Israel developing killer bionic hornet

Posted by Matt in November 17th, 2006 | no comment

Israel is using nanotechnology to try to create a robot no bigger than a hornet that would be able to chase, photograph and kill its targets, an Israeli newspaper reported.
The flying robot, nicknamed the “bionic hornet”, would be able to navigate its way down narrow alleyways to target otherwise unreachable enemies such as rocket launchers, [...]

Terror in the Classroom

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Published in Anti-Americanism, Australia

Finding anti-Americanism where you least expect it
Around the world today, anti-Americanism is very much in vogue. In a Pew Global Attitudes Project poll released last June, favorable opinions of the United States among European citizens ranged from a dismally slim 23 percent among Spaniards, to a lackluster 56 percent in Great Britain. The last few [...]

Analysts: Sectarian Strife In Iraq Imperils Entire Middle East

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Published in Middle East, War

While American commanders have suggested that civil war is possible in Iraq, many leaders, experts and ordinary people in Baghdad and around the Middle East say it is already underway, and that the real worry ahead is that the conflict will destroy the flimsy Iraqi state and draw in surrounding countries.
Whether the U.S. military departs [...]

U.N. Says Somalis Helped Hezbollah Fighters

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Published in Africa, Middle East

More than 700 Islamic militants from Somalia traveled to Lebanon in July to fight alongside Hezbollah in its war against Israel, a United Nations report says. The militia in Lebanon returned the favor by providing training and - through its patrons Iran and Syria - weapons to the Islamic alliance struggling for control of [...]

China may offer nuclear deal to Pakistan

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Published in China, Pakistan

Beijing: Chinese President Hu Jintao is poised to unveil an ambitious expansion of nuclear power cooperation with Pakistan when he visits next week, testing China’s balance between Pakistan and its wary neighbour, India.
Link to this article.

Panel slams China over selfish goals

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Published in China, general

A congressional advisory panel yesterday questioned China’s willingness to be a more responsible international player, saying world prosperity depends on China abandoning a single-minded pursuit of its “own narrow national interests.”
The U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission made 44 recommendations in its annual report to lawmakers. It calls on the United [...]