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Atlantis Launch Delayed Until At Least Tuesday
Washington DC (AFP) Aug 27, 2006NASA said Sunday it may roll Atlantis back to its hangar to protect it from an incoming storm, a move that would delay liftoff to the Station by more than a week. The US space agency will try to launch Atlantis around September 7-8 if Tuesday's liftoff is canceled at the Kennedy Space Center on Florida's eastern coast due to conflicts with Russian Soyuz launch plans. But NASA officials remained hopeful they could launch the shuttle Tuesday at 3:42 pm (1942 GMT) on the first major ISS construction mission in nearly four years. |
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US Rallying Allies, Partners On Iran
Kennebunkport ME (AFP) Aug 25, 2006US President George W. Bush on Thursday led a US diplomatic effort to ensure a united response to Iran's nuclear program one week before Tehran may face United Nations sanctions. Bush telephoned the leaders of Germany and Italy, while US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice called her Russian and German counterparts as well as EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana, US officials told reporters. LM Demos Airborne Control System To Manage Unmanned Aircraft Teaming 
Owego NY (SPX) Aug 25, 2006Lockheed Martin has completed flight demonstrations of a new system that will enable U.S. Army command and control helicopters to form and manage teams of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and manned strike aircraft. China's Military Holds High-Tech War Exercise 
Beijing, China (AFP) Aug 25, 2006China's military has conducted a first-ever war exercise involving joint forces at a northern training base to test its high-technology combat capabilities, Xinhua news agency said Thursday. MISSILE DEFENSE Australia, EU Nations Warn Of Portable Missile Threat To Airliners 
Geneva (AFP) Aug 24, 2006Australia and European countries on Thursday called for an international clampdown on the illicit trade in shoulder-launched anti-aircraft missiles, warning that civilian airliners are at risk. CONTENT PARTNERS
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Massive Philippines Oil Spill Raises Health Fears
Nueva Valencia (AFP) Philippines, Aug 24, 2006Hundreds of people have fallen sick and one man has died in central Philippines following the country's worst ever oil spill, health officials said Thursday. The health department has sent medical teams to Guimaras island, which bore the brunt of the disaster, where 329 people have complained of a range of symptoms including skin irritation and respiratory problems. First-Ever Look At Combined Causes Of North Atlantic And Arctic Ocean Freshening 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Aug 25, 2006A new analysis of 50 years of changes in freshwater inputs to the Arctic Ocean and North Atlantic may help shed light on what's behind the recently observed freshening of the North Atlantic Ocean. Pakistan Clerics Order Aid Groups To Fire Women 
Islamabad (AFP) Aug 24, 2006Muslim clerics in part of earthquake-hit Pakistani Kashmir have told aid agencies to fire all local women employees or face violent protests, officials and religious leaders said Thursday. Prevention Vital Against Desertification 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 24, 2006Parched Asian nations such as Mongolia and China must act swiftly to prevent the creeping spread of deserts which costs the global economy 42 billion dollars a year, a UN expert said Thursday. |
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