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Annan to brief UN Security Council on SyriaBaghdad (AFP) July 10, 2012 UN and Arab League peace envoy Kofi Annan will brief the UN Security Council on Wednesday on the Syria crisis after a tour through Damascus, Tehran and Baghdad, he told journalists in Iraq. Speaking on Tuesday in Baghdad, Annan also warned of "serious pockets" of violence close to Syria's border with Iraq, adding that Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki was concerned by the unrest and supported his peace plan. Annan's surprise visit to Iraq was his first to the country since becoming the UN-Arab ... read more |
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  Mali jihadists threaten North Africa Algerian jihadists are reported to have reinforced Islamist fighters linked to al-Qaida in their self-declared state in northern Mali amid signs the conflict there may be spilling over across the drought-hit region spanning North Africa. ... more | .. |
  ONR Sensor and Software Suite Hunts Down More Than 600 Suspect Boats A new sensor and software suite sponsored by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) recently returned from West Africa after helping partner nations track and identify target vessels of interest as part ... more | .. |
  Egypt top court freezes Morsi decree: judicial source Egypt's Supreme Constitutional Court on Tuesday froze a decree issued by President Mohamed Morsi reinstating the Islamist-led parliament, a judicial source said. ... 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 vets threaten Angola elections over unpaid pensions A decade after the end of Angola's brutal civil war, veterans are threatening to block general elections in seven weeks if authorities fail to pay them their promised pensions. ... more | .. |
  Embattled Sahel facing deadly cholera outbreak The conflict in Mali could turn a cholera outbreak that has already killed 60 people in the Sahel this year into a serious regional epidemic, the UN children's agency said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Egypt military says constitution must be respected Egypt's military on Monday said the constitution and the law must be upheld concerning the dissolution of parliament, raising tension after President Mohamed Morsi decided to reinstate the assembly. ... more | .. |
Mali to form 1,200-strong elite force to protect transition Mali's transition government on Monday announced the creation of an elite force of 1,200 troops to protect the leaders of the country's embattled interim regime. ... more |
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Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture
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  Tutu pleads for peace on eve of South Sudan anniversary Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu on Sunday appealed for peace in troubled South Sudan, on the eve of the country's first anniversary. ... more | .. |
 Developing world has less than five percent chance of meeting UN child hunger target Insufficient progress has been made in most developing countries to meet the United Nations' target of halving the proportion of children who suffer from hunger by 2015 compared with 1990 levels, ac ... more | .. |
UN soldier dies as DR Congo rebels take Uganda border post A UN soldier from India was killed in clashes between renegade soldiers and DR Congo troops on the border with Uganda, the United Nations said Friday as the mutineers took a key border post. ... more | .. |
  Survival of S.Africa chimp attack American 'a miracle' The parents of an American student mauled and badly injured by two chimpanzees in South Africa described his survival Friday as "truly a miracle". ... more |
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 Oil theft costs Nigeria $1 billion monthly Nigeria reportedly loses $1 billion a month to massive oil theft by criminal gangs, militants and corrupt officials, crippling Africa's top oil and gas producer amid political turmoil that many fear heralds trouble between the Christian south and the Muslim north. ... more | .. |
Boom for Angola after big Atlantic strike Angola is poised to throw open oil exploration rights in the offshore Kwanza Basin following a major strike by Houston-based Cobalt International Energy. ... more | .. |
 Thousands of fresh faces take over Kadhafi's streets Fresh faces on thousands of campaign posters have flooded the streets of the Libyan capital where the portrait of slain dictator Moamer Kadhafi once reigned supreme. ... more | .. |
  EU underpays Madagascar for access to fish Unfair and exploitative political agreements allow Europeans to eat fish from the plates of developing countries, according to a study led by University of British Columbia researchers. In the ... 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 | .. |
S.African game farmer jailed for 8 years over rhino horn A South African game farm owner has been jailed for eight years for the illegal possession of 38 rhino horns as soaring black market prices drive massive poaching, local media reported. ... more | .. |
  Whaling nations defeat proposed Atlantic sanctuary Japan and its allies shot down a Latin American-led proposal Monday to create a sanctuary for whales in the southern Atlantic Ocean, reigniting international tensions over Tokyo's whaling. ... more | .. |
Chimpanzees cleared after mauling American in S.Africa: park Two chimpanzees who mauled an American student in South Africa will not be killed because authorities found the animals defended their territory against a trespasser, a park director said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Egypt seizes Grad rockets smuggled from Libya: reports Egypt has seized a large weapons consignment, including Grad rockets, that had been smuggled from Libya and could have been headed to the Gaza Strip, press reports said on Saturday. ... more |
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 Israeli PM 'sends letter to Egypt's Morsi' Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sent a letter to Egypt's newly elected President Mohamed Morsi, urging him to uphold a peace treaty between the two countries, a source told AFP on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Israeli PM, president send letters to Egypt's Morsi Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sent a letter to Egypt's newly-elected President Mohamed Morsi, urging him to uphold a peace treaty between the two countries, a source told AFP on Sunday. ... more | .. |
 23,000 Angolans back home as refugee status ends The United Nations refugee agency said a total of 23,000 Angolans have been repatriated since last year from neighbouring countries where their refugee status officially ended on Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Kenyan army hunts kidnappers of four foreign aid workers Kenyan security forces on Saturday scoured border regions with war-torn Somalia in the hunt for armed kidnappers who seized four aid workers from Dadaab, the world's largest refugee camp. ... more |
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  Study helps African communities resolve conflicts A new report released by Namati and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) details an effective and cost-efficient process to help rural communities work together to protect their lan ... more | .. |
 Rwanda gorillas prosper despite guerrillas next door Baby gorillas roll around as their mothers tuck into juicy plant shoots: mountain gorillas are highly endangered, but the 27 members of the Agashya family are well protected. ... more | .. |
 Nigeria arrests suspected oil pipeline bomber Nigeria's military on Saturday said it had arrested the leader of a gang responsible for a series of attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta region. ... more | .. |
  S.Africa gripped by 'fear of missing out' epidemic: study Two-thirds of South African teens and adults suffer from a "fear of missing out" on more interesting activities than what they're doing, a study by a pharmaceutical firm showed on Monday. ... more |
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 American man critical after chimpanzee mauling in S.Africa An American research student was in a critical condition in a South African hospital on Friday after he was dragged by chimpanzees into an enclosure at a primate sanctuary and attacked. ... more | .. |
  Ethiopia to build new railway to Djibouti port Ethiopia has forged two deals with Turkish and Chinese companies to build a railway connecting the landlocked country to Djibouti, the Ethiopian Railway Corporation (ERC) said. ... more | .. |
  Kenya plot: Fears Iran widening covert war The recent arrest of two Iranians in Kenya on suspicion of plotting bomb attacks has heightened fears that Tehran is widening its covert war against Israel and the United States as Washington expands its secret intelligence operations across Africa. ... more | .. |
 UNESCO warns Timbuktu in danger amid Mali unrest The UN cultural organisation UNESCO on Thursday listed Mali's legendary town of Timbuktu as endangered world heritage because of the deadly unrest hitting the West African nation. ... more |
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