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Swiss solar plane makes history with round-the-clock flightPayerne, Switzerland (AFP) July 8, 2010 A solar powered aircraft masterminded by a Swiss adventurer made history on Thursday as the first manned plane to fly around the clock on the sun's energy, bringing a step closer the dream of perpetual flight. After 26 hours in the air the experimental Solar Impulse aircraft with pilot Andre Borschberg onboard make a seamless landing at Payerne airbase in western Switzerland at 9.01 am (0701 GMT), about three hours after daybreak. "It's the first time ever that a solar airplane has flown through ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) July 6, 2010US President Barack Obama warned Tuesday that attempts to single out Israel over its undeclared nuclear program could scupper a Middle East regional nuclear conference planned for 2012. Obama delivered the warning in a statement about his talks with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he gave Israel a veiled, but public assurance over its strategic nuclear ambiguity. "The ... more  
Oshkosh WI (SPX) Jul 08, 2010Oshkosh Corporation has announced its Defense division has received two delivery orders from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (LCMC) for the U.S. Army's Family of Heavy Tactical Vehicles (FHTV). The two delivery orders are valued at roughly $600 million, and extend production for nearly 1,900 new and recapitalized severe-duty Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Truck (HEMTT A ... more  
Palmdale CA (SPX) Jul 08, 2010The Euro Hawk unmanned aircraft system (UAS), built by Northrop Grumman and EADS Defence and Security, successfully completed its first flight June 29. The high-flying aircraft took off at approximately 10:32 a.m. PDT from Northrop Grumman's Palmdale, Calif., manufacturing facility and climbed to 32,000 feet over Palmdale's desert skies before landing nearly two hours later at 12:24 p.m. P ... more |
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NATO chief slams EU over 'unfair' Turkish treatmentCopenhagen (AFP) July 7, 2010 NATO chief Anders Fogh Rasmussen criticised the European Union Wednesday for what he called its "unfair" treatment of Turkey, writing in the Danish centre-left daily Politiken. The NATO secretary general advised the EU to "take a series of pragmatic steps to improve relations with Turkey, entirely outside the negotiations" between Ankara and Brussels over Turkey's membership of the bloc. In particular, the former Danish prime minister urged the EU to give Turkey more of a role in decision-making ... read more |
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