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China's Mystery SpacelabSydney, Australia (SPX) Jan 20, 2010 We could be less than a year away from the launch of Tiangong-1, China's first space laboratory. We've been expecting this launch for years, but relatively little is still known about this mission. We have grown used to seeing computer-generated artwork of this small, stubby laboratory module, not much larger than the Shenzhou crew-carrying spacecraft that will dock with it. China Central Television has also broadcast short video clips showing the module undergoing assembly, and periodically, a short news report on the mission pops up in the Chinese media. Beyond this, not much is really known about Tiangong. We don't even know if the launch will take place this year or in 2011. The Chinese themselves probably don't know for sure at this stage. ... read more |
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Rome, Italy (SPX) Jan 20, 2010SELEX Sistemi Integrati signed a contract worth around 5 million Euros with NATO agency NC3A (NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency) for the supply of three IFF (Identification Friend- or -Foe) secondary radar systems. The radars, intended for the Polish Defence Ministry, will be integrated with three Air Defence Systems RAT 31DL, already sold by SELEX Sistemi Integrati to Poland ... more  
Huntsville AL (SPX) Jan 20, 2010The U.S. Army has selected Northrop Grumman to develop the Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System (IBCS) under a $577 million, five-year, cost-plus-incentive-fee/cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for system design and development. IBCS is an integrated air- and missile-defense command and control capability. Enabled by a battlefield fire control network, the system will give ... more  
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Jan 18, 2010US Marines surged in to help the Haiti relief effort on Monday, but lawlessness pervaded with looters raiding shops in the quake-hit capital as rescue workers struggled to save lives and stave off disease. UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon requested 3,500 more troops and police to boost his battered mission that had been trying to bring stability to the dysfunctional Caribbean state even before disaster struck. Six days after a 7.0-magnitude earthquake brought devastation on an unprecedented scale, the massive international relief effort spearheaded by the US military was still failing to bring security to a despairing populace. ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Jan 19, 2010Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano on Tuesday called up to 900 US Coast Guard reservists to duty to serve in Haiti following the devastating January 12 earthquake. President Barack Obama on Sunday issued an executive order authorizing the mobilization of military reserves to help quake-hit Haiti, particularly medical staff to work on hospital ships and Coast Guard sta ... more 
Ft. Pierce FL (SPX) Jan 20, 2010As the fog cleared Tuesday morning, at 9:32 AM EST, the DC-3 flown by Missionary Flights International took off carrying the first wave of long-term solar lighting relief for Haiti. Two Sol Inc. representatives, Victor Sotolongo, former U.S. Marine and registered nurse, and Mario Gonzalez, are flying to Haiti to ensure rapid installation of the donated solar lights allowing relief and aid ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 19, 2010Job creation in the construction, import-export and hotel sectors drove Hong Kong's unemployment rate below five percent for the first time since late 2008, the government said Tuesday. The city's jobless rate fell to 4.9 percent between October and December, which was also the fourth consecutive decline since the start of the global financial crisis, the Census and Statistics Department sai ... more |
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 US tech sector job cuts highest since 2005: report  China trims US bond holdings amid sharp overall surge  Commentary: Hyper executive compensation |
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