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Extremist groups continue to seek nuclear weapons: US official
Madrid (AFP) June 17, 2008Extremist groups continue to actively seek nuclear weapons, a senior US official said Tuesday during a meeting in Spain of a US-Russian initiative to fight nuclear terrorism. "Combating nuclear terrorism is especially important today," US Undersecretary of State for Arms Control John Rood told a news conference. "Regretably we continue to see indications in the United States from ... more Analysis: USAF counterinsurgency, Part 1 
Washington (UPI) Jun 17, 2008 The veteran military officials picked by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to take over the Air Force face a tough job redefining the service's role in what many see as the key kind of combat the U.S. military will face in the immediate future: counterinsurgency. The problem, say many who have studied the topic, is that the things the U.S. Air Force has made its priority capabilities ... more Russia May Help Britain Scrap Nuclear Submarines 
St. Petersburg, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 18, 2008Russia's Zvezdochka shipyard in the town of Severodvinsk on the Barents Sea could scrap Britain's decommissioned nuclear submarines, a company official said on Monday. At present, the U.K. does not have the facilities to reprocess nuclear components left on board at least 11 decommissioned vessels and is forced to store the submarines afloat indefinitely. The Russian company, which ... more Launch Of British Military Satellite Makes It A Skynet Hat-Trick 
London UK (SPX) Jun 18, 2008The British Military's latest high-tech communications satellite was successfully launched from Kourou in French Guiana, South America. The Skynet 5C satellite will be capable of beaming communication signals between headquarters in the UK and British forces deployed around the world once initial testing is complete. Work is now beginning to correctly position the satellite in order to ... more Harris To Supply More Multiband Terminal For For US Navy Satellite Program 
Melbourne, FL (SPX) Jun 18, 2008Harris has received a potential five-year, $77 million Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Navy for development and production of multiband satellite communications terminals that will provide high-speed communications for military personnel serving onboard cruisers and destroyers. Under the IDIQ contract, the company received an initial award valued at ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jun 17, 2008 A change of presidents has not softened Russia's determination to hold on to its historic Black Sea naval facilities in the historic fortress-port of Sevastopol. Russia's deputy prime minister and former defense minister, Sergei Ivanov, pledged Friday that the Kremlin would continue to base its Black Sea fleet in the city and ignore any Ukrainian protests and pressure to try ... more US welcomes France's rejoining NATO military command 
Washington (AFP) June 17, 2008The United States on Tuesday welcomed France's announcement that it was rejoining NATO's integrated military command. "We welcome the announcement" by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, said White House national security spokesman Gordon Johndroe. France was a founding member of NATO but left the integrated command in 1966 when Charles de Gaulle rejected US dominance of the military ... more Iran To Keep Money In Europe Says Nuke Suspension Red Line 
Tehran (AFP) June 17, 2008Iran is not planning to move assets from European banks, a banking official said on Tuesday, rejecting reports it is making major withdrawals to dodge impending EU sanctions. "No money from Iranian banks has been transferred out of European banks to Iran or other countries. And it will not be (moved)," the managing director of Bank Mellat, Ali Divandari, was quoted as saying by the Mehr news ... more Pakistan's Khan denies selling advanced nuke blueprint 
Islamabad (AFP) June 17, 2008Pakistani scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan on Tuesday denied selling blueprints for an advanced nuclear weapon to Iran or North Korea, telling AFP that Western countries were to blame. Khan's comments came a day after a former arms inspector said in a report that the United States and the UN atomic watchdog must be allowed to question Khan to learn if he sold the plans. "This is all a lie ... more SKorea arrests five Internet firm chiefs 
Seoul (AFP) June 17, 2008South Korean prosecutors said Tuesday they had arrested five local Internet company chiefs for violating copyright laws, as one of the firms claimed the move was politically motivated. The presidents of Nowcom and four other online service providers were arrested Monday for illegally spreading movie files online, according to the office of the Seoul central district prosecutor. ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) June 17, 2008The World Health Organisation said Tuesday that the health system in cyclone-battered Myanmar was "back on its feet," but warned that disease risks remained. "I think we were able to provide a response that helped the health system back on its feet," said WHO health cluster coordinator Rudi Coninx, who has just spent several weeks in the country. The WHO said it had played a key role in ... more Echo SatCom Launches Hurricane Preparedness Program 
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 13, 2008Officials of Echo Satellite Communications announced a hurricane awareness marketing push, targeting first responders and emergency preparedness centers throughout the Gulf Coast region. Fort Bend County, Texas, one of the fastest growing counties in the country, has already purchased an ECSC portable SatMAX Emergency Communications System. Like many other local governments across ... more Microchip sets low-power record 
Ann Arbor, Mich. (UPI) Jun 17, 2008 U.S. scientists say they've created a microchip that uses 1/30,000th the power in sleep mode and 1/10th as much in active mode than regular chips. The Phoenix Processor -- developed at the University of Michigan and which set a low-power record -- is intended for use in cutting-edge sensor-based devices such as medical implants, environment monitors or surveillance equipment. ... more Gazprom To Invest Up To 420 billion Dollars In Projects By 2020 
Moscow (SPX) Jun 18, 2008Russian energy giant Gazprom intends to invest between 8 and 10 trillion rubles ($338-422 billion) in a range of projects between 2009 and 2020, a company spokesman said on Monday. "According to our forecasts, investment will be between eight and ten trillion rubles by 2020, and annual investment is estimated at some 700 billion rubles," Sergei Pankratov, the head of Gazprom's further ... more Rate of yuan not 'magic remedy' for US trade deficit: China 
Beijing (AFP) June 17, 2008China said Tuesday the exchange rate of its currency was not a "magic remedy" that could resolve the US trade deficit, in a dig at accusations it keeps the yuan undervalued to support its exports. "The rate of exchange of the yuan is not the main reason for the US trade deficit, and it is not a magic remedy to resolve the problem of the trade deficit," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu ... more
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