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Yemeni, Somali chiefs survive death squadsSanaa, Yemen (UPI) Sep 13, 2012 Wednesday's killing of the U.S. ambassador in Libya grabbed world headlines but Yemen's defense minister and Somalia's new president have both been targets of bomb attacks in recent days as they battle Islamist insurgencies. Those attacks demonstrate the extent of the threat that al-Qaida and its fellow travelers pose across the Middle East and Africa, one that's increasingly involving the United States in a largely secret war against a determined enemy. Jihadists in Yemen and Somalia ar ... read more |
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 YouTube curbs access to film blamed for violence The video-sharing website YouTube said Wednesday it was restricting access in Libya and Egypt to a film that has sparked anti-US protests. ... more | .. |
 U.S. envoy slaying and the terror threat The killing of the U.S. envoy to Libya and an abortive August attack in the Sinai desert by suicide bombers seeking to trigger trouble between Israel and Egypt are brutal reminders that Islamist terrorism is far from defeated, as U.S. officials claim. ... more | .. |
  Britain's Hague arrives on first visit to Iraq British Foreign Secretary William Hague arrived in Baghdad on Wednesday on his first to Iraq, during which he will hold talks on issues including the crisis in Syria and the Iraqi political process. ... 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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  Niger floods and cholera claim 162 lives: UN Floods in Niger have killed 81 people since July, the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs announced Thursday, adding cholera outbreaks have killed a further 81 people. ... more | .. |
  What a scorcher: California ousts Libya for heat record The world's all-time heat record lowered a tad on Thursday, as the World Meteorological Organisation declared a phenomenal 58 degrees Celsius (136.4 degrees Fahrenheit) recorded in Libya 90 years ago was wrong. ... more | .. |
  Norway supplies $168M for famine relief Norway said this week it is donating $168 million to help finance efforts to relieve the food crisis in North Africa's semi-arid Sahel region. ... more | .. |
  Malema mocks S.African 'high alert' for military bases South Africa's firebrand politician Julius Malema on Wednesday mocked reports that the country's military bases had been put on high alert ahead of his address to soldiers. ... more |
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Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture
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  Engine for 1,000 mph car to be tested A rocket engine intended to power a car to speeds in excess of 1,000 mph is being prepared for a test firing in Britain, its developers say. ... more | .. |
  Arab Spring, gas finds spark Med oil boom The Mediterranean region, the battleground of empires for millennia, is now the arena for a new kind of rivalry as global energy giants move in following major natural gas strikes and the political upheaval of the Arab Spring. ... more | .. |
 Zimbabwe wildlife ranchers warn on Mugabe party takeovers A group of wildlife ranchers in southeastern Zimbabwe warned Tuesday that land and hunting permit takeovers by politicians from President Robert Mugabe's party were threatening safari hunting tourism. ... more | .. |
 S.Africa to start processing shale gas applications South Africa will process applications for shale gas exploration but hold off on controversial fracking drilling while new rules are drafted, the mines minister said Tuesday. ... more |
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  Egypt subs deal boosts German arms sales Germany's reported plan to sell Egypt two advanced submarines, apparently to the dismay of Israel, underlines Berlin's controversial drive to ease tight restrictions on arms exports and boost military sales in the Middle East, Africa and India. ... more | .. |
Mali coup leader 'in sync' with govt on reclaiming north The leader of the March 22 coup in Mali said he is "in sync" with the country's transitional government and supports interim president Dioncounda Traore's efforts to reclaim the rebel-held north. ... more | .. |
  Zimbabwe HIV activist presses for medication for prisoners An HIV-positive Zimbabwean man who was denied medication while detained on treason charges last year has launched a legal battle for prisoners to be allowed access to ARVs, his lawyer said Monday. ... more | .. |
  General Dynamics to Deliver Antennas for Largest, Most Powerful Radio Telescope in Southern Hemisphere General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies is partnering with Stratosat Datacom to supply 64 radio-telescope antennas, ancillary electronic components and support for South Africa's MeerKAT radio telescop ... 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 | .. |
  Egypt army says killed 32 'criminals' in Sinai Egypt's armed forces have killed 32 "criminal elements" in an ongoing operation against Islamists in the lawless Sinai peninsula, a military spokesman said on Saturday. ... 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 | .. |
S.Africa lifts freeze on shale gas exploration South Africa on Friday said it was lifting a freeze on shale gas exploration in a move condemned by environmentalists who fear that controversial fracking will pollute scarce water sources. ... more | .. |
 Ugandan govt. releases oil exploration map Uganda's Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development has released an oil exploration draft map. ... more |
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 Nigeria has former militants guarding oil Nigeria has hired former militants to provide pipeline security in the country's troubled Niger delta. ... 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 Nigeria trains more peacekeeping troops Nigeria is expanding its program of training troops for peacekeeping operations. ... 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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  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 | .. |
  Africa needs own space agency: Sudan's Bashir 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. ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 |
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