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Iran to unveil three new home-built satellites: reportTehran (AFP) Jan 20, 2010 Iran will unveil three new satellites in February, a report said Wednesday, amid Western concerns that Tehran is using its nuclear and space industries to develop atomic and ballistic weapons. ISNA news agency quoted Communications Minister Reza Taghipour as saying that one of the three home-built communications satellites is still under construction. Taghipour named the three satellites as Toloo (Dawn), Ya Mahdi and Mesbah-2, but did not elaborate on exactly when they would be launched. ... read more |
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Moscow (AFP) Jan 21, 2010Russia on Thursday said it had no plans to boost the arsenal of its Baltic Fleet in response to Poland's announcement that the United States will deploy Patriot-type missiles close to Russian borders. "No changes are planned in the combat components of the Baltic Fleet in connection with the deployment of US Patriot missiles close to the border with Russia," the defence ministry said in a statement carried by news agencies. Earlier, the RIA Novosti news agency had quoted a high-ranking official in the Baltic Fleet as saying Russia would be boosting the weaponry of the fleet's ships, submarines and aircraft in response to the Polish announcement. ... more  
York, Pa. (UPI) Jan 21, 2009 BAE Systems has unveiled its brand new howitzer for deployment in the U.S. Army and eventually for military customers elsewhere. The next-generation howitzer is an upgraded Paladin Integrated Management vehicle in the M-109 Paladin family of vehicles, a combat-proven weapon system manufactured by BAE Systems in York, Pa. It was not immediately clear when the weapon would be mark ... more  
Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jan 21, 2009 Despite damaged ties, Turkey and Israel say that a controversial drones contract will go ahead by March. Israel will send four Heron unmanned aerial vehicles to Turkey within two months as part of a consignment of 10 drones purchased by the Turkish government, Turkish daily Zaman reported citing unnamed officials. Turkey awarded the lucrative contract five years ago, placing the ... more |
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Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Jan 21, 2010Haitian officials launched a huge operation Thursday to move hundreds of thousands of homeless outside their ruined capital, as medics worked feverishly to treat the countless injured. "It is difficult to work as before, but we're on course to regain control," President Rene Preval told reporters, countering charges that the government has been largely absent since the January 12 quake. ... more
Washington (AFP) Jan 21, 2010The United States will enforce its own laws and repatriate any Haitians who illegally enter US territory while fleeing quake-hit Haiti, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday. "Ordinary and regular immigration laws will apply going forward, which means we are not going to be accepting into the US Haitians who are attempting to make it to our shores," Clinton told reporters. ... more  
Washington (AFP) Jan 20, 2010The lead author of a World Bank report on the global economy published Wednesday said the bank sees "signs of bubbles" in the Chinese economy, a problem he said the Chinese government acknowledges. "We can already see some signs of bubbles and signs of tensions in the Chinese economy, in particular in the housing sector," said Andrew Burns, head of the bank's macroeconomic forecasting, at a news briefing Tuesday under embargo until the report was released late Wednesday in Washington. ... more |
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