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Iraqi MPs approve election commission membersBaghdad (AFP) Sept 17, 2012 The Iraqi parliament on Monday approved new board members for the country's election commission after months of deadlock over the vote-organising body's makeup, an MP said. Samira al-Mussawi, a member of Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's State of Law coalition, said that parliament - after "deep disagreements" between MPs - approved eight new members for the Independent High Electoral Commission (IHEC). Four members came from the Shiite National Alliance, two from the secular, Sunni-backed Iraqi ... read more |
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  Moroccan ex-POWs from W. Sahara conflict hold sit-in Some 200 Moroccan former prisoners of war from the conflict in the Western Sahara have begun a sit in outside parliament in Rabat, claiming compensation for their years in detention. ... more | .. |
  Farmers accuse Madagascar mining giant of killing bees A swath of farmland around a giant nickel and cobalt mine in Madagascar has been contaminated by pesticides that have wiped out local bee populations, a group of farmers claimed Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 ECOWAS defence ministers meet on Mali, G.Bissau: official West African defence and foreign ministers will hold an emergency meeting Monday in the Ivorian capital Abidjan on the political and security crises in Mali and Guinea Bissau, an official statement 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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 No peace of mind for war-weary South Sudanese Staring blankly about his hospital ward, former South Sudanese soldier Ajing Deng has not been the same since getting caught in an enemy bombing raid earlier this year. ... more | .. |
 Toll rises to 40 in S. Sudan military boat sinking: army South Sudan's military on Monday raised to as many as 40 the death toll from a "friendly fire" incident last week in which it sank one of its own river boats at night. ... more | .. |
  China to invest $3.5 bn in Zimbabwe power plant: report A Chinese firm is planning to set up a $3.5 billion thermal power station to generate about 1,200 megawatts of electricity in energy-starved Zimbabwe, state media reported Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  No plans to bolster US forces in Mideast: Panetta The US military has no major plans to bolster its forces in the Middle East despite a week of violent protests targeting diplomatic outposts, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Sunday. ... more |
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 US gears up for Libya manhunt after consulate attack US military and intelligence agencies have launched an elaborate manhunt in Libya against the militants suspected of staging the most serious assault on an American diplomatic mission in decades, officials and experts said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Ex-minister slams Iraq PM for tolerating graft The first minister to quit Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki's unity government criticised the prime minister for turning a blind eye to worsening corruption among his loyalists, in an interview with AFP. ... more | .. |
  Pakistan ruling party rebuts nuclear proliferation claim The ruling Pakistan People's Party on Saturday rebutted a claim by the country's disgraced nuclear hero that he transferred nuclear technology to other countries on the orders of its slain prime minister. ... more | .. |
  Berlin rejects Israeli pressure over subs sale to Egypt German Defence Minister Thomas de Maiziere dismissed Israeli pressure not to sell two submarines to Egypt, while acknowledging the country was "not as stable" as he would like in an interview published Saturday. ... more |
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  Online freedom falls prey to anti-Islam film violence Internet rights champions on Friday were fearful that free speech online may be among the victims of violence spurred by an anti-Islam video posted to YouTube. ... more | .. |
 Zimbabwe's Mugabe inaugurates Chinese-built defence college Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Friday inaugurated a $98 million Chinese-built military college and claimed the West threatened a "military invasion" during the country's political woes. ... more | .. |
  Angola seeks to be Africa's top oil power Angola is driving to become Africa's leading oil producer and that's expected to gain momentum after its president since 1979, the autocratic onetime jungle fighter Jose Eduardo dos Santos, won another five years in office. ... more | .. |
 Yemeni, Somali chiefs survive death squads 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. ... 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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 |
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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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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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 | .. |
  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 |
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