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Why The X-37B Is Not Spying On TiangongSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 07, 2012 In early January, the mass media went viral over a controversial story in the journal "Spaceflight", published by the British Interplanetary Society. To cut a long story short, "Spaceflight" claimed that the US Air Force's X-37B robot spaceplane was spying on China's Tiangong 1 space laboratory. Wow! Feel the excitement! It's no wonder that the story travelled so far, so quickly. Unfortunately, it's just not true. The story provoked a sceptical response from this writer, who has reported on both T ... read more |
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  Israel increases defence budget by $700 million Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu announced on Sunday an increase of nearly $700 million in the defence budget, after saying last year that he would cut military spending to finance social reforms. ... more | .. |
  Afghan soldier kills NATO colleague: security sources An Afghan soldier shot dead a NATO colleague and was himself killed when a dispute ended in a shoot-out on Sunday, an Afghan security source and the NATO force said. ... more | .. |
  South Korean president to visit China South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak arrives in China on Monday for talks with his counterpart Hu Jintao that will focus on the North Korean leadership transition following the death of Kim Jong-Il. ... more | .. |
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 Iranian president to tour US foes in Latin America Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, under growing pressure from debilitating Western economic sanctions, starts a Latin America tour Sunday aimed at shoring up ties with his few remaining allies. ... more | .. |
  Philippines says peace talks entering important phase The Philippines said Sunday it was preparing to enter a "substantive" phase of peace talks with Muslim rebels aimed at ending a long-running insurgency in the country's troubled south. ... more | .. |
  Economy, not China policy, to decide Taiwan vote Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou has overseen the most dramatic improvement in relations with China in the island's history, but economic anxieties could dash his re-election hopes in next Saturday's vote. ... more | .. |
  White House rivals Romney, Huntsman, clash on China Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney on Saturday turned rival Jon Huntsman's service as US ambassador to China against him Saturday - and drew a rare rebuke in Mandarin in response. ... more |
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Study revisits chances of detecting alien technosignatures
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 Japan defence minister 'faces sack' over gaffes Japan's defence minister faces the sack, reports said Saturday, after a series of gaffes including describing the rape of a 12-year-old girl by three US servicemen as a "sexual orgy incident". ... more | .. |
  Mortars target Green Zone on Iraqi Army Day Mortars targeted Baghdad's Green Zone Friday as Iraq's military marked its anniversary with a parade, a day after the country suffered its worst attacks since August and just weeks after US troops left. ... more | .. |
 Iraq police say sorry for Saddam-era Iraq's police, completely reformed after the 2003 US-led invasion, on Sunday apologised for acts committed during the rule of the dictator Saddam Hussein, on the eve of the force's 90th anniversary. ... more | .. |
 Israel out to wrap up $1 billion jet deal Israel's Defense Ministry chief Udi Shani has flown to South Korea for what looks to be the final round of talks on a hotly contested $1 billion contract for 25-30 supersonic trainer jets sought by Korean Aerospace Industries and Italy's Alenia Aermacchi. ... more |
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  India completes more air refueling trials India's air force has completed more trials of an EADS Airbus 330 and an Ilyushin 78 air-to-air refueling aircraft as part of its latest attempt to purchase six planes, likely for around $2 billion. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: North Korea in 2012 In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln gave his famous Gettysburg Address, querying whether a nation established "four score and seven years" ago and built upon the principles of liberty and equality, then fighting a "great civil war," could "long endure." ... more | .. |
 Fernandez shakes up Argentine military Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has reshuffled the country's military command, a move seen by critics as indication of continuing tensions between her administration and the defense establishment. ... more | .. |
  Missile shipment leaves Finland for South Korea A British-registered vessel detained in Finland for two weeks after it was found to be carrying 69 Patriot missiles without proper documentation left the country Friday, a shipping official said. ... more |
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'Unprecedented' emissions maps will hone mitigation
Sudan's historic acacia forest devastated as war fuels logging
Deadly Indonesia floods force a deforestation reckoning | .. |
Twelfth Georgian soldier killed in Afghanistan A Georgian soldier has been killed in Afghanistan, the defence ministry in Tbilisi said Friday - the 12th from the ex-Soviet state to die serving alongside NATO-led forces fighting the Taliban. ... more | .. |
 Pressure on Europe to bolster military as US shifts to Asia As the US military turns its gaze to Asia, cash-strapped Europe is under pressure to modernise its armed forces despite the economic crisis so it can police its own neighbourhood. ... more | .. |
 Pakistani jailed for 3 years in US on nuclear charges A Pakistani citizen who pleaded guilty last year to attempting to export nuclear-related material to his homeland was sentenced by a US court Friday to 37 months in prison, the Department of Justice said. ... more | .. |
 Gulf states brace for unwanted US-Iran war The Arab states that lie just miles across the Gulf from Iran are nervously eyeing the prospects of a war between Tehran and the West that none of them want and all know could devastate their economies. ... more |
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 Iraq marks first Army Day since US pullout Iraq's armed forces marked their 91st anniversary with a huge parade on Friday, weeks after US troops completed their pullout and a day after the country suffered its worst attacks in five months. ... more | .. |
 Britain voices concern over future of F-35 in US British Defence Minister Philip Hammond voiced concern on Thursday about possible cuts or delays in the US F-35 fighter program as London plans to equip a future aircraft carrier with the stealthy aircraft. ... more | .. |
 Obama presents plan for 'leaner' US military President Barack Obama unveiled a strategy on Thursday for a leaner US military focused on countering China's rising power and signaling a shift away from large ground wars against insurgents. ... more | .. |
 US Marine pleads not guilty over 2005 Iraq killings The last US Marine charged over a notorious incident in which civilians were gunned down in Iraq pleaded not guilty Thursday, as his military trial got under way in California. ... more |
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US renews threat to leave IEA
Environmental groups sue Trump administration over scrapped climate rule
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 Commentary: Threats to watch in 2012 On Dec. 18, 2010, a police slap of a vegetable-cum-fruit peddler in the Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid triggered an "Arab Spring" that no one had forecast and that quickly spawned a long, dark Arab winter. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Camp Ashraf safety In recent weeks the situation surrounding the safety of 3,400 members of an Iranian opposition group based in Iraq has taken a significant turn in the halls of the White House. ... more | .. |
 Renault delivers gunfire detection systems French forces operating in Afghanistan have been supplied Slate acoustic sniper localization systems for integration with VAB armored personnel carriers. ... more | .. |
 'Jerusalem now target for Arab missiles' The Israeli military has warned that up to 15,000 missiles and rockets could hit Israeli cities and towns if a new war erupts and for the first time declared that Jerusalem, long considered safe from attack because of its Muslim shrines and Arab population, could be targeted. ... more |
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  Fiery Muslim leader to leave Norway A Muslim extremist leader facing terrorism charges from his Norwegian hosts said this week he's planning on leaving for his native Kurdistan. ... more | .. |
  India rejoins the nuclear submarine league India officially rejoined the nuclear submarine operators' club when the Russian manufacturers handed over to an Indian crew the Nerpa, in Russia's far east. ... more | .. |
 Israel's Barak plays down breakthrough prospects Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Thursday that Israeli and Palestinian negotiators exchanged position papers at a meeting this week, but neither side held out the promise of a breakthrough. ... more | .. |
 Iran working 'flat out' on nuclear arms: British minister Britain's defense minister said Thursday Iran is assumed to be working "flat out" on a nuclear weapons capability and will only be deterred if the cost to its economy becomes too high. ... more |
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