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January 09, 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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Shiites hold counter-demos in southern Iraq Thousands took to the streets in predominantly Shiite southern Iraq on Tuesday in a show of support for the Shiite premier after more than two weeks of protests in the mainly Sunni Arab north and west. ... 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		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
				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		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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Rainfall, brain infection linked in sub-Saharan Africa The amount of rainfall affects the number of infant infections leading to hydrocephalus in Uganda, according to a team of researchers who are the first to demonstrate that these brain infections are ... more		Poachers slaughter Kenyan elephant family Kenyan wildlife rangers on Tuesday were tracking a team of poachers who massacred a family of 11 elephants in what they said was the worst single such killings in the country in the past three decades. ... 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		Liberia starts troop pullout from I.Coast border: minister Liberia's Defense Minister Bernie Samukai said on Tuesday that its troops have begun to withdraw from the Ivory Coast border, where they were deployed starting last June after repeated raids. ... more
				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		'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

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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		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		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		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		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

Corn could help farmers fight devastating weed

German diners feast on 'trash' to cut waste

Finding Chicago's food gardens with Google Earth

The relationship between CO2 concentrations and sea level

Genetics clues to survival of coral reef

Waterfall-climbing fish use same mechanism to climb waterfalls and eat algae

The laws of global warming

2012 warmest on record for US, had historic extremes

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	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		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		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

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 PM offers prisoner release as demos continue		AE-AMD Renewable Energy And Tenesol Begin Work On Two Solar Projects In South Africa		Canada mulls joining Mali training effort		Even in same vineyard, different microbes may create variations in wine grapes		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

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