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No reliable intelligence during Benghazi attack: USWashington (AFP) Oct 25, 2012 US military leaders ruled out sending in forces during the attack on an American consulate in Libya last month because of a lack of reliable intelligence, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said Thursday. Although forces were on alert and ready to launch an operation if needed, the US military commander for Africa, General Carter Ham, the chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Martin Dempsey, and Panetta all decided against any intervention as they had no clear picture of events unfolding in ... read more |
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  Sudan-Iran ties under scrutiny after factory blast Sudan's links to Iran came under scrutiny on Thursday after Khartoum accused Israel of being behind a deadly missile strike on a military factory in the heart of the capital. ... more | .. |
 Sudan a 'dangerous terrorist state': Israeli official Sudan is a "dangerous terrorist state," a top Israeli defence official said on Thursday after the Sudanese government accused Israel of carrying out a deadly missile strike on a military factory in Khartoum. ... more | .. |
  Iraq looks to reinstate disbanded army officers Efforts by Iraq's premier to court disbanded army officers from Sunni areas of the country can help boost security and support for the Shiite leader ahead of upcoming elections, analysts and observers say. ... 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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  Israel vows to punish Hamas after wave of rockets from Gaza Israel vowed to punish Hamas militants after scores of rockets fired from Gaza seriously wounded two people, provoking air strikes that killed four Palestinian militants. ... more | .. |
 'Aircraft' heard before Sudan plant blast: witnesses An aircraft or missile flew over a Sudanese military factory shortly before it exploded and burst into flames on Wednesday, residents said, but a top official dismissed their comments. ... more | .. |
Sudan accuses Israel of air raid, threatens to hit back Israeli missiles struck a military factory and killed two people in the Sudanese capital on Wednesday, the government said, 18 months after alleging a similar raid by the Jewish state. ... more | .. |
  Migratory birds' ticks can spread viral haemorrhagic fever A type of haemorrhagic fever (Crimean-Congo) that is prevalent in Africa, Asia, and the Balkans has begun to spread to new areas in southern Europe. Now Swedish researchers have shown that migratory ... more |
  
Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture
Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role
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  Mobile phone app developers take on Africa The scene might pass for a high-tech forum in California, but the young entrepreneurs presenting their products on stage are Africans, keen to show off low-tech applications for the continent. ... more | .. |
Sudan accuses Israel of air raid, threatens action Sudanese government officials met in urgent session after accusing Israel of a deadly missile strike on a military factory in Khartoum, 18 months after alleging a similar raid by the Jewish state. ... more | .. |
  Flooding cut Nigerian oil output by around 20 percent Severe flooding temporarily cut Nigeria's oil output by around 500,000 barrels per day, or some 20 percent of total production in Africa's largest crude producer, an industry regulator said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Tuareg killed by uniformed men in central Mali: reports Several Tuareg civilians have been killed by uniformed men in Diabali in central Mali, the site of a mass shooting by Malian troops in September, regional media and Tuareg officials said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Morocco trial of 23 Sahrawis postponed indefinitely A Moroccan military tribunal on Wednesday postponed indefinitely the trial of 23 Sahrawis implicated in the killing of security forces members during clashes in the Western Sahara two years ago. ... more | .. |
  Nigeria loses billions in oil, gas theft Nigeria is losing an estimated $1 billion a month to oil theft while fraudulent natural gas deals with international oil companies have cost the West African country $29 billion over the past decade, official reports say. ... more | .. |
 Jihadists build up forces in Mali bastion Hundreds of Islamist fighters from Algeria to Sudan are reported headed to northern Mali as jihadists linked to al-Qaida in the Sahel region prepare to repulse an offensive by regional armies aided by France and, more discreetly, the United States. ... more | .. |
 Fire, explosions at Khartoum military factory: witnesses Fire raged and explosions tore through the night sky early Wednesday at the Yarmouk military factory in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, witnesses and state-linked media said. ... 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 | .. |
 Iraq wants faster delivery of U.S. F-16s Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki has accelerated his country's rearmament program with multibillion-dollar contracts with the United States, Russia and Czech Republic in the last two weeks. ... more | .. |
  Crew of Argentina navy ship 'free to leave' Ghana The crew of an Argentine naval frigate detained for three weeks near Accra over a bond dispute can leave Ghana, an official said Tuesday, after Buenos Aires announced plans to evacuate most of the sailors on board. ... more | .. |
  Zimbabwe weighs cost of too many elephants A herd of elephants hobbles past a cluster of acacia trees to a water-hole deep in Zimbabwe's vast Hwange game reserve, attracted by the drone of generators pumping water round the clock into the pool. ... more | .. |
 Two Guinea-Bissau politicians badly beaten by soldiers Two politicians allied to Guinea-Bissau's ousted regime were severely beaten by soldiers after their arrest in the wake of an alleged coup, government and family members said Tuesday. ... more |
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 Climate variability and conflict risk in East Africa measured by Boulder team While a new study led by the University of Colorado Boulder shows the risk of human conflict in East Africa increases somewhat with hotter temperatures and drops a bit with higher precipitation, it ... more | .. |
  Embraer delivers Super Tucano aircraft to Mauritania Brazil's top planemaker Embraer said Monday it has delivered an undisclosed number of its A-29 Super Tucano light attack aircraft to the Mauritanian Air Force. ... more | .. |
 Iraq PM in power grab by ousting bank chief: experts 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. ... more | .. |
 Israel's Netanyahu to meet Hollande in Paris Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will travel next week to France for his first meeting with President Francois Hollande since he came to power in May, a statement from Netanyahu's office said. ... 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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 Floods in S.Africa kill eight Heavy rains that lashed South Africa's southeast left eight people dead over the weekend and caused extensive damage to property, an official said on Monday. ... more | .. |
Guinea-Bissau blames Portugal after foiled coup bid Guinea-Bissau security forces were hunting Monday for armed men behind a foiled coup bid in the chronically unstable nation which the government has accused former colonial power Portugal of instigating. ... more | .. |
 Mugabe, Tsvangirai call for peaceful constitution talks Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe and his arch rival Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai on Monday called for peace as they opened talks on a draft of a new constitution that would pave the way for elections. ... more | .. |
 China lodges protest over killing in Nigeria China said Monday it had lodged a diplomatic protest over the fatal shooting of a Chinese worker in Nigeria and demanded that the African nation take "concrete measures" to better protect its nationals. ... more |
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  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 | .. |
  Mauritanian soldier describes shooting at president A Mauritanian soldier said to have shot and wounded President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz by misadventure on October 13 has given his version of events on state television. ... more | .. |
 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 |
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