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Insurgents Hack U.S. Drones - WSJ.comWASHINGTON -- Militants in Iraq have used $26 off-the-shelf software to intercept live video feeds from U.S. Predator drones, potentially providing them with information they need to evade or monitor U.S. military operations. Senior defense and intelligence officials said Iranian-backed ...
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VIDEO: Iran's Nuclear TriggerConfidential intelligence documents obtained by The Times show that Iran is working on testing a key final component of a nuclear bomb. The notes, from Iran’s most sensitive military nuclear project, describe a four-year plan to test a neutron initiator, the component of a nuclear bomb that ...
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Charts for Numbers, not Shouting, Overwhelm Health Care DebateThese charts for "Numbers, not Shouting, Overwhelm Health Care Debate" show the stunning and rising costs that neglecting to pass real and meaningful health care reform will have for the nation and each and every American.
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Victor Jara, tortured and murdered Chilean folk singer, laid to rest a second time Boing BoingChileans often speak of "the first 9/11" -- referring to September 11, 1973, the day Augusto Pinochet ascended to power in a military coup. Within days, thousands of citizens were rounded up as enemies of the state and arrested. Many were executed. One of them was Victor Jara, a popular folk ...
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U.S. charges Chicago man in '08 Mumbai attack - Yahoo! NewsU.S. prosecutors on Monday charged a Chicago man, David Headley, with helping plan the 2008 attacks in Mumbai that killed 166 people, including six Americans. Headley, the first American charged in the plot, was accused of receiving training from the Pakistani militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, ...
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New laser -- it's a gas, gas, gas... sensorA new generation of optical sensors is enabling the development of robust, long-lasting, lighting-fast trace gas detectors for use in a wide range of industrial, security and domestic applications. It was not so long ago that gas detection was biological, and canaries were the state-of-the art ...
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Suicide attackers kill 35 at Pakistan mosque - Yahoo! NewsMilitants stormed a mosque frequented by Pakistani army officials, killing at least 35 worshippers during Friday prayers as they sprayed gunfire and threw grenades before blowing themselves up, officials said. The strike was part of a wave of by Islamist insurgents that has killed more than 400 ...
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Pakistani Taliban Targets Both Boys' and Girls' Schools - TIMEThe numbers show the extent of the war on education by the Pakistani Taliban. At least 473 schools across Swat and Federally Administered Tribal Areas have been destroyed over the past two years. Militants recently blew up a 12-room state-run high school and health clinic for boys in Hangu ...
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Doku Umarov: The Man Behind Russia's Deadly Train Blast - TIMEWhen Illyas Musayev heard that the Neva Express train had been bombed on Nov. 27, killing 26 well-to-do Russians and injuring about 100 others, the Chechen separatist was incredulous. He didn't want to believe that his former comrade in arms Doku Umarov had kept the pledge he made in August to ...
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Transforming oil tankers from floating goldmines into floating fortresses | DVICEDefending an oil tanker from pirates is a tricky business. On the one hand, you've got cargo worth upwards of 100 million in black gold; then again, you really don't want bullets and RPGs whizzing around when your vessel is basically a floating bomb. Still, the capture of the Greek-owned Maran ...
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