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November 13, 2012

Iraq: Dumping Russia arms deal may be ploy
Baghdad (UPI) Nov 12, 2012
Confusion surrounds Iraq's weekend announcement that it's scrapping a $4.2 billion Russian arms contract but the feeling is it may be a ploy by Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's government to renegotiate a more favorable deal. Moscow is eager to secure a major stake in Iraq's oil industry, which it may do because of Maliki's dispute with U.S. oil giants Exxon Mobil and Chevron Corp. The U.S. companies have defied Baghdad by signing exploration deals with Iraq's semiautonomous Kurdish enclave. ... read more

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Iraq to renegotiate Russia arms deal: spokesman Iraq will renegotiate a massive weapons deal with Russia, a spokesman said on Monday, after Baghdad cancelled a $4.2 billion agreement that would have made Moscow Iraq's biggest supplier after the US. ... more		Iraq to maintain food ration for those who want it The Iraqi cabinet decided on Sunday to maintain the two-decade-old food ration for those who want it, following a storm of protest over its plans to replace it with a cash benefit. ... more		Algeria eyes 1,200 armoured vehicles from Germany: report A subsidiary of Germany's Rheinmetall, a specialist maker of automotive parts and defence equipment, intends to produce up to 1,200 Fuch-type armoured vehicles for Algeria, Der Spiegel said Sunday. ... more		Amazon takes on iPad with new Kindle Fire tablet 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
				Protected areas in East Africa may not be conserving iconic plants A new study led by researchers from the University of York suggests protected areas in East Africa are not conserving plants such as the iconic Acacia tree. Acacia, the thorny flat-topped tree ... more		Walker's World: Food crisis again Driven by bad wheat and a serious collapse the Siberian harvest, world wheat prices have risen more than 40 percent since January and are once more flirting with the panic prices of 2007 and 2008. ... more

Mauritania warns of fallout from Mali crisis Mauritania warned Monday that the fallout from a military strike against the Islamist extremists controlling northern Mali could be devastating and affect the troubled country's neighbours. ... more		Algeria urges talks on Mali after military accord Algeria Monday renewed its call for a political solution to the Mali crisis after West African leaders agreed on a 3,300-strong force to wrest control of the occupied north from Islamist militants. ... 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		Belgium halts military partnership with Rwanda Belgium has suspended military cooperation with Rwanda after UN experts accused Kigali of backing rebels active in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, Belgium's Foreign Minister Didier Reynders said Sunday. ... more
				W.African leaders meet on military plan for north Mali West African leaders meet at an emergency summit Sunday to firm up military plans to win back Islamist-held northern Mali, as fears grow over the risks the extremists pose to the region and beyond. ... more		Doctors without Border on first US mission The group Doctors Without Borders has aided victims of war and disease in countries like Sudan, Haiti and the Democratic Republic of Congo. ... more

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Algeria to exploit controversial shale gas Algeria, the world's fourth-largest gas exporter, has decided to develop its shale gas potential as well, but experts fear this could cause severe environmental problems. ... more		Exxon subsidiary detects Nigeria offshore oil spill US oil giant ExxonMobil's Nigerian subsidiary on Saturday said a pipeline had been shut down after an oil spill off southern Akwa Ibom state. ... more		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		$38 mn needed to help victims of Nigeria floods: UN About $38 million dollars (30 million euros) are needed to help some two million people made homeless by deadly floods that have ravaged Nigeria, the UN humanitarian agency said Friday. ... more
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A Thai national who pleaded guilty to running bogus rhino hunts as cover to sell horns on the black market was sentenced to 40 years in a South African jail on Friday in a landmark ruling. ... more

Arabica coffee could be extinct in the wild within 70 years
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Israel enemy No 1, Sudan's Bashir says after surgery
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Rebels in Sudan's war-torn South Kordofan state claimed on Thursday to have shot down an air force Antonov bomber, which they said crashed in flames along the undemarcated border near South Sudan. ... more

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