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Pentagon to shut down controversial domestic threat data base
Washington (AFP) Aug 21, 2007The Pentagon said Tuesday it is shutting down a counter-intelligence reporting system and database called TALON that came under fire for monitoring the activities of hundreds of anti-war activists. The system will be shut down September 17 and reporting on threats to US military installations in the United States will be shifted to the FBI, said Colonel Gary Keck, a Pentagon spokesman. ... more BMD Watch: Israel may get PAC-3s cheap 
Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2007 Lockheed Martin has offered to sell Israel more Patriot PAC-3s at a lower price to help confront the growing threat from Syria, the Jerusalem Post reported Monday. Israel's own Arrow anti-ballistic missile interceptor has performed superbly in recent tests, especially against target missiles configured to perform like the Iranian Shahid-3 intermediate range interceptor. ... more Analysis: Iraq, who is to blame 
Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2007 With the situation in Iraq becoming more complicated amid increasing setbacks, so too is the political recrimination becoming more apparent. Meanwhile, attributing blame for the failures in Iraq is turning into something of a national pastime. In the latest issue of Foreign Affairs, James Dobbins looks at who is to blame for the way the war was, and still is, being conducted. The author ... more Thompson Files: F-35 engine follies 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Aug 21, 2007 The biggest program in the Pentagon's weapons budget is the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, which will cost $338 billion -- a third of a trillion dollars -- to develop, manufacture and maintain. Current plans call for building 2,443 of the single-engine jets to replace the Cold War fighters and attack planes of the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps. Thousands more may be bought by allies ... more Rafael And GD Bolting On The Good Stuff 
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Aug 22, 2007Rafael Armament Development Authority announces the release of the M-TAPS - Multi-Threat Armor Protection System - a new generation add-on armor technology for combat vehicles. The recently developed M-TAPS is the newest generation hybrid (reactive / passive) add-on armor designed to defeat a variety of modern threats in the combat arena. The M-TAPS is a modular system that can be easily fitted ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Aug 21, 2007The European Commission is considering a British request for a multi-million-euro payout to help with reconstruction after flooding in central and western England early this summer, a spokeswoman said Tuesday. The British government application for funding from the EU's Solidarity Fund puts the total cost of the flood damage at 4.33 billion euros (5.83 billion dollars), Commission spokeswoma ... more Scientists Tackle Mystery Mountain Illness 
Edinburgh UK (SPX) Aug 22, 2007Experts at the University are studying an illness known as HAPE (high altitude pulmonary oedema), which causes fluid to build up in the lungs can and can occur from as low as 2,500 metres, affecting people of all age groups and fitness levels. Little is known about the condition and there is no way of predicting who is likely to be affected although studies have suggested a genetic link. ... more Frog Plus Frying Pan Equals Better Antibiotic 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Aug 22, 2007By creating "Teflon" versions of natural antibiotics found in frog skin, a research team led by biological chemist E. Neil Marsh has made the potential drugs better at thwarting bacterial defenses, an improvement that could enhance their effectiveness. Marsh will discuss the work Aug. 20 at the 234th national meeting of the American Chemical Society in Boston. ... more Geologist Plans Volcano Safety For Ecuadorians 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 22, 2007A geologist at Washington University in St. Louis is doing his part to make sure that the small Latin American country of Ecuador follows the Boy Scout motto: Be prepared. Robert Buchwaldt, Ph.D., Washington University lecturer in earth and planetary sciences in Arts and Sciences, is the only scientist from America who sits on an international committee that is seeking ways to address the volcano ... more Japan eyes chopsticks for biofuel 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 21, 2007Japan will try to turn the millions of wooden chopsticks that go discarded each year into biofuel to ease the country's energy shortage, officials said Wednesday. Biofuels are seen as an alternative clean energy resource that can reduce dependence on Middle East oil and lessen the impact of global warming. Japan has virtually no natural energy resources of its own. ... more |
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Naminya, Uganda (AFP) Aug 21, 2007Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni on Tuesday launched construction work for a new 770-million-dollar (571 million euro) hydro-power plant that had been plagued by environmental concerns. The 250-megawatts plant, expected to easy power crisis in the country, will take about 44 months to complete. Two plants currently produce 380 megawatts. Donors are contributing 750 million dollars while ... more Oil prices fall as Dean moves away from US oil facilities 
New York (AFP) Aug 20, 2007World oil prices declined Monday as critical US energy production facilities in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico looked set to dodge any potential danger from Hurricane Dean, traders said. Dean was swirling across the Caribbean Sea toward Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula. Although US producers heaved a sigh of relief, Mexico's offshore oil industry in the Gulf of Mexico is on high alert and co ... more Mexico shuts down oil installations ahead of hurricane's landfall 
Mexico (AFP) Aug 20, 2007Mexico's state oil company PEMEX said on Monday it shut down all its facilities in the Gulf of Mexico and evacuated all staff from its rigs and platforms ahead of the anticipated landfall of Hurricane Dean. Petroleos Mexicanos said it shut down all 140 facilities. Forecasters expect Dean to slam ashore on Mexico's Caribbean coast before dawn on Tuesday and cross the Yucatan Peninsula to ... more Coal And Black Liquor Can Produce Energy From Papermaking 
University Park PA (SPX) Aug 21, 2007Adding a little coal and processing the papermaking industry's black liquor waste into synthesis gas is a better choice than burning it for heat, improves the carbon footprint of coal-to-liquid processes, and can produce a fuel versatile enough to run a cooking stove or a truck, according to a team of Penn state engineers. "Black liquor is routinely burned in a recovery boiler," says Andre ... more Coal-Based Fuels And Products Hit The Refinery 
University Park PA (SPX) Aug 21, 2007A variety of end products including jet fuel, gasoline, carbon anodes and heating oil may be possible using existing refineries and combinations of coal and refinery by-products, according to a team of Penn State researchers. "One idea is based on the coal-to-jet fuel work that we have been doing for a long time," says Caroline E. Burgess Clifford, research associate at Penn State's Energy ... more
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