Technology pioneered by games is now being put to use in fields from military training programmes to molecular biology and virtual showrooms for cars.

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He also put forward a scheme for superintendent level in a bid to attract "exceptional" individuals from other fields including the military, security services and industry.

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From business to medicine to our military, women are leading the fields that were closed off to them only decades ago.

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The bill defines these workers as people with full-time jobs in a variety of fields including law enforcement, the military, public health, teaching and, of course, the government.

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Israel's steady economic growth and its recently discovered natural gas fields should make it possible for Israel to decrease the military aid it receives from the US. This is true even though the revolutions in Egypt and throughout the Arab world will require Israel to massively increase its defense budget.

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"He really didn't come out and say what he would do as the president, " said Fields, who wanted to hear about Social Security, health care and military issues.

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For one thing, its military gaze (in so far as it has one) has already shifted to more distant fields.

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Sudan's military spokesman, Philip Aguer, said Friday that Sudan had bombed a central processing facility in the Heglig oil fields.

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American military planners now worry that, after an invasion, Mr Hussein may use the same desperate tactic on Iraqi fields and refineries.

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Throughout its history, the program has fostered leaders in many fields, including leaders in government, business, media, medicine, education, diplomacy and the military.

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