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President Barack Obama said his upcoming budget would increase the number of US soldiers, state the true cost of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and cut "Cold War-era" weapons programs. Setting out his priorities for military spending, Obama said late Tuesday in his first address to a joint session of Congress that he wanted to provide relief to men and women in uniform with higher pay and ... read more 
Seoul (AFP) Feb 25, 2009North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il has visited several venues in a northeastern province where preparations for a controversial rocket launch are under way, state media reported. Kim visited the birthplace in Hoeryong town of his mother Kim Jong-Suk, who died in 1949 when he was seven, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Wednesday. The town is in North Hamkyong province ... more
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IAEA stresses 'urgency' to verify Iran's nuclear material
Trump says frustrated with Iran talks as US personnel leave Israel Sweden's PM rules out hosting French nuclear arms in peacetime Macron to set out how France's nuclear arms could protect Europe IAEA confirms 'technical' discussions on Iran's nuclear programme next week Iran urges US to drop 'excessive demands' to reach deal Press Release from Business Wire: Sun Nuclear Iran FM says 'good progress' in talks with US Press Release from Business Wire: Proxima Fusion USS Gerald Ford leaves Crete as Iran talks begin: AFP 
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Washington (UPI) Feb 25, 2009 The dispatch of the U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Dwight D. Eisenhower to combat the pirates operating in the Gulf of Aden is an ideal role for the enormous 80,000-ton plus warship. At first glance, deploying the Eisenhower may seem like using an enormous and extremely expensive hammer to crack open a nut. But it makes cost-effective sense in a lot of ways. ... more  
Abu Dhabi (AFP) Feb 25, 2009The United Arab Emirates on Wednesday continued its buying spree at the country's biennal IDEX defence show, lifting its orders to a record 4.6 billion dollars despite the global credit crunch. "Total orders up to date have reached 16.8 billion dirhams" (4.6 billion dollars), IDEX 2009 defence show spokesman General Obeid al-Ketbi boasted. The enormous spending tally excludes a large ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 26, 2009The Army's Stryker armored vehicle will get its first crack at the resurgent Taliban and terrorist strongholds in Afghanistan this summer when the 2nd Infantry Division's, 5th Stryker Brigade Combat Team hits the ground there. Gen. David D. McKiernan, commander of NATO's International Security Assistance Force and U.S. Forces Afghanistan, said at a Pentagon news conference yesterday that ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Feb 26, 2009Robotic technologies were used to detect and remove unexploded ordnance from training ranges at Fort Bliss, Texas, Feb. 10 in a demonstration sponsored by the U.S. Army Environmental Command. Experts from the Army's Environmental Command joined bloggers for a special roundtable discussion on how the demonstration went and how robotics could improve safety, efficiency, and provide ... more |
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Musk merges xAI into SpaceX in bid to build space data centersSan Francisco, United States (AFP) Feb 3, 2026 Elon Musk has announced that his rocket company SpaceX will take over his artificial intelligence outfit xAI, as he seeks to raise billions of dollars for his science fiction-worthy outer space projects. ... more
  
Reprogrammable metal bricks give robots muscle-like adaptabilityLos Angeles CA (SPX) Feb 04, 2026 Mechanical engineers at Duke University have demonstrated a proof-of-concept material system that allows solid Lego-like building blocks to be programmed with different mechanical properties and the ... more 
OpenClaw's AI agent does everything, even social mediaWashington, United States (AFP) Feb 2, 2026 Meet OpenClaw: the AI assistant that promised to be your dream intern, terrified cybersecurity experts, and now thrives on chatbot-only social media - all in just a few weeks. ... more 
Human taught tactile control lets robots grasp diverse objectsTokyo, Japan (SPX) Jan 19, 2026 When humans pick up everyday items such as fragile eggs or slippery metal cups, they instinctively adjust their grip using tactile feedback to avoid breaking or dropping them. In contrast, enabling ... more
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Bushehr, Iran (AFP) Feb 25, 2009The head of Iran's atomic agency said on Wednesday that it was now operating 6,000 centrifuges to enrich uranium, defying international calls that it halt the sensitive nuclear process, "We have 6,000 centrifuges working and we plan to increase them. In the next five years we plan to have 50,000 centrifuges," Atomic Energy Organisation Gholam Reza Aghazdeh told reporters. He was speaking ... more 
McLean VA (SPX) Feb 26, 2009Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a $3.3 million task order to analyze technical data and emerging technologies for the Joint and Special Operations Program at Navy Crane in Crane, IN. The Joint and Special Operations Program at Navy Crane develops weapons, munitions, enhanced optics, infrared targeting systems and other technologies in support of the Special Operations warfigh ... more 
Seoul (AFP) Feb 25, 2009A British businessman who has announced plans for a 50-million-dollar fund to invest in North Korea said Wednesday he does not view the communist state's planned rocket launch as a complicating factor. The ChosunFund was opened Tuesday, the day the North announced it would launch a research satellite into orbit -- a move widely seen in Seoul and Washington as a pretext to test its long-range ... more  
Prague, Czech Republic (UPI) Feb 25, 2009 More than a decade ago U.S. Gen. Wesley K. Clark, the supreme allied commander Europe, arrived in Prague a hero. Clark is still a hero to most Czechs -- to most Europeans, as a matter of fact. It isn't just that he is seen as a hero; Wesley Clark is a true-blue war hero, a religious man, a great American -- one with a remarkably human side. Clark was the first North Atlantic Treaty Orga ... more |
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