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Obama to outline US space plans in NASA visitWashington (AFP) April 14, 2010 President Barack Obama visits Kennedy Space Center in Florida on Thursday to deliver a "major space policy speech" outlining the new future for US space exploration, NASA officials say. But Florida lawmakers, NASA employees and others who make a living from the US space program are hoping the president will offer details on the "bold and ambitious new space initiative" which the White House proposed in February. Plans unveiled two months ago proposed scrapping the Constellation program, which wa ... read more |
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Miranshah, Pakistan (AFP) April 12, 2010A US drone fired two missiles into a Taliban compound in Pakistan's tribal area near the Afghan border late Monday, killing at least five militants, security officials said. The compound, located in mountainous Boya village about 20 kilometres (12 miles) west of North Waziristan region's main town of Miranshah, belonged to a militant commander. "The compounds was owned by local Taliban ... more  
Woodland Hills CA (SPX) Apr 13, 2010Northrop Grumman navigation products exceeded data collection and characterization test objectives and provided excellent robust performance during recent flight tests for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory's Automated Aerial Refueling (AAR) program in conjunction with the Air Force Flight Test Center's Test Operations Combined Test Force, the 190th Air Refueling Wing of the Kansas Air Natio ... more  
Jacksonville, FL (SPX) Apr 13, 2010Boeing representatives joined the U.S. Air Force and Florida Air National Guard (ANG) in Jacksonville to roll out the first operational ANG F-15C equipped with an Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar. Boeing is under contract to upgrade 14 ANG and 10 Air Force F-15C/D aircraft with AESA. The Raytheon APG-63(V)3 AESA radar being installed on the F-15s combines the operationally pro ... more |
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China says bank lending fell in MarchShanghai (AFP) April 12, 2010 New loans issued by Chinese banks fell to 510.7 billion yuan (74.8 billion dollars) in March, the central bank said Monday, suggesting Beijing's efforts to curb lending could be working. The figure came after China's banking regulator reportedly ordered state-run banks to review their loans to local government investment firms amid fears of bad debts arising from rampant lending in 2009. Total new lending in March was lower than the 700.1 billion yuan in new loans extended in February and well b ... read more |
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