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Nine injured as huge fire engulfs Russian nuclear subMoscow (AFP) Dec 30, 2011 Nine people were injured when a huge fire engulfed a Russian nuclear submarine as it was being repaired, Interfax news agency reported Friday, but officials said all weapons had been removed and there was no radiation risk. Firefighters launched a massive operation to douse the flames after the blaze broke out Thursday on the 11,740-tonne Yekaterinburg while it was docked in the northern Murmansk region near Russia's border with Norway, sending flames and smoke billowing into the sky. The fire w ... read more |
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  US stunned by 1981 Israeli strike on Iraq: UK files US defence secretary Caspar Weinberger was left stunned by Israel's air strike on an Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981, according to secret British files released Friday. ... more | .. |
  Genocide bill protesters hack French sites The Web site of the French Senate was functioning again this week after it was hacked by Turkish protesters upset at an Armenian genocide bill. ... more | .. |
  India gets indigenous bomb disposal unit The Indian army's corps of engineers has taken delivery of the first six indigenously made, remotely operated vehicles designed for bomb disposal. ... more | .. |
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 Raytheon Awarded U.S. Navy Systems Contracts With Combined Potential Value of Nearly $72 Million Raytheon has received two separate contract awards from the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) of the United States Navy for work on: the Phalanx, SeaRAM and Land-based Phalanx weapons systems; and ... more | .. |
  Turkish air strike kills 35 Kurds in apparent 'blunder' Turkish fighter jets killed 35 Kurds in an air strike the country's ruling party admitted could have been a "blunder" that mistakenly hit civilians instead of Kurdish separatists. ... more | .. |
  As US commander, Petraeus ruled out resigning: book The former US military commander in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus, rejected suggestions to resign over disagreements with President Barack Obama, concluding it would be a "selfish, grandstanding move," a new book says. ... more | .. |
 Thatcher warned over navy before Falklands invasion Prime minister Margaret Thatcher was warned about the risks in slashing Britain's navy, a year before the 1982 Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands, secret files released Friday showed. ... more |
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Perseverance rover cleared for long distance Mars exploration
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 US, SKorean envoys discuss 'next steps' on NKorea US and South Korean defense chiefs and top diplomats discussed the "next steps" to take on the Korean peninsula following the death of North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il, US officials said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Argentina's last dictator sentenced again Argentina's last dictator Reynaldo Bignone, already serving a life term, was handed a 15-year prison sentence Thursday for rights violations at a clandestine detention center, sources said. ... more | .. |
  'U.S. mulls ways to aid Syrian rebels' Amid dwindling expectations the Arab League observer mission to Syria will end the savagery there, senior U.S. officials are reported to be quietly preparing options to help dissident groups seeking to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad. ... more | .. |
  Outside View: American exceptionalism Americans should be thankful that the values that define the United States - personal liberty and individual pursuit of happiness - are increasingly embraced around the globe. ... more |
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 NATO troops killed by Afghan counterparts: precedents A man dressed in Afghan army fatigues on Thursday shot dead two French soldiers in what appeared to be the latest attack by a member of the Afghan security forces on NATO troops. ... more | .. |
 Fire engulfs Russian nuclear sub in dock Fire engulfed one of Russia's biggest nuclear submarines while it was being repaired Thursday, sending flames and smoke billowing into the sky, but officials said all weapons had been removed and no radiation leak was reported. ... more | .. |
 Pakistan military debuts on graft list Corruption watchdog Transparency International for the first time has included Pakistan's military in an annual survey, listing it as a notch more corrupt than the country's education department. ... more | .. |
 Turkish air strike kills 35 Kurds near Iraq: official A Turkish air raid on a Kurdish area near the Iraq border killed at least 35 people, with the military apparently mistaking smugglers for separatist rebels, officials said Thursday. ... more |
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Philosopher argues AI consciousness may remain unknowable
Climate driven model explores Neanderthal and modern human overlap in Iberia
Economic losses from natural disasters down by a third in 2025: Swiss Re | .. |
 Gaza rocket hits Israel after overnight air strikes Palestinian militants fired a rocket at southern Israel on Thursday, hours after Israeli warplanes attacked "terror sites" inside the Gaza Strip, the army said. ... more | .. |
 US base in Kyrgyzstan 'very dangerous': president Kyrgyzstan's new leader said Thursday it was "very dangerous" for his Central Asian nation to host a US military base at Bishkek airport and that it must become a fully civilian airport by 2014. ... more | .. |
 US pulls advisors from Afghan media centre The United States has withdrawn its advisors from the Afghan government's media centre following a news conference in which NATO air strikes and night raids were heavily criticised. ... more | .. |
 N. Korea acclaims new supreme leader at huge parade North Korea Thursday staged a massive memorial service for Kim Jong-Il to end almost two weeks of official mourning, and formally declared his untested young son Jong-Un as the new supreme leader. ... more |
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 Chinese traders hit by death of N. Korea's Kim Truck drivers and traders in China's border city of Dandong said Thursday trade with North Korea had slowed to a trickle following the death of leader Kim Jong-Il earlier this month. ... more | .. |
 Israel sees Gaza push despite Egypt crisis Israel's top general has warned that the military will have to invade the Palestinian enclave again if militants keep firing rockets into the Jewish state. ... more | .. |
 S. America weighs Japan's defense opening Japan's opening of defense exports and manufacturing is a challenge and an opportunity for Latin America, especially Brazil, because of the multibillion-dollar investments made into developing an export-oriented arms industry in the region. ... more | .. |
 Protesters hinder Futenma move report Protesters in Okinawa blocked a van attempting to deliver a report to a local prefecture on the relocation of the U.S. Marine base Futenma. ... more |
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The Quantum Age will be Powered by Fusion
Physicists map axion production paths inside deuterium tritium fusion reactors
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  Blocs moot early polls in Iraq standoff Rumblings about the need for early elections in Iraq increased on Wednesday, amid warnings from leading figures that the standoff could lead to civil war. ... more | .. |
Obama nominates new chief of US Pacific Command President Barack Obama has nominated a four-star admiral who played a key role in the Libya air war as the new chief of the military's vast Pacific Command, the Pentagon said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan navy retires two missile boats Taiwan on Wednesday retired two patrol boats, the navy's first vessels armed with ship-to-ship missiles, that were hailed as "critical" to safeguarding the island, officials said. ... more | .. |
 Flower sales boom as scores mourn N. Korea's Kim Business was booming for flower sellers in the Chinese border city of Dandong on Wednesday as mourners gathered at the North Korean consulate to pay their respects to late leader Kim Jong-Il. ... more |
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 One dead, 10 wounded in Israel strikes on Gaza: Palestinians Israeli air strikes killed at least one Palestinian and wounded 10, two seriously, in the Gaza Strip late on Tuesday, Palestinian medics and health officials told AFP. ... more | .. |
 'Al-Qaida chiefs quit Pakistan for Africa' Senior British officials say al-Qaida's core leadership in Pakistan has begun moving to North Africa, in part to escape heavy losses caused by U.S. drone attacks that are concentrating on the jihadist high command, a British newspaper says. ... more | .. |
 US briefs Pakistani army chief on investigation The American military has briefed Pakistan's army chief on its investigation into US air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers on the Afghan border last month, US officials said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Turkey won't take part in Iran strike Turkey won't join in any Western intervention in Iran over Tehran's disputed nuclear program, Turkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu says. ... more |
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