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Five assailants in Egypt-Israel border attack killed: armyJerusalem (AFP) Aug 6, 2012 Five gunmen who slew 16 Egyptian guards near the border with Israel before crossing into the Jewish state in an armoured vehicle have been killed, an army spokesman said Monday. "The bodies of the five gunmen have been found by the Israeli army," said the spokesman a day after the incident but did not give details. An Egyptian medical official said earlier the gunmen in Bedouin attire drove up in two vehicles and opened fire on the checkpoint near the Karm Abu Salem (Kerem Shalom in Hebrew) bord ... read more |
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  Suicide bomber in Nigeria kills six soldiers, one civilian A suicide bomber in a car rammed into a military patrol on Sunday in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu, killing himself, at least six soldiers and a civilian, authorities said. ... more | .. |
 Suicide bomber in Nigeria kills at least 6 soldiers A suicide bomber in a car rammed into a military patrol on Sunday in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu, killing himself, at least six soldiers and a civilian, the state police boss confirmed. ... more | .. |
  Nigeria intensifies search for 4 kidnapped foreigners: navy Nigeria Sunday intensified its search for four foreigners kidnapped during a deadly attack on a vessel belonging to an oil services company, the navy 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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 France would back African intervention in Mali: minister France would back an African military intervention in Islamist-held northern Mali, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Gunmen kill 2 sailors, kidnap 4 foreigners in Nigeria Gunmen attacked a barge belonging to an oil services company off the coast of Nigeria on Saturday, killing two Nigerian sailors and kidnapping four foreigners, navy officials said. ... more | .. |
  Somali war linked to brewing oil dispute The military offensive by Kenyan and Ethiopian forces against Islamic al-Shabaab fighters is gearing up for an assault on the Indian Ocean port of Kismayo that's increasingly seen as a key element i ... more | .. |
  Later Stone Age got earlier start in South Africa than thought The Later Stone Age emerged in South Africa more than 20,000 years earlier than previously believed - about the same time humans were migrating from Africa to the European continent, says a new inte ... 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
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 Investigations of Shell's Nigeria spills a 'fiasco': Amnesty Rights group Amnesty International said Friday investigations into Shell oil spills in Nigeria were a "fiasco," alleging the company repeatedly blamed sabotage in an effort to avoid responsibility. ... more | .. |
 Modern culture 44,000 years ago An international team of researchers, including scientists from Wits University, have substantially increased the age at which we can trace the emergence of modern culture, all thanks to the San peo ... more | .. |
 Libya's abandoned weapons put civilians at risk: report Abandoned weapons that were once part of toppled dictator Moamer Kadhafi's arsenal pose an ongoing and serious threat to civilians in Libya, warned a report published by Harvard University on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Mali wives prevent loyalist soldiers' arrest The wives of dozens of Malian armymen Wednesday physically blocked a group of policemen from arresting two soldiers close to the west African nation's former president who was ousted in a March coup. ... more |
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  Climate change could open trade opportunities for some vulnerable nations Tanzania is one developing country that could actually benefit from climate change by increasing exports of corn to the U.S. and other nations, according to a study by researchers at Stanford Univer ... more | .. |
  Queen, politicians, Nobel winner named to UN social panel UN chief Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday named a queen, a former president, a Nobel Peace prize winner and a corporate mogul to a 26-strong panel to recommend new global social and environment goals. ... more | .. |
  L'Oreal heiress sells island paradise in Seychelles L'Oreal heiress Liliane Bettencourt, France's richest woman, has sold a string of private islands in the Seychelles to a firm linked to an ocean conservation foundation, a minister said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Greenpeace report exposes land sell-off A Greenpeace report says that more than 12.35 million acres of customary-owned land in Papua New Guinea have been "given away" to foreign-owned corporations and unrepresentative landowner companies. ... 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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  Largest ever Cherenkov telescope sees first light On 26 July 2012, the H.E.S.S. II telescope started operation in Namibia. Dedicated to observing the most violent and extreme phenomena of the Universe in very high energy gamma-rays, H.E.S.S. II is ... more | .. |
  Pentagon chief meets Egypt's new Islamist president Defence Secretary Leon Panetta reaffirmed US support for Egypt's democratic transition and stability during a lightning visit to Cairo on Tuesday as part of a regional tour. ... more | .. |
  Research charts growing threats to biodiversity 'arks' Many of the world's tropical protected areas are struggling to sustain their biodiversity, according to a study by more than 200 scientists from around the world. But the study published in Nature i ... more | .. |
  Russia says not in talks to open Cuba, Vietnam naval bases The Russian defence ministry denied Friday Russia was holding negotiations about opening military installations in Cuba, Vietnam and the Seychelles, dismissing as "fantasy" media reports saying as much. ... more |
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  Iran sanctions having 'serious impact': Panetta Sanctions are having a "serious impact" on the Iranian economy, even if their results may not be immediately obvious, US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said on Monday. ... more | .. |
Terrorism fears grow over Mali jihadists Western and Arab security specialists say they fear jihadists who have taken over northern Mali will turn it into a base for Islamist terrorism across the Sahel region and Western Europe. ... more | .. |
  HIV-positive Namibians did not okay sterilisation: court A Namibian court ruled Monday that three women with HIV were sterilised without their informed consent, but dismissed their claim that the operation was performed because of their condition. ... more | .. |
  Tropical arks reach tipping point Almost half of the tropical forest reserves in a new study are ineffective, according to results published in the journal Nature by William Laurance, research associate at the Smithsonian Tropical R ... more |
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Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program
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 Chimp shot in attack on American returns home in S.Africa A male chimpanzee who was shot in South Africa while mauling an American student has returned to the sanctuary where the attack happened, the primate centre said Monday. ... more | .. |
 World's largest 'Cherenkov' telecope launched in Namibia The huge "Cherenkov" telescope, the size of two lawn tennis courts and the biggest of its kind, has started to capture cosmic rays from its base in Namibia, scientists have announced. ... more | .. |
 Russia in talks on 'Cuba, Vietnam' naval bases: admiral Russia is holding talks about opening naval bases in Moscow's Soviet-era allies Cuba and Vietnam as well as the Seychelles, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Navy said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Ancient reservoir could bring water to dry Namibia A stone-age underground water reservoir could transform life in arid Namibia, a government official said Friday, holding up to five million cubic metres of water that could supply the area for 400 years. ... more |
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Panetta to visit North Africa, Middle East US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta heads to Tunisia and Egypt next week to support their "democratic transitions" and to Israel and Jordan to discuss the Syrian conflict, the Pentagon said. ... more | .. |
Brother of exiled Rwandan ex-army chief gets 9 years' jail A Rwandan military court jailed a brother of an exiled former army chief to nine years in prison for threatening state security, the defence ministry said in a statement Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Egyptian navy seizes five Italian trawlers: reports An Egyptian navy patrol boat Thursday seized five Italian fishing trawlers with around 30 sailors on board and will escort them to the port of Alexandria, Italian media reported citing officials. ... more | .. |
 Central African countries to monitor Congo forests Ten Central African countries have agreed to take part in a regional initiative to monitor the Congo Basin, one of the world's largest primary rainforests, the UN's food agency said Thursday. ... more |
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