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Capitol Hill Commission Rejects Russia Syrian Missile Deal
Washington (UPI) Mar 9, 2005A Capitol Hill hearing last Wednesday said Russia's planned sale of anti-aircraft missiles to Syria is a violation of a binding international security agreement and a threat to Lebanon's fragile prospects for democracy. A Tale Of Two El Ninos 
Baltimore MD (SPX) Mar 14, 2005"It was the best of times, it was the worst of times.." The same event can have dramatically different outcomes. For some, an El Nino means a welcome respite from bitter winter weather. For others, it can bring lashing rains and devastating floods. Chinese Company Joins Galileo Project 
Beijing (XNA) Mar 11, 2005A Chinese state-holding company signed a contract last Wednesday to develop satellite-navigating positioning technology for the European Galileo Project. |
Europe Under Snow
Paris, France (ESA) Mar 14, 2005Spring gets off to an unseasonal start across Europe: this Envisat image from last week shows the continent covered by snow all the way down from Sweden down to Italy. The image was acquired on the first Saturday of the month, at the end of a week of snowfalls across the continent and some near record low temperatures. EU Proposes New Greenhouse Gas Targets 
Brussels (AFP) Mar 10, 2005European Union environment ministers proposed last Thursday that industrialised countries set new targets for reducing greenhouse gases after internationally-agreed rules expire in 2012. Researchers Pioneer New Technique For Imaging Earth's Interior 
Boulder CO (SPX) Mar 14, 2005Seismologists have long relied on earthquakes or expensive tools like explosives to help create images of Earth's interior, but a new method created by University of Colorado at Boulder researchers will produce quicker, cheaper and clearer images. |
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Americom Government Services Wins Contract To Support FAA
Princeton NJ (SPX) Mar 14, 2005Americom Government Services, a wholly-owned subsidiary of SES Americom, announced last Thursday it received a ten-year contract through Lockheed Martin Transportation and Security Services to support the space-based navigation services of the FAA. UCLA Trials RP-6 Robot For Neurosurgery Intensive Care 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2005UCLA Medical Center has announced initial clinical tests of the RP-6 mobile robot system in its neurosurgery intensive care unit (ICU). Neanderthal Reconstructed 
St Louis MO (SPX) Mar 14, 2005Anthropologists have constructed the world's first complete articulated Neanderthal skeleton to expand public and scientific understanding of the group, as well as of the differences between Neanderthals and modern humans. |
Black Holes Influence Knowledge Of The Universe
University Park PA (SPX) Mar 14, 2005Black holes have a reputation for voraciously eating everything in their immediate neighborhood, but these large gravity wells also affect electromagnetic radiation and may hinder our ability to ever locate the center of the universe, according to an international research team. Massive Old Galaxies Starve To Death In The Infant Universe 
Pasadena CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2005Astronomers have found distant red galaxies - very massive and very old - in the universe when it was only 2.5 billion years post Big Bang. Hassled Galaxy "Thriving On Chaos" 
Canberra (SPX) Mar 14, 2005Powerful but unknown forces are at work in a small companion galaxy of the Milky Way, astronomers said in last week's issue of the journal Science. Something is keeping the structure and magnetic field of this galaxy (the Large Magellanic Cloud) strong and ordered, even while the Milky Way's gravity works to tear them apart |
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Gizmondo Demonstrates Sat Nav at CeBIT
London, UK (SPX) Mar 14, 2005Gizmondo is profiling its satellite navigation software application on the Gizmondo stand at the CeBIT European consumer electronics and videogames show, which started last Thursday in Hannover, Germany and closes Wednesday. NovAtel Awarded Contract For SBAS Equipment For Indian GAGAN Program 
Calgary AB (SPX) Mar 14, 2005NovAtel has announced that an order for additional Space Based Augmentation System equipment was received from Raytheon in support of the Indian GAGAN program. NovAtel will supply receiver elements of these ground-based elements, which will be included in eight Indian reference stations, an Indian master control center, and an Indian land uplink station. MotionBased Locates A New Dimension In Heart Rate Training 
Sausalito CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2005MotionBased Technologies has announced the addition of heart rate data to its flagship web service, MotionBased. By adding this fitness metric to its GPS-enabled training application, MotionBased adds a new dimension to performance analysis. |
Intel Unveils Latest Concept Mobile PCs
San Francisco CA (SPX) Mar 14, 2005Intel has unveiled its latest concept mobile PCs, demonstrating how future Intel Centrino mobile technology platforms could be used to provide "on-the-go" entertainment for consumers and enhanced innovation for "digital office" users. CeBIT: World's Largest High-Tech Fair Opens With Asia Out In Force 
Hanover (AFP) Mar 10, 2005The world's leading high-tech fair opened last Thursday with a peek into the digital future as the next generation of phones, computers and electronics awakened hopes of a robust sector recovery. Ionatron Announces Receipt Of U.S. Government Contract 
Tucson AZ (SPX) Mar 14, 2005Ionatron last Thursday announced that it has been awarded $1.7 million contract, managed by the Air Force, for the prototyping and deployment of a counter roadside bomb / Improvised Explosive Device system that utilizes Ionatron's proprietary technology. |
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