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 Tel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Sep 18, 2009 
Amid growing concern about North Korea's expanding ballistic missile capabilities, South Korea has said it will buy Israel's advanced Green Pine radar system, which is used with the Jewish state's principal missile killer, the Arrow-2. The deal will be worth an estimated $200 million, one of Israel's largest weapons deals with South Korea. Seoul's media reported that South ... read more 
Washington (AFP) Sept 20, 2009US President Barack Obama on Sunday denied that "paranoid" objections from Russia influenced his decision to abandon plans by the former Bush administration to site a missile defense system in Eastern Europe. "Russia had always been paranoid about this, but George Bush was right, this wasn't a threat to them," Obama said in an interview on CBS show "Face the Nation" days before he is set to ... more
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Apple blocking Dalai Lama, Kadeer, iPhone apps: report
US telecom company fined for bribing Chinese officials Apple blocking Dalai Lama iPhone applications: report Detroit flight plot may prove boon for security firms AT&T wants out of landline business Apple wins iPod hearing loss lawsuit Nuance buys British voice-to-text company SpinVox Facebook, Twitter to face more sophisticated attacks: McAfee Google plans Android event in January Hacker pleads guilty in huge credit card theft case 
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Washington (AFP) Sept 19, 2009US President Barack Obama geared up Saturday for whirlwind meetings next week with counterparts from China, Japan and Russia, but Iran's firebrand leader looked set to be left out in the cold. As world leaders converge on New York for the annual United Nations general assembly, officials said Obama would kick off a flurry of high-profile bilateral encounters by meeting Chinese President Hu ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Sept 18, 2009Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin praised US President Barack Obama's "brave" move to axe a planned missile shield in Europe as NATO's chief called for a new strategic partnership with the Kremlin. Russia had condemned the anti-missile radar facility being placed in the Czech Republic and missile interceptors in Poland under plans drawn up by Obama's predecessor George W. Bush ... more 
Brussels (AFP) Sept 18, 2009NATO reached out to Russia Friday in an effort to mend badly bruised ties, inviting Moscow to consider linking its missile system to those of the United States and the military alliance. In a landmark speech in Brussels, NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen also encouraged Russia to undertake a joint review of the new security threats they face, as the basis of a new partnership ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Sept 17, 2009European leaders welcomed Thursday a US decision to drop plans to extend its anti-missile shield into the continent, amid hope that the move could help improve strained ties with Russia. Russia itself welcomed the step, while Poland and the Czech Republic -- where parts of the shield were to be based -- put on a brave face, saying the decision did not signal any deterioration in ties with ... more  
Berlin, Germany (SPX) Sep 17, 2009A team of international scientists led by Mirjam Langhans, from the German Aerospace Center (DLR), will present first results of a global analysis of spatial patterns, occurrence and origin of river channels on Titan at the European Planetary Science Congress in Potsdam, Germany, on Wednesday 16 September. To date scientists have focused their investigations on single channels due to the ... more  
Paris, France (SPX) Sep 15, 2009As members of the media visit IABG's spacecraft test centre in Germany to learn more about ESA's CryoSat mission and view the satellite, a new target launch date of 28 February 2010 has been announced. The slip, from the planned launch date of December this year, is due to the limited availability of facilities at the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan, which is particularly busy at the ... more |
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