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Taiwan won't deploy longer-range missiles: report
Taipei (AFP) Sept 1, 2008Taiwan's China-friendly government has decided not to deploy missiles capable of hitting Shanghai, in yet another sign of warming ties between the rivals, a report said Monday. Taipei has begun deploying its Hsiung-feng 2E cruise missiles, which have a range of 600 kilometres (360 miles), the Taipei-based China Times said. "The military had planned to further the range to 1,000 kilometre ... more Russia calls for Georgia arms embargo 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 1, 2008An embargo on weapons sales to Georgia should be imposed to avert another conflict in the region, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Monday. "For starters, it would be correct to impose an embargo on delivery of arms to that regime, until another government turns Georgia into a normal state," Lavrov said in a speech to university students. He said Russia would continue to take ... more Russian general promises to 'destroy' any enemy: report 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 1, 2008The Russian army is capable of destroying any enemy, even one supported by the United States or Europe, a Russian general was quoted by ITAR-TASS as saying on Monday. "The operation aimed at enforcing peace in Georgia showed to the world that regardless of the aggressor and whether he receives support from Europe or from beyond the Atlantic, we have everything needed to destroy him and he ... more Brazil Restarts Big-Ticket Procurement With An Eye To The Future 
Newtown CT (SPX) Sep 02, 2008Although Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has no doubt been stirred by Venezuela's military buildup, he also recognizes the need for his own country to rectify its deficient level of armaments in order to strengthen Brazil's position as a regional leader. He has increased pressure to make funds available for two ambitious military programs, previously sidelined due to funding ... more Fingerprint Analysis Technique Could Be Used To Identify Bombmakers 
Leicester, UK (SPX) Sep 02, 2008University of Leicester experts have held discussions with military personnel in Afghanistan following the discovery of new technology to identify fingerprints on metal. Dr John Bond, a forensic research scientist at the University of Leicester and scientific support manager at Northamptonshire Police, has worked with a team from the University Department of Chemistry to develop the novel ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Sep 02, 2008Lieutenant General Henry "Trey" Obering, Missile Defense Agency (MDA) director, has announced the successful completion of an exercise involving Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) elements while participating in a routine operational test of a U.S. Air Force strategic missile from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. as a "target of opportunity," conducted on August 13, 2008. Elements of ... more Immunity a sticking point in US-Iraq security pact: report 
Baghdad (AFP) Sept 1, 2008Iraq and the United States are still far apart on the issue of immunity for American troops, according to a draft security agreement between the two countries published by an Iraqi paper on Monday. The 27-point agreement will decide the future of American forces in Iraq but immunity for the soldiers and who has jurisdiction over them is the main stumbling block between Washington and Baghdad ... more Envoy urges North Korea to restart nuclear disablement 
Seoul (AFP) Sept 1, 2008South Korea's nuclear envoy Kim Sook urged North Korea Monday to restart work to disable its nuclear plants and stop its "typical" brinkmanship in negotiations. The North announced last week it had halted work to disable the plants, and would consider repairing them, because the United States has failed to remove it from a terrorism blacklist. The announcement was the latest stumbling ... more Ambushed French troops faced large rebel force: officers 
Sarobi, Afghanistan (AFP) Sept 1, 2008French soldiers ambushed in Afghanistan last month were confronted by about 170 heavily-armed rebels who were better organised than usual, officers involved in the firefight told AFP. Ten Frenchmen, most of them from an elite paratroop unit, were killed and 21 others wounded in the August 18 clash on a rocky mountaintop overlooking the Uzbeen valley, 65 kilometres (40 miles) east of Kabul. ... more 15 drown as Indian flood relief boats capsize: officials 
Patna, India (AFP) Sept 2, 2008At least 15 people drowned overnight in two separate incidents in India's flood-ravaged northeast, an official said Tuesday. The dead were on two overcrowded rescue boats that capsized while ferrying people to relief camps and included children washed away by strong currents, said Bihar state's disaster management secretary Prataya Amrit. The boats were carrying people away from flooding ... more |
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Boulder, Colo. (UPI) Aug 29, 2008 A biotech firm is teaming with the University of Colorado at Boulder to use pythons as a model for new ways to treat heart disease. Pythons dramatically increase their heart size for a short time after swallowing prey, the university said in a release. Researchers are working with Hiberna Corp., based in Boulder, which is developing drugs based on natural models of extreme ... more Death penalty for murderer of six Shanghai policemen: state media 
Shanghai (AFP) Sept 1, 2008A Chinese court on Monday sentenced a 28-year-old man to death for killing six policemen at their station in Shanghai, state media reported. Yang Jia was convicted of premeditated murder, the Xinhua news agency quoted the Shanghai No. 2 People's Intermediate Court as saying. No other details were immediately available. Yang's trial began on August 26 and was closed to the media. ... more Hurricane threat to Gulf energy hub rattles US economy 
Washington (AFP) Sept 1, 2008With the US oil-refining industry heavily concentrated along the northern Gulf of Mexico coastline, a strategic sector of the economy is perennially vulnerable to the threat of mega-hurricanes. Hurricane Gustav, which swept ashore at around midday southwest of New Orleans, will result in up to 10 billion dollars (8.22 billion euros) in insured losses and a long-term five percent cut to oil ... more US Could Become A Net Exporter Of Gasoline 
New York NY (SPX) Sep 02, 2008The refining industry is grappling with shifting scenarios for tomorrow's energy landscape-including one case in which the United States could become a net exporter of gasoline by 2010, concludes a new analysis of the refining industry by global management consulting firm Booz and Company. The report, "Refining Trends: The Golden Age Or the Eye of The Storm? Part IV: Tough Choices," ... more EcoSmart Technology Surpasses Three Billion Dollars In Energy Savings 
San Jose CA (SPX) Sep 02, 2008Power Integrations has saved consumers and businesses around the world more than an estimated $3 billion on their energy bills with its EcoSmart energy-efficiency technology. The technology has prevented an estimated 20 million tons of carbon-dioxide emissions from power plants since its introduction in 1998 - roughly equal to the annual emissions of over three million cars. ... more
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