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Democrats For Missile Defense
Washington (UPI) June 11, 2007An op-ed last week in Space News provided significant support for our assessment that the new Democrat-controlled 110th Congress wants to praise ballistic missile defense, not bury it. In it, Ellison, one of the most influential proponents of the Bush administration's BMD program, not only comes to the conclusion that Democrats and Republicans in Congress now agree on almost all funding issues a ... more UN Nuclear Chief Says Iran Crisis Must Be Defused 
Vienna (AFP) Jun 12, 2007UN nuclear chief Mohamed ElBaradei said Monday that the "brewing confrontation" with Iran over its atomic ambitions "must be defused," even as Tehran failed to give sensitive information it had promised. A meeting Monday between ElBaradei and a senior Iranian negotiator was cancelled since "the Iranians didn't want to talk substance at this point" on questions about possibly weapons-related work ... more Russia Agrees To Help End North Korea Banking Row 
Washington (AFP) June 11, 2007Russia has agreed to help the United States break the impasse over a long-running banking dispute blocking North Korea's nuclear disarmament, the US Treasury said Monday. Moscow reportedly granted a US request for a private Russian bank to accept purportedly illicit North Korean funds currently frozen in Macau's Banco Delta Asia (BDA) before they are moved to Pyongyang. "The United States ... more Who Cyber Smacked Estonia 
Washington (UPI) June 11, 2007The recent cyber attacks on Estonian government networks were likely carried out by politically motivated hacker gangs, not Russian security agencies as some early reports suggested, according to assessments conducted by the U.S. government and the private sector. The attacks were crude so-called distributed denial of service, or DDoS, attacks, utilizing global networks, or botnets, of com ... more US Intel Budget May Reach 60 Billion Dollars 
Washington (UPI) June 11, 2007The secret budget for U.S. intelligence is much higher than previously thought, perhaps as much as $60 billion, according to the extrapolation of figures inadvertently left buried in a computerized government slideshow. The presentation, made at a Defense Intelligence Agency conference in May and later posted on the agency's Web site, contained a bar chart showing the growing amount of the ... more |
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London (AFP) June 11, 2007Coffins shaped like a Rolls-Royce, a guitar or a ballet shoe are booming in Britain, where the latest unusual trend in funerals is for "green" burials, kind to the environment. Since 2000, Vic Fearn and Company have been making offbeat caskets which it markets under the title "Crazy Coffins". The firm recently expanded their range to include illustrated ones. "We didn't invent anything, th ... more Researchers Examine Carbon Capture And Storage To Combat Global Warming 
Stanford CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2007While solar power and hybrid cars have become popular symbols of green technology, Stanford researchers are exploring another path for cutting emissions of carbon dioxide, the leading greenhouse gas that causes global warming. Carbon capture and storage, also called carbon sequestration, traps carbon dioxide after it is produced and injects it underground. The gas never enters the atmosphere. ... more New Green Pyre To Cool Planet While Burning The Dead Of India 
New Delhi (AFP) June 11, 2007The average Indian may go through an entire life without contributing a huge amount to the world's production of greenhouse gases, but in death his carbon footprint jumps. Alarmed by the fuel-intensive nature of the funeral rites of Hindus who practice open-air cremation using firewood, an environmental group in New Delhi is promoting a new, more eco-friendly pyre. "Our faith tells us we m ... more Tennessee Residents Favor Expanded Wind Energy 
Chicago (SPX) Jun 12, 2007A new poll in Tennessee indicates that residents support increased use of wind energy by a 12-to-1 margin, contrary to efforts by U.S. Sen. Lamar Alexander (R-TN) against wind energy. Sen. Alexander has been a frequent critic of the development of wind energy in the United States. "This poll clearly indicates the people of Tennessee support wind energy and they see it as a viable way to he ... more Energy Police To Monitor Beijing Power Use 
Beijing (AFP) June 11, 2007Beijing authorities have introduced "energy police" to enforce rules aimed at eliminating excessive power use, officials said Monday. A hotline has also been set up to encourage ordinary citizens to report breaches of power rules, officials with the newly formed "Beijing Energy Saving Police Brigade" told AFP. "Our main task is to help implement laws and rules, raise awareness on energy sa ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) Jun 08, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin's offer to share a radar station in Azerbaijan with the United States for missile defence is aimed at wresting back the initiative in a strategic tug-of-war, analysts said Friday. Putin's proposal at the Group of Eight (G8) summit in Germany on Thursday reflected a very different view of global security from Washington's and one that showed increasing wariness of ... more Iran To Retaliate If Attacked From US bases In Gulf Iranian Parliament Warns 
Kuwait City (AFP) June 10, 2007Iran warned on Sunday that it would strike US military bases in neighbouring Gulf states if they were used as staging posts to attack the Islamic republic over its nuclear programme. "We rule out the possibility that our neighbours... will allow the United States to use their territory in attacking Iran," Iranian parliament speaker Gholam Ali Hadad Adel told reporters during an official visit to ... more US Planning For Smaller Long-Term Presence In Iraq As DoD Chief Replaced 
Washington (AFP) Jun 10, 2007The White House Sunday backed an eventual withdrawal of most US troops from Iraq after a report said detailed plans are afoot to retain a smaller military presence in the war-torn country for years. The Washington Post said US military officials are in early planning for a "sharp drawdown" of troops beginning by the middle of next year. President George W. Bush's spokesman, Tony Snow, decl ... more U-Tacs To Provide ISTAR Capability For UK Armed Forces 
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Jun 11, 2007The Elbit and Thales joint venture - UAV Tactical Systems Ltd. (U-TacS) - has been awarded a contract worth approximately $110 million by Thales UK to provide an urgent intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) support capability for the UK Armed Forces. The program, will commence immediately and will take place over the next few years. The contract includes ... more Saving Robots To Save Battlefield Lives 
Baghdad, Iraq (AFNS) Jun 11, 2007One arm and a visceral cavity, wide open with its contents scattered about, is the cost of saving Soldiers' lives. But the brain is intact. Despite the destruction, the remotely operated vehicle can be rebuilt and salvaged by Camp Victory's Joint Robotics Repair Facility. This is an all-volunteer workshop that keeps warfighters safe by ensuring the first line of contact with insurgents and their ... more
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