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US troops kill Afghan toddler amid tension on security pact

Sat Jan 11, 2014 08:44:00

US forces stationed in Afghanistan have gunned down a four-year-old boy, and the incident prompted a rebuke from President Karzai who is refusing to sign a security pact with the US unless it gives assurances of civilian safety.

Blast kills at least 10 in Pakistan tribal elder's home

Mon Jan 6, 2014 19:38:56

At least 10 people have been killed and another nine wounded in a blast at a house in a restive area of northwest Pakistan, an official says.

Moving an object in a three-dimensional space through a complex system of acoustic levitation scientists move objects using acoustic levitation

Sat Jan 4, 2014 12:51:45

Japanese scientists have achieved success in moving an object in a three-dimensional space through a complex system of acoustic levitation, surpassing previous research endeavors that lifted the objects in two dimensions. In order to move expanded polystyrene particles of 0.6 mm and 2 mm in diameter, the Japanese scientists at the University of Tokyo and the Nagoya Institute of Technology had to place the objects inside a complex set-up of four arrays of speakers. “We considered extended acoustic manipulation whereby millimeter-sized particles were levitated and moved three-dimensionally by localized ultrasonic standing waves, which were generated by ultrasonic phased arrays,” the study stated.

Car bomb hits Afghan NATO convoy, killing 3 troops

Fri Dec 27, 2013 16:45:59

A car bomb in Kabul killed at least three NATO troops and injured eight civilians on Friday, Afghan and NATO officials said.

Okinawa approves relocation of US airbase in Japan

Fri Dec 27, 2013 13:52:28

Japan's Okinawa has approved the long-stalled relocation of a controversial US military base, a breakthrough that could remove a decades-long source of friction between Tokyo and Washington.

China’s H-6K bomber can nuke nearby US bases: Report

Thu Dec 26, 2013 19:38:52

Chinese says its H-6K strategic bomber that can attack US military bases in South Korea as well as the Japanese mainland using long range nuclear cruise missiles.

India downgrades diplomatic immunity of US officials

Thu Dec 26, 2013 09:06:32

India has downgraded the diplomatic immunity of US consular officials over the arrest of one of its own diplomats in New York, officials and news reports said Wednesday.

First talking astronaut robot performs space mission: Video

Fri Dec 20, 2013 08:22:26

The first humanoid robot in space has performed its first mission at the International Space Station, holding a series of conversations with a Japanese astronaut and keeping him company.

Genesis of the Kashmir dispute

Sat Dec 14, 2013 23:56:31

Contrary to popular misunderstanding, Kashmir is not a territorial dispute between India and Pakistan but about the right of the Kashmiris to determine their own future. This has been recognized under International law and enshrined in several United Nations Security Council resolutions.

‘Afghans not to be intimidated over US security deal’

Fri Dec 13, 2013 16:41:02

Afghan President Hamid Karzai said in India on Friday that he would not be “intimidated” into signing the pact which would allow 12,000 US troops to stay in Afghanistan after 2014.

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