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May 27, 2002
NUKEWARS
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.
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  • US Says Ideas On Table, Amid Widening Indo-Pak Peace Drive
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    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.
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    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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    UAV NEWS
    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.
  • Northrop Grumman Gets Contract Bost For UACV
  • India Tests Upgraded Unmanned Spy Plane
  • Fire Scout UAV At China Lake For First Flight

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    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.
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  • India's Heatwave Toll 1,200, No Respite In Sight
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    • TERRORWARS
    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.
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  • Bombs Fall As Iraqi Sanctions Regime Modified
  • No Change To 'Rogue States' List In US Report

    • GPS NEWS
    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.
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    • CIVIL NUCLEAR
    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.
  • Russia To Agree To Inspection Of Iranian Nuclear Plant: Bush
  • European Nuclear Body Backs Lithuania Building New Reactor
  • US House Backs National Nuclear Dump Project

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