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IAEA sets new deadline for Iran to clear up nuclear file
Vienna (AFP) Jan 13, 2008The UN atomic watchdog announced on Sunday that Iran has agreed to clear up remaining questions on its nuclear programme -- including any military activity -- in four weeks. International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) director general, Mohamed ElBaradei, and Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad agreed that a "work plan" on ending the Iran nuclear stand ... more Commentary: Pakistan's Terror Inc. 
Washington (UPI) Jan 11, 2008Most terrorist trails lead back to Pakistan, Britain's MI5 (internal intelligence service) concluded a year ago. An average of some 400,000 Pakistani Brits a year fly back to the old country for vacation or to visit their relatives. From the airports in Karachi, Lahore and Islamabad, where they land, side trips to the madrasas -- Koranic schools -- where they were originally radicalized, or to ... more US-Iran naval incident gets murkier 
Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2008Rival accounts and videos of an incident between Iranian and US military boats have sowed confusion over the gravity of the confrontation and exactly what happened in the Gulf's Strait of Hormuz. The January 6 incident took place before President George W. Bush left on a Middle East tour, raising already high tensions between Washington and Tehran as the US government lodged a formal protest ... more Russian Arms Biz Woes In 2008 Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Jan 11, 2008It is impossible to overhaul the Russian defense industry's production facilities in the next two years because modern metal-cutting tools and automatic transfer lines are expensive. Local enterprises turn out only part of their required range, and the rest has to be purchased abroad. Add to this high import duties, which cannot be reduced or abolished. This problem persists despite efforts by ... more US Military Chief Warns Iran Over Gulf Games 
Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2008The top US military officer warned Iran Friday American warships would defend themselves, amid charges that Iranian speedboats have interfered with their passage through the Strait of Hormuz three times in the past month. The Pentagon, meanwhile, showed what it said was an unedited 36-minute videotape of the most recent incident on January 6 following Iranian charges that it had faked an ear ... more |
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Seoul (AFP) Jan 13, 2008South Korea's foreign ministry has given President-elect Lee Myung-Bak a report urging the disarming of North Korea by 2010, a news report said on Sunday. The ministry's report to the transition team for Lee, who takes office next month, said a concrete disarmament schedule should be established in the first half of this year, the Yonhap news agency reported. The ministry had reported it ... more Unmanned Aerial Vehicles Show Battlefield To Soldiers 
Camp Taji, Iraq (AFNS) Jan 14, 2008In the civilian world, sneaking a peak at an exam before taking it will earn someone a failing score. Sneaking a peak at the front lines before leaving the base for a mission, however, can save lives in a combat zone. Soldiers with the 4th Infantry Division's Unmanned Aerial Systems Platoon, Company A, 3rd Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, help provide that sneak peek for Stryke ... more MIT Gas Sensor Is Tiny And Quick 
Boston MA (SPX) Jan 14, 2008Engineers at MIT are developing a tiny sensor that could be used to detect minute quantities of hazardous gases, including toxic industrial chemicals and chemical warfare agents, much more quickly than current devices. The researchers have taken the common techniques of gas chromatography and mass spectrometry and shrunk them to fit in a device the size of a computer mouse. Eventually, the team, ... more British troops could be in Afghanistan for decades: minister 
London (AFP) Jan 13, 2008British troops could be in Afghanistan for decades, the country's Defence Secretary Des Browne said in comments published Sunday. Asked by The People weekly newspaper when Britain's soldiers would withdraw from Afghanistan, Browne said: "We cannot risk it again becoming an ungoverned training haven for terrorists who threaten the UK. "But there is only so much our forces can achieve. The ... more Saudi Cannot Be Launchpad For Iran Attack: US Discloses Other Speedboat Incidents 
Riyadh (AFP) Jan 12, 2008A leading Saudi newspaper on Saturday ruled out any attempt by the United States to use the oil-rich Gulf kingdom as a launchpad for a possible war on Iran over Tehran's disputed nuclear programme. Two days before a visit to Saudi Arabia by US President George W. Bush, the pro-government daily Al-Riyadh said: "We refuse to be used to launch wars or tensions with Iran. "This issue can be ... more |
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Montreal, Canada (SPX) Jan 14, 2008An international research team has discovered that a magnetic field can interact with the electrons in a superconductor in ways never before observed. Andrea D. Bianchi, the lead researcher from the Universite de Montreal, explains in the January 11 edition of Science magazine what he discovered in an exceptional compound of metals - a combination of cobalt, indium and a rare earth - that loses ... more Enel And GE Soar To New Heights At Texas Wind Farm With Tallest Turbine Towers In US 
Snyder TX (SPX) Jan 14, 2008Enel SpA, through its subsidiary Enel North America, announced the completion of a wind farm in Texas with the tallest utility-scale wind turbines in the United States as well as investments by an affiliate of GE Energy Financial Services, the energy investing unit of GE. The Snyder Wind project in Scurry County, Texas, between Abilene and Lubbock, comprises 21 Vestas V90 3.0 megawatt wind turbi ... more General Cable Announces First Offshore Windfarm Contract Award 
Nordenham, Germany (SPX) Jan 14, 2008General Cable reported that its subsidiary, Norddeutsche Seekablewerke GmbH (NSW), has been awarded its first submarine power contract by BARD Engineering GmbH, for more than $30 million related to the construction of BARD Offshore 1. BARD Offshore 1 is a 400 megawatt wind farm consisting of 80 wind turbines that will be located north-west of the Isle of Borkum in the North Sea. BARD Offsh ... more Ethiopia inks multi-million dlr deals with China, India 
Addis Ababa (AFP) Jan 11, 2008Ethiopia received millions of dollars in loans and grants on Friday in deals with China and India, officials said here. China gave Ethiopia some four million dollars for agricultural and government administration projects, while India loaned the Horn of Africa nation 640 million dollars (433 million dollars) to boost sugar production. "China is a very vital partner not only for Ethiopia, ... more City Of Palo Alto's Green Energy Program Best In Country 
Roseville CA (SPX) Jan 14, 2008The City of Palo Alto recently celebrated its ranking as the number one renewable energy program in the U.S., according to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). PaloAltoGreen, a voluntary green energy purchasing program, now boasts a membership of one in five ratepayers. While the national average for enrollment in similar programs is less than two percent, PaloAltoGreen saw a five pe ... more
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