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Czech officials urge business deals in missile shield project
Prague (AFP) Jan 16, 2008Czech officials on Wednesday called for their country to benefit from specific industrial spin-offs if a US defensive missile shield is to be sited in the Czech Republic. "This is not only a strategic alliance, it is not only a military alliance but it is also a business alliance that we want to promote," Czech Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Pojar told a meeting that is to lay the ground for ... more Tank And Rocket Chaos Besets Russia Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Jan 16, 2008The Russian defense industry, like any modern institution, plans ahead. Thus four-star Army Gen. Yury Baluyevsky, chief of the General Staff of Russia's armed forces, told a meeting of the Federation Council, the upper house of the Russian Parliament, in mid-November 2007 that "we have already started creating a new program to last until 2020." As a result, this year promises a lot in ... more Iran sees end to nuclear crisis 'very soon' 
Madrid (AFP) Jan 16, 2008Iran voiced optimism Wednesday that the international crisis over its nuclear programme would soon be resolved "once and for all". "We think the conditions and circumstances are quite favourable and we are getting ready to solve the (nuclear) issue once and for all," Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri told reporters. The head of the UN's nuclear watchdog agency, Mohammed ElBarad ... more US Navy Selects Northrop Grumman For Counter Radio-Controlled IED Electronic Warfare Systems 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jan 17, 2008The U.S. Navy has selected Northrop Grumman for the design, development and delivery of dismounted and mounted development models for Counter Radio-Controlled Improvised Explosive Device (RCIED) Electronic Warfare (CREW) systems. Dismounted and mounted CREW systems are two elements of the U.S. Defense Department's Joint Counter RCIED Electronic Warfare program. CREW systems are electronic jammer ... more BAE Systems Demonstrates Upgraded Airborne Reconnaissance System 
Greenlawn NY (SPX) Jan 17, 2008BAE Systems has demonstrated an upgraded airborne reconnaissance system capable of transmitting and receiving data over long distances. The new technology allows real-time analysis of image data by U.S. Air Force image analysts. BAE Systems, working under an $11.5 million Air Force contract with industry partners and the Air National Guard, incorporated and demonstrated the long-range data ... more |
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Denver CO (SPX) Jan 17, 2008The modernized Global Positioning System Block IIR (GPS IIR-M) satellite, launched from Cape Canaveral on Dec. 20, 2007, has been declared fully operational for military and civilian navigation users around the globe, following a record-setting on-orbit deployment by a joint U.S. Air Force/Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] team. Lockheed Martin's operations team assisted Air Force Space Command' ... more Analysis: Terror attack in Kabul 
Washington (UPI) Jan 16, 2008To hear his friends and colleagues tell it, Thor Hesla, the U.S. aid worker killed in a Taliban suicide attack in Kabul Monday, was exactly the kind of American who made an eventual U.S. victory possible in the battle for hearts and minds in Afghanistan. Hesla, a Washington contractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development, was among eight people, including several foreigners ... more US diplomat casts doubt on new Iran nuclear deadline 
Ljubljana (AFP) Jan 16, 2008A US diplomat expressed doubts here Wednesday that Iran would clear up remaining questions on its nuclear programme before a mid-February deadline, after failing to live up to earlier promises. "We are disappointed that Iran failed to meet the November deadline, the December deadline...," the US ambassador to the UN in Vienna Greg Shulte, who was speaking at the Slovenian Society for Intern ... more Indonesia, China to enhance defence cooperation: report 
Jakarta (AFP) Jan 16, 2008Indonesia and China are working on boosting their defence cooperation, the two countries said as China's defence minister Cao Gangchuan visited the Southeast Asian nation, a report said Wednesday. Indonesian defence minister Juwono Sudarsono said he and Cao had looked at ways to bolster their ties, such as in military hardware manufacturing, the Detikcom online news service said. Cao's v ... more High spirits drive speedy recovery after Indonesian quake 
Bantul, Indonesia (AFP) Jan 16, 2008With every step he takes, Sukasdi feels a shard of pain shoot down his back, reminding him of the day two years ago that a powerful earthquake destroyed his home and broke his spine. "I had to stay more than a month in hospital. I didn't know what had happened to my family and home, so I insisted on going home," says the wiry survivor who still moves slowly but speaks with a lively sparkle i ... more |
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Miami (UPI) Jan 16, 2008Brazil has signed a deal with Cuba to begin exploring its potentially oil-rich waters in the Gulf of Mexico in exchange for a multimillion-dollar aid program. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva met with acting Cuban leader Raul Castro Tuesday in Havana to ink the deal that would give Brazil's Petrobras access to Cuban waters, where it hopes to begin drilling in the next two y ... more Analysis: Iraq oil flow actually lower 
Washington (UPI) Jan 16, 2008New reports on Iraq oil production find it flat, possibly decreasing, dampening expectations the sector was steadily advancing in the final months of 2007. The needs of Iraq's oil sector to continue and expand are not new. But the inability to exact levels of oil flow -- particularly the exports that bring in the tens of billions of dollars a year that support the federal budget -- hig ... more EU wants Germany to double clean energy output: report 
Frankfurt (AFP) Jan 16, 2008The European Commission wants Germany to double the percentage of renewable energy in its overall consumption to 18 percent by 2020, a press report said, quoting EU diplomatic sources. The European Union's executive branch wants France to raise its share of energy produced by solar, wind and other clean power generating methods to 23 percent over the next 12 years, the daily Handelsblatt sai ... more The world's major oil spills and their legal follow up 
Paris (AFP) Jan 16, 2008A French court Wednesday handed down a ruling in a landmark case against oil giant Total and other parties, accused of responsibility for one of France's worst environmental disasters. The Erika tanker was carrying 30,000 tonnes of heavy fuel oil when it broke in two and sank off the Brittany coast on December 12, 1999, polluting a large stretch of coastline and killing tens of thousands of ... more China's Africa fund makes 90 million dollar debut: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 16, 2008A Beijing-backed equity fund that aims to boost Sino-African ties has signed a first batch of investment deals worth more than 90 million dollars, state media reported Wednesday. The China Africa Development Fund would invest the money in Sinosteel and three other Chinese companies with projects in Africa, with a total cost of four billion dollars, the China Securities Journal said. They ... more
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