Yemen's Navy detects suspicious Iranian ship in Gulf of Aden

Yemen's Navy said it detected on Monday an Iranian-flagged ship when the latter suspiciously docked in the Yemeni territorial water in the Gulf of Aden, the official Saba news agency reported."The Iranian ship (ASA) was detected by the radar of the Navy' s joint maritime operations," a naval official, Colonel Abdul- Rahman Moussa, was quoted by Saba as saying."When we communicated with the captain of the Iranian ship for the reasons behind the stopover in the Yemeni water, about 20 nautical miles south of Yemeni city port of Lahj, the captain refused to respond, which forced the Yemeni Navy to send a warning message for the ship to leave from the area," the official said.He said that after sending the warning message, the Yemeni Navy dispatched a number of its naval boats towards the Iranian...

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Jordan Islamists condemn alleged assault against demonstrators on Nakba Day

Jordan's Islamic Action Front (IAF), the largest opposition party, condemned an alleged assault against civilians taking part in a demonstration Sunday to mark the Nakba Day.The IAF, a political wing of Muslim Brotherhood, said the way the police dealt with demonstrators was "shocking.""Resorting to anti-riot police who were in civilian clothes in dealing with the demonstrators tarnishes the image of the country, " the IAF said in a statement posted on its website.On Sunday, anti-riot forces fired teargas on dozens of demonstrators seeking to approach the Israeli-controlled border with the West Bank during a demonstration that took place at the Jordan Valley town of Karameh.More than 1,500 activists, young people and dozens of foreign nationals, gathered to mark the 63th anniversary of the...

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China-made giant magnet helps AMS detector's hunt for anti-matter in space

Despite several delays, the AMS-02 particle detector took off from the Florida coast of the United States Monday to start its over-ten-year long march looking for antimatter and dark matter in space."What is rarely known, the core component of the Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS), the world's most advanced and sophisticated particle detector, is a China-made giant permanent magnet," Professor He-Sheng Chen, one of the AMS project's team leaders, told Xinhua.The magnet will help to identify anti-matter from matter, which carry electrons with opposite charges."Chinese scientists have helped to solve a decade-long problem of sending a giant magnet into space," according to Samuel Ting, a Chinese-born American scientist and Nobel laureate who heads the 600-member multinational team that developed...

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Over 350 injured in Israeli embassy violence in Cairo

Over 350 people were injured on Monday in violence after a protest erupted outside the Israeli Embassy in Cairo to mark the 63rd anniversary for the Palestinian Nakba Day.Thousands of Egyptians gathered in front of the Israeli embassy building in Giza since late Sunday to marked the Nakba, or catastrophe, after the Egyptian authorities banned them from commemorating the day with a huge protest at the Rafah border crossing with Gaza.Violence took place on Monday when Egyptian military police deployed at the site used tear gas and fired into the air to disperse demonstrators who tried to break into the embassy and called for ousting the Israeli ambassador.Some 353 people were wounded, of whom 45 were transferred to hospitals, Assistant Health Minister Dr Abdel Hamid Abaza was quoted by state...

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Explosion in Mogadishu kills 5 pro-gov't soldiers

Five pro-government fighters were killed on Monday after a bomb went off in a newly seized base from Islamist rebel fighters, officials said.The area where the blast occurred was taken by government forces and allied fighters from Ahlu Sunna Waljama group backed by African Union peacekeeping troops in Mogadishu."The bomb exploded as the soldiers were combing the area for planted mines. Five of our troops were killed in the blast. We were expecting such unfortunate events to occur as the militants often plant area they are forced out," Daahir Yonis, a commander with the group told Xinhua.Somali government forces and its allied troops have gained new grounds against Islamist rebels of Al Shabaab during the latest offensive against the militant group in Mogadishu where government forces seized...

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Particle detector blasts off to seek hints of universe mystery

The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer-2 (AMS) particle detector, mankind's most ambitious effort to date to explore the universe' origin, kicked off its long-awaited mission Monday, with Chinese scientists playing a crucial role in designing and manufacturing some core parts of the device.The U.S. space shuttle Endeavor, on its final voyage, was launched from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, carrying the 7,000-kg AMS worth 2 billion U.S. dollars.The shuttle is set to dock at the International Space Station (ISS) early Wednesday, and will unload the AMS there to scour the universe for hints of dark matter and antimatter.The detector will be a lasting legacy left by Endeavor, a 20-year-old space exploration veteran.Samuel Ting, the principal scientist for the glistening AMS project, told Xinhua...

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Russian space agency confirms new crew to ISS

The Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos, gave final approval to the new crew member to the International Space Station (ISS) on Monday.According to the Russian Cosmonauts Training Center, the new crew members are Russian cosmonaut Sergei Volkov, Japanese astronaut Satoshi Furukawa and American astronaut Michael Fossuma.The three members are scheduled to fly to the ISS by a Soyuz TMA-02M spacecraft on June 8, the center said.On last Friday, the three members and their backups have passed preflight tests.The new crew will spend 161 days in the ISS and conduct three space walks. During their duty trip, the crew also plans to take pictures of the last U.S. space shuttle Endeav...

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Yemen's Navy detects suspicious Iranian ship in Gulf of Aden

Yemen's Navy said it detected on Monday an Iranian-flagged ship when the latter suspiciously docked in the Yemeni territorial water in the Gulf of Aden, the official Saba news agency reported."The Iranian ship (ASA) was detected by the radar of the Navy' s joint maritime operations," a naval official, Colonel Abdul- Rahman Moussa, was quoted by Saba as saying."When we communicated with the captain of the Iranian ship for the reasons behind the stopover in the Yemeni water, about 20 nautical miles south of Yemeni city port of Lahj, the captain refused to respond, which forced the Yemeni Navy to send a warning message for the ship to leave from the area," the official said.He said that after sending the warning message, the Yemeni Navy dispatched a number of its naval boats towards the Iranian...

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Libyan opposition say they want to try Gaddafi at home

Libyan opposition said Monday that Muammar Gaddafi should be tried in the country prior to being sent to international authority."It's our opinion that we would probably tend to capture and try him here in Libya first before we try him on an international basis," Abdel-hafed Ghoga, the opposition National Transitional Council spokesperson said at a press conference.Ghoga said that Gaddafi should be tried in Libya for all the crimes he committed before and after the civil war took place.The International Criminal Court (ICC) has requested an arrest warrant for Gaddafi. Two other arrest warrants were also issued for his son Saif Al-Islam Gaddafi, and his brother-in-law Abdullah Al-Sanousi, Libya's head of intelligence, for "war crimes and crimes against humanity."Ghoga said that it might be...

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