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Commentary: Pakistan's heavyweightsWashington (UPI) Nov 1, 2012 Abdul Qadeer Khan, Pakistan's national hero who peddled nuclear weapons secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya (under Moammar Gadhafi), now has his own political party to promote his presidential ambitions. He is also a media columnist and his anti-U.S. lucubrations are read in both English and Urdu. Khan's close ally Hamid Gul is the former intelligence chief who invented (two weeks after Sept. 11, 2001) the world's most preposterous canard: The CIA and Mossad, Israel's intelligence service, s ... read more |
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  Fugitive Iraq VP handed second death term Iraq's vice president Tareq al-Hashemi, a critic of premier Nuri al-Maliki and one of the country's top Sunni officials, was handed a second death sentence in absentia on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  US monitoring Iranian warships' Sudan visit The United States said Wednesday it was monitoring a visit by two Iranian warships to a Sudanese port this week, but had no details about it. ... more | .. |
  Storm damage forces UN Security Council to move Superstorm Sandy caused serious water damage to the UN Security Council chamber, forcing it to move to a temporary base for a special meeting on Wednesday, diplomats 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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  Lesotho fears cash shortfall as food crisis deepens The Lesotho government fears it may not raise enough cash to avert a pending food crisis caused by two successive crop failures, the head of the country's disaster management authority said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  China grants 95% tariff discount for Angolan exports China has granted a 95 percent tariff discount to exports coming from oil-rich Angola, officials said Thursday, after the signing of a new round of trade deals. ... more | .. |
 Iraq opens biggest trade fair in 20 years Iraq opened on Thursday its biggest trade fair in more than 20 years, the latest step in Baghdad's efforts to rebuild an economy battered by decades of conflict and sanctions and combat unemployment. ... more | .. |
  Maurel Prom reveals approach for Gabon oil assets, report names suitor Sinopec French oil company Maurel et Prom, which operates mainly in Gabon, said on Thursday that it had received approaches for some of its activities but that no agreement was in sight. ... more |
  
Solar-driven ionosphere charges may nudge stressed faults toward rupture
Stable black carbon in mangrove soils boosts coastal climate role
Low crystallinity iron minerals show promise for chromium cleanup and carbon storage | .. |
  Graphene Mini-Lab A team of physicists from Europe and South Africa showed that electrons moving randomly in graphene can mimic the dynamics of particles such as cosmic rays, despite travelling at a fraction of their ... more | .. |
  Scientists Find Aphid Resistance in Black Raspberry There's good news for fans of black raspberries: A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist and his commercial colleague have found black raspberries that have resistance to a disease-spreadi ... more | .. |
  Libya army has 'no control' in Bani Walid: defence minister Libya's defence minister said Monday that the army has no control over Bani Walid, one of the last bastions of Moamer Kadhafi's regime, and that armed groups there prevent families from returning home. ... more | .. |
 Israel, Iran scrap over Red Sea zone Two Iranian navy ships have docked at Sudan's main port of the Red Sea, underlining Tehran's military links to Sudan in the wake of last week's airstrike, with Israel suspected to have carried out the attack, on an arms factory near Khartoum. ... more |
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 G.Bissau's alleged coup mastermind to face military court The alleged mastermind of an attack on a military barracks in Guinea-Bissau, which government has described as a coup attempt backed by Portugal, will face a military court, the army said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Senegal foreign, interior ministers lose jobs in reshuffle Senegalese President Macky Sall kicked out his foreign and interior ministers in a major government reshuffle Monday, just days after admitting "errors" in managing a violent protest against the detention of a religious leader. ... more | .. |
  Khartoum arms factory fire caused by airstrikes: monitors An explosion and fire at a Sudanese munitions factory this week appears to have been caused by airstrikes, a US-based non-profit monitoring group said Saturday. ... more | .. |
Sudan denies Iran role in arms factory Sudan's foreign ministry on Monday denied that Iran had any involvement in a military factory which Khartoum says was attacked by Israeli aircraft last week. ... 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
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 Algeria's the key power against al-Qaida Algeria, the military heavyweight in North Africa with two decades of battling Islamic extremists under its belt, is becoming the focal point of efforts to crush the jihadist-held enclave in northern Mali. ... more | .. |
Rwanda ex-army chief's refugee status questioned in S.Africa A migrants' rights lobby group on Monday challenged in court South Africa's decision to grant refugee status to a former Rwandan general, saying he was suspected of being a war criminal. ... more | .. |
  Walker's World: Europe wants Obama- Why? It should come as no surprise to Americans that most Europeans are hoping that U.S. President Barack Obama wins re-election. This isn't because he has been good for Europe. ... more | .. |
Guinea-Bissau army arrests alleged coup leader Guinea Bissau's military on Saturday arrested the man accused of being the mastermind behind an attack on an elite army barracks a week ago which the government said was an attempted coup. ... more |
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 Making transport a driver for development in Africa A new report by a panel of international experts highlights policies to improve air quality road safety and congestion, supporting African development. Transport is playing a big role in delivering ... more | .. |
  Japan eyes Mozambique for cheaper coal, gas Japan signed a memorandum of understanding with resource-rich Mozambique on Monday as it ramps up its hunt for new sources of energy after it shuttered all but two of its nuclear reactors. ... more | .. |
 Clinton to push Balkans for greater integration US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leaves Sunday on a trip to the Balkans where she will urge Serbia and Kosovo to overcome bitter differences and integrate fully with the EU and NATO. ... more | .. |
 Sudan blames Israel for mystery blasts Sudan claims Israel was behind explosions that ripped apart a munitions factory outside Khartoum. ... more |
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 Eight killed in militia attack at DR Congo wildlife reserve Eight people, including two rangers, a soldier and five militiamen were killed in a militia attack near Lake Edward in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Virunga national park, park authorities said Friday. ... more | .. |
  West African pirates target oil tankers As the oil boom in West Africa swells, pirate attacks on tankers in the Gulf of Guinea are "reaching dangerous proportions," the International Maritime Bureau reports. ... 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 | .. |
 No reliable intelligence during Benghazi attack: US 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. ... more |
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 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
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 |
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