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Analysis: Fallujah's jail challenges U.S.
Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2008 The U.S. military says it is taking steps to alleviate conditions at the Iraqi-run city jail in Fallujah after recent visitors found a filthy, overcrowded facility where prisoners had to provide their own food. The episode demonstrates how far Iraq's judicial and penal institutions still have to go under U.S. tutelage before they meet minimally acceptable standards. Lt. Col. Michael ... more Four Iraq Shiite militants killed in US air strike 
Baghdad (AFP) March 26, 2008A US air strike killed four Shiite militants in the central Iraqi city of Hilla on Wednesday, the American military said. A military spokesman said Iraqi police called for US air support after clashing with a number of "special group criminals" in Hilla, about 120 kilometres (75 miles) south of Baghdad. "Initial reports indicate that four special group criminals were killed in the air ... more Pentagon says new Iraq fighting arises from surge's success 
Washington (AFP) March 26, 2008The Pentagon on Wednesday said an eruption of violence in southern Iraq, where US-backed government forces were battling Shiite militias, was a "by-product of the success of the surge." Pentagon press secretary Geoff Morrell said it showed that the Iraqi government and security forces were now confident enough to take the initiative against Shiite extremists in the southern port of Basra. ... more Russia Postpones Launch Of German Spy Satellite 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Mar 27, 2008The launch of a Russian carrier rocket with a German satellite from the Plesetsk space center in northern Russia has been postponed until March 26 due to poor weather, a spokesman for Russia's Space Forces said on Tuesday. The German SAR-Lupe satellite is designed to provide high-resolution radar images to NATO military commanders in Europe. It offers spatial resolution of less than 1 meter, and ... more Raytheon Awarded Contract for NATO SEASPARROW Surface Missile System 
Tewksbury MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2008Raytheon has been awarded a $17.8 million contract from the U.S. Navy and the NATO SEASPARROW Project Office for the company's MK57, MK29 and MK73 NATO SEASPARROW missile systems. Under the contract, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) will assemble, test, and deliver components and support for the systems, which enable critical self-defense capabilities for U.S. and allied navy surface ... more |
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Washington (AFP) March 26, 2008US President George W. Bush and Chinese leader Hu Jintao agreed during a phone call Wednesday to maintain pressure on North Korea to honor its pledge to dismantle its nuclear weapons, the White House said. Bush and Hu "pledged to continue to work closely with the other six-party partners in urging North Korea to deliver a complete and correct declaration of all its nuclear weapons programs ... more US, SKorea demand NKorea submit full nuclear declaration 
Washington (AFP) March 26, 2008The United States and South Korea called on North Korea Wednesday to submit a full declaration of its nuclear arms program as soon as possible, saying time and patience were running out. After talks here, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Pyongyang's reluctance to provide the declaration was holding up multilateral talks to end the Stalinist state's nuclear weapons drive while her ... more US warns North Korean politics could scuttle nuclear deal 
Washington (AFP) March 25, 2008The United States warned Tuesday that internal politics in North Korea could scuttle a deal in which the hardline communist state would have to end its nuclear weapons drive. Christopher Hill, the chief US envoy to the six-party talks aimed at ending North Korea's nuclear arms pursuit, said Pyongyang had informed Washington on a number of occasions that it wanted to reach the deal before ... more Walker's World: What price NATO? 
Washington (UPI) Mar 26, 2008 The summit in London Thursday between French President Nicolas Sarkozy and his host, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, is likely to hinge on the price of NATO. It won't look that way. The atmospherics of the summit have been carefully prepared to distract attention from such serious matters. One meeting will be held at the Arsenal stadium, home to an English soccer club whose success ... more Foreign press visit Tibet as China says 660 surrendered 
Beijing (AFP) March 27, 2008China moved Wednesday to show it had the situation in Tibet under control, saying more than 660 people had surrendered over deadly unrest and escorting foreign journalists on a tour of the region. The media trip came as Chinese state-run press and online forums ramped up criticism over Western reporting about the unrest, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned he might boycott the opening ... more |
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Boston MA (SPX) Mar 27, 2008Researchers at Boston College and MIT have used nanotechnology to achieve a major increase in thermoelectric efficiency, a milestone that paves the way for a new generation of products - from semiconductors and air conditioners to car exhaust systems and solar power technology - that run cleaner. The team's low-cost approach, details of which are published today in the online version of ... more Parker Awarded Ohio Grant To Advance Wind Energy Technology 
Cleveland OH (SPX) Mar 27, 2008Parker Hannifin has announced that it was awarded a $1 million grant from the Ohio Third Frontier Advanced Energy Program for the commercialization of a hydraulic system developed by Parker for use in wind turbines. The targeted global wind turbine market for this technology is growing at over 20 percent per year. Hydraulic systems are integral to hundreds of markets and industries and have ... more Sanford, Florida Chooses MaxWest Environmental Systems To Turn Sludge Into Renewable Energy 
Sanford FL (SPX) Mar 27, 2008Sanford, Florida will be the first municipality in North America to adopt the MaxWest gasification system as an efficient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly way to dispose of biosolids. MaxWest Environmental Systems of Houston Texas has developed the gasification system, which converts sludge from the municipal wastewater treatment system into renewable, green energy. "Compared ... more Analysis: Oil tax upped in Venezuela 
Miami (UPI) Mar 26, 2008 Venezuela is set to impose a new tax on oil profits on petroleum earnings caused by soaring global oil prices, a move seen by some as an effort to replenish diminished state coffers. In light of recent oil prices exceeding $100 a barrel, President Hugo Chavez said Venezuela would readjust its tax scale, saying soaring profits were not "a product of any extraordinary effort." ... more Satellites Take Sustainability To New Heights 
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 26, 2008Shell Canada has incorporated Earth Observation data into its Sustainable Development Report, demonstrating the potential of satellites to provide a global and cost-effective way to measure objectively the sustainability of business activities. Companies that aim to create wealth while also contributing to the long-term quality of life and respect for the environment regularly issue environment ... more
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