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Iraq PM in power grab by ousting bank chief: expertsBaghdad (AFP) Oct 22, 2012 The targeting of Iraq's well-respected central bank chief appears to be a move by Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki to consolidate power and sends a bad message to international investors, experts and diplomats say. Sinan al-Shabibi was last week replaced as governor of the Central Bank of Iraq (CBI) while he was overseas, and arrest warrants have since been issued for him and other bank officials over allegations of currency manipulation. The moves are the latest that appear to undermine CBI indepe ... read more |
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  Argentine military official resigns over warship seizure 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. ... more | .. |
  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 | .. |
  Guinea-Bissau says it thwarts coup bid, implicates Portugal Guinea-Bissau claimed it thwarted a coup bid at the weekend after a deadly raid on an army barracks, accusing Portugal of being behind the attack. ... 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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  Hong Kong customs seize four tonnes of smuggled ivory Hong Kong customs officers seized almost four tonnes of ivory worth about $3.4 million, hidden in shipments from Kenya and Tanzania, officials said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Fear stalks DR Congo's rebel-held territory "Women and girls are raped by M23. They steal our goats and property from our homes," said a resident of Rugari, in a rebel-held part of eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. ... more | .. |
 Argentina: UN an option over Ghana ship seizure Argentina on Friday threatened to take Ghana before the United Nations if it refuses to take responsibility for the seizure earlier this month of a warship belonging to Buenos Aires. ... more | .. |
  Egypt pushes Ethiopia to scrap Nile dam Egypt increasingly views Ethiopia's plan to build a massive 6,000-megawatt hydroelectric dam on the Nile River as a threat to its national security because it will seriously cut the Arab state's water supplies. ... 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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  UN official visits Benin over west African floods A top UN humanitarian official visited Benin on Friday as flooding ravaged parts of west and central Africa, affecting some 1.5 million people. ... more | .. |
 Attacks, clash in north Nigeria kill several, burn buildings Attacks and gun battles between suspected Islamists and security forces in a northeastern Nigerian town have killed several people and destroyed buildings, residents and authorities said Friday, while unrest also hit another city. ... more | .. |
  Stanford researchers use solar power to study elephants in Africa A team of elephant researchers from Stanford University has transformed a remote corner of southern Africa into a high-tech field camp run entirely on sunlight. The seasonal solar-powered research c ... more | .. |
  Fund in Argentine ship row offers to repatriate some sailors A fund whose court claims have led to the seizure of an Argentine warship in Ghana has offered to repatriate its stranded sailors who are "of other nationalities," according to a letter obtained by AFP Friday. ... more |
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 Safety still concern at Zambia's Chinese-owned mines Work conditions at Zambia's Chinese-owned copper mines have improved, but the Asian giant's labour record is still clouding its sizeable investments into the country, Human Rights Watch said Friday. ... 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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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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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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
  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 |
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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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 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 |
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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 | .. |
 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 |
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