News About The War Against Terror 18-JUL-08 en-us Geneva, Switzerland (RIA Novosti) Jul 18, 2008 - A Swiss court ordered Monday the aid group Medecines Sans Frontieres (MSF) to pay 270,000 euros ($428,000) to the Dutch government over the release of an aid worker in Russia's North Caucasus six years ago, local media said.]]> ]]> Tewksbury MA (SPX) Jul 10, 2008 - The Department of Homeland Security has awarded Raytheon a phase 2 contract to continue its development of a Stand-Off Radiation Detection System (SORDS).]]> New York (AFP) July 2, 2008 - US interrogators questioning detainees at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base employed harsh techniques borrowed directly from the Communist Chinese during the Korean War, the New York Times reported Wednesday.]]> Seabrook MD (SPX) Jul 03, 2008 - Lockheed Martin was selected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to provide Information Technology services to the agency's Coordinating Office for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER) in Atlanta.]]> ]]> Athens GA (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 - Researchers have shown that a new class of ultraviolet photodiode could help meet the U.S. military's pressing requirement for compact, reliable and cost-effective sensors to detect anthrax and other bioterrorism agents in the air.]]> Washington (UPI) Jul 1, 2008 - President Bush signed an executive order Monday streamlining the background checks undergone by federal employees, including those who need security clearances to access secret information. ]]> Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Jul 01, 2008 - Using a laser and a device that converts reflected light into sound, researchers at the Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory can detect explosives at distances exceeding 20 yards.]]> ]]> East Lansing MI (SPX) Jun 23, 2008 - A Michigan State University researcher has created an automatic image retrieval system, whereby law enforcement agencies will be able to match scars, marks and tattoos to identify suspects and victims.]]> London, UK (SPX) Jun 23, 2008 - Heathrow, the world's busiest international airport, has invested in a state of the art radar system to further improve safety by continuously sweeping its runways for foreign objects and debris (FOD).]]> Washington (UPI) Jun 23, 2008 - Although the risks of an outbreak from a proposed new U.S. secure bio-defense and agricultural disease research lab are very low, the consequences would be worse at one of the mainland sites officials want than on the island where the work is currently done, says a draft report from the Homeland Security Department.]]> ]]> ]]> Stockholm (AFP) June 19, 2008 - Sweden on Thursday denied a Chinese national of Uighur ethnicity the right to remain on its soil, on grounds that he has refugee status in Albania, the immigration services said.]]> Washington (UPI) Jun 12, 2008 - The U.S. Transportation Security Administration has labeled a group of the world's top oceanography students "security threats" because they applied for a new ID card required to get access to U.S. ports -- even though the agency acknowledges they are not suspected of any terrorism link.]]> Garland TX (SPX) Jun 12, 2008 - Raytheon has delivered the first operational Distributed Common Ground System 10. 2 to the U.S. Air Force. Dubbed DGS-2, the system is the first of five planned core sites to undergo installation, integration and checkout in preparation for site acceptance testing at Beale Air Force Base, Calif.]]> Advertise in Space War and reach thousands of industry, government and science readers the world over.

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