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Afghan officials raise wedding party toll to 27
Jalalabad, Afghanistan (AFP) July 7, 2008Afghan officials said Monday 27 civilians including a bride and children were killed when US-led air strikes hit a weekend wedding, but the force again insisted only militants had died. Sunday's strikes in the eastern province of Nangarhar were in the remote Deh Bala district in mountains on the border with Pakistan where extremist rebels are said to have hideouts. It was the second time ... more Bush, Medvedev clash on missile defence 
Toyako, Japan (AFP) July 6, 2008US President George W. Bush praised Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Monday as a "smart guy" who means what he says, even as they clashed on US missile defence plans. The two leaders, holding their first face-to-face meeting since Medvedev took the reins from Vladimir Putin in May, also highlighted their cooperation in diplomatic efforts to resolve nuclear disputes with Iran and North Korea ... more Control Test Vehicle-3 Flight Test Moves NLOS-LS Closer To Complete System Testing 
White Sands NM (SPX) Jul 08, 2008NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Missile Systems business and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Fire Control, successfully launched another Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System Precision Attack Missile July 1. "The success of this CTV-3 flight test confirms that NLOS-LS can reliably move forward to multi-mode seeker flights," said Col. Doug Dever, U.S. Army's NLOS-LS project manager. ... more Dogs of War: The founding contractors 
Washington (UPI) Jul 7, 2008 While many commentators acknowledge that private military and security contractors are not mercenaries, some of them still contend that their use, both qualitatively and quantitatively, is a new phenomenon, something that emerged full blown from free market apostles like Ronald Reagan, George Bush (senior and junior) and Bill Clinton. But any fair-minded reading of history should quickl ... more Iran appears to debate international offer on nukes: US 
Washington (AFP) July 7, 2008Iran appears to be gripped in a debate over how to respond to an international offer to stop its sensitive nuclear work, a senior US official said Monday. Iran is sending mixed messages to a package of incentives from Germany and permanent UN Security Council members Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States, State Department spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters. It appears ... more |
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Washington (AFP) July 7, 2008At Iraq's request, the US military recently transferred hundreds of metric tons of yellowcake uranium from Iraq to Canada in a secret, weeks-long operation, a Pentagon spokesman said Monday. The 550 metric tons of uranium, which was sold to a Canadian company, was moved by truck convoy to Baghdad's "Green Zone," then flown by military aircraft to a third country where it was put on a ship fo ... more Poland, US fail to make breakthrough on missile defense 
Washington (AFP) July 7, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and her Polish counterpart Radoslaw Sikorski failed to seal a deal at last-minute talks here Monday about US plans to base missile interceptors in Poland. Rice had been hoping to clinch a deal before leaving for Prague later Monday to sign a related agreement for a missile-tracking radar in the Czech Republic, her spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters ... more Prague ready to sign US radar deal in face of hostile public opinion 
Prague (AFP) July 7, 2008The Czech government is preparing to sign an agreement in principle over the deployment of part of a US anti-missile shield on its soil in the face of strong public opposition. The fruit of months of negotiations, the agreement, covering the installation of a tracking radar which would be twinned with an anti-missile silo, probably in neighbouring Poland, should be signed Tuesday at 1300 GMT ... more Preliminary Design Review Of New B-2 Bomber Computer Architecture Completed 
Palmdale CA (SPX) Jul 08, 2008The U.S. Air Force and Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) have successfully completed an incremental system design review of the new software and computing architecture that will manage B-2 stealth bomber missions for the next several decades. Northrop Grumman is the Air Force's prime contractor for the B-2, the flagship of the nation's long range strike arsenal. The new archite ... more Top US official to launch anti-missile defence meet 
Prague (AFP) July 7, 2008The head of the United States Missile Defense Agency (MDA) will Tuesday inaugurate a global conference on missile defence in Prague, the US embassy said. Henry Obering's visit will coincide with that of Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who is scheduled to sign an accord finalising the setting up of a radar base on Czech soil as part of a greater US missile shield. The fifth Internati ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jul 7, 2008 Is the United States heading into a deadly confrontation with Iran? Congressman Ron Paul of Texas, the unsuccessful maverick Republican presidential candidate, warned millions of radio listeners this is now inevitable. He cited House Congressional Resolution 362, lobbied hard by the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, as a "Virtual Iran War Resolution." Since its introduction thre ... more Fund launched in UAE to capture associated gas 
Abu Dhabi (AFP) July 7, 2008An Emirati company and British-based alternative investment firm Man said Monday they were launching a fund to invest in the use of associated gas to generate power and reduce environmental damage. The International Petroleum Investment Company (IPIC), owned by the government of oil-rich Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, has committed an initial 300 million dollars to the fund, a statem ... more Britain to slow adoption of biofuels 
London (AFP) July 7, 2008The British government said Monday it would slow the expansion of biofuels following a report which found they could increase greenhouse gas emissions and contribute to food price rises. Transport Secretary Ruth Kelly said a review had not recommended a temporary halt to the use of biofuels, which are sourced from organic materials such as palm oil and sugar beet. But she said that while ... more China Oilfield says to make offer for Norway's Awilco 
Hong Kong (AFP) July 7, 2008China Oilfield Services, a subsidiary of energy giant China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC), said Monday it had offered to buy all the shares in Norwegian oil firm Awilco Offshore. If accepted by shareholders the deal would be worth 19.5 billion Hong Kong dollars (2.5 billion US), CNOOC said in a statement to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. "The business currently operated by (Aw ... more Lockheed Martin GMLRS Rocket Increases Standoff Range In Recent Test 
Dallas TX (SPX) Jul 07, 2008The U.S. Army recently established a new distance record for the Lockheed Martin Guided Multiple Launch Rocket System rocket, destroying a target 85 kilometers from the launch site during a flawless system demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, NM. The previous maximum range for GMLRS was 70 kilometers. The U.S. Army's decision to test the Global Positioning System (GPS) ... more
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