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Extensive missile site in China revealed by satellite: analyst Washington (AFP) May 15, 2008 
Commercial satellite imagery has revealed an extensive nuclear missile site in central China with nearly sixty launch pads for medium-range missiles capable of striking Russia or India, a researcher said Thursday. The images from Google Earth show different types of launch pads, command and control facilities, and missile deployment equipment at a large facility in downtown Delingha, said ... read more
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Myanmar survivors wonder: 'Where do they want us to go?'
Yangon (AFP) May 15, 2008"Where do they want us to go? We have no house any more, and it is raining," says 30-year-old Gangamani, one of thousands of cyclone victims ordered to leave monasteries where they have been sheltering. Some 1,000 people, both Buddhists and ethnic Indian Hindus, have made a makeshift camp in the grounds of a monastery across the river from Myanmar's main city Yangon. But now the military ... more Walker's World: Building with BRICs 
Washington (UPI) May 14, 2008 The concept of the BRIC countries -- Brazil, Russia, India and China -- was coined five years ago in a research paper from the Goldman Sachs investment bank. This week, reality takes over from theory as the foreign ministers of the BRIC countries hold their first formal meeting in the Russian city of Ekaterinburg. They convene with an agenda that includes the issue of biofuels, food ... more Myanmar Allows Some Experts In As UN Call Emergency Meeting 
Washington (AFP) May 14, 2008Myanmar is allowing experts from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) to enter the country to deliver aid to victims of Cyclone Nargis, the US ambassador to ASEAN said Wednesday. "We heard today that the Burmese (Myanmar) authorities had granted permission for foreign experts to come in from neighboring countries, including China, India, Bangladesh and Thailand," Ambassador ... more India tests ballistic missile capable of reaching China 
Bhubaneswar, India (AFP) May 7, 2008India successfully tested a nuclear-capable missile Wednesday that can hit targets deep inside China, joining the ranks of nations possessing intermediate-range missile capacity, the defence ministry said. It marked the third test of the Agni-III missile - India's longest-range ballistic missile - and was staged "to establish the repeatability of the missile's performance," defence ministr ... more NASA Nasa Satellite Captures Image Of Cyclone Nargis Flooding In Myanmar 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) May 07, 2008The first cyclone of the 2008 season in the northern Indian Ocean was a devastating one for Myanmar (Burma). According to reports, Cyclone Nargis made landfall with sustained winds of 130 mph and gusts of 150-160 mph, which is the equivalent of a strong Category 3 or minimal Category 4 hurricane. However news reports now indicate that over 100,000 people may have been killed, with tens of thousands more missing as the full scale of disaster become apparent. ... more |
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New Delhi, India (PTI) May 07, 2008Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday lauded Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) scientists behind the successful launch of polar rocket that put a record ten satellites in orbit. A delegation of top space scientists led by ISRO Chairman G Madhavan Nair presented to Singh a model of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) and satellite pictures of the national capital taken by Cartosat ... more Homeland Security: The week ahead 
Washington (UPI) May 5, 2008 Democratic primaries in Indiana and North Carolina Tuesday mean that presidential politics is likely to dominate the news agenda this week. But among all the endless talk of demographics, victory margins and delegate counts, here are a few national and homeland security events and stories that might make the inside pages. Armed services subcommittees in the House will begin to mark up ... more Analysis: High noon for Clinton, Obama 
Washington (UPI) May 5, 2008 Sens. Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama face their high-noon showdown on Tuesday in Indiana and North Carolina: The results of those two primary elections could prove the decisive turning point of the long race for the Democratic Party's presidential nomination. Abraham Lincoln famously said at the beginning of the U.S. Civil War that he wanted God on his side, but he had to have ... more Energtek And Confidence Petroleum Sign Exclusivity Pact To Commercialize ANG Technology 
Valley Stream NY (SPX) May 06, 2008Energtek and Confidence Petroleum India have announced the signing of an exclusivity pact to commercialize Energtek's proprietary ANG technology supply solutions in India and surrounding nations. The agreement will grant the companies' recently formed joint venture exclusive rights to sell Natural Gas through Energtek's proprietary Fast Interchangeable Tanks, and Low-pressure Mobile Pipeline sys ... more |
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Bangalore, India (PTI) May 02, 2008The subsystems of Cartosat-2A and Indian Mini Satellite-1 (IMS-1) are functioning satisfactorily, telemetry data received from the satellites has revealed. The Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C9) launched the two satellites along with eight nanosatellites successfully on Monday from Satish Dhawan Space Centre SHAR, Sriharikota. On Tuesday, the multi-spectral camera onboard ... more COM DEV Launches Advanced Space-Based AIS Validation Nanosatellite 
Cambridge, Canada (SPX) Apr 30, 2008COM DEV International has announced that a nanosatellite carrying an Automatic Identification System (AIS) receiver built by COM DEV has successfully been deployed by the Antrix PSLV-C9 launch conducted from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre in Sriharikota, India on April 28, 2008. This activity is part of COM DEV's technology validation process intended to verify the performance of key elements ... more Kalam Hails ISRO For Satellite Launch 
New Delhi, India (PTI) Apr 30, 2008The launch of 10 satellites at one go by Indian space scientists on Monday got a thumbs-up from former President APJ Abdul Kalam, who dubbed it a triumph of "beautiful and creative minds. This achievement depicts the innovation taking place in the country. India has created history with this launch," Kalam said delivering the 36th Shri Ram Memorial lecture on Innovation in Industry here. ... more Indian rocket puts a record 10 satellites into orbit 
Bangalore, India (AFP) April 28, 2008An Indian rocket launched a record 10 satellites into orbit in a single mission Monday, underlining the nation's emergence as a major competitor in the multi-billion-dollar space market. The PSLV rocket ejected all the satellites within minutes of each other after liftoff at 9:20 a.m. (0350 GMT) in clear weather from the Sriharikota space station in southern India, the Indian Space Research ... more
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