|
 
CIA chief warns Iran could have nukes ready by 2012Washington (AFP) June 27, 2010 Iran has enough low-enriched uranium to make two weapons, which it could have prepared and ready for delivery as early as 2012, CIA director Leon Panetta warned Sunday. "We think they have enough low-enriched uranium for two weapons," Panetta told the ABC network's "This Week" program. Tehran would need a year to enrich it fully to produce a bomb and it would take "another year to develop the kind of weapon delivery system in order to make that viable," he said. Iran is under mounting intern ... read more |
. |
 |
|
Free Space, Earth, Energy And Military Newsletters - Delivered Daily |
| . |
|
. |
 |
| .. |
 
Beijing (AFP) June 26, 2010China has issued regulations banning its 2.3 million soldiers from creating web sites or writing web blogs, adding to the nation's existing Internet curbs, state press said Saturday. "Soldiers cannot open blogs on the Internet no matter (whether) he or she does it in the capacity of a soldier or not," Xinhua news agency quoted Wan Long, a political commissar of the People's Liberation Army, ... more  
Brussels (AFP) June 25, 2010Russia's cooperation with Europe in the Iranian nuclear standoff could be curbed if unilateral EU sanctions on Tehran hit Russian companies, a top envoy said Friday. Russia's ambassador to the European Union, Vladimir Chizhov, slammed decisions last week by the EU and United States to impose sanctions on Iran's oil and gas sector that go beyond new UN measures backed by Moscow. "We do no ... more  
Ankara (AFP) June 27, 2010A large Turkish business delegation will head to northern Iraq Tuesday to boost trade links, despite a political chill over Turkish Kurd rebels taking refuge in the area, a newspaper report said. State minister for foreign trade Zafer Caglayan, who will lead the 200 businessmen, voiced hope that increased economic exchanges between Turkey and its Iraqi Kurdish neighbours would help end the t ... more |
.. |
 Senior Afghan Taliban killed in woman's clothes: NATO  In signal to Pyongyang, US, SKorea beef up ties   Instant online solar energy quotes Solar Energy Solutions from ABC Solar |
.. |
|
|
Free Space, Earth, Energy And Military Newsletters - Delivered Daily |
|
|
. |
 
Energy needs to drive future deepwater drilling: Shell CEOCape Town (AFP) June 27, 2010 More deep-water drilling is needed to meet growing energy demands despite the Gulf of Mexico spill, but the industry must beef up its disaster readiness, Royal Dutch Shell chief said on Sunday. "My expectation is that we will go forward with it but it will need some changes," Peter Voser, Royal Dutch Shell chief executive officer told the CNN Global Forum. British rival BP is under fire in the United States for triggering the country's worst ever environmental disaster when a BP-leased rig explo ... read more |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2010 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement |
| Previous Issues | Jun 25 | Jun 24 | Jun 23 | Jun 22 | Jun 21 |
