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Analysis: Olympic cybersecurity warning
Washington (UPI) Jul 29, 2008 American business executives visiting Beijing for the Olympics should not take their laptops or BlackBerrys and should "assume all electronic communications are monitored," according to a briefing prepared by a U.S. State Department advisory panel. The briefing also says that U.S. businesses and even visitors could be the target of violent Chinese nationalist protests and that traveling ... more 386th ELRS Tests New Humvee Modification 
Southwest Asia (AFPN) Jul 30, 2008The 386th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron's vehicle maintenance section is testing two new modifications for the M1116 up-armored high mobility multipurpose wheeled vehicles' (Humvee) condenser, hoping the improvement will eventually become standard in all M1116 Humvees throughout the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility. The recent modifications, which were the original ... more Taiwan Rebuilds Defence Relationships 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jul 30, 2008 The worries of neighboring countries about China are on the rise. Therefore, the top priority of the new Kuomintang government in Taiwan is to strengthen its strategic relations with the United States and Japan and rebuild strategic mutual trust. This kind of trust between Taiwan, the United States and Japan has been greatly jeopardized over the last eight years. In rebuilding its ... more Analysis: Reforms needed for U.S. security 
Brussels (UPI) Jul 30, 2008 In the middle of a covert operation ordered by President Carter to rescue U.S. hostages in Iran on April 24, 1980, military tanker aircraft landed on remote Iranian roads in the middle of the night to refuel U.S. helicopters as they flew from ships in the Persian Gulf toward Tehran, where radical students were keeping U.S. Embassy staff prisoner. As every history student knows ... more For settlers, West Bank army base is home sweet home 
Hebron, West Bank (AFP) July 30, 2008Laundry hangs between mobile homes, the men sport skullcaps and guns, the women wear headscarves and the children play in the yard -- inside an Israeli army base in the occupied West Bank. Until a few days ago, when Israel's Channel 10 showed footage of hardline Jewish settlers freely coming and going through the thick iron gate, the fact civilian families were squatting at the Plugat ... more |
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Tehran (AFP) July 30, 2008Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei said on Wednesday that the country will not retreat in the face of demands by world powers for Tehran to halt sensitive nuclear work. "Taking one step back against arrogant (powers) will lead to them to take one step forward," Khamenei was quoted as saying by state television in a sermon. His comments come just ahead of a Saturday deadline for ... more British computer hacker loses appeal over US extradition 
London (AFP) July 30, 2008A British man accused of hacking into the computer systems of the US military and NASA on Wednesday lost his appeal against extradition to face trial. Gary McKinnon, 42, tried to prevent his transfer to the United States to be tried over what has been described as the "biggest military hack of all time" by taking his case to Britain's highest court, the House of Lords. But five judges ... more British court overturns BAE probe ruling 
London (AFP) July 30, 2008Britain's Serious Fraud Office won a legal appeal Wednesday against a ruling that it acted unlawfully by stopping a corruption probe into a huge arms deal between Saudi Arabia and BAE Systems. The House of Lords, the country's highest court, overturned an earlier High Court finding over the investigation into the Al-Yamamah arms deal in 1985, worth 43 billion pounds (54 billion euros ... more Obama says Israel could strike Iran if sanctions fail 
Washington (AFP) July 30, 2008White House hopeful Barack Obama believes Israel will launch a military strike on Iran if nuclear sanctions fail, ABC News reported Wednesday. The comment was reportedly made in a meeting late Tuesday between Senator Obama and Democratic members of the House of Representatives, following the presidential contender's return from an overseas tour that included Israel. "Nobody said this to ... more Raytheon Bids For USAF Command And Control Contract 
Falls Church VA (SPX) Jul 31, 2008Raytheon has partnered with Boeing to bid for the U.S. Air Force's Counterspace Command and Control Sustainment contract. The contract, with a potential value of $100 million during the next 10 years, outlines the need for a comprehensive command and control, or C2, capability supporting the Air Force's space superiority mission. The requirements include designing and developing a ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Jul 30, 2008 The Internet is where we spend more and more of our time, but for a growing number of people, it is becoming an out-of-control habit rather than a necessary part of life. Internet addiction -- online compulsive behavior that interferes with normal living and causes severe stress on family, friends, loved ones and work -- is a psychological and behavioral problem that is spreading around ... more China has 'nothing to fear' from Internet: White House 
Washington (AFP) July 30, 2008US President George W. Bush said China has "nothing to fear" from Internet freedom, after Beijing sparked an uproar with its plans to censor the Internet during the Olympics, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. "President Bush has long said that China has nothing to fear from greater access to the Internet or to the press or from more religious freedom and human freedom and human rights," press ... more China earmarks 200 mln dollars to rebuild schools in quake zone 
Beijing (AFP) July 30, 2008China has earmarked nearly 200 million dollars to repair and rebuild schools damaged in a devastating magnitude-8.0 quake that struck the country's southwest in May, state media said Wednesday. The finance ministry has allocated 1.34 billion yuan (196 million dollars) to rebuild schools in badly-hit areas in Sichuan, Gansu and Shaanxi provinces, the Beijing Times reported. It has also ... more Teacher sent to labour camp for China quake photos 
Beijing (AFP) July 30, 2008A teacher in southwest China has been sent to a labour camp for publicising photos of school buildings that collapsed in the devastating May 12 earthquake, a rights group said Wednesday. Liu Shaokun was jailed without trial after posting photos on the Internet showing schools flattened in the magnitude-8.0 quake in Sichuan province, the New York-based Human Rights in China said. Liu's ... more Polluted Gowanus Canal May Be Source Of New Antibiotics 
Brooklyn NY (SPX) Jul 31, 2008New York City College of Technology Biology Professors Nasreen and Niloufar Haque have announced preliminary findings of their research on the "white stuff" in Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal. "What we suspected turned out to be true," Nasreen confirmed. "The extracts from the microbes in the water proved to be potential sources of antibiotics or inhibitors." Clearly, this discovery has a possible ... more
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