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Argentine military official resigns over warship seizureBuenos Aires (AFP) Oct 19, 2012 The head of Argentina's military intelligence resigned Thursday in the wake of a warship seizure by Ghana over a bond dispute, a source said. The boat, which went to the West African nation for a training mission, was seized by port officials in Tema this month under a court order secured by a Cayman Islands investment group that claims Buenos Aires owes it more than $370 million (283 million euros). "Puente Olivera, director of strategic military intelligence has handed in her resignation: she ... read more |
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  Iraq blocks Turkish buses headed for Saudi Iraq on Thursday refused to allow more than 120 Turkish buses to cross into Saudi Arabia, apparently loaded with Mecca pilgrims, because the passengers did not have visas issued by Baghdad, officials said. ... more | .. |
  President shot amid moves against al-Qaida The president of coup-prone Mauritania was recovering in a French hospital Wednesday after being shot by one of his own soldiers. ... more | .. |
  US Army general nominated to Africa command Defense Secretary Leon Panetta on Thursday nominated a former senior commander in Afghanistan as the new head of the military's Africa Command, which oversees US security efforts on the continent. ... 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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 Life expectancy shoots up to 60 in SAfrica: study Life expectancy in AIDS-hit South Africa has shot up by six years to 60 over the past few years, thanks to life prolonging anti-retroviral (ARVs) treatment, a demographer said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Vincent the hippo becomes dish for Zulu king A South African hippopotamus named Vincent has been killed and cooked for Zulu King Goodwill Zwelithini after the animal wounded a game ranger, local media reported Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Liberian president in Ivory Coast to discuss border security Liberian President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf arrived Thursday in Ivory Coast to discuss security on the countries' border, which has been violated in recent months by armed gangs raiding the Ivorian side from Liberia. ... more | .. |
  Morsi defends ex-army chief against corruption report Egypt's President Mohamed Morsi sought on Thursday to reassure the military after a state-owned newspaper reported corruption charges against the two army chiefs he sacked in August. ... more |
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Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture
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 Soldiers accused of abuses after Nigeria student massacre Nigerian troops have been accused of indiscriminate shootings and other abuses in a troubled town where gunmen this month massacred 40 people, including students, a lawyers' group said Thursday. ... more | .. |
Liberia,ICoast to hold joint manoeuvres on border by end of year Ivory Coast and Liberia are to hold joint military exercises by the end of the year, the presidents of the two countries said on Thursday, noting that joint action has helped to curb attacks in western Ivory Coast by armed groups based in eastern Liberia. ... more | .. |
 Africa faces spike in older people living with HIV Sub-Saharan Africa is likely to see a more than 200 percent increase in the number of older people living with HIV in the next 30 years, thanks to improvements in lifesaving treatment, experts said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 DRCongo, Uganda Muslims banned from Mecca over Ebola epidemic Saudi Arabia has banned Muslims from the Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda from making the pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca this year because of cholera and Ebola epidemics in the region, a Congolese religious leader said Thursday. ... more |
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  Maliki mulls ditching Exxon for Russians Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki is reportedly thinking of throwing out U.S. oil giant Exxon Mobil from the giant West Qurna-1 oilfield for signing an "illegal" production deal with semiautonomous Kurdistan and bringing in Russian companies instead. ... more | .. |
 400 plants and animals added to 'threatened' list An island-dwelling cockroach and a tiny snail were declared extinct Wednesday while 400 plants and animals were added to a threatened "Red List" as global environment ministers met in India. ... more | .. |
 Jihadist threat: Israel gunning in Gaza Israel's aerial assassination of the two top jihadist leaders in the Gaza Strip marked a major blow against al-Qaida in the Palestinian territory, which is seen as a growing threat because of ties to Islamist extremists in Egypt's increasingly lawless Sinai Peninsula. ... more | .. |
  Eutelsat selects Thales Alenia Space to build the EUTELSAT 8 West Satellite broadcasting in the Middle East and North Africa will soon be gaining powerful new broadcasting resources following an order announced Sunday by Eutelsat Communications for a new satellite ... 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 | .. |
 Poachers kill record 455 South Africa rhinos so far in 2012 Poachers have slaughtered 455 rhinos in South Africa so far this year, already surpassing the record annual tally for 2011, the government said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Argentine delegation in Ghana for talks on warship seizure A delegation from Argentina on Tuesday met with Ghanaian officials in an attempt to negotiate the release of a warship being detained outside Accra over a bond dispute, an official said. ... more | .. |
 US moves to help Libya create commando force The US administration has won congressional approval to devote $8 million to helping Libya develop a commando force to fight extremist groups, the New York Times reported Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Abdel Aziz a coup leader, scourge of Al-Qaeda Mauritanian President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz is an ex-general who took power in a coup and is a relentless foe of Al-Qaeda-linked militants in the Sahel region. ... more |
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 Iraq pushes for Syria progress in Brahimi talks UN-Arab League envoy Lakhdar Brahimi said on a visit to Baghdad on Monday that the conflict in Syria represented a threat to world peace but denied he was seeking peacekeepers for the country. ... more | .. |
 Four dead after day of violence in restive Nigerian city Nigeria's restive city of Maiduguri was on Sunday rocked by a roadside blast and two separate gun attacks that killed at least four people including a local chief, residents and the military said. ... more | .. |
Critical bishop expelled from Chad back in Italy An Italian Catholic bishop expelled from Chad for criticising the mismanagement of oil revenues returned to Italy on Sunday after 36 years of missionary work in the impoverished central African state. ... more | .. |
 Madagascar lemurs top endangered primates list In the hit cartoon film "Madagascar", the island's lemurs are a lovable bunch of extroverts, but they are also among the world's most threatened primates, conservationists warned on Monday. ... more |
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Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program
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 Two Chinese kidnapped on Cameroon-C.Africa border Two Chinese nationals working on a road project in Central African Republic were kidnapped in an attack three weeks ago on a border post along the Cameroonian frontier, a police source said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Chimps said attacking humans in Africa Habitat loss may be the cause of some violent attacks by chimpanzees on humans in the war-torn eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, scientists say. ... more | .. |
 Miners' strikes weaken S. African economy Escalating wildcat strikes in South Africa's mining industry, a pillar of the continent's largest economy, are scaring off foreign investment that's heading for other African states, such as those riding a wave of major oil and gas discoveries. ... more | .. |
Argentine mission to seek release of seized ship A high-level Argentine mission to persuade Ghana to release an Argentine warship seized 11 days ago in a dispute with creditors was expected to depart soon, officials said Friday. ... more |
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 Ghana 'violating intl norms' over ship: Argentina Argentina's defense ministry on Thursday accused Ghana of violating "international norms" by refusing to release one of its warships and said it was sending two senior officials to Accra for talks. ... more | .. |
  Nigerian farmers sue Shell in Dutch case with global reach Shell broke the law by not repairing leaks that destroyed the lands of Niger Delta farmers, a Dutch court heard Thursday in a case that could set a precedent for global environmental responsibility. ... more | .. |
Nigerian farmers sue Shell in Dutch case with global reach Nigerian farmers took their battle to make Shell clean up oil damage that destroyed their land to a Dutch court Thursday in a case that could set a precedent for global environmental responsibility. ... more | .. |
Thousands march in Mali to urge intervention against Islamists Several thousand people marched in Mali's capital Bamako on Thursday to call for armed intervention by a West African regional force to help wrest back the vast north of the country from armed Islamist groups. ... more |
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