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Few know more about Afghanistan than Marin Strmecki. He has been involved with bloody events there for the past 20 years. He served as a policy coordinator and special adviser on Afghanistan with the defense secretary and is a member of the Defense Policy Board, the secretary's think tank. Critically important, his recent congressional testimony was overlooked by the mainstream media. ... read more 
Washington (AFP) March 18, 2009US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said Wednesday he was opposed to splitting a 35-billion-dollar air refueling tanker contract between Boeing and a EADS/Northrup Grumman alliance. "I think it's bad public policy and I think it's bad acquisition policy," Gates told a news conference. Some lawmakers in Congress have proposed dividing the mammoth contract between the rival aerospace firms ... more
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Washington (AFP) March 18, 2009US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday he has recommended the nomination of Admiral James Stavridis to be the next NATO supreme commander. Stavridis, currently head of Southern Command, "is probably one of the best senior military officers we have," Gates told a news conference. If nominated by President Barack Obama and confirmed, the admiral would become the first naval ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) March 18, 2009Japan is considering re-positioning land and sea-based interceptor missiles so they can shoot down a North Korean rocket if it threatens to hit its territory, the government said Wednesday. Premier Taro Aso's cabinet "is earnestly considering" the move but has yet to make any final decision ahead of the communist North's scheduled April 4-8 rocket launch, said chief government spokesman Take ... more 
Moscow (AFP) March 18, 2009Russia and China will conduct joint military exercises this summer on Chinese territory, Interfax news agency reported on Wednesday, citing a source in the Russian defence ministry. "Consultations between the two countries' defence ministries will begin shortly, in which the forces and resources involved in the exercises are to be determined, as well as the thematic focus of the joint manoe ... more  
Berlin (UPI) Mar 18, 2009 President Dmitry Medvedev said Russia would modernize its armed forces and nuclear weapons to counter the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's eastward expansion, but experts say the West does not have to worry about a new crisis with Moscow. The Russian armed forces, Medvedev Tuesday told top Russian generals, will be expanded starting in 2011. The president cited the "serious potentia ... more |
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France updates net-zero plan, with fossil fuel phaseout; Fight over fossil fuels nixes key text of UN environment reportParis, France (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 France released on Friday a revamped roadmap to become carbon neutral by 2050, with an ambitious plan to phase out oil and gas. ... more  
Policies to expand US grid weigh cost reliability and emissionsBoston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Growing energy demand means the U.S. will almost certainly have to expand its electricity grid in coming years. What's the best way to do this? A new study by MIT researchers examines legislation in ... more 
EU agrees to weaken and delay green business rulesBrussels, Belgium (AFP) Dec 9, 2025 European governments and lawmakers agreed to weaken and delay new environmental and human rights rules Tuesday, clearing a key hurdle in a push to unpick EU regulations seen as too burdensome for businesses. ... more 
  
X-MAT introduces X-FOAM: A game-changing ceramic foam for extreme environmentsOrlando, FL (SPX) Dec 01, 2025 X-MAT has announced the release of X-FOAM, a 1,300°C ceramic foam engineered for use in harsh environments demanding high thermal insulation and structural performance. ... more 
Bible 1.0: How Ancient Canon Became Our First Large Language ModelsSydney, Australia (SPX) Dec 14, 2025 Modern large language models are treated as something radically new: vast statistical machines trained on almost everything humans have written, and able to regenerate knowledge on demand. Yet in structural terms, humanity has worked with something similar for millennia. ... more 
Digital twin successfully launched and deployed into spaceDavis CA (SPX) Dec 08, 2025 A dynamic digital twin designed by UC Davis researchers was launched into Earth's orbit last week aboard a SpaceX rocket. The innovation, which will model the current condition and predict the futur ... more
  
AI advances robot navigation on the International Space StationStanford CA (SPX) Dec 09, 2025 Imagine a robot about the size of a toaster floating through the tight corridors of the International Space Station, quietly moving supplies or checking for leaks - all without an astronaut at the c ... more 
Indian dance mudras yield advanced synergies for robotic hand controlLos Angeles CA (SPX) Dec 12, 2025 Researchers at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County extracted building blocks from precise hand gestures in Bharatanatyam, a classical Indian dance form. Their analysis revealed a richer set ... more 
MIT engineers design an aerial microrobot that can fly as fast as a bumblebeeBoston MA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 In the future, tiny flying robots could be deployed to aid in the search for survivors trapped beneath the rubble after a devastating earthquake. Like real insects, these robots could flit through t ... more
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Washington (AFP) March 17, 2009The United States is looking at sending troops or anti-narcotics agents to the Mexican border to fight the scourge of violent drug cartels, a US general said on Tuesday. A team from several government agencies was drawing up a strategy to work with Mexico in its escalating war against the drug mafia, and would examine whether National Guard reservists were needed at the border, General Victo ... more  
Washington (AFP) March 18, 2009Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Wednesday the US Army will effectively end within two years the unpopular practice of forcing soldiers to serve beyond their enlistment date, in a break with the former Bush administration. A stretched military had relied on the "stop-loss" provision to field troops for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan under George W. Bush's presidency. Criticized ... more 
Rome (AFP) March 18, 2009Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is ready to act as a mediator with Iran provided western countries come up with a clear plan to submit to Tehran, he said in an interview published Wednesday. And he praised US President Barack Obama as a man of his word for having honoured promises over a pull-out from Iraq and shutting down the detention centre at Guantanamo Bay, in comments to the Italian ... more  
Abu Dhabi, UAE (SPX) Mar 19, 2009SELEX Galileo is pleased to announce the first production deliveries to NP Aerospace of their latest Indirect Vision System (IVS) to be installed on the Mastiff and Ridgeback fleet. The contract for approximately 400 systems, secured after intense competition, will equip the latest generation of protected mobility vehicles with a state of the art indirect vision capability providing 360 de ... more |
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US flew bombers, fighters and drones along Venezuela coastWashington, United States (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 Fighter jets, bombers and surveillance drones: the United States military has flown a variety of aircraft along Venezuela's coast in recent weeks, an AFP analysis shows, amid growing fears of conflict between the countries. ... more
  
US says Mexico agrees to water treaty obligationsNew York (AFP) Dec 13, 2025 The United States and Mexico reached an agreement on water-sharing on Friday, after President Donald Trump threatened new sanctions. ... more 
Ozone catalysts mapped for safer water disinfectionPittsburgh PA (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 University of Pittsburgh researchers and collaborators have identified how to design catalysts that generate ozone on demand as a potential alternative to chlorine-based disinfection in hospitals an ... more 
Hydrogen plasma method cuts most CO2 from deep sea metal extractionBerlin, Germany (SPX) Dec 05, 2025 Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Sustainable Materials report that deep sea manganese nodules could supply large volumes of copper, nickel and cobalt for the energy transition if mining a ... more
  
IAEA calls for repair work on Chernobyl sarcophagusVienna (AFP) Dec 7, 2025 The UN nuclear watchdog has said that the protective structure surrounding the exploded reactor at Chernobyl can no longer perform its main function of blocking radiation, after a Russian drone strike earlier this year. ... more 
Indonesians reeling from flood devastation plea for global helpPengidam, Indonesia (AFP) Dec 16, 2025 Nurlela Agusfitri has nowhere to turn after losing her home and business to devastating floods that wreaked havoc on her Indonesian island of Sumatra, killing more than 1,000 people. ... more 
Former Iraqi president Salih picked as new UNHCR chiefGeneva (AFP) Dec 12, 2025 Former Iraqi president Barham Salih is set to become the next United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, according to a document seen by AFP on Friday, taking over an agency tackling swingeing budget cuts. ... more |
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