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Political progress in Iraq 'halting and superficial': US study
Washington (AFP) April 6, 2008The United States faces the risk of a costly, open-ended quagmire in Iraq because of a lack of political progress in the divided country, said a report by US experts released on Sunday. "Political progress is so slow, halting and superficial, and social and political fragmentation so pronounced, that the US is no closer to being able to leave Iraq than it was a year ago," said the US Institute ... more Nuclear scientist says he confessed to 'save' Pakistan 
Islamabad (AFP) April 7, 2008Detained Pakistani nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan said he took the blame four years ago for passing atomic secrets to Iran, North Korea and Libya in order to "save his country". Khan, who has been under effective house arrest since confessing on television in 2004 to running a proliferation network, added that the country's new government had not yet contacted him about his possible ... more China Goes Berserk In Russian Arms Bazaar Up Part One 
Stockholm, Sweden, April 7, 2008 Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, more than 90 percent of China's imports of major conventional weapons have been supplied by the Russian Federation. In this period China has become one of Russia's most valued customers, accounting for 39 percent of Russian exports of major conventional weapons. However, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute online Arms Transfers ... more Bush Scores Victory In BMD Plans For Europe Part Two 
Washington, April 7, 2008 The prospects for building the Bush administration's planned ballistic-missile defense bases in Poland and the Czech Republic now look much brighter because of dramatic and unanticipated domestic political developments within the United States. As we have documented in previous BMD Focus columns, the Democrat-controlled 110th Congress has forged an unexpectedly robust coalition to ... more Analysis: It's springtime; war in the air 
Washington, April 7, 2008 It's springtime in the Middle East once again, and that usually means that fighting season may breakout soon. Unless...The current stalemate in the Middle East peace process compiled with the buildup of tension on several fronts may result in an explosion of violence before any new breakthrough, such as renewed peace efforts are seriously undertaken. In fact, given the current condition ... more |
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Washington, April 7, 2008 Russian President Vladimir Putin is not a man to wear his heart on his sleeve. He is matter of fact and businesslike, adept at concealing his emotions and sticking to the point. So the occasional touches of a rare warmth on display in his farewell news conference Sunday with his American counterpart, the man he calls "George," were noteworthy. It is not as though this meeting was farewell ... more Israel Says Iran Will Be Destroyed If Attacked As Wargames Tests Massive Attack Scenario 
Jerusalem (AFP) April 7, 2008An Israeli government minister warned on Monday that Israel would respond to any Iranian attack by destroying that country, public radio reported. "An Iranian attack against Israel would trigger a tough reaction that would lead to the destruction of the Iranian nation," National Infrastructure Minister Benjamin Ben-Eliezer said in remarks of rare virulence. "Iranians are aware of our ... more NKorea says SKorean leader running risk of war 
Seoul (AFP) April 7, 2008North Korea Monday renewed its attacks on South Korea's new President Lee Myung-Bak, accusing him of pushing the peninsula closer to nuclear war. The communist party newspaper Rodong Sinmun poured scorn on his decision to link economic aid to the North's nuclear disarmament, and said he should order the United States to withdraw "its nuclear weapons massively stockpiled in South Korea." ... more US may sell F-16s to Taiwan's new govt after May: air force 
Taipei (AFP) April 7, 2008A top Taiwan air force officer said Monday that the United States may clear the island's bid to buy 66 F-16 fighters after the island's new president takes office, a move that could irk China. Taiwan had applied to the US government to buy the F-16 C/D fighters in early 2007, but observers said Washington held up the deal because it didn't approve of Taipei's efforts to hold a vote on applying ... more US-Russia Strategic Framework Declaration 
Sochi, Russia (SPX) Apr 07, 2008The United States and Russia, in their Joint Declaration of May 24, 2002, have reaffirmed that the era in which the United States and Russia considered one another an enemy or strategic threat has ended. We reject the zero-sum thinking of the Cold War when "what was good for Russia was bad for America" and vice versa. Rather, we are dedicated to working together and with other nations to a ... more |
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Jakarta (AFP) April 7, 2008Indonesia is failing to halt the destruction of its peatland forests despite promising to do so during last year's climate change conference in Bali, pressure group Greenpeace said Monday. Greenpeace said its workers had witnessed two palm oil companies illegally clearing government-owned land on Sumatra island in March. "Last month, a Greenpeace team revisited an area of Sumatra's Riau ... more New Community Uses Technology To Marry Green Living With 19th Century Shingle Design 
North Stamford CT (SPX) Apr 07, 2008A developer is taking "green" design to another level with a new community that may be one of the most eco-friendly residential developments in the nation. Windermere on the Lake, which is under construction in North Stamford, Connecticut, utilizes the latest "green" technologies and environmentally sensitive habitat management plans to create a residential enclave in harmony with the natural ... more More Solid Than Solid: A Potential Hydrogen-storage Compound 
Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Apr 07, 2008One of the key engineering challenges to building a clean, efficient, hydrogen-powered car is how to design the fuel tank. Storing enough raw hydrogen for a reasonable driving range would require either impractically high pressures for gaseous hydrogen or extremely low temperatures for liquid hydrogen. In a new paper researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology's Center ... more Hybrid Computer Materials May Lead To Faster, Cheaper Technology 
Columbia MO (SPX) Apr 08, 2008A modern computer contains two different types of components: magnetic components, which perform memory functions, and semiconductor components, which perform logic operations. A University of Missouri researcher, as part of a multi-university research team, is working to combine these two functions in a single hybrid material. This new material would allow seamless integration of memory a ... more China, NZealand sign free trade pact 
Beijing (AFP) April 7, 2008New Zealand signed a free-trade agreement with China on Monday, making it the first developed economy to enter such a pact with the Asian giant, officials said. The agreement, which will eventually all but eliminate tariffs between the two nations, will also have positive effects in other areas, said New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark, who attended the signing ceremony in Beijing. ... more
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