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No Deal On Iran Sanctions At Paris Talks Paris (AFP) Dec 05, 2006 
Six world powers meeting in Paris Tuesday said they had failed to agree what sanctions to impose over Iran's refusal to halt sensitive nuclear work, as diplomats said that Russia was blocking a deal. Top diplomats from the five veto-wielding UN Security Council members -- Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States -- plus Germany and a European Union envoy, took part in the talks.
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Gates Disavows Past Support For Military Option Against North Korea
Washington (AFP) Dec 05, 2006US Defense Secretary designate Robert Gates said Tuesday he no longer favors military action to stop North Korea from producing more nuclear weapons. Gates said he believes Washington's current diplomatic strategy of engaging Pyongyang through six party talks is the best course of action. IAEA Chief Urges Immediate Talks On North Korea 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 05, 2006UN atomic watchdog chief Mohamed ElBaradei called Tuesday for international talks on North Korea's nuclear program to restart immediately, as he prepared for meetings with senior Chinese officials. Giving a lecture at Beijing's Tsinghua University, ElBaradei reiterated his belief that global diplomacy was the most effective way to solve the standoffs over the nuclear ambitions of both North Korea and Iran. British Press Chastise Blair For Rushing Trident Decision 
London (AFP) Dec 05, 2006British Prime Minister Tony Blair's proposals presented to parliament to modernise Britain's nuclear deterrent were met with sceptism in the country's press on Tuesday, which asked: Why now? Left- and right-wing newspapers alike united to question the seemingly rushed decision-making process after the government said lawmakers would vote on the issue early next year, on a decision that will affect Britons for a generation. |
LockMart UAS First To Fly High-Res Synthetic Aperture Surveillance Radar
Eagan MN (SPX) Dec 06, 2006Lockheed Martin recently accomplished a first for unmanned aerial systems (UAS), demonstrating that high-resolution, broad-area imaging from a Miniaturized Synthetic Aperture Radar (MiniSAR) could effectively be delivered by a UAS into the hands of tactical unit commanders, regardless of smoke, dust, heavy rain or nighttime conditions Paveway IV Guided Flight Trials Programme Completed 
Harlow, UK (SPX) Dec 06, 2006On 20th Nov 2006, the guided flight trials development programme for the Raytheon Paveway IV dual-mode precision guided weapon was successfully completed with the fourth and final release from a British Aerospace Harrier GR9. The test was carried out over QinetiQ's Aberporth Range in Wales. Paveway IV is the next generation of the combat-proven Paveway family of precision guided munitions. Sandia Researchers Develop Better Sensor Detection System 
Albuquerque NM (SPX) Dec 06, 2006By integrating readily available generic sensors with a more sophisticated sensor, researchers at Sandia National Laboratories have developed a detection system that promises to make it easier to catch perpetrators trying to infiltrate prohibited areas. |
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US Not Winning In Iraq Says Incoming Defense Chief
Washington (AFP) Dec 05, 2006US defense secretary nominee Robert Gates admitted Tuesday the United States is not winning the war in Iraq, and said he was open to all options to stop the conflict spiralling into regional chaos. Gates, President George W. Bush's pick to replace tarnished Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, also cautioned against any attack on Iran expect as an "absolute last resort" and also came out against a strike against Syria. Israel Should Prepare For Non-Conventional War 
Jerusalem (AFP) Dec 05, 2006Israel should prepare itself for a possible attack on the Jewish state with non-conventional weapons, Defense Minister Amir Peretz said Tuesday. "The fact that we are today facing Qassams and Katyushas should not make us forget the necessity to prepare for bigger threats in the future that could result in a war using non-conventional weapons," he told army radio. A Year Of Tragic Defiance In The Middle East 
New York (UPI) Dec 05, 2006I admit that I find myself struggling to find a way or a phrase to summarize the sorry state of affairs in the Middle East in 2006; they seem to defy not only logic but the instinct to survive. How do you describe a region that has gone mad, setting itself on a self-destructive path and racing headlong toward the precipice? How, when, and by whom can this madness be stopped, where can we begin, and what is to be done? |
US And Japan Plan New Missile Defense Base
Washington (UPI) Dec 05, 2006The Japanese Defense Agency plans to build a new joint U.S.-Japanese interceptor base, the Kyodo news agency reported Monday. "The Defense Agency is considering building a joint Japan-U.S. facility in Nagasaki Prefecture to maintain interceptor missiles used in a ballistic missile defense system based in the prefecture," Kyodo said, citing a source in the Defense Agency. Russia Fires Missile To Test Out National Defence System 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 05, 2006Russia fired an interceptor missile on Tuesday to test out the country's missile defence system, a spokesman for Russia's space forces said Tuesday. Russian forces "carried out the launch of an interceptor missile from the Sary-Shagan range" in Kazakhstan, Alexei Kuznetsov, the spokesman, was quoted by ITAR-TASS news agency as saying. Restructure Of US Budget Appropriations 
Washington (UPI) Dec 05, 2006The last time the U.S. Congress passed every spending bill by the start of the fiscal year for which they allocate cash was in 1994, when Rep. David Obey, D-Wisc., and Sen. Robert Byrd, D-W.Va., were chairmen of their respective chambers' appropriations committees. Next year, both will again be at the helm, and aides say they are determined to try and get the congressional budgeting cycle back on track. |
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