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US delegation to woo Czechs at missile shield seminar
Prague (AFP) Jan 14, 2008Top US officials and leaders in America's defence industry will be in Prague this week, the Czech foreign ministry said Monday, as Washington looks to push its plans for a European missile shield. Over 40 Czech companies and institutes are lined up to attend the two-day seminar from Wednesday where they will be wooed by US defence and aeronautics giants like Raytheon, Boeing, Lockheed Martin ... more Lockheed Martin Delivers Third Production Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) To US Navy 
Riviera Beach FL (SPX) Jan 15, 2008Lockheed Martin recently delivered the third production Remote Multi-Mission Vehicle (RMMV) to the U.S. Navy, increasing the mine countermeasures capability for both DDG 51 Arleigh Burke class destroyers and the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). The first and second RMMV were delivered to the Navy in April and August 2007, respectively. The RMMV is a robust unmanned, semi-submersible, semi-auto ... more Feature: Taking on al-Qaida in Diyala 
Fob Normandy, Iraq (UPI) Jan 14, 2008After six days of clearing operations against al-Qaida terrorists in Diyala's northern river valley in Iraq, U.S. military forces are preparing to transition to the holding stage of Operation Raider Harvest to lay the security groundwork for follow-on Iraqi security forces. Military authorities said though clearing operations are ongoing in the area, day-to-day security will increasingl ... more India and China pledge new era of cooperation 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2008China and India pledged Monday to strengthen trade and military links and seek a solution to a border row, as India's prime minister sought to cement a rapid improvement in ties with a landmark visit. The friendly atmosphere was tempered, however, by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's call for China to make concessions to reduce a growing two-way trade imbalance. Singh and his host Premier ... more Raytheon, US Navy And NASA Team Up For First-of-its-Kind Rolling Airframe Missile Wind Tunnel Test 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Jan 15, 2008Raytheon, partnering with the U.S. Navy and NASA, has successfully completed an innovative wind tunnel test of the company's Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) Block 2. Performed at the NASA Ames Unitary Plan Wind Tunnel facility in California, the exercise collected more than 500 gigabytes of aerodynamic data during 164 wind tunnel test hours that spanned four-and-a-half weeks. The RAM Block ... more |
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Milan, Italy (AFP) Jan 14, 2008The new year has proved a lethal one in European mountains, where avalanches in Italy, Austria, France and Switzerland have killed 26 people since January 1. The latest casualties were announced Monday, when Swiss police reported a 44-year-old Dutchman had died from his injuries after being swept away by an avalanche the day before while walking on snow shoes in eastern Switzerland. Mean ... more Taiwan-China ties set to improve: analysts 
Taipei (AFP) Jan 14, 2008Tensions between Taiwan and rival China will ease following the pro-Beijing opposition's big win in parliamentary elections, but thorny political disputes will not be resolved overnight, analysts say. China will be comforted by the Kuomintang's landslide win over the party of President Chen Shui-bian, who has repeatedly angered Beijing with his pro-independence rhetoric and persistent drive ... more China media warn over defeated Taiwan ruling party 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2008China's state-run media warned Monday that Taiwan's pro-independence ruling party could still "cause chaos" despite a massive setback in legislative elections. The People's Daily said the Democratic Progressive Party, or DPP, would stop at nothing to ensure victory in Taiwan's March presidential poll, including calling martial law or other emergency measures. "Some (DPP) authorities have ... more China warns US over Taiwan president's US stopover 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2008Beijing chided Washington on Monday for allowing Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian to make a travel stopover in the United States, calling him a "destroyer of peace". "Chen Shui-bian is a destroyer of peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits and a troublemaker in Sino-US relations," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a statement on the ministry's website. "We demand the US not ... more Very few Chinese migrant workers are happy: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2008Less than eight percent of China's 200 million migrant workers are happy with life in the city, as most complain of discrimination, overwork and low salaries, state press said Monday. Some 68 percent of 30,000 migrant workers in major Chinese cities said they faced discrimination from urban residents who do not "fully accept" them, according to a survey by Shanghai's Fudan University, the Ch ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Jan 14, 2008The European maker of Airbus planes said Monday it would build both military and civilian jets in the United States if it wins a massive US Air Force contract for refueling tanker planes. European Aeronautic Defence and Space Co. (EADS) said it would put production of the Northrop Grumman KC-30 Tanker platform and the Airbus A330 civilian freighter aircraft at its Mobile, Alabama, aerospace ... more EU to tighten restrictions on biofuels 
Brussels (AFP) Jan 14, 2008The European Commission said Monday it would propose tighter restrictions on biofuels next week amid mounting concerns that the energy source can cause unintended environmental and social problems. "What we are going to propose are strict conditions that biofuels used in the European market are produced in a sustainable way," Commission spokesman Ferran Tarradellas told journalists. Howe ... more GM to make biofuel out of garbage 
Detroit, Michigan (AFP) Jan 13, 2008General Motors Corp. is planning on making biofuel with garbage at a cost of less than a dollar a gallon, the company's chief has said. The US automaker has entered into a partnership with Illinois-based Coskata Inc. which has developed a way to make ethanol from practically any renewable source, including old tires and plant waste. The process is a significant improvement over corn-base ... more US missile shield would be major change of strategy: analysts 
Warsaw (AFP) Jan 11, 2008If a US missile shield goes ahead in Europe as planned it will be a major shift towards a defensive strategy of deterrence in a new era of nuclear proliferation and rogue regimes, analysts said. "The adoption of missile defence in Poland would imply a significant shift in Western strategic thinking," Benjamin Schreer, an analyst at the Berlin-based German Institute for International and Secu ... more 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
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