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Israel Cannot Afford To Confront Iran Says Deputy Minister
Jerusalem (AFP) Jul 03, 2007Israel's armed forces lack sufficient funds to confront the perceived threat posed by arch foe Iran's nuclear ambitions, an outgoing deputy cabinet minister charged on Monday. "We need more funds than we receive currently to deal with this threat," outgoing deputy defence minister Ephraim Sneh told public radio. "If the (international economic) sanctions (against Iran) were adopted more firmly a ... more US And Russia Begin Nuclear Reduction Talks 
Washington (AFP) Jul 03, 2007The United States and Russia on Tuesday pushed for peaceful nuclear energy use and said they had begun talks to trim their nuclear arsenals "to the lowest possible level" ahead of the expiry of a landmark strategic weapons agreement. The Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), which led to the reduction and limitation of strategic offensive weapons under the largest arms control accord in histo ... more Cry For Me Pakistan 
Washington (UPI) Jul 03, 2007"Asian" in British police parlance almost invariably means Pakistanis or Pakistani Britons. Of late, Bangladeshi Britons have been added to the roster of terror suspects. Almost all terrorist plots carried out by Islamist extremists in the past five years in Britain have included investigative trails that track back to Pakistan. About 1 million people of Pakistani descent are living in Bri ... more Cities To Boom In Africa And Asia 
Washington DC (UPI) Jul 03, 2007The urban populations in Africa and Asia will at least double over the next 30 years to 1.7 billion, adding more people than the Chinese and U.S. populations combined. According to a recent U.N. study, urban populations are growing at more than 1.2 million people a week. In 2008, for the first time in history, city residents outnumber rural population, the report's principal author George Martin ... more Science Module Structure Arrives At Astrium UK 
London UK (SPX) Jun 29, 2007The Protoflight Model of the Science Module structure built by Oerlikon Space AG has been delivered to Astrium UK at the beginning of June 2007. The lightweight, high stiffness and highly thermally stable structure is made of Carbon Fibre Reinforced Plastic (CFRP) with the exception of the mating ring to the Propulsion Module which is made of aluminium alloy. The structure will provide a s ... more |
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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 UN Nuclear Inspectors End Fruitful Visit To North Korea 
Beijing (AFP) July 1, 2007United Nations inspectors confirmed on Saturday after a "fruitful" visit to North Korea that the country intended to shut down its main nuclear reactor, although no time frame had yet been set. "We have now reached an understanding on how we are going to monitor the sealing and shutting down of the Yongbyon nuclear facility," the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team, Olli H ... more Japan PM Seeking Leeway To Shoot Down Missile For US 
Tokyo (AFP) June 29, 2007Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Friday Japan should find legal leeway to allow its armed forces to shoot down a ballistic missile fired at its key ally the United States. Abe made the remarks before a panel of advisers which he set up in April to lay the legal groundwork for Japan to fight for allies under attack without breaching its post-World War II pacifist constitution. The constitutio ... more |
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New Delhi (RIA Novosti) Jun 30, 2007India, Iran and Pakistan failed to reach a compromise on tariffs on natural gas deliveries and will continue talks on signing a tripartite gas pipeline agreement in July, the Indian press said citing government sources. Talks ended in New Delhi Friday on the $7.5 billion pipeline, which will have annual capacity of at least 21.1 billion cubic meters and is expected to come on stream in 2011. ... 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 Boeing Lockheed Rocketeers Turn To SAP For Bettter ERP 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 29, 2007In a move that further expands its presence in providing solutions for the aerospace and defense industry, SAP Public Services Inc., a subsidiary of SAP Americas Inc., today announced that United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint space-launch venture, has selected SAP Business Suite as its enterprise application foundation. The rollout is planned for completion by the beginning of 2008. ULA ... more Japanese Firm Develops Glove That Feels 3D Images 
Tokyo (AFP) Jun 29, 2007Ever dreamed of being drawn close to a smiling Marilyn Monroe or feeling the muscles of fitness guru Billy Blanks? A Japanese firm on Wednesday unveiled a system that enables you to feel "the shape and softness" of three-dimensional images using a sensor-loaded glove. The "tangible 3D" system creates graphics that seem to burst out of a screen and has a glove that allows users to "feel" them, ac ... more
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