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Afghan army, NATO redeploy forces to respond to jailbreak threat
Kabul (AFP) June 16, 2008Afghan and NATO troops have redeployed into the southern Afghan province of Kandahar to respond to a "potential threat" from hundreds of Taliban who recently escaped from jail, the forces said Monday. Afghan defence ministry spokesman Mohammad Zahir Azimi told a news conference in Kabul that "several" Afghan army units were dispatched to Kandahar to hunt the escaped rebels and respond to any ... more EADS Tanker Woes Part One 
Washington (UPI) Jun 16, 2008 Imagine a bizarre scenario in which the president of the United States had to ask permission from foreign leaders to use a critical missile-defense system, starting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy and ending, hat in hand, with German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin. Until recently, that scenario was fancifully unimaginable. The United States has long been the global leader in ... more Type And Severity Of Combat Wounds In Iraq War Have Changed Over Time 
Washington DC (SPX) Jun 17, 2008The transition in Iraq from maneuver warfare to insurgency warfare is associated with changes in the type and severity of injuries treated by surgical units of the U.S. Marine Corps, according to a report in the June issue of Archives of Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals. In the second, insurgent phase of the war, injuries have been more severe, transport times longer, more ... more SAIC Awarded Contract From DARPA To Support Deep Green Program 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2008Science Applications International has announced that it has been awarded a prime contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to support the agency's Deep Green Program. This multiple-award contract has a one-year base period of performance, two one-year options, and a contract value of more than $42 million if all options are exercised. Work will be performed ... more AMERICOM Government Services Wins Army TROJAN Contract 
Mclean VA (SPX) Jun 17, 2008Satellite solutions provider AMERICOM Government Services (AGS) has won a follow-on contract via a competitive tender with an initial value of $136.2 million over a five year base period in support of the U.S. Army's TROJAN Network. This contract also includes five additional one-year options worth $150.2 million for a total potential contract value of $286.5 million over 10 years. ... more |
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Tucson, AZ (SPX) Jun 17, 2008Raytheon, teaming with the U.S. Navy and Agilent Technologies Inc., has implemented the Presidio Automated Test Line, a breakthrough in testing automation for production of Raytheon's Standard Missile 2. The SM-2 Presidio represents an innovative change to the testing process, not only for Standard Missile, but, ultimately, for Raytheon's entire Missile Systems business. It replaces ... more Khan must be questioned over nuclear blueprints: ex-inspector 
Washington (AFP) June 16, 2008A former arms inspector said on Monday the United States and the UN atomic watchdog must be allowed to question Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan to learn if he sold blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon to Iran or North Korea. Khan, the father of Pakistan's atomic bomb who was placed under house arrest for overseeing a network that sold nuclear weapons' secrets and equipment, is ... more No EU decision on Iran bank sanctions Monday: Solana 
Luxembourg (AFP) June 16, 2008EU nations postponed a decision on Monday about imposing new sanctions on Iran, said EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, contradicting remarks from a senior US official. "The decision has not been taken today," EU told journalists after a meeting of European foreign ministers in Luxembourg. EU nations said at the end of May that they were ready to approve new sanctions against Iran ... more US-Iraq security pact 'not dead,' deal ready in July: Iraqi FM 
Washington (AFP) June 15, 2008Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said Sunday that US-Iraqi negotiations for a long-term security pact were not dead and that despite difficulties, a deal would be signed "by the end of July. These talks are ongoing. They're not dead," Zebari said of negotiations to decide the future of the US military presence in Iraq after the current UN mandate expires in December. "Definitely ... more G8 holds first science summit 
Okinawa, Japan (UPI) Jun 15, 2008 The Japanese hosts of the first-ever science and technology summit under the Group of Eight banner say climate change is at the top of its agenda. The Sunday meeting in Okinawa gathered together the science ministers or their proxies from Great Britain, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Russia, the United States and the European Union in Nago and concentrated on advancing cooperation in ... more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) June 16, 2008China should impose a moratorium on the death penalty before the Olympic Games in August, and publish statistics on executions, human rights campaigners said here Monday. Since last year all death sentences have to be reviewed by China's Supreme People's Court, but no details have yet been released on how many people have been killed by the Communist state. The measure was seen as a ... more NASA Data Helps Pinpoint Impacted Populations In Disaster Aftermath 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 17, 2008When two catastrophic natural disasters struck within days of each other in May 2008, disaster relief, humanitarian aid, and health officials, as well as members of the news media tapped into a unique set of NASA data products describing the location of the exposed populations. In the hours and days following the cyclone in Burma and the earthquake in China's Sichuan Province, workers had ... more Japan troops search mud as quake toll hits 10 
Kurihara, Japan (AFP) June 16, 2008Rescue workers hampered by giant mounds of mud pulled a man's body out of the remains of a devastated hot spring resort on Monday, bringing the death toll from Japan's earthquake to 10. As the critical first three days for finding survivors drew to a close, ground water was seeping in this mountainous area of northern Japan, causing sludge to cover areas where rescue teams were searching. ... more Japan, China close to gas field deal 
Tokyo (AFP) June 16, 2008Japan said Monday it was close to reaching a deal with China on joint development of gas fields in disputed waters, the focus of a long-running spat between the two Asian giants. Japanese news reports said that the two governments had reached a final solution after exhaustive talks and were expected to announce an agreement as soon as this week. In the reported solution, Japan would ... more A Promising Step Towards More Effective Hydrogen Storage 
Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Jun 17, 2008An international research team led by Swedish Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has demonstrated an atomistic mechanism of hydrogen release in magnesium nanoparticles - a potential hydrogen storage material. The findings have been published in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). It is becoming clear that cars of the future will have to ... more
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