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Africa needs own space agency: Sudan's BashirKhartoum (AFP) Sept 5, 2012 Africa needs its own space research agency, Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir told a regional conference of communications ministers who met on Wednesday as the continent's IT sector grows. "I'm calling for the biggest project, an African space agency," Bashir said in remarks opening the two-day meeting. "Africa must have its space agency." Known as AfriSpace, it would enable "cooperation among African states in space research and technology and their space applications," crucial to the cont ... read more |
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  Egypt satellite operator drops Syria channels Egyptian satellite operator Nilesat on Wednesday cut transmission of Syrian state channels, as requested by the Arab League group for Syria, a Nilesat executive said, angering Damascus. ... more | .. |
  Loss of tropical forests reduces rain Deforestation can have a significant effect on tropical rainfall, new research confirms. The findings have potentially devastating impacts for people living in and near the Amazon and Congo forests. ... more | .. |
  Benign malaria key driver of human evolution in Asia-Pacific Their finding challenges the widely-accepted theory that Plasmodium falciparum, which causes the most lethal form of malaria, is the only malaria parasite capable of driving genome evolution in huma ... 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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  Oil spill ship's officers deported from New Zealand The captain and second officer of a ship that caused New Zealand's biggest sea pollution disaster were deported to the Philippines Thursday after completing half of their seven-month jail terms. ... more | .. |
  Floods kill 18 in Burkina Faso, leave 21,000 homeless Heavy rains and flooding since the start of June have claimed 18 lives in Burkina Faso and made more than 21,000 people homeless, an emergency aid official said Thurday. ... more | .. |
  Nigeria trains more peacekeeping troops Nigeria is expanding its program of training troops for peacekeeping operations. ... more | .. |
  Nigerian oil output slumps Nigeria's oil production has fallen below government projections. ... 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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 Ugandan govt. releases oil exploration map Uganda's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has released an oil exploration draft map. ... more | .. |
 Africa eyes joint space agency African nations would work together in peaceful research under a proposal for a space agency being considered Wednesday at a meeting in Sudan of the continent's communications and IT ministers. ... more | .. |
 Controversy in Liberian forest logging Liberia's rainforests are at risk from uncontrolled logging by private companies that could deprive people of economic benefits, an environmental group warns. ... more | .. |
 Kenya readies Somali Kismayo attack Kenyan military officials in Somalia are planning to attack the port city of Kismayo, which is a stronghold of the militant group al-Shabaab. ... more |
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 Weapons destined for Mali held up in Guinea since July Weapons destined for Mali which were bought by the country's ousted regime have been held in Guinea since July due to a request from a regional bloc, the state minister for defence said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Nigeria navy retakes control of hijacked oil tanker Nigeria's navy on Wednesday retook control of a Singapore-owned tanker carrying a fuel cargo that had been hijacked near Lagos, and its crew of 23 Indian nationals was unharmed, the company said. ... more | .. |
 Rebel chief returns to Chad after surrender Chad's FPR rebel chief Abdel Kader Baba Ladde, who was wanted by his country's army, landed in the capital Ndjamena Wednesday, days after turning himself in to Central African armed forces. ... more | .. |
 Sixty-eight people die in Niger floods since July At least 68 people have been killed and nearly 500,000 displaced by flooding in the west African nation of Niger since July amid heavy rains, the government said in a new toll on Wednesday. ... 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 | .. |
  Cameroon palm oil plantation deal 'must be stopped' A large palm oil plantation project in development in Cameroon since 2010 will put livelihoods and ecosystems in peril if allowed to continue, a US-based think-tank warned Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  SES and Castor expand capacity to meet Southern Africa connectivity needs 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 ... more | .. |
 EU Naval Force Somalia warns ship owners EU Naval Force Somalia is urging ship owners to remain vigilant off Somalia. ... more | .. |
  Congo, China, sign 975m-euro deal to rebuild Brazzaville Congo and China on Tuesday signed accords worth 975 million euros as part of a project to rebuild parts of the capital Brazzaville devastated by a deadly munitions depot blast in early March. ... more |
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 Liberia forests sold off in secret logging contracts: report Forty percent of Liberia's forests have been sold off in secretive and often illegal contracts, Global Witness said Tuesday, just days after the country's president announced a probe into the issuing of logging permits. ... 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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 |
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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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 Liberia gets Norwegian security training Liberia has selected a Norwegian company to increase security on its worldwide commercial fleet. ... more | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 |
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