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terrorwars + Underwater Robots Identify Potential Threats In Murky Waters 
Boca Raton FL (SPX) Jul 03, 2009 -
Novel underwater laser networking and imaging technologies being developed by scientists at the Ocean Visibility and Optics Laboratory at Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University may provide significant advantages over existing technologies in rapidly identifying and communicating potential threats in murky coastal waters. Harbor Branch has received $2 million ... morekorea + NKorea fires four short-range missiles amid nuclear standoff 
Seoul (AFP) July 2, 2009 -
North Korea on Thursday test-fired four short-range missiles, South Korean military officials said, further fuelling tension sparked by its nuclear standoff with the international community. The missiles -- apparently surface-to-ship ones -- were fired into the East Sea (Sea of Japan) between 5:20 pm (0820 GMT) and 9:20 pm, defence ministry officials were quoted as saying by Yonhap news ... morenuclear-blackmarket + IAEA's Amano: veteran diplomat battling proliferation 
Vienna (AFP) July 2, 2009 -
Japan's Yukiya Amano, who was elected Thursday as head of the UN nuclear watchdog, is a lifelong diplomat who has no illusions about the challenges the agency faces in hotspots including Iran. An expert on disarmament and non-proliferation, the bespectacled Amano has represented Japan on the International Atomic Energy Agency's 35-member board of governors since September 2005, acting as ... moreuav + First Flight Of Land-Based MQ-8B Fire Scout 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 03, 2009 -
A Northrop Grumman MQ-8B Fire Scout Vertical Unmanned Aircraft System (VUAS), designated P7, has successfully completed first flight operations at Yuma Proving Grounds, Ariz. Unlike current Navy configured Fire Scouts, P7 was built in an operational land-based configuration. It is the first MQ-8B to fly without flight test instrumentation normally installed for developmental flights ... morestans + No more US troops to Afghanistan this year: Jones 
Washington (AFP) July 2, 2009 -
White House National Security Adviser James Jones has warned US commanders in Afghanistan that they will not receive more troops beyond those already promised by President Barack Obama. "There was talk about... coming in with more requests," Jones told McClatchy, the parent company of a group of US newspapers, on Wednesday following a tour in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. However, he ... more |
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terrorwars + Commentary: Waiting for al-Qaida's Godot 
Washington (UPI) Jul 2, 2009 -
It's no longer a war on transnational terrorism? Before Dr. Emile Coue's method of psychotherapy, self-improvement based on the healing power of optimistic autosuggestion, becomes our national security comfort blanket, it would behoove us all to take a deep breath and snap out of creeping amnesia.
By simply changing mental pictures, Coue figured the subconscious also changes -- as ... morestans + US Marines storm south in major Afghan offensive 
Helmand Province, Afghanistan (AFP) July 2, 2009 -
US Marines launched a major offensive into the Taliban heartlands of southern Afghanistan before dawn Thursday as President Barack Obama's new war plan swung into action. With dozens of aircraft ferrying out troops from various bases, the assault aimed to insert forces into insurgent strongholds in Helmand province in what officers said was the biggest offensive airlift by the Marines since ... moreabm + US ready for NKorean missile: military commander 
Washington (AFP) July 2, 2009 -
The United States is ready to intercept any North Korean long-range missile, a top US military commander said Thursday, as Pyongyang further tested international patience with fresh launches. "The nation has a very, very credible ballistic-missile defense capability," the commander of US Northern Command, General Victor Renuart, told The Washington Times. "Our ground-based interceptors ... morestans + US soldier believed captured in Afghanistan: military 
Khost, Afghanistan (AFP) July 2, 2009 -
A US soldier is believed to have been captured by insurgents in Afghanistan, the military said Thursday, as a commander for a hardline Taliban faction said his militia had the trooper. It was believed to be the first time militants abducted an American soldier in Afghanistan since US troops were deployed to oust the Taliban regime in 2001 and then remained to fight a growing extremist ... morekorea + Two Koreas fail to agree in talks on joint project 
Seoul (AFP) July 2, 2009 -
North and South Korea failed to reach agreement in talks Thursday about the fate of their last major joint business project, amid high cross-border tensions and the North's continuing nuclear standoff with the world. The two sides could not narrow differences and did not set a date for the next round, Seoul's unification ministry said. The meeting at the Kaesong joint industrial estate ... more |
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cyberwar + China says Web censor plan to proceed despite delay: report 
Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2009 -
Chinese authorities insisted an Internet filtering programme will go ahead despite a last-minute decision this week to postpone making it mandatory on new PCs, state media said Thursday. Just hours before the July 1 deadline, the government indefinitely froze a ruling that all computers sold in China must have the "Green Dam Youth Escort" software installed. An official with the Ministry ... moreiraq + CIA 'dealing with Saddam's cronies' 
Baghdad (UPI) Jul 2, 2009 -
As U.S. leaders worry whether Iraq's military forces can hold the line once the Americans pull out, U.S. agents are reported to be clandestinely seeking a truce with Saddam Hussein's old cronies in the once-mighty Baath Party to head off a threat to stability.
According to the Paris-based Intelligence Online Web site, the Central Intelligence Agency has been negotiating with two rival ... moredisaster-management + Arsonist identified in deadly China bus blaze: report 
Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2009 -
Police have identified the man who started a blaze on board a bus in southwest China that killed 27 passengers and left 74 injured last month, state media reported Thursday.
Xinhua new agency quoted police in Chengdu, the capital of Sichuan province, saying that they had identified the arsonist as an unemployed 62-year-old man named Zhang Yunliang, a native of Suzhou city, in eastern Jiangsu ... morechina + Court fight raises doubts over Hong Kong's feng shui 'masters' 
Hong Kong (AFP) July 2, 2009 -
A high-profile court battle over the huge estate of late Hong Kong tycoon Nina Wang has lifted the lid on the city's obsession with the ancient Chinese energy system of feng shui.
From burning money to digging feng shui holes, the case has highlighted the superstitions many in the city are drawn to as they search for success, wealth and happiness.
And while the system is often seen in th ... morechina + Tight security ahead of China's 60th anniversary 
Beijing (AFP) July 2, 2009 -
Three months before the 60th anniversary of the founding of communist China, tensions are simmering, as Beijing has mobilised its huge security and propaganda apparatus to nip trouble in the bud.
Mao Zedong appeared triumphantly in front of a crowd of 100,000 in Tiananmen Square on October 1, 1949, proclaiming victory over the Nationalist enemy.
Six decades on, observers say the authori ... more |
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satellite-tech + Vietnam To Operate Its First Satellite Image Receiving Station 
Hanoi, Vietnam (XNA) Jul 02, 2009 -
Vietnam's Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment said the country's first satellite image receiving station will be inaugurated in early July, the Vietnam News Agency reported Tuesday. The station for the satellite image receiver is located in an outlying district of the capital city Hanoi, said Nguyen Xuan Lam, Director of the ministry's National Remote Sensing Center. It is ... morelaunchers + ILS Proton Launches SIRIUS FM-5 Satellite 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Jul 02, 2009 -
ILS International Launch Services (ILS) successfully carried the SIRIUS FM-5 satellite into orbit on an ILS Proton. This was the third commercial mission of the year for ILS and the fifth successful Proton launch of 2009. ILS has launched the entire SIRIUS three-satellite constellation beginning with the first launch in 2000. The ILS Proton Breeze M launched from Pad 39 at the cosmodrome ... moreinternet + YouTube doubles video file size to 2G 
Washington (AFP) July 1, 2009 -
Video-sharing site YouTube announced on Wednesday that it was doubling the size limit for uploads to its website to allow users to post more high-definition (HD) video. YouTube, in a blog post, said the size limit for uploads to the site was being doubled -- from one gigabyte to two gigabytes. "The increase means you can upload longer videos at a higher resolution as well as large HD fil ... morelaunchers + Russia launches US radio satellite: report 
Moscow (AFP) July 1, 2009 -
Russia successfully launched Tuesday a US radio satellite from Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian news agencies reported. The Proton-M rocket carrying the Sirius-FM5 satellite "successfully blasted off and shortly after placed it on the sub-orbital trajectory," space officials quoted by Interfax said. The satellite will fully detach from the rocket's engine block nine ho ... moreeo + India To Launch Indigenous Oceansat-2 Satellite Next Month 
New Delhi, India (XNA) Jul 02, 2009 -
India will launch its indigenous Oceansat-2 satellite, along with six European nano satellites, next month, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said Wednesday. "Oceansat-2, weighing around 970 kg, is an in-orbit replacement to Oceansat-1, which has completed 10 years of service. It will carry an Ocean Color Monitor and a Ku-band pencil beam Scatterometer. In addition, it will ... more |
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