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North Korea's controversial rocket launch was caught by commercial satellite imagery, according to pictures released by a non-profit US research institute. The DigitalGlobe statellite images released by the Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) show a trail of smoke under the rocket and the flame from the burning propellant as it soars above North Korea. "The missile's ... read more 
Jerusalem (AFP) April 7, 2009Israel on Tuesday carried out a successful new test of its Hetz (Arrow) interceptor missile, a project launched two decades ago, public radio said. The Arrow intercepted and destroyed a ballistic missile comparable to Iran's Shahab-3, which can reach the Jewish state, that was fired by an Israeli fighter plane over the Mediterranean, it said. It was the latest successful test of the Arro ... more
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Iran military expands drills to Fordow, Khondab nuclear sites: state media
US energy firm Constellation to buy Calpine in $27 bn deal Yakuza leader pleads guilty in US court to conspiring to sell nuclear material Iran begins military drills near Natanz nuclear site: state media Iran to hold nuclear talks with 3 European powers January 13: local media Second Fukushima nuclear sample removal eyed for spring Bangladesh launches $5bn graft probe into Hasina's family France's most powerful nuclear reactor finally comes on stream Milei vows to promote nuclear energy in Argentina Swiss govt wants to lift ban on more nuclear power plants 
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Moscow (AFP) April 7, 2009Russia has purchased its first unmanned drones from Israel after its own manufacturers turned out to be ineffective at making the high-tech reconnaissance aircraft, a newspaper reported Tuesday. The deal for an initial purchase of 50 million dollars' (37 million euros') worth of drones was concluded in early April with Israel Aerospace Industries, the Kommersant daily said, citing a Russian ... more 
Islamabad (AFP) April 7, 2009Pakistan's foreign minister said Tuesday US drone attacks are working to the advantage of the extremists, highlighting differences with Washington after talks with top US officials. Shah Mehmood Qureshi said he flagged up "red lines" in Pakistan's cooperation with the United States in fighting Islamist militants when he met US military commander Admiral Mike Mullen and envoy Richard Holbroo ... more  
Seoul (AFP) April 7, 2009North Korea hailed its controversial rocket launch as a famous victory Tuesday but said reclusive leader Kim Jong-Il wept tears of regret that the money could not have been used to help his people. As world powers struggled to agree on a response, with China and Russia both urging restraint, the North's media boasted of the "historic" achievement of putting a satellite into orbit that was no ... more 
Seoul (AFP) April 7, 2009Regardless of whether North Korea's rocket launch was a success or failure, analysts say the regime will spin the news to bolster support amid lingering uncertainty about the health of leader Kim Jong-Il. Sunday's launch was "a great historic event heralding the victorious advent of a great prosperous and powerful nation," the ruling communist party newspaper Rodong Sinmun proclaimed Tuesday ... more |
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Pace of German emissions cuts slows in 2024: studyBerlin (AFP) Jan 7, 2025 German greenhouse gas emissions fell again in 2024 but at a slower rate, due to lagging green investment by industry and households, according to a study published Tuesday. ... more 
  
A Sustainable Development Goal for Earth's OrbitLondon, UK (SPX) Jan 10, 2025 Scientists are advocating for the United Nations to establish a new Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) focused on protecting Earth's orbit and curbing the accumulation of space debris. Current ... more 
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Washington (AFP) April 6, 2009US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said he plans to reopen bidding this summer for a multi-billion contract to build a new fleet of aerial refueling tankers. The contract has pitted aerospace rivals Boeing against Northrup Grumman and the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS). Gates, unveiling his defense budget recommendations, said the Pentagon wanted "to replace the Air ... more  
Belgrade (AFP) April 6, 2009Stuck between its bloody past and hopes of closer Western ties, Serbia has been forced to rethink its military options after its neighbours Albania and Croatia joined NATO last week, analysts say. The admission to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of Albania and Croatia means most of Serbia is now surrounded by the military alliance which bombed it in 1999 over its forces' violent crack ... more
Seoul (AFP) April 6, 2009North Korea wants to launch more satellites following Sunday's "historic achievement," a pro-Pyongyang newspaper Monday quoted a senior official as saying. North Korea said it put an experimental communications satellite into orbit Sunday, while the United States and its allies called the launch a disguised ballistic missile test in defiance of a United Nations resolution. South Korea an ... more 
Tokyo (AFP) April 6, 2009For officially pacifist Japan, North Korea's rocket launch over its territory served as a sobering reminder that it is well within firing range of the volatile communist regime. Less than three years after Pyongyang declared it had tested a nuclear bomb, it was able to fire an intercontinental ballistic missile high over Japan, largely keeping to the trajectory that it had announced before t ... more |
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