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Internet entrepreneur hits paydirt in space, autosSan Francisco (AFP) May 22, 2012 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. To top it off, his Tesla Motors venture announced it would start delivery of its new "premium" electric sedan next month, ahead of schedule. The 40-year-old South African native has channeled a dot.com fortune into a series of ambitious ventures. Besides SpaceX and Tesla, Musk heads up SolarCity, a company ... read more |
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  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 | .. |
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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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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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 | .. |
  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 |
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Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture
Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role
Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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  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 | .. |
  Eclipsall Awarded Contract to Supply Solar Panels to Ugandan Government Eclipsall has announced that the company has entered into an agreement to supply 3MW of solar panels to the Government of Uganda, Ministry of Health. The panels will be used for planned solar ... more | .. |
 UN talks take first steps on 2015 climate deal UN members on Thursday took their first steps in a marathon to negotiate a new global pact by 2015 that for the first time will place rich and poor under a common legal regime to tackle climate change. ... more | .. |
 Chinese firm not paying diamond proceeds to Zimbabwe: FM Chinese diamond firm Anjin failed to remit revenue from its operations in Zimbabwe's controversial Marange fields in the first quarter of this year, Finance Minister Tendai Biti said on Thursday. ... 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 | .. |
 War-torn Somalia stages TEDx conference Somalia's war-ravaged capital Mogadishu will host Thursday its first ever TED talks as part of efforts to showcase improvements in development, business and security, organisers said. ... more | .. |
First troops of west African force arrive in G.Bissau Some 70 soldiers of a west African force arrived Thursday in Guinea-Bissau on a mission to restore stability after the country's April 12 coup, as the prime minister of a transitional government took office. ... more | .. |
  6.0-magnitude quake hits Papua New Guinea: USGS A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck Papua New Guinea Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was immediately issued. ... more | .. |
 Mozambique gas find hikes East Africa boom Mozambique's drive to become a major natural gas producer got a major boost last week with the discovery of a large offshore field in the Indian Ocean containing an estimated 20 trillion cubic feet. ... more |
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  Israel warned as hunger strikers sink Palestinian prisoners held by Israel called off a 4-month hunger strike, which was protesting indefinite detention without charge and harsh prison conditions, Monday in an Egyptian-brokered agreement as two men were reported near death. ... more | .. |
 Libya's Belhaj quits military to enter politics Abdelhakim Belhaj, a Libyan Islamist who has commanded the Tripoli military council since the ouster of Moamer Kadhafi's regime, has resigned from his post to enter politics. ... more | .. |
 Mauritania growth at four percent despite crippling drought Mauritania's economy resisted a slowdown in external demand and the effects of a severe drought, and growth is estimated at 4.0 percent in 2011, the International Monetary Fund said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Algeria's political battle: Army v. spooks Algeria's military-backed National Liberation Front, the aging heroes of the independence war against France 50 years ago, was the clear winner in parliamentary elections last week. ... 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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 South Sudan says ready to resume talks with Khartoum South Sudan is ready to resume negotiations with Sudan, Juba's lead negotiator said late Tuesday on the eve of a United Nations date to restart talks, but also accused Khartoum of not being willing to meet. ... more | .. |
  Nigeria to commercialize satellite services: official The newly-launched earth observation satellite, NigeriaSat-2, is now set for commercial activities, a top government official has said. Director-general of the National Space Research and Deve ... more | .. |
  Botswana makes new pitch for circumcision in AIDS fight "Should I, shouldn't I?" That's the question that 31-year-old Kabo Moeti ponders as he waits outside a clinic in a Botswana village, where he's considering getting circumcised. ... more | .. |
Beijing envoy in Khartoum amid Sudan-South tension A Chinese envoy was in Khartoum for talks on Sunday after his country backed a UN resolution that aims to halt border fighting between Sudan and South Sudan. ... more |
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 Refugees flee new clashes in eastern DRCongo Scores of residents fled heavy fighting between government forces and army mutineers in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on Sunday, a local source told AFP. ... more | .. |
  Kenyan ranches relocating rhinos in fear of poachers Claus Mortensen is a private Kenyan rancher with a passion - endangered rhinos - and now a mission: to save his herd from slaughter by ruthless poachers who sell their horns to Asia, where they are prized as a miracle drug. ... more | .. |
  Ship guards trigger clashes with pirates The growing use of armed guards on merchant ships plying the piracy-plagued waters of the Arabian Sea and the Indian Ocean has spawned increasingly violent encounters with Somali marauders, maritime security experts say. ... more | .. |
 DRCongo forces bomb mutineers in famed African park Government forces in the Democratic Republic of Congo launched airstrikes Saturday against mutineers near the Rwandan border, where a rebel leader known as the "Terminator" was said to be hiding. ... more |
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