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Is North Korea At All Serious Over Nuke Deal
Seoul (UPI) June 28, 2007The chief U.S. nuclear envoy is confident North Korea's nuclear reactor would be closed and "disabled" this year, but many analysts remain skeptical about whether the defiant country will give up nuclear weapons. Pyongyang has developed nuclear weapons as a key survival strategy in the face of threats from within and without, and it is unlikely to abandon the nuclear drive until it fully ensures ... more Japan Defence Chief Sorry For Atom Bomb Remarks, Despite The Obvious 
Tokyo (AFP) July 1, 2007Japan's defence minister apologised Sunday after sparking outrage over remarks which implied that the atomic bombs dropped by the United States on Japan were the inevitable way to end World War II. Defence Minister Fumio Kyuma said in a speech on Saturday: "I understand the bombings brought the war to its end. I think it was something that couldn't be helped." He apologised on Sunday durin ... more Russia Puts Cosmos Military Satellite In Orbit 
Moscow (RIA) Jul 01, 2007Russia has successfully put a Cosmos-series military satellite into orbit after a launch from a space center in Kazakhstan, Russia's space agency said Friday. A Zenit-M rocket with a military satellite was launched from the Baikonur space center that Russia rents in Kazakhstan at 2 p.m. Moscow time (noon GMT). "The separation of the spacecraft occurred successfully and on schedule," a spok ... more Russia Test Launches Sea-Based Ballistic Missile 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 29, 2007Russia's Navy has successfully tested a new Bulava sea-launched ballistic missile in the White Sea, a Navy spokesman said Thursday. "A [simulated] warhead reached the testing grounds [on the Kamchatka Peninsula] on schedule," Igor Drygalo said. The scheduled launch was conducted from the submerged Dmitry Donskoi, a Typhoon-class ballistic missile nuclear submarine, in the northern Russia's White ... more Iran Vows To Press On With Nuclear Work 
Tehran (AFP) Jul 01, 2007Iran on Saturday dismissed the threat of fresh UN sanctions and announced an impending visit by a senior atomic watchdog official for talks over Tehran's controversial nuclear programme. "The Iranian nation will pursue its right and the disturbances will have no effect," supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was quoted as saying by state-run television. Khamenei backed the defiant policy o ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 28, 2007Today, the Subcommittee on Space and Aeronautics heard from a panel of expert witnesses who discussed the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) fiscal year 2008 (FY08) budget request and plans for the agency's Earth science programs. At the hearing, Space and Aeronautics Ranking Member Tom Feeney (R-FL) made the following statement: "Today's hearing on NASA's Earth Science ... more Statoil And Shell Scrap Carbon Capture Plans To Pump More Oil 
Oslo (AFP) June 29, 2007Norwegian oil group Statoil and Britain's Shell said Friday they were scrapping plans to use carbon dioxide (CO2) to increase oil production. An evaluation showed that "though the value chain is technically feasible, it is not commercial viable," Statoil said in a statement. The project, announced in March 2006, involved the construction of a gas-fired power plant and a methanol production facil ... more EU To Relaunch Ties With Africa Amid Rising Chinese Influence 
Brussels (AFP) Jun 29, 2007The European Union aims to set up a strategic partnership with Africa to meet the continent's most important needs and match growing Chinese influence there, officials said Thursday. "We are looking for new, high-level relations. We want it to be a strategic partnership," Portugal's State Secretary for European Affairs, Manuel Lobo Antunes, told reporters. "We want to respond to individual ... more Russia Pipeline No Threat To Europe Caspian Project Says Gazprom 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 29, 2007Russia's South Stream pipeline project is not politically motivated and does not threaten Nabucco, Europe's $6-billion gas pipeline project linking the energy-rich Caspian to Europe, bypassing Russia, the Gazprom head said Friday. The Russian energy giant and the Italian gas company Eni SpA signed June 23 a memorandum to construct the South Stream gas pipeline, which will stretch for 900 kilomet ... more ADB Eyeing To Boost Clean Energy Program 
Manila (AFP) June 26, 2007The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Tuesday it was planning to boost its clean energy program to one billion dollars annually amid warnings Asia's contribution to green gas emissions could get worse. ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda said the region faced a "daunting challenge in securing energy" and expanding economies needed to spend more on clean energy technologies. "About 70 percent of ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) June 28, 2007North Korea's latest missile launches were aimed at testing and developing new ballistic missiles, South Korea's defence ministry said Thursday. The ministry confirmed belatedly that the North fired ground-to-ground and ground-to-ship missiles with a range of about 100 kilometres (62 miles) into the Sea of Japan and the Yellow Sea respectively on Wednesday. ... more Poland Sees US Missile Shield Deal By October; As Russia Beefs Up Kyrgyzstan Base 
Warsaw (AFP) June 27, 2007Poland and United States could reach a deal by September or October on installing part of the US anti-missile defence system in the central European country, local media reported Wednesday citing a top foreign ministry official. Deputy foreign minister Witold Waszczykowski, who just completed a round of negotiations with the Americans, told Polish journalists in Washington that Warsaw was "satisfied ... more Senate Will Not Sway Bush On Iraq 
Washington (UPI) June 28, 2007Skepticism is growing among Republicans in the Senate about President Bush's strategy on Iraq, but it isn't going to have any impact on his determination to stay the course there. Newspaper reports this week stated that Republican Sens. George Voinovich of Ohio and Richard Lugar of Indiana, the ranking Republican on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, were both becoming more actively vocal ... more Puma Small UAS Achieves Record Flight Time Using Fuel Cell Battery Hybrid System 
Monrovia CA (SPX) Jun 29, 2007AeroVironment has successfully flown its Puma small unmanned aircraft for nearly five hours while it was powered by an onboard fuel cell battery hybrid energy storage system. This successful demonstration marked the completion of the first task under AV's contract with the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for the development of advanced propulsion technologies for unmanned aircraft. ... more Predators Reach Quarter-Million Flight Hours 
Creech AFB NV (AFPN) Jun 29, 2007Airmen from the 11th Reconnaissance Squadron flew an MQ-1 Predator Unmanned Aerial Vehicle past the 250,000 flying hour milestone marking the historic milestone with a ceremony June 22 at Creech Air Force Base. "This historic achievement in the evolution of air and space power underlines the United States Air Force commitment to unmanned aerial systems," said Maj. Robert Forino, the pilot with ... more
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