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Royal Navy's Most Powerful Attack Submarine Returns To The Fleet
London, UK (SPX) Apr 08, 2008The Royal Navy's nuclear-powered attack submarine, HMS Torbay, is returning to the Fleet following a year-long pound8M refit at HM Naval Base Clyde, Faslane, which has equipped her to be the most powerful boat in the fleet. In addition to routine maintenance work, the Trafalgar class submarine has been upgraded to carry the latest longer-range Block 4 version of the Tomahawk cruise missile and a ... more Thales' I-Master Radar Reports Flight Trial Success 
London, UK (SPX) Apr 08, 2008Thales UK presented the I-Master radar in cooperation with Seabird Aviation at SOFEX 2008. Seabird Aviation and Thales are working together to study the incorporation of the I-Master radar onto the Seabird SB7L-360 Seeker to enable further joint success in approaching a particular segment of the global airborne surveillance market. The flight trials programme started in August 2007 and is ... more US planning open-ended military commitment in Iraq: report 
London (AFP) April 8, 2008A draft agreement between the United States and Iraq shows that the two countries are including a provision for an open-ended American military commitment to the war-torn country, The Guardian reported Tuesday. Citing a copy of the draft strategic framework agreement dated March 7 that it obtained, the newspaper said that the document is designed to replace the current United Nations mandate ... more Time running out to resolve NKorea nuclear impasse: US envoy 
Singapore (AFP) April 8, 2008Efforts to resolve the North Korean nuclear disarmament impasse are running out of time, a US envoy warned Tuesday. "I will be discussing the fact that we are kind of running out of time," US negotiator Christopher Hill told reporters before heading into talks in Singapore with his North Korean counterpart Kim Kye-Gwan. "We're not looking for an agreement. I think we're looking to have ... more Reserve Officials Activate Space Wing 
Peterson AFB CO (SPX) Apr 09, 2008Air Force Reserve Command officials stood up its first space wing, the 310th Space Wing, April 4 at Peterson Air Force Base. The 310th SW expanded from a group to a wing March 7 and was officially recognized at the ceremony attended by Gen. C. Robert "Bob" Kehler, the commander of Air Force Space Command, and officiated by Lt. Gen. John A. Bradley, the chief of Air Force Reserve and commander of ... more |
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Killeen TX (SPX) Apr 09, 2008Proactive Communications and Digital Consulting Services (DCS) have announced the completion schedule for the final phase of the Florida National Guard's (FLNG) superior mobile Emergency Response Network. The advanced system will be operational by July for the beginning of the Atlantic hurricane season. By adding four air-liftable vehicles to the system, the enhanced mobility of the Emerge ... more Iran Targets New Yellowcake Plant As US Threatens More Sanctions 
Tehran (AFP) April 8, 2008Iran on Tuesday said it had started work to install thousands of new centrifuges to enrich uranium at its main nuclear plant, angering world powers who fear Tehran wants to develop an atomic weapon. "Today, the phase for installing 6,000 new centrifuges at the facility in Natanz has started," the state broadcaster's website quoted President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as saying at the atomic plant. ... more Outside View: Bush, Ukraine look westward 
Moscow (UPI) Apr 08, 2008 Why are President Bush and his administration suddenly interested in Ukraine just nine months before the end of his term? Pushing Ukraine or Georgia into NATO in his remaining months in office is Bush's only chance at scoring a major success in Eastern Europe. This is why he was so determined to go there, ignoring Russia's objections and doubts of U.S. traditional European allies. ... more China says it has brought 'golden age' to Tibet 
Beijing (AFP) April 8, 2008Tibetans are enjoying a "golden age" under Chinese rule, while the Dalai Lama aims to drag the region back to the "dark ages" of feudal serfdom, China said on Tuesday. "I believe you can see clearly that the economic, social and cultural development of Tibet are in a golden age," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters. She spoke after defending Chinese rule by listing polic ... more Growing anti-China protests underscore clout of Tibet lobby 
Washington (AFP) April 7, 2008Spontaneous anti-China protests disrupting the Beijing Olympic torch relay underscore the growing clout of the Tibetan exile lobby, which has strategically galvanized support of civil society groups, experts say. The lobby has forged links at diverse levels, ranging from colleges, universities and monasteries to human rights and media groups to the real centers of power and the rich and famo ... more |
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Mount Joy PA (SPX) Apr 09, 2008High quality carbon offsets provider NativeEnergy is proud to announce the Brubaker Farms' family dairy farm methane project, a new anaerobic digester/generator system built in reliance on carbon offset funding provided by NativeEnergy and grants from the State of Pennsylvania and U.S. Department of Agriculture. During the official dedication ceremony at Brubaker Farms on April 16th, Penns ... more China's Avant-Garde Agrarian Policies Provide Fresh Impetus To Its Biofuel Market 
Beijing, China (SPX) Apr 09, 2008China's quest for renewable energy options has opened new avenues for its biofuel market. The country has been intensifying efforts to find suitable solutions to address its energy concerns, and biofuels have emerged as an obvious solution, as they do not exhibit the detrimental climate changing effects associated with fossil fuels. New analysis from Frost and Sullivan, Strategic Analysis ... more US says Central Asian bloc not turning into military alliance 
Washington (AFP) April 8, 2008The United States said Tuesday a Central Asian bloc dominated by Russia and China was unlikely to turn into a military alliance but expressed concern over Iran's potential membership. The six-nation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) -- comprising China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan -- seemed to have returned to its original goals of mostly improving border ... more Analysis: Pemex reform a sticky issue 
Miami, April 8, 2008 Mexican President Felipe Calderon is facing growing pressure to present to Congress his reform proposal for the country's energy sector, experts say. Calderon is expected to make his formal presentation to Mexican lawmakers this week, a proposal that will presumably call for state-run Pemex to team up with foreign firms to explore the country's deepwater oil potential off the coast of ... more Chemists work on bamboo fabric development 
Fort Collins, Colo., April 8, 2008 U.S. chemists said they've solved two problems that have slowed marketplace adoption of bamboo garments and other consumer products. Colorado State University graduate student Subhash Appidi and Associate Professor Ajoy Sarkar have discovered now to make bamboo fabric that's resistant to the sun's ultraviolet radiation and also has anti-bacterial properties. "Bamboo is environmen ... more
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