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US Backs Musharraf On Terror
Washington (UPI) July 27, 2007Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf is still America's best bet to deal with Taliban insurgents operating along the Pakistani-Afghan border, an expert said this week. Pakistan under Musharraf has been unstable and is battling a rebellion by the leaders of the Red Mosque, an extremist Islamic group wishing to implement Taliban-style rule in Pakistan, Daniel Markey, a former State Department ... more Russia Says US Cannot Have Both Gabala And Czech Radar Stations 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 31, 2007The United States cannot deploy a missile shield in Central Europe and at the same time accept Russia's offer for the use of the Gabala radar in Azerbaijan, Russia's Foreign Ministry said Friday. "Russia's proposals are an alternative, rather than a complement, to U.S. plans to deploy elements of its missile defense system in Europe," ministry spokesman Mikhail Kamynin said. In Kamynin's comment ... more Oshkosh And Team Works To Protect Troops From Explosively Formed Projectile Attacks 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 31, 2007Oshkosh Truck Corporation, Ceradyne and Ideal Innovations (I-3) have announced an agreement to further develop, produce and market the Bull armored vehicle. The Bull is intended to address the increasing need for protection from improvised explosive devices (IED), mine blasts and high-threat, explosively formed projectiles (EFP) and will be built on a combat-proven Oshkosh Truck chassis. T ... more Chinese Navy To Build Two Carriers With Russian Help 
Hong Kong (RIA Novosti) Jul 31, 2007Kanwa, a Hong Kong defense news agency, said Friday purchases by China of Russian aircraft carrier components suggested that Beijing was planning to build one or two aircraft carriers, possibly by 2015. The agency cited a senior source in the Russian Navy, saying that Russia and China have an agreement to purchase four deck landing systems capable of handling heavy deck-based fighters such as th ... more India Says No Military Buildup After US Nuclear Deal 
New Delhi (AFP) Jul 31, 2007India stressed Friday an operating agreement with the United States on a landmark nuclear deal will not fuel a nuclear weapons build up in the South Asia nation. Top Indian officials said the agreement, announced earlier Friday, dealt exclusively with generating much-needed energy to fuel the nation's fast-growing economy. "We have got a deal... a very good deal," said national security advisor ... more |
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Dakar (AFP) Jul 29, 2007Faced with mounting energy crises, many African nations in recent years have zealously launched projects to produce cheaper biofuels, but few have gained steam. One fervent advocate of biofuels, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, said during a trip to Brazil, a leading ethanol supplier, that biofuels would set in motion "a new revolution in Africa." Wade boasted that the African continent was ... more China To Step Up Energy Efficiency Drive 
Beijing (AFP) Jul 28, 2007China has announced plans to double spending on improving energy efficiency and slashing pollution, in an effort to combat its dismal environmental record. The government will spend an extra 10 billion yuan (1.33 billion US dollars) on reducing energy use and cutting pollution, according to a statement from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the state body responsible for eco ... more Schwarzenegger Nears 60 In Top Political Form 
Los Angeles (AFP) Jul 27, 2007Arnold Schwarzenegger, who once flexed his muscles as Mr. Universe and as an action-film hero, turns 60 Monday as the respected and popular governor of the most-populous US state. The "governator" of California, who played the robotic killing machine in the "Terminator," has become a charismatic leader whose work against global warming has drawn the interest of world dignitaries. First ele ... more EU Might Free Up Land For Biofuel Crops 
Paris (AFP) Jul 29, 2007Biofuels, destined to partially offset a coming oil shortage and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, will require much more farm land, forcing the European Union to cultivate fields that have lain fallow. The European Union wants biofuels to account for 10 percent of the total of motor fuels in 2020, against an estimated 1.6 percent last year. There are two main kinds of biofuels: ethanols, sometim ... more Two Bacteria Better Than One In Cellulose-Fed Fuel Cell 
University Park PA (SPX) Jul 29, 2007No currently known bacteria that allow termites and cows to digest cellulose, can power a microbial fuel cell and those bacteria that can produce electrical current cannot eat cellulose. But careful pairing of bacteria can create a fuel cell that consumes cellulose and produces electricity, according to a team of Penn State researchers. "We have gotten microbial fuel cells to work with all kinds ... more |
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Lemont IL (SPX) Jul 30, 2007Salco Technologies has announced it has received the Underwriters Laboratories UL913 Intrinsically Safe Certifications for the EverSee2 satellite communications product and monitoring sensors, which provide value-added information. This UL913 (Class I, II, III, Division I, Hazardous Locations) certification allows the EverSee2 and it's monitoring sensors to be used on applications where intrinsi ... more ShoZu One-Click Image Upload Service To Be Embedded In Samsung Handsets 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2007ShoZu has announced an agreement to embed ShoZu's mobile media service on the new generation of Samsung handsets. ShoZu's Share-It image upload service, enabling photos and videos to be transferred directly from the handset to the Web with a click, will be natively embedded in the just-announced Samsung SGH-L760 3G camera phone for mobile bloggers as well as in other follow-on models. The agreem ... more Cell Phones And PDAs Revolutionize How Consumers Find Homes On REALTOR.com 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2007REALTOR.com, the nation's most comprehensive real estate network, just launched the next generation real estate search technology, REALTOR.com Mobile. With a free and easy downloadable application, consumers and REALTORS can now perform searches for real-estate listings from their cell phone or PDA anytime, anywhere. "We developed REALTOR.com Mobile because more people are using hand held device ... more Japan Shopping Around Amid US Stealth Jet Ban 
Tokyo (AFP) July 26, 2007Japan said Thursday it would not rule out buying next-generation aircraft from a third country due to the US ban on exporting its state-of-the-art F-22 stealth fighter. Japan has officially been pacifist since World War II but has been gradually expanding the role of its military, in part due to concern over nuclear-armed North Korea. The United States, Japan's primary ally, has banned all expor ... more Europe Drums Diplomatic Beat As US Looks On 
Washington (AFP) July 29, 2007Europe under a new generation of leaders is taking a more muscular role in diplomacy while the enfeebled US administration struggles with Iraq, foreign-policy experts say. Britain, France and Germany are all now under new leadership compared to four years ago, when the United States plunged transatlantic relations into their worst crisis for decades with its invasion of Iraq. "You look at ... more
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