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Sinai attack was backed by Gaza mortar fire: Egypt armyCairo (AFP) Aug 6, 2012 Gunmen who launched a deadly assault on an Egyptian border post near Israel on Sunday were backed by mortar fire from the Gaza Strip, the Egyptian army said. "At the time of the attack, elements in the Gaza Strip helped by firing mortars at the area of the Karm Abu Salem" border crossing, the army said in a statement. The army said 35 gunmen were involved in the "terrorist act" which it added was launched during "the iftar and the call to prayer" signalling the end of the daytime Muslim fast dur ... read more |
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 Five assailants in Egypt-Israel border attack killed: army 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. ... more | .. |
  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 | .. |
  Johannesburg marvels at rare snowfall Snow flurries blew through South Africa on Tuesday, closing several border crossings with Lesotho and dusting parts of the country in white as residents poured into the streets to watch the snowflakes fall. ... 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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  Baby rhinos given second chance at S. African orphanage The baby black rhino slurps milk greedily from a cola bottle, hops around and chases its caregiver in South Africa's newest and largest orphanage for calves whose parents were poached for their horns. ... more | .. |
  Heritage listing spurs Congo park poaching crackdown Home to lush virgin forest and thousands of elephants, gorillas and rare antelope, the Nouabale Ndoki national park in northern Republic of Congo was virtually unknown until a few weeks ago. ... more | .. |
 Mali needs other options if diplomacy fails: Rabat Morocco supports a political solution to the crisis in Mali but the regional community will have to consider "other options" if diplomacy fails, the foreign minister said in a newspaper interview. ... more | .. |
  Malawi to test 250,000 people for HIV in one week Malawi on Monday launched a week-long campaign to test 250,000 people for HIV in what health authorities called a crucial intervention in a country ravaged by AIDS. ... more |
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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 | .. |
  Gibson Guitar settles US probe of wood imports Guitar-maker Gibson has agreed to pay $350,000 to avoid US prosecution over allegations it illegally imported endangered wood from India and Madagascar, US officials announced Monday. ... more | .. |
  China welcomes Sudan, South Sudan oil deal China on Monday welcomed an oil deal between Sudan and South Sudan and urged both nations to find the "political courage" to overcome the remaining issues that have brought them to the brink of war. ... 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 |
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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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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 | .. |
 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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Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm
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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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