strength and firepower from an alliance with al-Qaida in North Africa amid reports dozen of them are in Mali with Tuareg rebels while weapons looted in Libya have turned up in Nigeria. ... more |
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  Canada's aid overhaul ignores the needy: critics Canada is radically changing how it doles out foreign aid, funding partnerships with chosen mining giants and development groups while ignoring those most in need, critics say. ... more | .. |
 Foreign 'pressure' will not force Ntaganda arrest: DR Congo Democratic Republic of Congo President Joseph Kabila said Wednesday he would not order the arrest of war crimes suspect Bosco Ntaganda "under pressure" from the international community. ... more | .. |
East Africa is world's new energy frontier Not long ago the ramshackle former Portuguese colony of Mozambique on the east coast of Africa was written off as a basket case. ... more | .. |
 South Sudan's Kiir rejects calls to withdraw troops South Sudan's President Salva Kiir rejected calls Thursday to pull out from contested border regions, but said he did not want war with Khartoum, whose warplanes bombed a Southern town for the first time. ... more |
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Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm
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Yemen slides into chaos amid new clashes Strife-battered Yemen is sliding deeper into chaos amid a power struggle that's ripping the army apart while U.S. Special Forces and the CIA step up their largely secret war against al-Qaida as it battles government forces for control of the south. ... more | .. |
 Indonesian quake reawakens 2004 fears in Asia In nations around the Indian Ocean, thousands scrambled for higher ground Wednesday after powerful quakes triggered fears of a disaster in a region all too familiar with the power of a tsunami. ... more | .. |
Airstrikes, artillery shelling on Sudan-S.Sudan border Sudan on Tuesday carried out new airstrikes inside South Sudan, as rival armies exchanged artillery fire in the latest round of fierce fighting in contested border regions. ... more | .. |
 Forced recruitment on South Sudan's border with rival Sudan Staring into the distance of South Sudan's volatile and sun-blasted borderlands with foe Sudan, Nyrop Nyol recounts the day soldiers came to her home and took her son away at gunpoint. ... more |
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Sudan oil war heats up, north mobilizes The oil conflict between Sudan and newly independent South Sudan is flaring dangerously after the infant state accused the Khartoum regime of building an illegal pipeline into its oilfield and the north declared a general mobilization. ... more | .. |
 UN calls for funds for drought-hit Sahel Children's aid organisation UNICEF on Tuesday led a cross-agency appeal for funds for the Sahel region where 15 million are suffering from malnutrition, it said. ... more | .. |
W. Africa must define scope of Mali intervention Mali's regional neighbours are wary of sending a military mission to the chaotic nation without a clear mandate, after Islamist extremists and Tuareg rebels seized the country's vast north, security sources say. ... more | .. |
 Iraq Kurd leader accuses PM Maliki of 'dictatorship' Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is monopolising power and preparing the ground for a return to dictatorship, Kurdish leader Massud Barzani charged in an interview published on Sunday. ... more |
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