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Israeli army fires warning shots into Syria
World NowJERUSALEM -- Israel fired warning shots into Syria on Sunday after an apparently errant mortar shell struck an Israeli military post in the Golan Heights, the latest example of regional spillover from Syria’s civil unrest. The Syrian mortar caused... -
The real threat to our homeland
We recently learned that the Pentagon will spend $1 billion to bolster U.S. missile defenses in response to "irresponsible and reckless provocations" by North Korea. This money, as announced by Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel, would add 14 new anti-...Tags: Theft, Chuck Hagel, Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Defense
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Iran pushes ahead with nuclear plant that worries West
ReutersVIENNA (Reuters) - Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a research reactor that Western experts say could eventually produce plutonium for a nuclear weapon if Tehran decides to make one, a U.N. report showed on Wednesday. In another...Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Explosions, Nuclear Weapons, Israel, Tehran (Iran)
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Report: Iran hangs 2 men convicted of spying for Mossad, CIA
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's state radio says authorities have executed two men convicted of spying for Israel's Mossad and the American CIA intelligence agency. Sunday's report says Mohammad Heidari, who was accused of providing Mossad with...Tags: Espionage and Intelligence, Central Intelligence Agency, Israel, Tehran (Iran), Iran's Nuclear Program
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Fears grow of clash between Israel and Syria
JERUSALEM — Fears about a possible escalation of violence between Israel and Syria grew Sunday amid renewed Israeli threats to destroy Syrian weapons caches and Syria's warnings of retaliation. After decades of relative calm along the two nations&...
Tags: Hamas, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Bashar Assad, Defense, Israel Defense Forces
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Myanmar leader's record on reform pledges mixed going into historic White House meeting
Associated PressWASHINGTON (AP) — Myanmar President Thein Sein's historic White House visit next week is the culmination of U.S. outreach to a former pariah regime. That's been based on a principle of taking "action for action" by deepening ties in response to...Tags: Career and Workplace, Minority Groups, Human Rights, Burma, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
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Idaho man pleads not guilty in alleged Uzbekistan terror plot
BOISE, Idaho — An Uzbekistan national living in Boise said little during his first court appearance Friday on federal charges that he gave support, cash and other resources to help a recognized terrorist group in his home country plan a terrorist...
Tags: Environmental Issues, Explosions, Unrest, Conflicts and War, Uzbekistan, Services and Shopping
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Special Report: U.S. cyberwar strategy stokes fear of blowback
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Even as the U.S. government confronts rival powers over widespread Internet espionage, it has become the biggest buyer in a burgeoning gray market where hackers and security firms sell tools for breaking into computers. The...Tags: BlackBerry, Networking, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Science and Technology, Stuxnet Virus
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Upton urges Palisades to stay closed for now
Stay offline until a permanent fix is found. That's the advice Michigan Congressman Fred Upton has for a troubled southwest Michigan nuclear power plant. Last weekend, a leak at the Palisades Nuclear Power Plant In Van Buren County sent radioactive...
Tags: Entergy Corporation, U.S. House Committee on Energy and Commerce, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Nuclear Power, Manufacturing and Engineering
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Upton, NRC to visit Palisades Nuclear Power Plant Monday
VAN BUREN COUNTY -- Michigan Congressman Fred Upton, R- St. Joseph, along with a commissioner from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission will head to southwest Michigan today, to get a first-hand look at the troubled Palisades Nuclear Power Plant in Van...
Tags: Entergy Corporation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Fred Upton, Manufacturing and Engineering, Nuclear Power
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'Serious gaming' for military requires more than realistic images
Alice F. Hayden, 36, is president and co-founder of H2 IT Solutions Inc., a small defense firm in Orlando and a top award winner in the 2013 GameTech/Federal Virtual Challenge. She spoke recently with Orlando Sentinel staff writer Richard Burnett. ...
Tags: Armed Forces, Xbox, Gaming, Gaming Industry, Software Industry
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