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SES and Castor expand capacity to meet Southern Africa connectivity needsLuxembourg (SPX) Sep 04, 2012 SES and Castor Networks has announced that the Dutch provider of teleport, VSAT and broadcasting services has signed a capacity expansion agreement on SES' NSS-7 satellite to meet the growing needs for connectivity throughout Southern Africa. Castor Networks will utilise the new capacity to enable the delivery of voice and data across corporate networks of oil and gas and mining industries, ISPs and governments in countries such as Angola, Mozambique and South Africa. At 340 degrees East, NS ... read more |
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  Iran scores with summit but wrongfooted by nuclear report Iran scored a point against Western efforts to isolate it by hosting a summit this week of 120 Non-Aligned Movement countries, but its bid to boost its prestige was wrongfooted by a new report on its controversial nuclear activities, analysts said. ... more | .. |
  Liberia gets Norwegian security training Liberia has selected a Norwegian company to increase security on its worldwide commercial fleet. ... more | .. |
  Storms kill 20 people in Algeria Storms sweeping across northeast Algeria have killed 20 people and injured 56, the state news agency APS on Sunday cited emergency services as saying. ... 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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  One dead, small tsunami after 7.6 Philippine quake A 7.6 earthquake struck off the Philippine coast on Friday, triggering landslides that killed at least one person and a small tsunami that hit the eastern part of the archipelago, authorities said. ... more | .. |
  Nigerian community urges action on oil devastation Nigerians from a region devastated by oil spills on Monday called on the president to take action, more than a year after a UN report said the contamination may require the world's biggest cleanup. ... more | .. |
 U.S. diplomat claims he was misquoted U.S. Charge d'Affaires in Sudan Joseph Stafford says he was misquoted by a Sudanese newspaper regarding "regime change" in Sudan. ... more | .. |
  Zimbabwe utility halts disconnections The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority has halted disconnecting customers, a shift in policy that had been developed because of a epidemic of customers not paying thjeir bills. ... more |
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Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture
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  Cellphones AIDS tests studied in S.Africa, S.Korea South African and South Korean researchers are working on making a smartphone capable of doing AIDS tests in rural parts of Africa that are the worst hit by the disease, a researcher said Friday. ... more | .. |
  Oil spilling from Turkish bulk carrier wreck off Cape Town Oil from a Turkish bulk carrier that ran aground three years ago off the coast of Cape Town, South Africa's prime tourist city, was spilling onto two beaches on Saturday, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Syria rebels claim MiG shot down, Egypt causes storm Rebels said they shot down a MiG warplane on Thursday as violence whipped across Syria ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on deteriorating humanitarian conditions in the country and along its borders. ... more | .. |
 Iran summit stumbles on nuclear, Syria criticism A showpiece summit hosted by Iran stumbled as soon as it opened on Thursday when the head of the UN pressed Tehran on its nuclear stand, and Egypt's new leader publicly sided with Syria's opposition. ... more |
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  Two hippos on the loose in S.Africa's city of Cape Town A runaway hippo in Cape Town has eluded capture by refusing to leave a suburban lake, while another escapee has set up home at a sewage plant, the South African city said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Uganda investigates helicopter crashes Uganda is attempting to determine why three of its helicopters crashed earlier this month. ... more | .. |
 Egypt army presses Sinai drive, says 11 militants dead Egypt's military said its forces were being redeployed on Wednesday to press a campaign against Islamist militants in the Sinai and that 11 "terrorists" have been killed since operations were launched. ... more | .. |
 Uganda seizes LRA munitions The Uganda People's Defense Forces has captured munitions from insurgent group Lord Resistance Army munitions in the Central African Republic. ... 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 | .. |
  Morocco's illegal mussel pickers ply non-eco trade Thousands of Morocco's unemployed slum-dwellers head to the Atlantic coast every morning to scrape a living as illegal mussel pickers. But experts say they threaten the health of the marine ecosystem. ... more | .. |
 Tanzania wants LNG production Tanzania has begun to develop its liquefied natural gas facilities. ... more | .. |
 Israel's FM urges Morsi to visit Jerusalem Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman on Tuesday urged Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi to warm relations with Israel by visiting Jerusalem. ... more | .. |
 AMISOM troops retake Somalia's Marka port Somali and African Union AMISOM forces have retaken Somalia's coastal city Marka from al-Shabaab militants. ... more |
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EU warns 'response' on Gambia executions The European Union has threatened "an appropriate response" against Gambia in the wake of reports of executions carried out by the country's government. ... more | .. |
 Sudan, South Sudan dispute Abyei region South Sudan has accused Sudan of "deliberately" keeping troops in the disputed Abyei region and claims Khartoum intends to provoke armed conflict. ... more | .. |
  Egypt's new leader visits China seeking investment Egypt's president met his Chinese counterpart in Beijing on Tuesday, seeking in his first state visit outside the Arab world to win badly needed investment and expand diplomatic ties. ... more | .. |
  South Africa to launch mini satellite A mini satellite weighing 1.2 kilograms will be launched from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) in November to collect information about space weather, it was learned on Wednesday. ... 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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  Iraq minister quits over PM 'interference' Iraqi Communications Minister Mohammed Tawfiq Allawi told AFP he quit his post on Monday, accusing Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki of "political interference" in his ministry. ... more | .. |
 Libya's under-fire interior minister quits Interior Minister Fawzi Abdelali resigned on Sunday after coming under fire for the performance of security forces during a surge of violence that has rocked Libya, an official from his office told AFP. ... more | .. |
  Green Climate Fund to hold next meeting in South Korea The Green Climate Fund, which will help poor countries fight global warming, will hold its next meeting from October 18 to 20 in South Korea, the body said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Flooding kills 11, displaces hundreds in northern Nigeria Flooding in two areas of northern Nigeria has killed at least 11 people and displaced hundreds, officials and residents said Friday, the latest casualties in the country's rainy season. ... more |
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 Floods kill 10, displace 20,000 in Nigeria after dam opened Flooding in eastern Nigeria has killed at least 10 people and displaced an estimated 20,000 following heavy rains and the release of water from a dam in neighbouring Cameroon, an official said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Military rescues 27 kidnapped oil workers in Nigeria: navy Nigerian military forces stormed the hideout of a militant gang operating on the waters of oil-producing Cross River State and rescued 27 abducted oil workers, a navy spokesman said Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Forty-four killed since July in Niger floods: UN At least 44 people have been killed by severe flooding that has affected Niger since mid-July, the UN's humanitarian affairs office said Thursday, while scores of thousands are homeless. ... more | .. |
  Russia to 'considerably' cut grain exports amid drought Russia on Thursday admitted that a poor harvest will force the world's third-largest wheat exporter to "considerably" cut its foreign deliveries despite worrying spikes in global food prices. ... more |
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