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Apr 1, 2004
Quasar Studies Keep Fundamental Physical Constant Constant

ACSA Cans Sea Mission 92

Russian, American and Dutch astronaut to blast off on April 19

Molecular Midwives Hold Clues To The Origin Of Life

Hunt For Extrasolar Earth-Like Planets Intensifies

Why Teams Of Co-Operating Robots Make Good Planetary Explorers

Europe Targets Human Exploration Of The Moon And Mars

Analysis: Mars methane bodes big news

MarsExpress Commissioning Now In Final Phase

A UK-Led Micro-Mission To The Moons Of Mars?

Life Beneath The Ice In The Outer Solar System?

Does Huygens Face A Wipeout After Splashdown On Titan

Orbimage Ramps Up Operations And Expands Staff

Space Technologies Aid Solar-Powered Global Flight Bid

Taiwan to develop ballistic, cruise missiles: Jane's

Taiwan asks to buy two early warning radars

China wants to name celestial body after space hero Yang Liwei

AeroAstro Awarded SBIR Contract For Reconfigurable Spacecraft

Smiths Introduces Innovative Autonomous Refuelling To The UK

Marines Hail New Lightweight Multi-band Satellite Terminals

New Marking Process Traces Spammers, Pirates And Hackers

The Web: A White House plan for broadband

Japan, China, SKorea to discuss Linux use

New members to be feted at NATO HQ, but Russia could spoil the party

Cricket spurs Indo-Pak trade bonhomie

US can deter any North Korean attack, says US military commander in SKorea

Britain, France, Germany condemn Iran's work on nuclear fuel cycle

Three percent of African AIDS patients have access to antiretrovirals

Toyota's Prius, VW's Lupus top France's green-car list

Commentary: Kremlin's anti-demonstration law

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May 27, 2002
Spectre Of World's First Nuclear War Sparks Growing Concern
Islamabad (AFP) May 26, 2002
The spectre of the world's first nuclear war has jolted world leaders into action in a bid to force Pakistan and India back from the brink of a confrontation in which millions could die. While the threat of a nuclear conflict between the superpowers during the Cold War seemed too horrific to be realised, the edgy stand-off between the South Asian arch-rivals has set alarm bells ringing in western capitals.
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Pakistan Test-Fires Second Missile Despite International Uproar
Islamabad (AFP) May 26, 2002
Pakistan Sunday defiantly conducted its second test-firing of a nuclear-capable missile but came under intense pressure to curb militant attacks on India staged from disputed Kashmir state. On Saturday the Ghauri medium-range missile, capable of striking deep into India, was tested in the face of loud international calls for restraint to avert a war with India.
Europa Is Probably Thick Skinned
Los Angeles - May 27, 2002
Detailed mapping and measurements of impact craters on Jupiter's large icy satellites reveal that Europa's floating ice shell may be at least 19 kilometers thick. These measurements, by Staff Scientist and geologist Dr. Paul Schenk, at Houston's Lunar and Planetary Institute, were reported in the May 23 issue of Nature.

Bush, Putin Sign Nuke Treaty
Moscow (AFP) May 24, 2002
US President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a landmark nuclear disarmament treaty on Friday. The treaty obliges the United States and Russia to slash their nuclear arsenals by two-thirds to between 1,700 and 2,200 warheads over the next decade

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Boeing UACV Completes First Flight
Edwards AFB - May 23, 2002
The X-45A Unmanned Combat Aerial Vehicle technology demonstration aircraft completed its first flight here May 22.

May Bergs Return Ross Ice Shelf To Pre-Exploration Lines
 Washington - May 23, 2002
Two new and very large icebergs broke away from the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica earlier this month in a natural "calving" process that returned the edge of the shelf to its pre-exploration position of the early 1900's, researchers say.

US Brass Doesn't Shine To Iraqi War - But Will Obey Orders
 by Jean-Michel Stoullig
 Washington (AFP) May 24, 2002
High-ranking Pentagon officials said Friday they were ready to execute a campaign against Baghdad, as US media reported a lack of equipment and resources to expand the US war on terrorism to Iraq.

Galileo At GNSS
Paris - May 27, 2002
The European Space Agency will be joining forces with the European Commission in a major contribution to GNSS 2002, the sixth in a series of international conferences devoted to global satellite navigation systems, to be held in Copenhagen - May 27 to 30.

Finland Approves First Nuclear Reactor Since Chernobyl
Helsinki (AFP) May 24, 2002
Finland's parliament on Friday approved construction of a fifth nuclear reactor, the first such plant to be authorized in Western Europe or North America since the Chernobyl disaster in 1986.

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Los Angeles - May 24, 2002
Geologists at the University of California, Davis, are using neutron beams from a nuclear reactor to see inside rocks. The method could be used to look for traces of life in rocks from Mars or very ancient rocks from the Earth.

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Attack Of The Clones: Fresh Warnings Emerge
Paris (AFP) May 26, 2002
Fresh evidence emerged Sunday about the perils of cloning, amid claims by rogue scientists that the first human replicant may be born just months from now.

Whip Cracking Mystery Explained
Tucson - May 24, 2002
Professor Alain Goriely might not be Calamity Jane riding the Deadwood Stage but he could just be one of the first people to truly understand what makes a "whip crack-away".




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