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Leader Leaves Distinguished Mark On Space
Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Aug 20, 2007Headquarters Air Force Space Command honored its outgoing vice commander Aug. 16 with a Distinguished Service Medal recognizing his service to the command, its people and programs. Lt. Gen. Frank G. Klotz, who leaves Aug. 22 to take on his new duties as the Assistant Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, received praise for providing combat forces and capabilities to North American Aerospace Def ... more Bomber patrols a risky Russian 'response' to US, NATO challenges 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 19, 2007Russia's decision to resume Cold War-style strategic bomber patrols confirms it has revived the political will and economic means to challenge US global dominance and NATO expansion with more than just rhetoric, military analysts say. But while the move, announced by President Vladimir Putin on Friday, will play well with domestic audiences and may also win the odd plaudit on the internation ... more US military sees looming China threat to satellites 
Huntsville, Alabama (AFP) Aug 14, 2007China may be just three years away from being able to disrupt US military satellites in a regional conflict, a senior US military leader said Tuesday, citing a recent anti-satellite test and other advances. The warning came amid calls at a conference in Huntsville, Alabama for intensified efforts to ensure US "space superiority" in the wake of China's shoot-down January 11 of one of its own ... more India can emulate nuclear powers by not staging tests: US 
Washington (AFP) Aug 16, 2007The United States said Thursday that India could emulate other major nuclear powers by not testing atomic weapons, amid debate over the fate of a bilateral nuclear deal if New Delhi conducted a test. "We are not testing and I don't think you see advanced nuclear countries around the world testing. And certainly, we don't encourage other states to do that," State Department spokesman Sean ... more Analysis: U.S. deal in Pakistan may fail 
Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2007 The future ruling setup in Pakistan may include both President Pervez Musharraf and former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, the two leaders who have little in common except a desire to work with the United States against Muslim extremists. Together they would form what the White House and the State Department describe as a "moderate political center" in a country Washington believes may ... more |
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Astana, Kazakhstan (SPX) Aug 20, 2007On August 29, Kazakhstan will host a conference entitled "Kazakhstan's way to a nuclear weapon-free world" to mark the 16th anniversary of the Semipalatinsk nuclear test site's closure. The symposium will be organized by the country's Foreign Ministry. The event will be attended by high-ranking representatives from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), members of the United States Congr ... more Security improves in Iraq despite attacks: US general 
Washington (AFP) Aug 17, 2007Security in Iraq is improving despite a wave of car bombings that include the worst single attack since the US-led invasion in 2003, the number-two leader of US forces in Iraq said Friday. General Raymond Odierno said that the US "surge" troop hike launched in January is "beginning to pay off" despite the massive attack in northern Iraq which killed more than 400. Four suicide bombers pa ... more Analysis: Israel turns to old tech 
Tse'Elim Army Base, Israel (UPI) Aug 17, 2007 In the soft sands of the Negev desert, Israeli-made Merkava tanks were about to practice, again, occupying Syrian positions. A mock Syrian line faced them. It comprised anti-tank ditches and behind them bagel-shaped earthen embankments so only the tanks' turrets and cannons would be exposed. Blasts reverberated as the Merkava's cannons opened fire. Between blasts, the rat-tat-tat ... more White House to propose gradual troop cuts in Iraq: report 
Washington (AFP) Aug 18, 2007US President George W. Bush will announce plans for gradual troop reductions from Iraq, but at levels far short of those sought by his critics in Congress, The New York Times reported Saturday. The goal of the announcement, which is planned for next month, was to counter public pressure for a more rapid reduction, said the paper, citing unnamed administration and military officials. ... more Blue-eared pig disease has spread to 26 Chinese provinces 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 17, 2007A mystery virus that has killed tens of thousands of pigs in China has spread to 26 provinces, the agriculture ministry said Friday. The ministry told the official Xinhua news agency that the highly infectious blue-eared pig disease was detected in north China's Shanxi province, making it the 26th out of the country's 33 provinces and regions that has been infected. ... more |
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Upton NY (SPX) Aug 20, 2007Brookhaven NY (SPX) Aug 20, 2007 Experiments at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory shed new light on some materials' ability to dramatically change their electrical resistance in the presence of an external magnetic or electric field. Small changes in resistance underlie many electronic devices, including some computer data storage systems. ... more Rush Demand For Shanghai Cooperation Organization 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 20, 2007The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) has held its seventh summit in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan. It clearly demonstrated the SCO's awareness that the time of closed blocs is over, and the 21st century is an era of cooperation. It also showed that the SCO is working hard to find its way in an avalanche of ideas about its development path and format. The SCO is a regional group ... more Thermochemical Process Converts Poultry Litter Into Bio-Oil 
Blacksburg VA (SPX) Aug 20, 2007Foster Agblevor, associate professor of biological systems engineering, is leading the team of researchers in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Virginia Tech developing transportable pyrolysis units that will convert poultry litter into bio-oil, providing an economical disposal system while reducing environmental effects and biosecurity issues. Agblevor will present the ... more Analysis: Oil flows in Basra power vacuum 
Washington (UPI) Aug 16, 2007 Political parties and their militias are fighting for power over the Basra government, the oil sector it controls, and the oil and fuels smuggling that bring in extra funds. The southern area, where much of Iraq's oil wealth is located and nearly all its oil exports are sent to market, has been under the purview of British troops, who have allowed various factions to become the power ... more Analysis: Caspian pipeline wars 
Washington (UPI) Aug 17, 2007 Fifteen years after the collapse of communism in the Soviet Union, a covert Cold War has sprung up over the issue of developing the energy assets of the Caspian, with Russia and the United States once again at odds. Both sides have had successes and failures, and the shadow conflict is not destined to end anytime soon. The case of Azerbaijan epitomizes both the promise and peril of dev ... more
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