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January 07, 2013

Celestial flybys set to thrill
Paris (AFP) Jan 07, 2013
Astronomers are gearing for thrills this year when Earth gets buzzed by two rogue asteroids and two comets, including a wanderer last seen by the forerunners of mankind, blaze across the sky. Next week, the guardians who scour the heavens for dangerous space rocks will be closely tracking an asteroid called 99942 Apophis. Named after the god of evil and darkness in Egyptian mythology, Apophis measures around 270 metres (877 feet) across, a mass able to deliver more energy than 25,000 Hiroshima b ... read more

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A World of Troubles: 2013 The new year isn't beginning well. The arc of instability now runs all along the Asia-Pacific coastline from Japan through the Indian Ocean and up the Persian Gulf and Red Sea into the Mediterranean. ... more		'Black Beauty' could yield Martian secrets A fist-sized meteorite nicknamed "Black Beauty" could unlock vital clues to the evolution of Mars from the warm and wet place it once was to its current cold and dry state, NASA said Thursday. ... more		Iraqi PM warns of regional polarisation Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki on Sunday warned of "polarisation" across the region as he led a low-key ceremony marking the anniversary of the founding of the country's armed forces. ... more
				Algerian forces train to fight jihadists Algeria, North Africa's military heavyweight, is reported to be intensifying counterinsurgency training for its army and air force amid moves by African states to mount a U.N.-approved offensive against jihadists in northern Mali. ... more		Egypt seizes US-made missiles destined for Gaza Egyptian security forces have seized US-made anti-tank and surface-to-air missiles destined for Gaza, where militants have said they would acquire more weapons to use against Israel, security officials said on Friday. ... more

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Thousands rally for Iraqi prisoners' release Thousands of Sunnis demonstrated across Iraq on Friday, in the latest of nearly two weeks of rallies criticising the country's premier and demanding the release of prisoners they say are wrongfully held. ... more		Governor blames Iraq PM-linked unit for shooting A senior Sunni politician on Thursday blamed Iraq's anti-terror forces, which report directly to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki's office, for the shooting of his young nephew the previous day. ... more		AALTO plans Zephyr stratospheric hub in northern Australia and seeks local payload partners Ancient guano drove Chincha coastal power UAH lands first DARPA award for biological sciences department		Nigeria to prosecute Russian sailors over arms transport Nigeria's navy has transferred for prosecution 15 Russian sailors detained since October for allegedly transporting illegal arms, a navy spokesman said Tuesday. ... more
				Poachers kill four rhinos in Zimbabwe Poachers killed four white rhinos in a raid on a privately-run game reserve in northeastern Zimbabwe on New Year's day, the parks department said Friday. ... more		Seven killed as Nigerian soldiers clash with Islamists Nigerian soldiers have killed five gunmen believed to belong to the Islamist group Boko Haram while losing a soldier and a policeman during a gunbattle in the country's volatile northeast, the military said on Thursday. ... more

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Floods hit southeast Niger Flooding in southeast Niger, the landlocked West African country known for periodic drought, has affected more than 8,000 people and cost millions in lost agricultural output, the UN said Thursday. ... more		Long-beaked echidna may not be a thing of the past The western long-beaked echidna, one of the world's five egg-laying species of mammal, became extinct in Australia thousands of years ago...or did it? Smithsonian scientists and colleagues have foun ... more		Sidekick autonomy software guides YFQ-42A test mission for CCA program Infleqtion lists shares on NYSE as neutral atom quantum firm Top Chinese gaming companies continue to challenge		U.S. 'seeks to sell Algeria spy satellite' U.S. intelligence, alarmed at the emergence of a jihadist sanctuary in northern Mali, is considering providing Algeria, the military heavyweight in North Africa, with a surveillance satellite to monitor al-Qaida operations in the Sahara region. ... more
				Angola detains nine exiled DR Congo officers over 'plot' Nine former military officers from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been arrested in Angola, suspected of hatching a plot to destabilise their homeland, their lawyer and a human rights group said Thursday. ... more		Dozens killed, wounded in air strike on Syria fuel station Dozens of people, including rebels, were killed or wounded in an air strike on a service station southeast of Damascus on Wednesday, many of them horribly burned, a watchdog and activists said. ... more

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New Delhi suffers coldest day in 44 years

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N. African states eye major energy drive

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	Iraq PM offers prisoner release as demos continue Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki looked to head off protests in Sunni areas of the country on Tuesday with a prisoner release even as he threatened to use state resources to "intervene" to end the rallies. ... more		AE-AMD Renewable Energy And Tenesol Begin Work On Two Solar Projects In South Africa AE-AMD Renewable Energy, a joint venture between AMDA energia, Alt-E Technologies, and Tenesol have announced plans for two South African ground-mounted solar power projects totaling 33 megawatts (M ... more		Canada mulls joining Mali training effort Canada is considering sending troops to Mali to help train the west African nation's army as it seeks to take back the Islamist-controlled north, Defense Minister Peter MacKay said Monday. ... more		Even in same vineyard, different microbes may create variations in wine grapes Choosing the perfect wine may soon involve more than just knowing the perfect vintage and chateau. Differences in the microbes present on grapes even in different parts of the same vineyard may cont ... more

DAMPE space telescope finds universal spectral feature that narrows field on cosmic ray origins

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Planet and Carbon Mapper Plan SWIR-Only Tanager Satellite for Wider Methane Detection

U.N. changes hottest-day-on-record date		China firm to acquire major African iron ore mine: Xinhua		C.Africa army routed trying to recapture rebel-held city		Entrepreneur launches first Africa-designed smartphone		Ghana bans import of second-hand fridges
Protesters block key Iraq highway, PM slams demos		US should play proactive role in Mideast: Arab League chief		Nigerian troops kill five Islamists in restive north		Namibia rhino deaths raise fears of widening poaching crisis		Blast kills two teens in Algeria's Bouira: reports

Mali PM calls for swift African military action

US troops to be deployed in dozens of African countries next year

Pirates attack ship off Nigeria, kidnap Italian sailors

Mali Islamists destroying more Timbuktu mausoleums

Iraq calls for Arab action on climate change

Chad lifts expulsion order against critical Italian bishop

Trina Solar Improves Medical Treatment for 85,000 People in Malawi

Sudan jails 4 for life for killing Chinese: media

Iraq agrees to extend oil pipeline through Jordan

Iraq minister's guards held on terror charges

Outside View: Tunisia's path ahead

Gunmen attack military targets in I. Coast: army, UN

Peacekeepers warn of potential catastrophe in Darfur

Exxon extends Africa's energy enterprise

Iraq finance minister demands PM's resignation

Zimbabwe and China ink $400 mn electricity deal

Commentary: Geopolitical malignancy

EU to fund Djibouti desalination plant

South Africa rhino poaching toll jumps to 633

Africa's elephant slaughter funds wars

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