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The Invisible Refugees Of Iraq
Washington (UPI) Jul 06, 2007The displacement of Iraqi refugees -- close to 4 million -- represents the most serious crisis involving population movements in the Middle East since the exodus of Palestinians in 1948, when fleeing the creation of the state of Israel, hundreds of thousands established themselves in decrepit refugee camps in Jordan, Syria and Lebanon, as well as in Gaza and in the West Bank. Yet despite t ... more Korea After Unification 
Sapporo, Japan (UPI) Jul 06, 2007It may years away, but the unification of the two Koreas is bound to occur some day -- the most likely route through the collapse of the North. This could occur because "Dear Leader" proves to be a threat to too many in the Communist leadership, who agree to unification with the South in exchange for retaining some position of authority in the unified state. Or it could occur as a result of a su ... more Waste Not Stay Hot Says Spanish Government With New Air Con Rules 
Madrid (AFP) Jul 06, 2007The Spanish government led by example Friday on energy waste, ordering pubic buildings to stick to a minimum summer temperature of 24 degrees Celsius (77 degrees Fahrenheit). With much of Spain baking in rising summer temperatures that can surpass 40 degrees, the government is courting unpopularity by making people work under the restrictions. But Spanish First Deputy Prime Minister Maria Teresa ... more Successful Launch Second German Sar-Lupe Observation Satellite 
Cannes, France (SPX) Jul 03, 2007The second SAR-Lupe satellite, part of the German observation system, was successfully boosted into orbit yesterday from the Plesetsk space centre by a Russian Cosmos-3M rocket at 21:38:41 hours CEST. SAR-Lupe provides high-resolution images of the ground 24 hours a day to the German Ministry of Defence. Thales Alenia Space has supplied the Sensor Electronic units forming the core of the Synthet ... more The Adventures Of ASTRO And NextSat 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jul 05, 2007Picture this: Two robots hang suspended in space, nose to nose. One reaches out a crooked silver arm and begins to minister to the needs of the other. Fuel is exchanged, a battery is replaced; servicing complete, the two silently drift apart. These robots, named ASTRO and NextSat, are real and they are in Earth orbit now. On March 8, 2007, an Atlas V rocket boosted the pair into space. Their mis ... more |
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Warsaw (AFP) Jul 05, 2007US aviation giant Boeing is set to build a base for a battery of American missiles in Poland, if Warsaw and Washington go ahead with a controversial US anti-missile shield project, the Polish official leading negotiations said Thursday. "If the US Congress approves the budget for the construction of parts of the shield in Poland and the Czech Republic, we can assume that Boeing will receive 400- ... more Interpreting Nukes In Japan 
Washington (UPI) Jul 05, 2007If the United States had not dropped nuclear bombs on Japan, World War II could have dragged on even longer and claimed more Japanese as well as American lives. That line of thinking is a mainstream U.S. theory when justifying the Truman administration's decision to attack Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. But merely mouthing that idea in front of a group of university students is ill-advised for ... more The Death Of Revolution In Military Affairs 
Washington (UPI) Jul 05, 2007In the 1989 Marine Corps Gazette article where I and four colleagues first laid out the Four Generations of Modern War, we foresaw two potential futures. One, the way the world has gone, was Fourth Generation War. The other, the direction the Pentagon has taken, became known as the Revolution in Military Affairs, or, more recently, Transformation. This vision of future war, a vision anchored in ... more Missiles In Kaliningrad 
Washington (UPI) Jul 05, 2007The ballistic missile defense showdown in Central Europe between the United States and Russia took another grim leap forward this week: Russian First Deputy Premier and former Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said that if the Bush administration pushed ahead with its plans, Russia would respond by openly deploying ballistic missiles targeted on the bases in its oblast or region of Kaliningrad. ... more Mixed Signals From Iran 
Washington (UPI) Jul 05, 2007The Swiss cartoon shows an angry U.S. general briefing a puzzled President George W. Bush with a map of the Middle East. "Here you can see the Lebanonization of Iraq, the Iraqization of Palestine, and the Palestinization of Lebanon." Baffling signals are the norm in the Middle East. The latest come from Iran. The regular army and the Revolutionary Guards appear to be at odds over their res ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jul 05, 2007China may not achieve its much-trumpeted five-year goal on improving energy efficiency due to runaway economic growth, the nation's top planning officials said in comments published Thursday. "The trend of overheated economic development has not been contained," the Beijing News quoted Ma Kai, China's top economic planner, as telling a government panel on energy efficiency on Wednesday. Ma ... more Malaysian Rainforests Not Cleared For Palm Oil In A Decade 
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) Jul 05, 2007A minister on Thursday defended Malaysia's plantation industry and said tropical rainforests have not been cleared to plant palm oil in the last 10 years. Plantations Minister Peter Chin was refuting allegations that palm oil production destroys rainforests and wildlife habitats or that it increases greenhouse gas emissions and leads to a loss in biodiversity. "I would like to reiterate here tha ... more EU Highlights Biofuel Drawbacks 
Brussels (AFP) Jul 05, 2007The European Commission called Thursday for the increased use of biofuels to help fight global warming but warned that production had to be carefully managed to avoid damage to the environment. "This clean, renewable source of energy has the potential to help us respond to the dual climate change/energy security challenges we face," EU External Relations Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said. ... more Iridium Passes First Milestone On Way To Deploying NEXT 
Bethesda MD (SPX) Jul 04, 2007Iridium Satellite announces it has released a Request for Information (RFI) to potential partners interested in participating in the design, development and deployment of "Iridium NEXT," the company's next-generation satellite communications network. The Iridium RFI is the company's first official step toward the procurement of the NEXT system. Today's Iridium constellation provides the only mob ... more The Afghan Problem Is Regional 
Washington (UPI) Jul 04, 2007There are growing signs that Iran may be providing support to the Taliban in Afghanistan. U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates said on June 14 that the flow of weapons from Iran to the Taliban has reached such large quantities that it is difficult to believe it is taking place without the Iranian government's knowledge. U.S. Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns went even further, saying that ... more
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