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No assurances from Moscow on return of Humvees: Pentagon
Washington (AFP) Aug 21, 2008The United States has received no assurances from Russia that it will return US military vehicles seized in Georgia, a Pentagon spokesman said Thursday. Russian forces seized "a handful" of Humvees, four-wheeled all-purpose military vehicles, in the Black Sea port of Poti, where they were awaiting shipment out of Georgia after an exercise, spokesman Bryan Whitman said. Whitman said the ... more Carrier Visions And Project 1143 
Moscow (UPI) Aug 21, 2008 In the 1960s, the anti-aircraft-carrier lobby prevailed in the Russian navy, and instead of starting a new series, a third Project 1143 ship, the Novorossiisk, was laid down. Work to build aircraft carriers, however, was continued -- by 1967 the Nevsky PKB, the country's largest producer of surface ships, had completed plans for a Project 1153 ship, which, though smaller than the previously ... more Analysis: Turkish-Iranian energy ties 
Washington (UPI) Aug 21, 2008 The repercussions of Russia's reassertion of power within what it deems its "sphere of influence" in "the near abroad" continue to ripple throughout Eastern Europe, the Balkans and the Caucasus. Washington's increasingly strident rhetoric over the Russian-Georgian conflict over South Ossetia is having repercussions from Prague through Warsaw to Kiev, as governments scramble to assess the fallout ... more Russia says Europe in new arms race 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 20, 2008Russia warned Wednesday that the signing of a US-Poland missile defence deal will fuel a new new arms race in Europe and beyond and that it could impact beyond the diplomatic sphere. An angry statement was released by the Russian foreign ministry soon after the deal was signed in Warsaw for a US missile defence shield to be set up in Poland and the Czech Republic. US Secretary of State ... more Putin vows 24 billion dollars for Russian hi-tech: report 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 20, 2008Russia is to invest 600 billion rubles (24.6 billion dollars, 16.7 billion euros) in hi-tech industries over two years, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Wednesday. "We have never put this kind of money into this area," Putin was quoted as saying by the Interfax news agency. "Between 2008 and 2010 we expect to assign 600 billion rubles to various state hi-tech programs," he told the ... more |
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Geneva (AFP) Aug 20, 2008Up to 280 hectares (692 acres) of forests have been burnt or are alight in Georgia after its conflict with Russia, the WWF said Wednesday, warning that key conservation areas were under threat. In a statement, it called on "all parties capable of helping put out forest fires in central Georgia to work together to extinguish them". The fires are centred in the Borjomi-Kharagauli area ... more Successful Launch For Third Inmarsat-4 Satellite 
Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Aug 20, 2008Inmarsat (has confirmed the successful launch and acquisition of the third Inmarsat-4 satellite. The satellite was launched on a Proton Breeze M rocket from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan at 11:43pm BST on 18 August (4:43am 19th August, local time). Inmarsat's tracking station in Fucino, Italy was able to track the satellite while it was still coupled to the Breeze M launch vehicle. ... more Poland won't be intimidated over US missiles: president 
Warsaw (AFP) Aug 19, 2008In a clear swipe at Russia, Poland's President Lech Kaczynski on Tuesday said his country would not give in to threats over its deal with Washington to deploy US missile silos on Polish soil. "No-one can dictate to Poland what it should do. That's in the past," Kaczynski said in a live prime-time television address ahead of Wednesday's signing of the accord with the United States. ... more NATO raps Russia over troops in Georgia 
Brussels (AFP) Aug 19, 2008NATO said Tuesday it was impossible to continue "business as usual" with Russia until it honoured its promise to withdraw its troops from Georgia. The 26 NATO foreign ministers, meeting in an emergency session in Brussels, accused Russia of carrying out the "deliberate destruction of civilian infrastructure" in the former Soviet republic. "We call on Russia to take immediate action to ... more |
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Washington (UPI) Aug 18, 2008 The hacker networks that attacked Georgian Web sites earlier this month previously had targeted porn and gambling sites, likely as part of an extortion racket, and only launched their assault after fighting with Russia broke out, casting doubt on Tbilisi's claims it was orchestrated as part of Moscow's military offensive. The first attack started just after 2 p.m. GMT on Aug. 8 ... more ISS Orbit Adjustment Complete 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 19, 2008The International Space Station's orbit has been adjusted to prepare for the docking of the Progress M-65 cargo module, due to be launched September 10, Russia's Mission Control Center said Wednesday. Corrections to the space station's orbit are conducted periodically before launches of Russian cargo modules and U.S. shuttles to compensate for Earth's gravity and to ensure successful ... more Balance Of Terror Rides Again In Pursuit Of Mutual Destruction 
Washington (UPI) Aug 18, 2008 The Cold War is back -- but it is already getting dangerously hot. Russia did not wait even a day after the announcement that Poland had agreed to station 10 U.S. anti-ICBM Ground-Based Mid-course Interceptors on its territory before announcing it would target Poland with its own missiles in response. As we have repeatedly documented in this column over the past year, the ... more Georgian minister to meet Rice, NATO counterparts Tuesday 
Brussels (AFP) Aug 18, 2008Georgian Foreign Minister Eka Tkeshelashvili will hold bilateral tallks with NATO counterparts on Tuesday, on the sidelines of an Alliance meeting on the Georgia-Russia conflict, officials said Monday. A NATO official said the Georgian minister "will not address the council" of 26 NATO foreign ministers. However Tkeshelashvili has organised several bilateral talks including with US ... more
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