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1.4 billion dollars in possible US arms sales to Mideast announced
Washington (AFP) Oct 4, 2007The Pentagon notified Congress Thursday of possible sales of missiles, armored vehicles and cargo aircraft upgrades worth nearly 1.4 billion dollars to four Mideast states. US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice earlier this year promoted a much larger package of arms sales to the region earlier this year as a means to counter Iran. The biggest of the p ... more Analysis: New enemy-fire detection system 
Haifa, Israel (UPI) Oct 4, 2007 Soldiers will soon have access to updated electro-optic enemy-fire detection systems, which can identify small-arms fire, rocket-propelled grenades and anti-tank missiles, the Israeli defense company Rafael announced last week. "The inability to accurately locate enemy fire causes many casualties, ineffective and excessive firing and most importantly, keeps the initiative on the battlef ... more The price of imposing EU sanctions on Iran 
Brussels (AFP) Oct 4, 2007Italy, Germany and France would have to pay the heaviest price for any European Union sanctions against Iran, at a time when the Islamic republic is already turning more toward Asia for its business. The 27 EU nations' commerce with Iran stood at 37 percent of the Islamic republic's total foreign trade from March 2006 to March 2007, according to a document from the economics department of Fr ... more Iraq buying 100 mln dollars of light arms from China: Talabani 
Washington (AFP) Oct 4, 2007Iraq is buying 100 million dollars of light military equipment for its police from China because the US cannot provide the materiel, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani told the Washington Post's Thursday edition. "The capacity of the factories here are not enough to provide us quickly with all that we need, even for the army. One of our demands is to accelerate the delivery of the arms to the Ir ... more Korean leaders declare commitment to peace 
Seoul (AFP) Oct 4, 2007The North and South Korean leaders called Thursday for a nuclear-free peninsula and a permanent peace pact to end the world's last Cold War divide as they wrapped up a rare summit. The historic foes agreed to step up trade, travel and political exchanges, including starting a freight train between the impoverished communist North and prosperous South, and flights for the growing number of So ... more |
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Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Oct 05, 2007Big waves in fierce storms have long been the focus of ship designers in simulations testing new vessels. But a new computer program and method of analysis by University of Michigan researchers makes it easy to see that a series of smaller waves---a situation much more likely to occur---could be just as dangerous. "Like the Edmund Fitzgerald that sank in Michigan in 1975, many of the casualties ... more ORNL Resilience Plan To Help Tennessee, Mississippi And South Carolina Communities Beat Disaster 
Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Oct 05, 2007A new Oak Ridge National Laboratory initiative could help avert disasters in Tennessee, Mississippi and South Carolina and also lead to more information about climate change. The new Community and Regional Resilience Initiative (CARRI) will be implemented in Gulfport, Miss., Memphis, and Charleston, S.C., to increase "resilience" - the ability to prepare for, respond to and quickly recover from ... more Microsoft creates online 'vault' for health records 
San Francisco (AFP) Oct 4, 2007Microsoft went live on Thursday with a free online "HealthVault" billed as a US website where personal medical records can be stored and managed safe from snooping. The move puts the technology giant on delicate terrain as it tries to lure people into trusting sensitive health information will be secure on an Internet prowled by hackers, scammers and data miners. It also gives Microsoft ... more Scientists create transparent, thin plastic strong like steel 
Chicago (AFP) Oct 4, 2007Scientists have developed a transparent new plastic as strong as steel and as thin as a sheet of paper, according to a study published Thursday in Science magazine. Made out of clay and a non-toxic glue similar to that used in school classrooms, the composite plastic is biodegradable and requires very little energy to produce, lead researcher Nicholas Kotov said. "It's as green as you ca ... more Analysis: Nigeria wants militant back 
Miami (UPI) Oct 4, 2007 The Nigerian government has called for Angola to return a militant leader captured last month and detained on weapons-trafficking charges so he can face trial, Nigerian news sources reported Wednesday. The militant, Henry Okah, is believed to be a key member of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, a leading militant movement responsible for numerous attacks on foreign ... more |
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Kourou, French Guiana (SPX) Oct 04, 2007Ariane 5 mission is cleared for an October 5 liftoff with Intelsat 11 and Optus D2 Arianespace's fourth mission of 2007 is set for Friday, October 5, with the green light given today (October 3) after the launch readiness review at Europe's Spaceport. This review, which is held before every Ariane flight, verifies the readiness of the Ariane 5 vehicle, its two payloads, the launch infrastructure ... more Armavir Radar To Be On Combat Duty Late In 2007 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 04, 2007A state-of-the-art radar being built near Armavir, in southern Russia, will be on combat duty in late 2007, Colonel-General Vladimir Popovkin, the commander of the Russian Space Forces said Wednesday. In an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda - Red Star, a Russian military newspaper - Popovkin said the radar located near the town of Armavir, in the Krasnodar Territory would start combat duty in late ... more France urges EU partners to take sanctions against Iran 
Paris (AFP) Oct 3, 2007French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has written to his EU partners urging them to take economic sanctions to pressure Iran to end its "nuclear defiance", his ministry said Wednesday. "In parallel to negotiations on a new (UN) Security Council resolution, which must be pursued, I propose that we start right away exploring together the possibility of new European measures," Kouchner told ... more Bush hails atomic deal for 'nuclear free' Korean peninsula 
Washington (AFP) Oct 3, 2007President George W. Bush Wednesday hailed a six-nation deal under which North Korea is committed to declaring and disabling its nuclear program, saying it would help establish a Korean Peninsula free of atomic weapons. Beijing released Wednesday an agreement reached between China, the United States, the two Koreas, Russia and Japan by which North Korea would declare all its nuclear programs ... more Taiwan to showcase military 'deterrent' in rare parade: minister 
Taipei (AFP) Oct 3, 2007Taiwan's defence minister Lee Tien-yu said Wednesday that the military will exhibit its "deterrent" against arch rival China in a rare parade next week. Lee's remarks drew special attention as military analysts expected the ministry to unveil for the first time Hsiung-feng (Brave Wind) 2-E, a locally developed cruise missile which could be used to strike the Chinese mainland. "The displa ... more
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