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Outside View: India buys Russian -- Part 1
Moscow (UPI) Mar 18, 2008 On March 11 Russia and India signed a contract for the modernization of India's MiG-29s. After the modernization the machines, delivered to India by the former Soviet Union, will remain in service for another 20-25 years with greatly enhanced combat characteristics. Almost simultaneously, the media reported an agreement between the two countries on the modernization of the Russian ... more NKorea, US to hold more nuke talks 
Seoul (AFP) March 18, 2008North Korea has agreed to hold further talks with the United States in a bid to end the deadlock over its nuclear disarmament, the communist state's official media said Tuesday. The report by the Korean Central News Agency follows a meeting in Geneva last week between US and North Korean nuclear negotiators. The agency said the two sides had "an in-depth discussion" in Switzerland on the ... more NATO says air strike kills dozen insurgents in Afghanistan 
Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) March 18, 2008NATO war planes killed a dozen Taliban rebels in southern Afghanistan after bombing the vehicle in which they were travelling, the alliance said Tuesday, rejecting claims several civilians were killed. The air strike late Monday followed a Taliban attack on International Security Assistance Force soldiers, the ISAF said in a statement. The strike was called in against three vehicles ... more Feature: For troops, a low-key event 
Fob Normandy, Iraq (UPI) Mar 18, 2008 The fifth anniversary of U.S. forces entering Iraq to topple Saddam Hussein has arrived, and with it all the commentaries and recriminations resulting from a war gone bad, or at least one that hasn't turned out like initially expected. But amid the cacophony of the whys and wherefores, the coulda and shoulda prognostications, spare a thought or two for the people fighting the war. ... more Defense Focus: Air tanker war -- Part 3 
Washington (UPI) Mar 18, 2008 The continuing conflict between Northrop Grumman and Boeing over the U.S. Air Force's gigantic air tanker is unique in the recent history of U.S. military procurement. The interactions of the dozen or so largest U.S. defense contractors usually resemble an intricate minuet performed by gigantic dinosaurs with an infinite number of interacting appendages. The business of the biggest ... more |
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Moscow (AFP) March 17, 2008Russia and the United States sounded upbeat Monday about easing tensions between the two powers as President Vladimir Putin welcomed a "very serious" letter from US leader George W. Bush. In a far cry from the acrimony at similar meetings here six months ago, visiting US Defense Secretary Robert Gates and Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice hailed the positive tone of talks with Putin and ... more Thompson Files: Boeing's tanker arguments 
Arlington, Va. (UPI) Mar 18, 2008 When Boeing executives heard earlier this month they had failed to beat Northrop Grumman in any of the five selection criteria for the U.S. Air Force's future aerial-refueling tanker, they were incredulous. Their reaction turned to anger when they were debriefed on the decision by U.S. Air Force officials. Although the debrief confirmed that they were beaten on four of five measures ... more US-Russia fail to end missile defence dispute 
Moscow (AFP) March 18, 2008The United States and Russia failed in talks here Tuesday to bridge gaps over US missile defence plans and the fate of the main strategic arms treaty, but vowed to make a clean break with past tensions. Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, flanked by US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, told reporters that both sides had made "steady progress" on work to combat nuclear terrorism and ... more Tibet isolated after Chinese lockdown 
Beijing (AFP) March 18, 2008Tibet remained largely cut off from the outside world Tuesday after a crackdown by China, which said violence there was backed by the Dalai Lama and aimed at undermining the Olympic Games in Beijing. With the remote region under virtual lockdown by Chinese security forces, it was not known what had happened after an overnight deadline for protesters in Tibet to turn themselves in to authorities ... more New technology triggers battle for information from Tibet 
Beijing (AFP) March 18, 2008Blogs, chatrooms and mobile phones have helped information about Tibetan protests to stream out faster than ever, but China is also harnessing technology, as well as fear, to stem the flow. Internet users, journalists and campaign groups are all scrambling for information as they try to build up an independent picture of deadly protests and clampdowns in Tibet and elsewhere in China in the ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 18, 2008Foreign journalists may be allowed into Tibet, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Tuesday, but he gave no timeframe amid criticism the remote region had been sealed off following unrest there. "We would certainly consider the possibility of organising for foreign media to go to Tibet," Wen told reporters, after saying the situation in the region's capital, Lhasa, was returning to normal. ... more China concerned over falling US dollar, economy: Wen 
Beijing (AFP) March 18, 2008China is concerned about the falling US dollar and the state of the US economy, but domestic conditions would determine the nation's monetary and fiscal policy, Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday. "I am paying great attention to the world economy, I am especially worried about the US economy," Wen said at a press conference at the end of China's parliament. "What I'm worried about is that ... more China claims proof linking Dalai Lama to unrest 
Beijing (AFP) March 18, 2008China has evidence linking the Dalai Lama to the deadly unrest against Chinese rule in Tibet, Premier Wen Jiabao said Tuesday, as he called on the exiled leader to renounce independence ambitions. "We have plenty of evidence that proves that these incidents were organised, premeditated, masterminded and incited by the Dalai clique," Wen told reporters as he labelled the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize ... more Key To Using Local Resources For Biomass May Include Waste 
Richland WA (SPX) Mar 19, 2008The Northwest of the USA can have a sizeable biofuels industry based primarily on local resources - if non-traditional feedstocks, such as municipal waste, and new conversion technologies are used, according to a report issued by the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. It will be difficult for the Northwest to create a significant biofuels industry based on current ... more International Team Discovers New Family Of Superconductors 
Saskatoon, Canada (SPX) Mar 19, 2008University of Saskatchewan Canada Research Chair John Tse and colleagues in Germany have identified a new family of superconductors-research that could eventually lead to the design of better superconducting materials for a wide variety of industrial uses. In an article published in the prestigious journal Science, the team has produced the first experimental proof that superconductivity ... more
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