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Democrats Prepare New Strategy On Iraq War
Washington (AFP) May 27, 2007Despite losing the Iraq war budget battle to the White House, Democrats are giving a positive spin to Congress' vote on it last week while gearing up for new, tougher battles on the unpopular war. Just hours after President George W. Bush got his demand for a war budget stripped of troop withdrawal dates, Democratic leaders said the fight was not over. ... more North Korea Protests South Korean Computer Wargames As Banking Crisis Follows Old Patterns 
Seoul (AFP) May 28, 2007North Korea on Monday rebuked the South over its military drills as Seoul launched a computer simulation war game on the eve of high-level rapprochement talks with Pyongyang. "North-targeted ceaseless joint military exercises with foreign forces and (an) arms buildup are going on in South Korea," the North's state newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, said in an editorial. ... more Yemen Sees Much Danger Looming As Others Warn Of Deja Vu 
Sanaa (UPI) Yemen, May 25, 2007Yemeni Foreign Minister Abu Bakr al-Qurbi sees danger increasing in the Middle East in light of Iraq's deteriorating conditions, the internecine Palestinian struggle, the fear of a Sunni-Shiite conflict and a possible U.S. strike on Iran. Speaking during an interview with United Press International about the impact of an unstable Iraq and the Fatah-Hamas Palestinian conflict, al-Qurbi said the ... more US Missile Shield Could Relaunch Arms Race Warns Putin 
Vienna (AFP) May 23, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin said Wednesday he feared that a US plan to build a missile defence system in eastern Europe could launch a new arms race. "What has happened in Europe that is so negative that one should need to fill central Europe with arms?" Putin asked at a joint press conference in Vienna with Austrian President Heinz Fischer. ... more American Public Complacent On China Finds UPI-Zogby Poll 
Washington (UPI) May 23, 2007Americans increasingly view China as a rival and competitor rather than a friend, but they remain relatively complacent about the state of Sino-American relations, a new UPI-Zogby poll reported. The poll, which was conducted nationwide from May 16 to May 18, also found that almost two-thirds of Americans thought U.S. President George W. Bush had made a bad job of handling relations with China. ... more |
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Jakarta (AFP) May 28, 2007A massive concrete dam 15 storeys high would be built around Indonesia's disastrous "mud volcano" under the latest proposal to stop toxic sludge spewing from its core, a report said Monday. Indonesian and Japanese engineers have pitched the ambitious plan to President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as the nation marks one year on Tuesday since the mudspill started, forcing thousands to flee their home ... more Chimp Ban May Impact Research 
Washington (UPI) May 25, 2007Animal rights groups are celebrating the National Institutes of Health's recent decision to permanently end breeding of government-owned chimpanzees, but researchers say the move could be detrimental to biomedical and pharmaceutical research. The NIH's National Center for Research Resources, which has had a moratorium on breeding of federally supported chimpanzees since 1995, said this ... more How Much Will Beijing Pay For The Olympics 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2007The Chinese authorities are sparing no expense for the 2008 Olympic Games. They are eager to show the whole world China's impressive economic success, growing prosperity, openness and love of peace. The Chinese Olympics promises to be the most expensive sports event in human history. In the past hundred years, the summer 2004 Olympics in Athens had the biggest price tag - seven billion ... more Kuwait To Splash Out On Power Projects As Cuts Loom 
Kuwait City (AFP) May 28, 2007Kuwait announced it plans to spend 27 billion dollars on power and water projects over the next eight years as the oil-rich emirate braced for power cuts this summer. Electricity and Water Minister Mohammad al-Olaim told parliament during a special debate that his ministry will next month begin "programmed power and water cuts" as the temperature soars to around 50 degrees Celsius (122 F) in the ... more Follow The Green Brick Road 
Washington DC (SPX) May 29, 2007Researchers have found that bricks made from fly ash--fine ash particles captured as waste by coal-fired power plants--may be even safer than predicted. Instead of leaching minute amounts of mercury as some researchers had predicted, the bricks apparently do the reverse, pulling minute amounts of the toxic metal out of ambient air. Each year, roughly 25 million tons of fly ash from ... more |
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Washington (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2007The United States has the inherent right of self-defense to protect its national interests in space and can deny its adversaries the use of hostile space capabilities, a senior Pentagon official said Wednesday. "The United States views purposeful interference with its space systems as an infringement on its rights and will take actions necessary to preserve its rights, capabilities, and freedom ... more Gripen Conducts High Altitude Firing With Meteor 
London UK (SPX) May 28, 2007Yet another important milestone was reached today when Gripen successfully conducted the first Meteor firing in the UK and continued the testing of the six-nation Meteor air dominance missile. "Gripen is the first and so far only fighter aircraft that has launched Meteor. With today's firing Gripen once again proves to be a reliable platform for the integration and testing of complex future ... more As Czechs Protest At ABM Govt Threatens Return To Conscription 
Prague (AFP) May 27, 2007The Czech Republic might have to reintroduce compulsory military service if it refuses to host a controversial US tracking radar system, European Affairs Minister Alexandr Vondra warned on Sunday. "Of course we can say no right now, but such a decision would have consequences," Vondra said on Czech Television."Among them in future it cannot be ruled out that we will have to renew compulsory ... more Northrop Grumman Presents Risk Reduction Approach To BAMS Program 
Washington DC (SPX) May 28, 2007Northrop Grumman Corporation has unveiled its testing and risk reduction approach for its Broad Area Maritime Surveillance (BAMS) offer to the U.S. Navy. The approach is focused on delivering the lowest program execution risk and a system solution optimized to deliver lowest developmental and life cycle costs. BAMS will supply the U.S. Navy with a persistent global intelligence, surveillan ... more The EU At A Dead End Over Iran As US Aramda Builds In Gulf 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 28, 2007Mohamed ElBaradei, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, thinks that Iran has gone so far in its nuclear program that it is no longer relevant to demand that it should stop uranium enrichment. Moreover, he believes that since the major world powers have come to terms with a nuclear North Korea, they should do the same towards Iran. It turns out that the head of an organization in ... more
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