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Outside View: Russia's Jakarta arms deal
Washington (UPI) Sep 17, 2007 On his way back from an Asia-Pacific regional summit, Russian President Vladimir Putin took another step toward his goal of restoring the glory days of Russia's arms export business by inking a $1.2 billion line of credit with Indonesia. The deal will provide the chance for Indonesia to buy 22 Russian-made helicopters, 20 tanks and two submarines. No actual contracts for arms ... more Analysis: Berlin debates anti-terror moves 
Berlin (UPI) Sep 17, 2007 Germany is still heatedly debating tougher security measures roughly two weeks after authorities arrested three terror suspects who planned to carry out massive bombings against U.S. institutions and other targets. Defense Minister Franz Josef Jung, of Chancellor Angela Merkel's conservatives, sparked the latest disagreement within Germany's grand coalition government when he told a ... more US believes NKorea talks will take place next week 
Washington (AFP) Sept 17, 2007US officials believe the next round of talks with North Korea over its suspect nuclear program will only be delayed by a week, the State Department said Wednesday. US envoy Christopher Hill "expects to travel to an envoys-level meeting of the six-party talks probably next week. We'll see. We'll see if it's next week," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack. South Korean ... more US pledges to reduce plutonium weapons stockpiles 
Vienna (AFP) Sept 17, 2007The United States is removing nine tonnes of plutonium, enough to make over 1,000 nuclear weapons, from its weapons stockpiles in a nonproliferation effort, US Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman said Monday. But the plutonium, which is currently a bomb component, will sit for a while before being converted into nuclear reactor fuel, as it "will be removed in the coming decades from retired ... more 'War' talk heightens Iran nuclear dispute 
Paris (AFP) Sept 17, 2007France followed up a warning that the Iran nuclear crisis could lead to war by calling on Monday for European sanctions against Tehran. French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said tensions with Iran are now "extreme", heightening a diplomatic storm caused by Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner's warning on Sunday that the world should prepare for a possible conflict over Iran's alleged work on ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) Sept 17, 2007North Korea has told the United States that it procured aluminum pipes, which can be used to build uranium-enriching centrifuges, from a third country, a report said Monday. But Pyongyang stopped short of admitting that it had begun the process of uranium enrichment, Japan's Kyodo News said quoting unnamed diplomatic sources. The revelation was made by Kim Kye-Gwan, North Korea's chief ... more Praxair And Foster Wheeler Form Alliance To Pursue Clean Coal Demonstration Projects 
Danbury CT (SPX) Sep 18, 2007Praxair and Foster Wheeler North America have signed a multi-year agreement that calls for the joint pursuit of certain demonstration projects that will incorporate clean coal technologies and integrated oxy-coal combustion systems into coal-fired electric generating plants to facilitate capture and sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2). ... more Construction Begins On First-of-Its-Kind Advanced Clean Coal Electric Generating Facility 
Orlando FL (SPX) Sep 18, 2007Officials representing the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), Southern Company, KBR and the Orlando Utilities Commission (OUC) broke ground to begin construction of an advanced 285-megawatt integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) facility near Orlando, Fla. The new generating station will be among the cleanest, most efficient coal-fueled power plants in the world. Southern Company ... more EOS Estate Winery Converts Entirely To Solar Power 
Franklin TN (SPX) Sep 18, 2007The EOS Estate Winery has announced plans to convert its facility entirely to solar power. The $3.8 million project, including the installation of more than two acres of ground-mounted tracking solar arrays that will provide all of the electrical power needs for the winery and tasting room, will make EOS the largest winery in California's Central Coast to run completely on alternative energy. ... more Maxwell Technologies Introduces 75-Volt Ultracapacitor Module For Renewable Energy Industrial Applications 
San Diego CA (SPX) Sep 18, 2007Maxwell Technologies is introducing a 75-volt BOOSTCAP ultracapacitor module to provide a scaleable, cost-effective, low-maintenance solution to meet the backup power and power quality requirements of wind turbines and other renewable energy generation and industrial equipment applications. Maxwell developed the new module, which will be generally available early in the fourth quarter, in ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Sept 16, 2007The world should brace for a possible war over the Iranian nuclear crisis but seeking a solution through talks should take priority, French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner said on Sunday. "We have to prepare for the worst, and the worst is war," he said in an interview broadcast on French television and radio. "We must negotiate right to the end," with Iran, he said, but underlined ... more US military likely to be in Iraq for years after drawdown 
Washington (AFP) Sept 14, 2007The US military will be tied down in Iraq with 100,000 troops at least through the presidency of George W. Bush, and a modest size residual force will be there for years to come. And that is a best-case scenario, as articulated by US Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Friday after Bush announced plans for more modest troop cuts by mid-July. "One of the sad aspects of war is there is no ... more Raytheon Awarded 5 Million Dollar Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment Contract Option 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Sep 17, 2007Raytheon Company has been awarded a $5 million U.S. Army contract option to provide Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment (RAID) Mobile Eagle Eye tower systems to protect U.S. and coalition forces in Iraq. The contract calls for nine Mobile Eagle Eye elevated sensor systems with deliveries beginning in February 2008. Work will be performed at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems' Integrated Air ... more Reports of NKorea-Syria nuclear links of major concern: Gates 
Washington (AFP) Sept 16, 2007The United States would have a "real problem" if Syria and North Korea are collaborating on a nuclear program, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Sunday. Gates refused to confirm the veracity of leaked intelligence reports suggesting that North Korea may be helping Syria build a nuclear weapons facility. "But all I will say is we are watching the North Koreans very carefully. We ... more US military team set to inspect Russian radar in Azerbaijan 
Baku (AFP) Sept 16, 2007A US military team will visit ex-Soviet Azerbaijan on Tuesday to inspect Russia's Gabala radar station, touted by Moscow as a potential alternative to controversial missile defence sites in central Europe. The Pentagon delegation will visit the station, about 200 kilometres (125 miles) from the Azerbaijani capital Baku, in the company of Azerbaijani and Russian military experts. ... more
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