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Iran posts diplomatic gains despite Western cold-shoulderTehran (AFP) Oct 19, 2010 Iran has notched up several diplomatic coups in the past week despite being cold-shouldered by the West and has shown it has a key role to play in resolving regional issues, experts and envoys said Tuesday. Topping the harvest of diplomatic successes, they told AFP, are President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's groundbreaking trip to Lebanon, public acceptance by Washington of Tehran's role in stabilising Afghanistan and the visit to Iran of Iraqi premier Nuri al-Maliki. Also significant has been the sele ... read more |
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Najaf, Iraq (AFP) Oct 19, 2010The UN envoy to Iraq, Dutch diplomat Ad Melkert, was unhurt after a bomb attack on Tuesday that targeted a convoy of vehicles south of Baghdad, UN and police officials said. There were conflicting reports over the incident, with Melkert saying he was in the convoy that was attacked, while senior Iraqi officials said he was not. Melkert had been meeting with Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani ... more  
London (AFP) Oct 19, 2010Britain is to scrap major defence assets like its flagship aircraft carrier and fleet of Harrier jets in a defence review being announced Tuesday as part of stinging, across-the-board government cuts. Prime Minister David Cameron will tell the House of Commons from 1430 GMT the HMS Ark Royal is to be decommissioned almost immediately, while a decision on a replacement for the Trident nuclear ... more  
Chantilly VA (SPX) Oct 19, 2010Boeing has received a one-year, $4.3 million contract extension from the U.S. Army to extend the company's engineering support for Multimedia Message Manager (M3), a secure messaging capability. Boeing will continue to provide specialized software operations and maintenance support to military intelligence-gathering customers as part of the extension. "M3 has remained at the cutting edge o ... more |
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TalkingFields Guides European Farmers From SpaceParis, France (ESA) Oct 19, 2010 Farmers traditionally keep a close eye on their fields, but a new ESA-led project seeks to build on their vigilance with monitoring from space. The TalkingFields initiative is now showing how to combine satellite observation with satellite navigation to benefit European farmers. Sustainable food production and food security are critical challenges. TalkingFields will help by using precision farming methods to produce crops more efficiently. For instance, by optimising farmers' use of fertili ... read more |
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