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February 11, 2013
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Report: Defense graft plagues Mideast
Beirut, Lebanon (UPI) Feb 8, 2013
Governments and regimes across the Middle East and North Africa, a major arms-buying region, are plagued by military corruption, including weapons deals with major powers, the global watchdog Transparency International says. That's hardly news. Saudi Arabia, Egypt and other regional states have been implicated in scandals involving major Western defense companies such as Lockheed Martin of the United States or Britain's BAE Systems over the years. But the anti-graft watchdog noted in a r ... read more
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First EU military trainers arrive in Mali: French army
The first group of 70 EU military instructors, deployed to train Mali's deeply divided and underfunded army to take on Islamist rebels, arrived Friday in the capital, a French officer said. ... more
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Republican vows to block US defense, CIA picks
A Republican lawmaker threatened Sunday to block the confirmations of President Barack Obama's nominees for defense secretary and CIA director over the deadly attack on the US consulate in Libya. ... more
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US defense chiefs defend Benghazi response
Defense chiefs on Thursday defended the military response to a militant attack on a US mission in Libya, but warned looming deep budget cuts threaten America's ability to protect itself. ... more
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Militants attack Algerian barracks: report
Algerian troops clashed with 50 men armed with rocket-propelled grenades who attacked a barracks in northeast Algeria, leaving six soldiers wounded and two assailants dead, a report said on Thursday. ... more


NUKEWARS

Iranians can 'wipe out' Israel if attacked: Ahmadinejad
The Iranian people are ready to march on Israel to "wipe it out" if the Jewish state attacks the Islamic republic, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said in statements published Wednesday by Egypt's state news agency. ... more
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Ethiopians 'driven out in land grabs'
Thousands of Ethiopians are being driven off ancestral lands that the government's selling to foreign investors buying vast swathes of farmland, a U.S. watchdog reports. ... more
DEMOCRACY

Arab Spring promoting bloodshed: Iraq Christian leader
The newly appointed patriarch of Iraq's largest Christian community said on Saturday that the Arab Spring had been hijacked by narrow interests and had promoted tension and bloodshed. ... more
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When Jane Goodall, chimpanzee activist and the first scientist to observe that apes as well as humans use tools, "knocks at somebody's door they come," said Ian Redmond, chair of the Ape Alliance, a coalition of conservation groups. ... more
ENERGY TECH

Three Chinese doctors slain in north Nigeria: police
Men armed with knives slit the throats of three Chinese doctors in a pre-dawn attack Sunday in Nigeria's volatile northeastern town of Potiskum, police said, in the latest such killings in recent months. ... more
SUPERPOWERS

US, Egypt defense chiefs back security ties: Pentagon
US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta spoke by phone with his Egyptian counterpart on Tuesday to hear an update on the tense political situation in Cairo and the "role" of the army amid recent street demonstrations, a Pentagon spokesman said. ... more
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French mission has killed hundreds of Islamists: minister
French-led troops have killed hundreds of Islamist fighters in an operation to reclaim Mali's vast arid north, France's defence minister said Tuesday as its army secured the rebels' last bastion. ... more
TERROR WARS

Jihadist suicide bombings signal comeback
Al-Qaida and its allies have unleashed a wave of suicide bombings across the Middle East and other regions in which hundreds of people have been killed, suggesting a jihadist resurgence. ... more
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AFRICA NEWS

Ghana extradites ex-military chief to I. Coast: security
Ghana has arrested and extradited Major Jean-Noel Abehi, a key figure in Ivory Coast's security services under ousted president Laurent Gbagbo, an Ivorian security official said Tuesday. ... more
FLORA AND FAUNA

Study: Elephants know where they are safe
Wild African elephants prefer to live in safer, protected areas like national parks to avoid humans and become stressed when they leave them, researchers say. ... more
SOLAR DAILY

Trina Solar to supply 30MW to Gestamp Solar for two projects in South Africa
Trina Solar Limited (TSL) has announced that it will supply 30MW of photovoltaic modules to Gestamp Solar, one of the world's leading companies in the development and management of photovoltaic park ... more
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INTERNET SPACE

Microsoft, Huawei team for African smartphone push
Microsoft on Tuesday announced a partnership with Chinese manufacturer Huawei to offer an affordably priced smartphone in Africa geared toward tapping into the continent's exploding mobile market. ... more
AEROSPACE

F-16s for Egypt stirs anger in Congress
The delivery of four Lockheed Martin F-16 strike jets to Egypt has stirred congressional ire as Egypt's pro-democracy revolution hangs in the balance, with Islamists seeking to tighten their grip on power. ... more
SHAKE AND BLOW

Six killed, three missing in Madagascar cyclone
Six people have died and three are missing after tropical cyclone Felleng raged through Madagascar, the national disaster management agency said Saturday. ... more
DEMOCRACY

Outside View: Morsi's dilemma
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French air strikes hit Islamist bases in north Mali

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