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NASA chief says space agency positioned to growWashington (AFP) April 8, 2010 NASA chief Charles Bolden has sought to reassure his staff that the US space agency remains well positioned for the future despite the cancellation of a program to return Americans to the moon. The change of course away from former president George W. Bush's vision of manned space exploration comes at a time when NASA is about to retire its three space shuttles with no replacement in sight. After this year, US astronauts will rely on Russia's Soyuz spacecraft to travel to the International Space ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) April 8, 2010Top Democratic allies of President Barack Obama called Thursday for quick Senate ratification of a US-Russia treaty committing the former Cold War foes to major nuclear arms cuts. "This is too important to delay," said Democratic Senator John Kerry, who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee tasked with taking up the pact before a full vote by the entire chamber. Kerry said he wou ... more  
Rio De Janeiro (UPI) Apr 8, 2010 Brazil is upbeat on a new defense cooperation agreement scheduled to be signed in Washington next week, officials said. Brazilian Defense Minister Nelson Jobim told congressional committees the accord, to be the first between Brazil and the United States since 1977, will help defense industry businesses but gave no further details. President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva last year em ... more
Washington (UPI) Apr 8, 2010 It is becoming increasingly difficult to sort fact from fiction between legacy media and the new media of libel-proof blogs sans editors. Blogmocracy is a time-consuming exercise in democracy. Media-watchers say to be well informed and up to speed one must scan at least 100 blogs. Also "Wikileaks," a Web-based investigative journalism outfit that recently released a video that showed a U.S. Ap ... more |
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Major economies to hold climate talks in USWashington (AFP) April 8, 2010 The world's 17 major economies accounting for the bulk of carbon emissions will meet this month in Washington in hopes of pushing forward slow-moving climate talks, US officials said Thursday. Officials from the so-called Major Economies Forum - whose countries account for more than 80 percent of the emissions blamed for global warming - will meet on April 18 and 19 in Washington, the State Department said. "The forum is intended to facilitate a candid dialogue among major developed and develo ... read more |
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