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Ethiopia hailed as ‘African lion’ with fastest creation of millionaires David Smith / The Guardian   Michael Buerk’s famished Ethiopia of 1984 has become a nation achieving 93% GDP growth in six years.   US Trade Deficit Drops To $40.6...

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October 25 2012 Fighting rages in Syria before Brahimi’s truce Khaled Yacoub Oweis/Reuters Despite encouragement from China and Iran for all sides to respect a proposed ceasefire over the four-day Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, Syrian forces have escalated operations...

Hidden History: America’s Secret Drone War in Africa

An MQ-9 Reaper in Iraq in 2008. Photo: Air Force More secret bases. More and better unmanned warplanes. More frequent and deadly robotic attacks. Some five years after a U.S. Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle flew the type’s first mission over lawless Somalia,...

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World’s most powerful laser fires most powerful laser blast ever Fox News The National Ignition Facility (NIF), based in the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, achieved a historical milestone on the road to commercializing fusion energy. On July 5, NIF delivered...