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Dogs of War: Two little words
Washington (UPI) Jun 13, 2008 How much argument can there be over the definition of two words? A lot, it turns out, if those two words are "inherently governmental" and if they appear in federal documents defining what functions U.S. agencies cannot contract out to the private sector. What are inherently governmental functions? Once upon a time they definitely used to include those activities done by the ... more Iraq PM sets deadline for Shiite fighters in south province 
Baghdad (AFP) June 15, 2008Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki has given militiamen in the southern province of Maysan four days to surrender their weapons ahead of a planned military assault in the Shiite bastion. "Those who have heavy and medium weapons, explosives or sniper guns, must hand them over to the security forces over the next four days until June 18 in return for cash," Maliki said in a statement issued ... more Maliki says talks on Iraq-US security pact deadlocked 
Amman (AFP) June 13, 2008Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki said on Friday that negotiations with the United States on a long-term security pact were deadlocked because of concern the deal infringes Iraqi sovereignty. "We have reached an impasse because when we opened these negotiations we did not realise that the US demands would so deeply affect Iraqi sovereignty and this is something we can never accept," he ... more Blueprints for advanced nukes possibly sold: report 
Washington (AFP) June 14, 2008A report compiled by a former UN arms inspector warns that an international smuggling ring that sold bomb-related parts to Libya, Iran and North Korea also managed to acquire blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon, The Washington Post reported Sunday. The newspaper said a copy of the draft it had obtained suggests the plans could have been shared secretly with a number of countries or ... more Military Matters: Learning from France 
Washington (UPI) Jun 13, 2008 Robert Doughty's "Pyrrhic Victory: French Strategy and Operations in the Great War," published in 2005, completes his trilogy on the French army from 1914 to 1940. Both of Doughty's other books, "The Seeds of Disaster," which is the definitive history of the French army doctrinal development between the wars, and "The Breaking Point," the story of the French defeat at Sedan in 1940 ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) June 13, 2008The United States urged its allies Friday to live up to past pledges of troops and equipment to Afghanistan, as the NATO-led security force there struggles to cope with a Taliban and Al-Qaeda insurgency. "I expect government decisions and actions to match government rhetoric," US Defense Secretary Robert Gates told reporters after talks with allied defence ministers at NATO headquarters in ... more US favours diplomacy in Iran nuclear row: Rice 
Jerusalem (AFP) June 15, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said on Sunday that the US administration was giving priority to solving its row with Iran over its nuclear programme through diplomatic channels. "We have made very clear, and the president has made very clear that, while taking no option off the table, the US policy is that this can work diplomatically," Rice said during a visit to Israel. ... more The Russian US ABM Deadlock Continues Part Two 
Moscow (UPI) Jun 13, 2008 There is one contradiction in the rhetoric of Russian military leaders. For more than two years, they have been saying that Russia's strategic interests will be threatened if the United States deploys missile defense elements in Europe or elsewhere. Until recently, they emphasized that Russia would make an asymmetric response to the U.S. plans by consolidating and upgrading its nuclear ... more Sadr group to boycott Iraq local elections 
Najaf, Iraq (AFP) June 15, 2008In a fresh blow to Iraq's embattled political process, hardline Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's group said on Sunday it will boycott October elections which Washington sees as critical to stabilising the country. The decision comes two days after the powerful anti-American cleric decided to restructure his feared Mahdi Army militia and ahead of an expected military assault on his militiamen ... more Missile strike kills militant in Pakistan: officials 
Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) June 14, 2008An unmanned drone aircraft launched a missile after coming under fire from the ground in Pakistan's tribal belt bordering Afghanistan Saturday, killing one militant, officials said. The incident in Makeen, in the insurgency-hit South Waziristan tribal region, comes just days after an airstrike by US-led coalition forces based in Afghanistan that Pakistan said had killed 11 of its troops. ... more |
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Baghdad (UPI) Jun 16, 2008The Iraqi central and Kurdish regional governments are ready to export. Energy ministers from both Baghdad and the Kurdistan Regional Government said an agreement on exporting oil produced by Norway's DNO is possible, though official approval has not been finalized. Production from the 20 oil deals signed by the KRG with international oil companies was thought to be in ... more US urges support for clean technology fund 
Osaka (AFP) June 13, 2008US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Friday urged rich countries to contribute to a fund of up to 10 billion dollars to help emerging nations switch to clean technologies to tackle climate change. The United States, Japan and Britain have proposed setting up a multilateral fund involving the World Bank that would help emerging economies to slash greenhouse gas emissions blamed for global ... more Designing Microchips That Contain Multiple Selves 
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 13, 2008Rice University computer engineers have created a way to design integrated circuits that can contain many multiple selves. The chips can assume one identify or a subset of identities at a time, depending on the user's needs. New research shows that multiple "personalities" in an integrated circuit can be even a more powerful security mechanism that can be used for a variety of digital right ... more Physicists Produce Quantum-Entangled Images 
Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Jun 13, 2008Using a convenient and flexible method for creating twin light beams, researchers at the Joint Quantum Institute (JQI) of the Commerce Deparent's National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the University of Maryland have produced "quantum images," pairs of information-rich visual patterns whose features are "entangled," or inextricably linked by the laws of quantum physics. ... more Western Australian gas explosion crisis to worsen: premier 
Perth (AFP) June 15, 2008A crisis triggered by an explosion at a Western Australian gas plant will worsen this week, state Premier Alan Carpenter said Sunday as unions warned thousands could lose their jobs. The June 3 blast at the Apache Energy plant on Varanus Island cut off one-third of the state's gas supply and the company says it will be up to two months before supply is partially resumed. Carpenter said ... more
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