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World powers mulling fresh Iran sanctions: US, Britain
Washington (AFP) Aug 6, 2008Six world powers agreed Wednesday to consider new sanctions on Iran after Tehran gave an ambiguous answer to their latest demand to freeze key nuclear work, the United States and Britain said. Washington and London said the diplomatic P5+1 group -- which includes fellow permanent UN Security Council members China, France, and Russia as well as partner Germany -- agreed it had "no choice" but ... more Russian envoy plays down Iran sanctions talk 
United Nations (AFP) Aug 6, 2008Russia's UN envoy on Wednesday played down talk of fresh UN sanctions against Iran after its ambiguous response to an offer of technology incentives by six major powers in exchange for a freeze of its uranium enrichment work. State Department spokesman Gonzalo Gallegos said top diplomats from the six discussed the issue by conference call earlier Wednesday and "agreed that we have no choice ... more Pentagon presents companies with terms for tanker rebid 
Washington (AFP) Aug 6, 2008The Pentagon presented Northrop Grumman and Boeing with revised terms Wednesday for a 35-billion dollar contract to produce a new generation of aerial refueling tankers, a senior Pentagon official said. The new draft "request for proposal" (RFP) addressed criticism by congressional auditors that forced the Pentagon to rebid a contract that had been awarded in February to Northrop Grumman and ... more Outside View: Keystone Cops run Pentagon 
Washington (UPI) Aug 6, 2008 While American troops abroad are performing with honor and professionalism under chaotic and life-threatening conditions, it seems their bureaucratic counterparts at the U.S. Department of Defense have let down their guard. Recently Defense Secretary Robert Gates fired the two top U.S. Air Force officials for failing to protect our nuclear weapons stockpiles, and the Government ... more Boeing Team Test Short-Wave Infrared Camera On ScanEagle 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 07, 2008Boeing, Goodrich and Insitu have successfully flight-tested a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft equipped for the first time with a short-wave infrared (SWIR) camera. The camera, built by Goodrich's Sensors Unlimited Inc. unit, enables ScanEagle operators to see objects more clearly in fog, rain or when little or no heat is radiated. During recent tests at the Fort Leonard Wood test range ... more |
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Warwick RI (SPX) Aug 07, 2008Kelly Space and Technology has announced it has awarded a contract to Bristol, Rhode Island-based Goetz Custom Boats for prototype production of Kelly's ballistic protection armor technology focused on watercraft and related applications. Best known for their America's Cup boats, Goetz's involvement in the grand-prix sailing world has enabled it to develop a sophisticated in-house ... more Iran nuke showdown: Part One 
Moscow (UPI) Aug 6, 2008 The Islamic Republic of Iran once again has been offered a choice of accepting the terms of the "Iranian Six" or suffering inevitable sanctions with the possibility of a "small" war. The six powers involved are the United States, Russia, China, France, Britain and Germany. The Western powers gave Iran two weeks from July 19 to respond to their offer to hold off more U.N. ... more US military jury finds Hamdan guilty on one terrorism charge 
Us Naval Base At Guantanamo Bay, Cuba (AFP) Aug 6, 2008Military jurors found Osama bin Laden's former driver Salim Hamdan not guilty Wednesday on terrorist conspiracy charges but convicted him on the lesser charge of providing material support to Al-Qaeda. The split verdict marked a dramatic conclusion of the first trial before the special tribunals created by President George W. Bush to try suspects in the "war on terror." The jury must now ... more Commentary: Holocaust II? 
Washington (UPI) Aug 6, 2008 To bomb or not to bomb Iran is now a matter of time, according to the principal players, but none could agree this week on when the clock runs out. For Israel, it runs out before the U.S. elections on Nov. 4. After that Barack Obama may be the next president of the United States, and Israeli powers that be fear he may disassociate himself from any Israeli military action against Iran. ... more China inflation to ease to 5.5 percent: official 
Shanghai (AFP) Aug 6, 2008China's consumer inflation is expected to ease to 5.5 percent in the third quarter and 4.5 percent in the last three months of the year, a senior official said Wednesday. The 2008 consumer inflation rate is likely to stand between six and seven percent, Xu Lianzhong, head of the National Development and Reform Commission's price office, wrote in an opinion piece in the China Securities ... more |
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Houston TX (SPX) Aug 07, 2008Hydro Green Energy and the Wind Energy Systems Technology Group (W.E.S.T.) have agreed to explore the potential to develop the world's first hybrid offshore wind-hydrokinetic ocean current power projects. If fully developed as envisioned, Hydro Green Energy and W.E.S.T. will utilize the Gulf of Mexico's wind and water currents to generate nearly 5,000 megawatts of clean, renewable electricity. ... more Japan wants answers amid new Chinese dumplings scare 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 6, 2008Japan called Wednesday for a swift resolution of a health scare involving Chinese dumplings as it emerged that several people had fallen ill in China after eating the same product. The latest food poisoning cases in China appeared to cast doubt on Beijing's assertion that the dumplings at the centre of the incident in Japan early this year were contaminated with pesticide after leaving the ... more Big Oil, Bigger Giveaways 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 07, 2008 Federal dollars continue to flow toward oil companies that are earning record profits and fueling our oil addiction. This analysis of the tax code and federal budget reveals that oil companies are slated to receive more than $32.9 billion in handouts from taxpayers over the next five years. This figure includes tax benefits, royalty relief, research and development subsidies and ... more Analysis: Bolivia, Venezuela bolster gas 
Miami (UPI) Aug 6, 2008 Venezuela has committed nearly $1 billion to help Bolivia increase its natural gas reserves -- the second-largest in Latin America -- an expenditure that comes amid increased tensions ahead of a recall referendum for the Bolivian president. President Evo Morales, whose leadership is the subject of Sunday's referendum, announced Bolivia's state-owned energy company YPFB and its Venezuela ... more Analysis: BTC pipeline explosion 
Washington (UPI) Aug 6, 2008 Following the implosion of the Soviet Union in 1991, a new "Great Game" began, this time between Russia and the United States, which replaced Britain in a protracted, covert struggle for the Caucasus and Central Asia, the ultimate prize being the region's vast energy reserves, particularly those of the Caspian. A decade ago Vice President Dick Cheney, then Halliburton CEO, remarked, "I can't ... more
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