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Haifa, Israel (UPI) Sep 20, 2007 First there were metal detectors, then handheld, fabric-covered wands; then puffs of air and full-body X-rays. Now, airport security personnel can use an artificial "nose" to sniff out explosive material. "The Mini-Nose ... detects the presence of constituent elements of explosive materials by collecting and analyzing trace molecular evidence from the explosive or its vicinity," Doron S ... more UN atomic agency approves text on nuclear-weapons-free Mideast 
Vienna (AFP) Sept 20, 2007The UN atomic agency adopted a non-binding resolution on a nuclear weapons-free-zone in the Middle East with Israel and the US voting against and EU states except Ireland abstaining. The lack of consensus weakened the impact of the measure, at a general conference of the UN watchdog International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), diplomats told AFP. The Egyptian-sponsored resolution was backe ... more Bush warns North Korea against any nuclear technology proliferation 
Washington (AFP) Sept 20, 2007US President George W. Bush on Thursday warned North Korea against supplying nuclear know-how to Syria, saying key six-party talks with Pyongyang could only succeed if it met all its pledges. "We expect them to honor their commitment to give up weapons and weapons programs and to the extent that they are proliferating, we expect them to stop their proliferation," Bush told reporters. He ... more Is Blackwater Guilty As Charged 
Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2007 Even though the commission investigating the alleged indiscriminate shooting by Blackwater employees over the weekend has only just been stood up, some voices are already rushing to judgment, condemning the contractors as cold-blooded "mercenaries." All of this is entirely predictable, though not necessarily unwarranted. It goes to show that four years after private security contractors ... more Bush urges peaceful end to Iran nuclear crisis 
Washington (AFP) Sept 20, 2007US President George W. Bush said Thursday that he hoped Iran would buckle to mounting global pressure over its atomic program but warned he was "not going to tolerate" a nuclear-armed Tehran. In a wide-ranging press conference, Bush refused to comment on an Israeli raid inside Syria and declined to confirm reports that North Korea gave nuclear know-how to Damascus, while sternly warning Pyon ... more |
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Srinagar, India (AFP) Sept 20, 2007A 10-year-old hunting ban and the ongoing insurgency have brought about a boom in the populations of animals including leopards and bears in Indian Kashmir, wildlife officials say. A crack down on gun ownership at the start of the rebellion and the risk of being caught in the cross-fire between militants and troops have largely kept poachers out of the forests in the revolt-hit region. A ... more On climate change, US vies to come in from the cold 
Washington (AFP) Sept 20, 2007The United States appears to have crept in from the cold on the climate change debate but still opposes the sort of painful action that scientists say is needed to avert a potential disaster. President George W. Bush intends to address a September 27-28 gathering of 16 nations in Washington on how best to combat global warming, which he now accepts to be a "serious challenge." But while ... more Analysis: Angolan oil piques interest 
Miami (UPI) Sep 20, 2007 Angola's national oil company announced that 10 blocks will be offered for tender in a licensing round planned for late 2007, part of its efforts to capitalize on Africa's No. 2 oil reserves. The offering by Angola's state-run Sonangol E.P. will extend into early 2008 and included both onshore and offshore blocks. The state firm relies heavily on production-sharing agreements with fore ... more Analysis: Oil pollution in the Caspian 
Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2007 The Caspian is the world's most easily accessible major oil region yet to be fully developed. Both Western nations and former Soviet republics are rushing to exploit its vast hydrocarbon wealth. Environmental issues are increasingly moving to the forefront of this exploitation. While nations bordering the Caspian piously insist that environmental worries top their list of concerns, cyni ... more Cellulose-Munching Microbe At Heart Of New Bioethanol Company 
Amherst MA (SPX) Sep 21, 2007The search for greener alternatives to fossil fuels has led to a major investment in a microbe that converts plant matter into ethanol. Dubbed the "Q microbe," the bacterium has been the focus of University of Massachusetts Amherst microbiologist Susan Leschine's work for the past decade. Now it's taking center stage at SunEthanol, a new Amherst-based biofuels technology company. Noted for ... more |
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Esrange, Sweden (SPX) Sep 20, 2007The SSC-developed communication system Telescience Support Unit (TSU) has been launched into space. The system is being used by the European Space Agency (ESA) onboard the Russian space capsule Foton M3. This is SSC's fourth delivery of a TSU for Foton, and this time, SSC's engineers have developed a new generation of the system. The TSU will store and process data from ten experiments onboard t ... more Pratt And Whitney Rocketdyne's RS-27A Powers New-Gen Imaging Satellite To Orbit 
Canoga Park CA (SPX) Sep 20, 2007A Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne RS-27A boosted a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket into space today from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The rocket carried WorldView-1, the first of two next-generation satellites that are part of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's NextView program. Pratt and Whitney Rocketdyne is a United Technologies Corp. company. Developing 200,0 ... more United Launch Alliance Launches 75th Consecutive Delta II On USAF 60th Anniversary 
Vandenberg AFB CA (SPX) Sep 18, 2007For the 75th consecutive time, a Delta II rocket successfully delivered a satellite to orbit during a launch taking place on the U.S. Air Force's 60th anniversary. Digital Globe's WorldView commercial satellite was launched at 11:35 a.m. PDT from Space launch Complex-2, by a combined United Launch Alliance, Boeing Launch Services and Air Force team. The Delta II success streak dates back m ... more Boeing Launches WorldView-1 Earth-Imaging Satellite 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Sep 18, 2007Boeing, through its commercial launch business, successfully launched the WorldView-1 satellite for DigitalGlobe aboard a Delta II rocket. Lift-off occurred at 11:35 a.m. Pacific time from Pad SLC-2W at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. The Delta II rocket deployed the spacecraft approximately 73 minutes after lift-off. The WorldView-1 satellite will provide commercial, high-resolution images of ... more Celestial Eagle: Historic Anti-Satellite Mission Remembered 
Homestead AFB FL (AFNS) Sep 19, 2007The F-15 Eagle test pilot settled into the cockpit of the fighter jet at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., awaiting takeoff with a 2,700 pound, 18-foot long missile mounted to the jet's centerline. The mission, dubbed the "Celestial Eagle Flight," called for a nearly vertical ascent to 35,000 feet and firing the missile through earth's atmosphere to kill a satellite over 2,000 miles away at an alt ... more
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