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Security high as Russian rocket rolled out for launchBaikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) March 31, 2010 Armed interior ministry forces patrolled the train tracks at Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome on Wednesday, amid heightened security ahead of a launch to the International Space Station. The Soyuz rocket set to blast off on Friday was rolled out of its hangar and out across the barren Kazakh steppe under tighter than normal security two days after a pair of suicide bombers killed dozens in the Moscow metro. Base officials told journalists at the site to expect tighter-than-normal controls on their m ... read more |
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San Bruno, California (AFP) March 31, 2010Google-owned YouTube on Wednesday rolled out a major redesign aimed at clearing out visual noise and capturing the attention of viewers at the superstar video-sharing website. "We really felt like we needed to step back and remove the clutter," Google product manager Shiva Rajaraman said as he provided an in-depth look at the revamped YouTube home page to be fully rolled out by late Wednesda ... more  
Kirkuk Regional Air Base, Iraq (SPX) Apr 01, 2010Airmen here use the RQ-11B Raven, a small unmanned aircraft equipped with cameras, sensors and communications tools, to give coalition warfighters an advantage of eyes in the sky. There are many different types of unmanned aircraft, ranging in size and capability, but Kirkuk Regional Air Base Airmen operate the Raven-B that weighs only 4.2 pounds, has a 55 inch wingspan and measures 3 feet ... more 
Ankara, Turkey (UPI) Mar 31, 2009 After a long and acrimonious dispute, Turkey has taken delivery of six Heron drone aircraft from Israel, expecting an additional four by the end of April. The delayed delivery followed a fence-mending trip to Turkey that Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak took to in January in a bid to ease the fallout of a diplomatic tiff spanning from the late order and Ankara's criticism of Israeli ... more |
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Outside View: A big dealWashington (UPI) Mar 31, 2009 U.S. Vice President Joe Biden's crass congratulatory whisper to President Barack Obama after the House of Representative's March 21 passage of the healthcare bill was one bookend for an extraordinary presidential week by any account. The other bookend was the president's surprise visit to Afghanistan ostensibly to deliver some tough love to President Hamid Karzai and the Afghan government to get its act together. In between came the visits of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu and ... read more |
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