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Mars-like Places on Earth Give Insights into Rover DataParis, France (SPX) Sep 27, 2012 Life thrives on Planet Earth. In even the most inhospitable places - the freezing Antarctic permafrost, Sun-baked salt pans in Tunisia or the corrosively acidic Rio Tinto in Spain - pockets of life can be found. Some of these locations have much in common with environments found on Mars, as discovered by orbiters and rovers exploring the surface. Researchers from the Centro de Astrobiologia (CAB) in Madrid have made a series of field trips to the most Mars-like places on Earth. On Wednesday they p ... read more |
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  Iraq PM declines invitation to visit Turkey Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has declined an invitation from his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdogan to visit Ankara, the Iraqi premier's spokesman said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Libya assault was planned, 'terrorist' attack: US US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday a deadly assault on a US consulate in Libya was a planned "terrorist" attack but that it remained unclear if Al-Qaeda had a hand in the incident. ... more | .. |
  France to facilitate Mali anti-rebel force France says it is facilitating a request by Mali for a U.N. force to help defeat terror-linked Islamist rebels in the northern part of the country. ... 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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Nigerian environmental activist receives human rights prize The Rafto Prize, a Norwegian human rights award, was awarded to Nigerian environmentalist Nnimmo Bassey on Thursday for his campaigning on behalf of victims of climate change and environmental damage. ... more | .. |
  SolarAid and SunFunder Launch New Crowdfunding Project to Finance Solar Lighting in Zambia SolarAid and SunFunder will launch an innovative financing partnership to bring solar power to over 20,000 people in Eastern Zambia. SunFunder is providing up to $50,000 in loans to SolarAid t ... more | .. |
  Libyan violence threatens oil recovery The assassination of the U.S. ambassador to Libya and the dangers posed by rival militias that refuse to bow to the North African country's post-Gadhafi government are undermining efforts to restore, and expand, Libya's all-important oil and gas industry. ... more | .. |
  Egypt's Morsi warns Israel over 'law of the jungle' threats Egypt's new president on Wednesday hit out at Israel over its veiled threats to attack Iran's nuclear facilities and the deadlock in the Middle East peace process. ... more |
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Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture
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  Outside View: Strategic pivot to nowhere When Britain and France launched pre-emptive military strikes last year that would eventually depose Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi and his regime, one of President Barack Obama's most senior advisers described U.S. involvement as "leading from behind," a most unfortunate descriptor that haunted the administration much as George W. Bush's "mission accomplished" label early in the 2003 Iraq war repeatedly hounded him. ... more | .. |
U.S. expands its secret war in Africa U.S. President Barack Obama's "secret wars" against al-Qaida are steadily widening, most notably in Africa, with the U.S. military's Special Forces Operation Command doubling in size and the CIA's strike capabilities undergoing a radical expansion, international analysts said. ... more | .. |
 Switzerland sentences three in Libyan nuclear case Switzerland's highest court on Tuesday sentenced a family of Swiss engineers accused of helping Libya in its failed efforts years ago to build up a nuclear weapons programme. ... more | .. |
  Tunisia president ex-advisor gets suspended jail term A former advisor to Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki was handed a four-month suspended jail term for defaming the army and its commanders, he said on Saturday. ... more |
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 24-hour curfew imposed in restive Nigeria state Officials have slapped a round-the-clock curfew on a restive Nigerian state as security forces hunt for members of a radical Islamist group, the military said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  DR Congo conflict puts endangered mountain gorillas in peril Home to the famed mountain gorillas, Africa's oldest national park in the Democratic Republic of Congo has been overrun by armed groups who have slaughtered wildlife and scared off much-needed tourists. ... more | .. |
  Zimbabwe city orders 'big flush' amid water rationing Zimbabwe's second city Bulawayo has ordered its residents to flush toilets at the same time once a week to prevent blockages during frequent periods of water rationing, the mayor said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 US warns Israel Iran raid may cost peace deals: report US officials have warned that Egypt and Jordan could annul their peace treaties with Israel and sever all diplomatic ties if the Jewish state attacks Iran's nuclear sites, a newspaper said on Thursday. ... 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 | .. |
 Israeli soldier, 3 gunmen killed in Egypt border attack An Israeli soldier and three militants who infiltrated from Egypt's Sinai Peninsula were killed in a clash along the border on Friday, the army said. ... more | .. |
 Endless Congo war flares anew amid mutiny Thousands of people are fleeing fighting in the Democratic Republic of Congo's mineral-rich eastern region as ragtag government forces struggle to crush a 5-month-old mutiny led by a veteran fighter wanted for war crimes. ... more | .. |
  Emerging powers press rich nations on emissions cuts Brazil, China, India and South Africa urged industrialized nations to commit to deeper cuts in greenhouse gas emissions at a United Nations meeting later this year. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Iraq headed toward civil war The death sentence passed two weeks ago by Iraqi courts on Vice President of Iraq Tariq al-Hashemi is another milestone on that country's pathway to disaster and civil war. ... more |
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 Food supplements have little effect on the weight of malnourished children Providing energy dense food supplements within a general household food distribution has little effect on the weight of children at risk of malnutrition Giving energy dense food supplements- R ... more | .. |
 Severe water shortage in South Sudan camps: Red Cross The lack of clean water in refugee camps in South Sudan has become a "major humanitarian crisis" with people exposed to diseases due to contamination, the Red Cross said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Mozambique gets Chinese-funded sea-bridge Mozambique on Thursday kicked off construction of a $980-million-dollar Chinese-funded suspension bridge across Maputo Bay as President Armando Guebuza laid the foundation stone of Catembe Bridge. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Winning the war of ideas Last week's violence in more than 20 Muslim countries with four Americans killed in Libya has been attributed to a highly offensive 13-minute video that went viral on YouTube igniting these protests. ... 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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 Deadly South Africa miners' strike ends A wage deal involving striking miners in South Africa is expected to end a shutdown of the country's gold and platinum fields, a work action in which 45 people were killed in the worst violence since the apartheid era ended in 1994. ... more | .. |
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 | .. |
  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 |
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 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 | .. |
 Iraqi MPs approve election commission members 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. ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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