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Outside View: MiGs for NATO? -- Part 2
Moscow, March 13, 2008The Russian-manufactured BTSVM MVK-03 computer will provide the backbone of a weapons control system for the MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters being sold to the Slovak air force, because the Slovak air force has large stockpiles of Russian-made bombs and missiles that are difficult to combine with Western weapons control systems. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization and Russia use different ... more Pentagon turns up dozens of interrogation videotapes: officials 
Washington (AFP) March 13, 2008A Pentagon review has turned up several dozen videotapes of detainee interrogations, including one that shows a detainee having his mouth duct-taped to stop him from chanting, US defense officials said Thursday. Lawyers for the detainee, Ali al-Marri, said they have petitioned a federal court to order an improvement in conditions of his incarceration, citing his prolonged isolation and ... more No link between Saddam and Al Qaeda: Pentagon study 
Washington (AFP) March 13, 2008A detailed Pentagon study confirms there was no direct link between Iraqi ex-leader Saddam Hussein and the Al Qaeda network, debunking a claim President George W. Bush's administration used to justify invading Iraq. The US administration on Thursday tried to bury the release of the study, limiting distribution of the report and making it available only at individual request and by mail -- in ... more Warplanes, rockets end Gaza lull 
Gaza City (AFP) March 13, 2008Israeli warplanes hit Hamas-run Gaza on Thursday after militants rattled the Jewish state with rocket fire, ending a five-day lull and threatening efforts to push forward Middle East peace talks. The violence flared within hours of an Israeli operation on Wednesday in the West Bank town of Bethlehem, where undercover special forces killed four Palestinian militants, including two senior ... more Luxembourg Armed Forces Acquire The Dingo Two 
Munich, Germany (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Following Germany, Austria, Belgium and the Czech Republic, Luxembourg is now the fifth user state to place its trust in DINGO 2 patrol and security vehicles from Krauss-Maffei Wegmann for the protection of its soldiers on missions abroad. The armed forces of Luxembourg, whose soldiers are deployed in the context of the ISAF mission in Afghanistan, among other places, are acquiring 48 DINGO 2 ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) March 13, 2008Japan put into service Thursday its sixth destroyer equipped with the high-tech Aegis radar system, three weeks after an identical vessel rammed and sank a tuna boat killing two fishermen. The US-developed Aegis system can track incoming missiles by radar. It is seen as Japan's frontline defence against nuclear-armed North Korea. The 7,750-tonne destroyer Ashigara was handed over to the ... more CIA chief says China not acting as "responsible" major power 
Washington (AFP) March 13, 2008CIA chief Michael Hayden said in a report Thursday that China was not behaving like a responsible major power, accusing the Asian giant of pouring aid to South Pacific islands merely to win UN votes. Chinese communist leaders "have not yet stepped up to the responsibility of a major power" and so far have failed to understand "they actually have some responsibility for the maintenance of ... more Analysis: Lebanon pregnant with danger 
Washington, March 13, 2008It was late November 2007 when the already extended mandate of Lebanese President Emile Lahoud expired, the former president wished his staff at the presidential palace in Baabda good luck and goodbye, got into his armor-plated limousine and drove off into the night. Four months later and 16 attempts at staging elections to fill the vacant presidency, Baabda Palace remains unoccupied -- and ... more Analysis: India looks to bolster CBI 
New Delhi, March 13, 2008An Indian parliamentary panel has asked the government to grant statutory powers to the Central Bureau of Investigation to directly look into crimes related to terrorist attacks and human trafficking. The panel, attached to the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice under which the CBI, India's top investigating agency, falls, in its report submitted to Parliament ... more Top Thai tsunami expert resigns over 'lack of support' 
Bangkok (AFP) March 13, 2008A top Thai meteorologist, tasked with issuing tsunami alerts to avoid a repeat of the 2004 Indian Ocean disaster, said Thursday he would quit, complaining of a lack of government support. Smith Dharmasaroja, the chief of the National Disaster Warning Centre, said he would tender his resignation to the science and technology minister. "We don't have enough support from the government," ... more |
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Tokyo (AFP) March 13, 2008Iran on Thursday reassured Japan, the top buyer of its oil, that it would continue to be a stable supplier despite fresh UN sanctions over the Islamic Republic's contested nuclear programme. The United Nations Security Council last week slapped a third set of sanctions against Tehran over its refusal to halt uranium enrichment, which the United States and Europe say is for nuclear armament. ... more Pennsylvania Begins Work On New Biorefinery 
Clearfield PA (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Governor Edward G. Rendell said that Pennsylvanias energy future begins in Clearfield with the groundbreaking for BioEnergy's new ethanol biorefinery, which will be Pennsylvanias first such facility and one of the largest in the nation when operational. The commonwealth offered $17.4 million in August 2006 to help launch the $265 million project, which, along with a companion research and ... more Aviation industry must act fast on climate change: Airbus chief 
London (AFP) March 13, 2008The aviation industry must act quickly to lower its own carbon emissions or face government regulation, the chief executive of European plane company Airbus wrote in a comment piece Thursday. Writing in The Guardian daily, Tom Enders said that this year was a "moment of truth for aviation" where the industry could either take "significant action together ... or as the time we lost control of ... more Powerspan To Demonstrate Carbon Capture Technology At Antelope Valley Station 
Bismarck ND (SPX) Mar 14, 2008Basin Electric Power Cooperative and Powerspan have announced the selection of Powerspan's carbon dioxide (CO2) capture technology for a commercial demonstration at Basin Electric's coal-based electrical generation facility, the Antelope Valley Station located near Beulah, North Dakota. Approximately one million tons of CO2 will be captured annually from the 120 megawatt slipstream project ... more Analysis: Nigeria busts oil-stealing ring 
Nigerian security officials said they discovered a complex oil-stealing scheme involving a secret oil pipeline through a militant camp and onto a private jetty. The pipeline was discovered running through the petroleum-rich Niger Delta and through a camp said to be led by the militant commander Ateke Tom. In an interview with the BBC, Tom denied playing a role in the illegal pipeline. ... more
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