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April 30, 2012
WAR REPORT
Lebanon stops arms headed to Syria rebels: security official
Beirut (AFP) April 28, 2012
The Lebanese navy intercepted three containers of weapons destined for Syrian rebel forces on board a ship originating from Libya, a security official told AFP on Saturday. The cargo of the ship contained heavy machineguns, artillery shells, rockets, rocket launchers and other explosives, a security official said. The 11 members of the crew were arrested pending investigation by a military judge, the official National News Agency reported. A second official said the Sierra Leone-flagged Lutf ... read more

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IRAQ WARS

Top Iraq politicians demand greater democracy
Top Iraqi politicians, many of whom feel marginalised by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's style of governing, called on Saturday in Arbil for greater democracy in running the country. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

West African summit on Guinea-Bissau set for Thursday
Six west African heads of state will discuss the situation in Guinea-Bissau at a meeting in Dakar next week, the Senegalese government said late Friday. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

China to loan South Sudan $8 billion, Juba says
China has agreed to loan oil-rich South Sudan eight billion dollars for infrastructure development, Juba government spokesman Barnaba Mariel Benjamin said on Saturday. ... more
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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

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EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms

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ENERGY TECH

Civilians suffer as Sudan-S.Sudan troops face off on border
On South Sudan's tense front line with Sudan, Southern troops lie in the shade of trees alongside the tanks hidden there from the spying eyes of Sudanese warplanes overhead. ... more
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DEMOCRACY

Algeria's Islamists brace for May polling
Algeria is deploying 60,000 security troops across the restive country amid campaigning for May parliamentary elections in which Islamists are running for the first time in two decades. ... more
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INTERN DAILY

CFR: Universal healthcare requires mandate
The United States is the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world but when it comes to healthcare coverage, it is only on par with developing nations like Ghana and Brazil, a Council on Foreign Relations report states. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

Sierra Leone's gruesome 10-year civil war
The civil war in Sierra Leone from 1991 to 2001, unleashed by rebels from the notorious Revolutionary United Front (RUF), was one of the most atrocious in Africa's recent history, leaving 120,000 dead and thousands of civilians mutilated. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Egypt's gas cut may spur energy conflicts
Egypt's decision to cut off natural gas supplies to Israel threatens the countries' historic 1979 peace treaty and could crank up simmering tensions over disputed offshore gas fields in the eastern Mediterranean. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

S. Sudan leader to cut short China visit
South Sudan's president will cut short his visit to China amid violence between the world's newest nation and Sudan, officials said Wednesday, as Beijing unveiled plans to send a peace envoy. ... more
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IRAQ WARS

Iraq cuts anti-Qaeda militia pay
Most of Iraq's remaining 40,000 anti-Qaeda militiamen have seen their pay cut by 20 percent this year following a decision by parliament, an aide to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki told AFP on Tuesday. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

European body sees broad failures in Libya migrant deaths
A catalogue of failures led to the deaths at sea last year of 63 African migrants who fled Libya during the conflict that ousted Moamer Kadhafi, a European rights body said Tuesday. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

China hosts S. Sudan president as oil dispute rages
South Sudan's leader kicks off a visit to Beijing on Tuesday with the hosts keen to defuse a raging dispute between the fledgling nation and neighbouring Sudan that threatens Chinese oil supplies. ... more
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TECH SPACE

China signs onto PNG's world-first undersea mine
Canada-based mining firm Nautilus Minerals said Tuesday it had signed China's Tongling Nonferrous Metals Group as the first customer of its pioneering Papua New Guinean sea-floor mine. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

South Sudan leader says Khartoum has 'declared war'
South Sudan's President Salva Kiir said Tuesday that Khartoum had "declared war" on his country, as violence between the world's newest nation and Sudan intensified. ... more
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NUKEWARS

Iran says nuclear 'capabilities' must be recognised
Iran's top nuclear negotiator Saeed Jalili said on Monday the West has to give a "correct assessment" of his country's atomic capabilities in important talks due to be held in Baghdad next week. ... more
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IRAQ WARS

Iraq PM must not obtain F-16s: Kurdistan chief
Massud Barzani, the president of Iraq's autonomous Kurdistan, said he opposes the sale of F-16 warplanes to Iraq while Nuri al-Maliki is premier, as he fears they would be used against the region. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

Mali junta yet to return to barracks: groups
The soldiers who seized power in Mali last month have yet to return to their barracks despite a regionally-brokered deal restoring civilian rule, political parties and civil society groups said Monday. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

Stench of death in Heglig, where Sudan says 1,200 died
More than 1,000 South Sudanese troops died during the battle for Sudan's main oilfield of Heglig, the Sudanese armed forces commander said on Monday, as a stench of death filled the air. ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW

Kenya flash food kills one, six missing
One person was killed and six others went missing in Kenya when a flash flood in a gorge at a national park caught a church youth group off guard, rangers said Sunday. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

Over 1,000 S. Sudanese killed at Heglig: commander
More than 1,000 South Sudanese troops died during the battle for Sudan's main oilfield of Heglig, the Sudanese armed forces commander said on Monday. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

S. Sudan completes withdrawal from flashpoint oil field
South Sudan's army said Sunday that its troops faced fresh aerial bombardments from Sudan as they completed their pullout from the flashpoint Heglig oil field. ... more
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SPACE SCOPES

Super-telescope: Split site now under consideration
Plans to build the world's most powerful radio telescope are looking at whether the site can be split between rival bidders South Africa and Australia, organisers said on Thursday. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

G.Bissau will 'defend itself' if foreign troops sent: junta
Guinea-Bissau's junta said Friday it would not accept the presence of United Nations troops in the country, after calls for a peace force to bring down the military rulers. ... more
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FLORA AND FAUNA

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
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CLIMATE SCIENCE

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
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ENERGY TECH

Sudan's Bashir vows to punish South
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Thursday vowed to teach "a lesson by force" to the South Sudanese government over its seizure of the north's main Heglig oil field. ... more
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TRADE WARS

Tourism sector eyes travellers from emerging nations
The global tourism industry, hit by natural disasters and economic turmoil, is eyeing potential travellers from emerging nations in hope that their growing middle and upper classes could spur growth. ... more
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ENERGY TECH

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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WATER WORLD

Man killed by five-metre shark in S.Africa
A 20-year-old body boarder was killed Thursday when a giant shark estimated at up to five metres (16 feet) long bit off his leg in a Cape Town bay, in South Africa's second deadly mauling this year. ... more
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MILTECH

NATO trio team up to boost air refuelling capacity
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. ... more
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SHAKE AND BLOW

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
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