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London (AFP) Sept 10, 2007Britain was prepared to withdraw its forces from the southern Iraqi city of Basra in April, but held off for five months after the United States asked it to stay, Britain's military commander in Iraq said in an interview published on Monday. Speaking to The Daily Telegraph, Brigadier James Bashall, commander of 1 Mechanised Brigade, said that he wanted to leave Britain's Basra Palace base ... more Russia Calls On UN To Keep Space Weapon Free 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 06, 2007Russia is to put forward a draft resolution to the United Nations banning the deployment of weapons in outer space, a Russian UN mission official statement said Thursday. The resolution entitled, Transparency and Confidence Building Measures in Outer Space Activities, was submitted to the UN five years ago and proposed a ban on the deployment of all types of weapons in space. Russia said ... more Iran rejects 'impossible' nuclear suspension 
Tehran (AFP) Sept 9, 2007Iran's top nuclear negotiator on Sunday said it was "impossible" Tehran would yield to the key Western demand over its nuclear programme, even if the UN Security Council imposed further sanctions. The reaffirmation by Ali Larijani of Iran's refusal to suspend uranium enrichment activities comes a day ahead of a crucial meeting in Vienna of the UN atomic energy agency on the Iranian nuclear ... more SKorea hails Russia's role on NKorea 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 9, 2007South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun praised Russia on Sunday for helping advance the six-way talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programme. "The process of six-sided talks is going well. This is also thanks to your role and the role of the Russian government," Roh said at talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on the margins of an Asia Pacific summit in Sydney. ... more French government falls prey to cyber-attacks "involving China" 
Paris (AFP) Sept 8, 2007French information systems fell prey to cyber attacks "involving China", similar to those reported by the US, British and German governments, a top French security offical told AFP on Saturday. "We have indications that our information systems were the object of attacks, like in the other countries," the Secretary-General of National Defence (SGDN) Francis Delon said, confirming a report ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Sept 7, 2007Microsoft Friday announced a tie up with Japanese humanoid maker Tmsuk in a bid to set the standard in the development of cutting-edge robots. Microsoft Corp. is the unquestioned leader in computer operating systems with Windows but the growing field of robotics relies on diverse programming platforms. The Redmond, Washington-based software giant last year launched Microsoft Robotics ... more Bacteria From Sponges Make New Pharmaceuticals 
Edinburgh, UK (SPX) Sep 10, 2007Thousands of interesting new compounds have been discovered inside the bodies of marine sponges according to scientists speaking today (Tuesday 4 September 2007) at the Society for General Microbiology's 161st Meeting at the University of Edinburgh, UK, which runs from 3-6 September 2007. Over half of the bodyweight of living sea sponges - including the sort that we use in our baths - is ... more Pacific power companies band together to cut fuel costs 
Majuro (AFP) Sept 9, 2007Cash-strapped electricity companies in the Pacific islands plan to join forces to cut the high fuel costs which are making it difficult for them to stay afloat, officials said. The Fiji-based Pacific Power Association is tackling the problem through a plan for joint fuel-buying to lower costs and by reducing electrical distribution losses which cost power companies huge amounts of money. ... more Iran admits hurt by high domestic oil consumption 
Tehran (AFP) Sept 9, 2007High domestic consumption is harming Iran's oil industry on top of international financial pressures linked to its nuclear programme, a top oil official was quoted as saying on Sunday. "The consumption of energy is very high, efficiency is low. There is no energy saving and consumption habits and low prices are harmful," Iran's representative to OPEC, Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, said in an ... more Central Asia's electricity sector 
Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2007 "Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the entire country." -- Vladimir Lenin (1920), "Collected Works," Vol. 31, page 516. Despite the Soviet Union's baleful 74-year experience under communism, one of the few positive aspects of Soviet rule was Moscow's insistence from the very beginning on industrialization and its corollary, electrification. The collapse of communism ... more |
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Hyderabad, India (SPX) Sep 05, 2007The 58th International Astronautical Congress (IAC 2007) takes place in Hyderabad, India from 24 -29 September 2007. This annual congress, one of the major space events of the year, brings together some 2000 international specialists, industry representatives and world leaders in the field. It provides a crossroad uniting the world's space agencies, astronautics institutes, aerospace ... more Key Sensor For Northrop Grumman NPOESS Program Passes Critical Structural Test 
Redondo Beach CA (SPX) Sep 07, 2007A key sensor being built for the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) passed a critical test last month. Northrop Grumman Corporation is the prime contractor for NPOESS; ITT Corp is the subcontractor responsible for developing the sensor. The Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS), the next-generation atmospheric sounding instrument ... more Russian Proton-M Rocket With Japanese Satellite Crashes On Launch 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 07, 2007A Russian Proton-M booster rocket carrying a Japanese communications satellite exploded shortly after lift-off early Thursday, a space agency spokesman said. The rocket, which was launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 2:43 a.m. Moscow time (10:43 p.m. GMT Wednesday), experienced an engine malfunction and second-stage separation failure 139 seconds into its flight, and came ... more Putin sends legislation on key arms control treaty to parliament 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 6, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin has sent legislation to parliament on the suspension of a key European arms control treaty, officials said Thursday. Russia said on July 14 it would stop complying with the 1990 Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty, which limits the deployment of conventional arms in Europe. The legislation is to be examined by parliament in October, a statement on ... more Iraq's security forces cannot stand alone: US report 
Washington (AFP) Sept 6, 2007Iraq's military is at least 12-18 months away from assuming combat duties from US soldiers, while its police force is so corrupt that it should be abolished, an independent report said Thursday. The report by Marine General James Jones, the former top US commander in Europe, was the latest in a flurry of progress updates on the unpopular Iraq mission, in a pivotal 10-day period for US ... more
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