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Reforming The Indian Military Industrial Complex For The 21st Century
Kolkata, India (UPI) Aug 18, 2008 India's new Defense Procurement Procedure, unveiled early this month, like its predecessor focuses on vitalizing India's indigenous defense capabilities and moving away from the decades-old practice of importing almost all its defense requirements. However, in the attempt to make the country's defense procurement process more transparent in the murky world of arms deals, the ... more Balance Of Terror Rides Again In Pursuit Of Mutual Destruction 
Washington (UPI) Aug 18, 2008 The Cold War is back -- but it is already getting dangerously hot. Russia did not wait even a day after the announcement that Poland had agreed to station 10 U.S. anti-ICBM Ground-Based Mid-course Interceptors on its territory before announcing it would target Poland with its own missiles in response. As we have repeatedly documented in this column over the past year, the ... more Thales Successful In ESSM Live Firing Test 
Hengelo, Greece (SPX) Aug 19, 2008On 2 June the new ESSM (Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile) control capability on board of the Hellenic Navy's HS Salamis of the Hydra class proved to be successful. In the Live Firing Test, the Thales STIR fire control system guided the ESSM missile with such accuracy to an IRIS drone at a range of approximately 5 NM, that the missile fully hit the drone. This test demonstrates once again ... more US ABM Deal To Be Signed Wednesday With Broad Polish Support 
Warsaw (AFP) Aug 18, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is set to sign a deal in Warsaw Wednesday on deploying a controversial American missile shield in Poland, Polish Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski announced. Sikorski confirmed the timing in an interview published Monday in the daily newspaper Dziennik. "The programme is being finalised, but it's likely that the (Polish) prime minister ... more Georgian minister to meet Rice, NATO counterparts Tuesday 
Brussels (AFP) Aug 18, 2008Georgian Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili will hold bilateral tallks with NATO counterparts on Tuesday, on the sidelines of an Alliance meeting on the Georgia-Russia conflict, officials said Monday. A NATO official said the Georgian minister "will not address the council" of 26 NATO foreign ministers. However Tkeshelashvili has organised several bilateral talks including with US ... more |
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Crawford, Texas (AFP) Aug 18, 2008The White House said Monday that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's invitation to host a Russian fleet was "curious" and accused him of neglecting his people's problems. "The Russians and the Venezuelans can engage in whatever cooperation that they would like. But it's curious, I'm not sure what Venezuela needs or gains by a visit by the Russian fleet," said spokesman Gordon Johndroe. ... more UN watchdog holds more nuclear talks in Iran 
Tehran (AFP) Aug 18, 2008A top UN atomic watchdog official was holding fresh talks on Iran's nuclear drive on Monday, just a day after Tehran announced it sent a rocket into space in a move Washington branded "troubling." Olli Heinonen, deputy director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), arrived in Tehran for his second round of talks this month, the official news agency IRNA reported. ... more Strategic Lessons In Failure Part Three 
Washington (UPI) Aug 18, 2008 Like his predecessors Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman, President Dwight David Eisenhower in the 1950s was not bashful about asserting American influence and power, but his wartime experience led him to resist interventions that involved the open-ended commitment of U.S. ground forces to altruistic missions. In Eisenhower's view, war did not necessarily bring about democracy. ... more Saudis Facing Reality Check With Rise Of A Nuclear Iran 
Riyadh, Saudi Arabia (UPI) Aug 19, 2008As Iran's close neighbor, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia feels the threat of a nuclear-powered Iran probably as much as the Islamic Republic's archenemy, Israel. Indeed, the very thought of Iran -- a Shiite state under the control of the country's militant clergy -- is ample reason to worry the bastion of Sunni orthodoxy as much as it worries the Jewish state, if perhaps not more so. ... more Musharraf resigns as Pakistan president 
Islamabad (AFP) Aug 19, 2008Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf resigned on Monday, bringing down the curtain on nine turbulent years of US-backed rule to avoid the first impeachment in the nuclear-armed nation's history. The former army chief, who seized power in a 1999 coup, announced the move in a lengthy televised address. He rejected the charges against him but said he wanted to spare Pakistan a damaging battle ... more |
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Pittsburgh (UPI) Aug 18, 2008 U.S. scientists say they have developed hyaluronic hydrogels that might provide suitable scaffolding for bone regeneration. The hydrogels, created by Assistant Professor Newell Washburn, Krzysztof Matyjaszewski and Jeffrey Hollinger of Carnegie Mellon University, encourage growth of preosteoblast cells -- cells that aid the growth and development of bone. "Tissue engineering is a ... more Canada's PM lashed for snubbing China 
Ottawa (AFP) Aug 18, 2008Canada's Prime Minister Stephen Harper blundered by not attending the Olympic Games opening ceremony in Beijing, his predecessor said Monday, lamenting a relapse in ties with China. "You know, they have a collective memory there that is very important," said ex-prime minister Jean Chretien in a speech to the Canadian Bar Association. "It is the second-biggest economy in the world. In 50 ... more Oil giant Shell evacuates 425 staff amid Tropical Storm Fay 
London (AFP) Aug 18, 2008Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell said Monday it had evacuated 425 staff from the Gulf of Mexico but added that no more workers would leave as Tropical storm Fay was set to avoid its facilities. "Given current forecasts, it does not appear that Fay will impact Shell Gulf of Mexico assets, therefore, we have concluded evacuations," the company said in a statement. "As a ... more US, Japan, Taiwan launch WTO high-tech challenge against EU 
Washington (AFP) Aug 18, 2008The United States, Japan and Taiwan have asked the WTO to settle their dispute against the European Union over its duties on certain high-technology imports, the US Trade Representative Susan Schwab said Monday. The US and the two Asian countries claim that EU is violating World Trade Organization rules by imposing duties on imports of certain products such as "cable boxes that can access ... more Startech Environmental Receives Hydrogen Engine 
Wilton CT (SPX) Aug 19, 2008Startech Environmental has announced that it has received its hydrogen engine that is being readied for demonstrations. Startech Hydrogen, derived from processing waste in the Startech Plasma Converter, will be used as a pristine fuel to power the hydrogen-engine to produce electricity. Joseph F. Longo, Startech's president, said, "The Company plans to produce and market its Carbonless ... more
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