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![]() King Of Prussia PA (SPX) Oct 11, 2010 Lockheed Martin has announced that it has received a $106 million engineering, manufacturing and development contract from Northrop Grumman Corporation to develop the next-generation Reentry Field Support Equipment (RFSE) for the U.S. Air Force's Minuteman III Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) system. Under the 58-month contract awarded in July, Lockheed Martin will design, develop, test and deliver two sets of RFSE. Production of an additional 10 RFSE sets for deployment to all operationa ... read more |
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With talks at impasse, Palestinians explore other options![]() After nearly two decades of sputtering peace talks that have failed to bring about their promised state, the Palestinians are exploring other options. President Mahmud Abbas, fed up with Israel's refusal to halt settlement construction on occupied Palestinian land, this weekend said there would be no further negotiations until the construction stops. But perhaps more importantly, officia ... more Iraqi court frees accused in killing of six British soldiers ![]() An Iraqi court on Sunday freed two men accused of being part of a hundreds-strong mob that killed six British troops in 2003, angering the soldiers' parents but drawing smiles from those in the courtroom. Judge Baligh Hamdi's decision to throw out the case against Hamza Hateer, 33, and Mussa Ismael al-Fartusi, 39, means no one has yet been convicted over the military policemen's killing, tho ... more Sunni rebels say they kidnapped Iran nuclear worker ![]() A Sunni militant group in Iran has claimed it kidnapped a man working at a nuclear facility and has threatened to spill his secrets if members of the group held by Tehran are not released. Jundallah (Soldiers of God) said on its website junbish.blogspot.com late on Saturday that it was holding hostage Amir Hossein Shirani, an "employee at a nuclear plant" in Iran's central province of Isfaha ... more |
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![]() Washington (AFP) Oct 9, 2010 Liu Xiaobo has instantly achieved global icon status by winning the Nobel Peace Prize but some dyed-in-the-wool Chinese dissidents are crying foul, seeing the award as a victory for a more moderate, accommodating brand of activism. Liu, the first Chinese citizen to win the Nobel Peace Prize, is a 54-year-old writer imprisoned since December after authoring Charter 08, a manifesto signed by thousands seeking greater rights in the communist nation. Wei Jingsheng - who spent nearly two decades in ... read more |
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