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January 10, 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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Zarqawi's legacy: Jihadist rebels in Syria The ghost of Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi, the notorious jihadist leader killed in a U.S. airstrike in Iraq in June 2006, pervades the operations of Jabhat al-Nusrah, the Islamist group that spearheads rebels fighting the Damascus regime in Syria. ... more		Pride of Argentine navy back home after debt tussle With pomp worthy of a nation welcoming returning war heroes, Argentina greeted the arrival Wednesday of a three-masted navy sailing frigate that had been caught up in a debt tussle stemming from the country's economic collapse a decade ago. ... more		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		Zimbabwe safari grabs could harm tourism, warns Germany Germany warned Wednesday that takeovers of foreign-owned safari ranches by Zimbabwean politicians could jeopardise the country's co-hosting this year of a UN tourism conference. ... more

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Kenyan premier appeals for aid in poaching menace Kenya's Prime Minister Raila Odinga appealed Wednesday for international aid in helping the east African country deal with an escalating poaching menace. ... more		NATO says no Mali plans, Compaore urges talks NATO said Wednesday that it had not been asked to assist a military alliance in resolving the armed conflict in Mali as Burkina Faso's president pushed for renewed talks between Islamist fighters and the Malian government. ... 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		Central Africa peace talks begin in Gabon Three-way peace talks between the Central African government, a rebel coalition that conquered much of the country over the past month and the political opposition began Wednesday in Gabon, an AFP correspondent reported. ... more
				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

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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		'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		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		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
				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		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

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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		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		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		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

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

Long-beaked echidna may not be a thing of the past		Poachers kill four rhinos in Zimbabwe		U.S. 'seeks to sell Algeria spy satellite'		Governor blames Iraq PM-linked unit for shooting		Angola detains nine exiled DR Congo officers over 'plot'
Dozens killed, wounded in air strike on Syria fuel station		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

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