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Iran won't 'trade dignity' on nuclear drive: Ahmadinejad
Tehran (AFP) June 11, 2008Iran will not trade its "dignity" in its nuclear programme, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Wednesday, days ahead of a visit by the EU foreign policy chief to offer Tehran a new incentives package. "They think they can trample on the Iranian nation's dignity with such things," the ISNA news agency quoted Ahmadinejad as saying in a speech in the province of Chaharmahal Bakhtiari ... more Analysis: Bush finds allies against Iran 
Berlin (UPI) Jun 11, 2008 U.S. President George W. Bush on his farewell tour through Europe won the European Union's backing for additional sanctions against Iran. "Iran with a nuclear weapon would be incredibly dangerous for world peace," Bush said after his final U.S.-EU summit in Brdo, Slovenia. "Now is the time for all of us to work together to stop them." EU leaders during the Tuesday meeting agreed ... more Russia Destroys 20 Ballistic Missiles In 2008 Under START Treaty 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 12, 2008Russia has destroyed and sent for scrap about 20 intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) and 12 mobile missile launchers since the start of 2008, the Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) said on Monday. "Since January 2008, the SMF have destroyed and sent for scrap about 20 ICBMs whose service life has expired," the SMF said in a statement, adding the missiles were scrapped as part of the ... more Special Cell Set Up To Counter Growing Threat To Space Assets 
New Dehli, India (SPX) Jun 12, 2008The Defence Minister Shri AK Antony has announced the formation of an Integrated Space Cell under the aegis of the Integrated Defence Services Head Quarters to counter 'the growing threat to our space assets'. Addressing the Unified Commanders' Conference here, he said, although we want to utilize space for peaceful purposes and remain committed to our policy of non-weaponisation of space ... more USAF And ISAF Act In Iraq And Afghanistan 
Southwest Asia (AFNS) Jun 12, 2008Coalition airpower integrated with coalition ground forces in Iraq and International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan during operations June 9, according to Combined Air and Space Operations Center officials here. In Afghanistan, Air Force F-15E Strike Eagles performed shows of force to deter enemy activities in Bermel. An on-scene joint terminal attack controller confirmed the ... more |
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Ottawa (AFP) June 11, 2008Canadian diplomats and troops should try talking to the Taliban to stem their insurgency in Afghanistan, a Canadian senate committee said Wednesday in a report. Otherwise, the NATO-led battle for Afghanistan could last "a very long time if there is no attempt to resolve the issue through diplomacy," the committee warned. In May, Defense Minister Peter MacKay said Ottawa would never ... more Lockheed Martin To Upgrade Battle Management System For USAF 
Colorado Springs CO (SPX) Jun 12, 2008The U.S. Air Force Electronic System Center has selected Lockheed Martin to upgrade the U.S. Air Force flying unit command and control capability formerly under the Theater Battle Management Control System (TBMCS) contract. Under this contract, Lockheed Martin will provide users at more than 46 fixed and expeditionary bases with an improved suite of tools at the wing and squadron level. ... more LockMart Completes Major Hardware Integration Milestone On Second Advanced EHF Satellite 
Sunnyvale CA (SPX) Jun 12, 2008Lockheed Martin has announced that it has successfully mated the spacecraft core structure and the payload module for the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite. The U.S. Air Force's AEHF system will provide global, highly secure, protected, survivable communications for all warfighters serving under the U.S. Department of Defense. Based on ... more Boeing Flight-Tests B-1 Equipped With New Targeting Pod 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Jun 12, 2008Boeing has announced it has successfully flight-tested an electro-optical/infrared targeting pod system designed for the B-1 bomber. A B-1 equipped with a Sniper XR electro-optical/infrared targeting pod completed a series of flights from the Air Force Flight Test Center at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. Boeing engineers have worked with the U.S. Air Force for the past 14 months to ... more Argon Awarded Next Phase of DARPA RSN Program 
Fairfax, VA (SPX) Jun 12, 2008Argon ST has been was awarded a contract option for Phase 1B of the Robust Surface Navigation (RSN) program from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). Under the contract option Argon will analyze navigation performance in GPS-denied environments and will develop the concept design for a Phase 2 demonstration. The award is the result of a successful Phase 1A ... more |
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Juyuan, China (AFP) June 11, 2008China has insisted it will not allow corruption to infect its huge earthquake reconstruction effort, but one month after the disaster not everyone is convinced reality will match the pledge. The temptation is clear -- billions of dollars have flowed into China from around the world to help survivors of the devastating May 12 quake that killed more than 69,000 people. China's government ... more China's 'quake lake' shrinks further: report 
Beijing (AFP) June 11, 2008A day after China declared victory over a dangerous "quake lake," waters receded further Wednesday, state press said, but authorities warned the danger period was not over due to predicted heavy rains. "More than half of the 250 million cubic metre (8.8 billion cubic feet) volume has been discharged and the number of people under threat had dropped from 1.3 million to less than 50,000," ... more All schools in China to be inspected for quake-resistance 
Beijing (AFP) June 11, 2008China has asked all schools to check the quake resistance of their buildings, an official said Wednesday, after thousands of children died in the Sichuan earthquake. The schools will have to be thoroughly checked by September 1, an official at China's Ministry of Education said, particularly those with concrete and brick structures that were built before 2001. "To improve the quake ... more 'Running' quake teacher sparks fenzied debate in China 
Beijing (AFP) June 11, 2008A teacher who fled a classroom, leaving his students behind when a massive earthquake hit southwest China found himself Wednesday at the centre of a frenzied media debate. Fan Meizhong, a teacher at Guangya school in Dujiangyan, near the epicentre of the quake, was nicknamed "Running Fan" after he abandoned his students -- who all survived -- in the May 12, 8.0-magnitude quake. Chinese ... more Soaring imports shrink China's trade surplus, stoke inflation 
Beijing (AFP) June 11, 2008Soaring imports caused China's trade surplus to shrink nearly 10 percent as rising global commodity prices stoked inflation in the domestic economy, official figures showed Wednesday. China's trade surplus stood at 20.2 billion dollars in May, down 9.9 percent from 12 months ago, prompted mainly by a 40-percent spike in imports to 100.3 billion dollars, according to customs data. ... more
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