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India, Russia sign nuclear energy, space deals
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 5, 2008Russia on Friday signed landmark accords with its traditional ally India on issues ranging from nuclear energy to space, as President Dmitry Medvedev met Indian leaders in a bid to bolster ties. The accords covered the building of four new nuclear energy reactors in Kudankulam in the southern state of Tamil Nadu, as well as a cooperation accord on manned space flight. Russia becomes the ... more ESA Presents European Participants In Mars500 Isolation Study 
Paris, France (ESA) Dec 08, 2008March 2009 will see two European participants entering a set of modules at the Institute of Biomedical Problems (IBMP) in Moscow. Together with four Russian participants, they will be sealed inside these isolation chambers for 105 days. This joint ESA IBMP campaign is a preparatory study leading up to the 520-day isolation study in the form of a full-fledged simulation of a mission to Mars ... more China To Launch Probe To Mars With Russian Help In 2009 
Beijing (RIA Novosti) Dec 08, 2008China will send a space probe to Mars with Russia's assistance in October 2009, a Chinese newspaper said on Friday. Russia and China signed a cooperative agreement on the joint exploration of Mars on March 26, 2007. The project includes the launch of the Yinghuo-1 Chinese-made Mars probe. Yinghuo-1 and the Russian Phobos-Grunt probe will be sent together to Mars on a Russian Zenit ... more First Russian warship uses Panama Canal since 1944 
Panama City, Panama (AFP) Dec 6, 2008A Russian warship on Saturday used the Panama Canal for the first time since World War II, after taking part in joint Russian-Venezuelan maneuvers reflecting Moscow's growing military presence in the region. The anti-submarine ship "Admiral Chabanenko" entered the canal at the Caribbean port city of Colon late Friday, and docked at the former US naval base of Rodman in Panama's capital on ... more India's Singh hails ally Russia as nuclear, space deals signed 
New Delhi (AFP) Dec 5, 2008Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hailed a landmark nuclear deal signed with Russia on Friday as a "milestone in the history of our cooperation" after meeting here with President Dmitry Medvedev. The allies also finalised an accord that could see New Delhi send a man and eventually its own manned craft into space, with the Indian premier describing ties with Moscow as a "vital anchor of ... more |
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Paris (AFP) Dec 5, 2008The OECD warned on Friday that emerging market powerhouses China, India and Russia faced a sharp fall in economic momentum in the near term, with prospects also weakening in leading industrialised countries. The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development said its October composite index of economic indicators points "to a weakening outlook for all major seven economies but compared ... more Analysis: Gazprom enters Brazil 
Washington (UPI) Dec 4, 2008 One of the foreign policy batons that the Bush administration is seeking to pass to the Obama government next month is its persistent warnings to the European Union about the perils of becoming overly dependent on Russian energy imports. Washington might pay less attention to lecturing Brussels and more to events south of the border. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, making his ... more A Station Celebration 
Cape Canaveral FL (SPX) Dec 05, 2008Ten years ago on December 4, 2008, NASA and its partner nations began building a dream: the International Space Station. On that date, space shuttle Endeavour lifted off on its 12-day mission to deliver NASA's Unity module and connect it to Russia's Zarya control module already orbiting Earth. The commander of that first space shuttle construction flight to the station was astronaut Bob ... more Russia arms exports to hit record 8 bln dollars in 2008: report 
Moscow (AFP) Dec 4, 2008Russian arms exports are set to soar to a record eight billion dollars (six billion euros) by the end of 2008, a senior defence official said Thursday. Vyacheslav Dzirkaln, deputy director of the Federal Service for Military and Technical Cooperation, told the Itar-Tass news agency that a defence deal between Moscow and Saudi Arabia last July made a significant contribution to the record ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 04, 2008Russia will launch two telecoms satellites on February 11, the Russian Satellite Communications Company said on Wednesday. The Express-AM44 and Express-MD1 spacecraft have been built under the Russian Federal Space Program for 2006-2015, and will be launched from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan by a Proton-M carrier rocket with increased lifting power. "The Express-AM4 ... more NASA Signs Modification To Contract With Russian Space Agency 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Dec 04, 2008NASA has signed a $141 million modification to the current International Space Station (ISS) contract with the Russian space agency for crew transportation services planned through the spring of 2012. In a statement posted on its official website, NASA said that "the firm-fixed price extension covers comprehensive Soyuz support, including all necessary training and preparation for launch, ... more Some 100 countries sign ban on cluster bombs 
Oslo (AFP) Dec 3, 2008Some 100 nations put their names Wednesday to a landmark treaty banning cluster bombs, amid calls for major arms producers such as China, Russia and the United States to join them. Norway -- which played a key role in hammering out the worldwide ban on using, producing, transferring and stockpiling cluster munitions -- was the first of 92 countries to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions ... more China Set To Buy Up Big Before The Cash Runs Out 
Hong Kong (UPI) Dec 2, 2008 Ukraine and China have been engaged in negotiations on the joint design of a large military transport aircraft, according to sources in Ukraine's Antonov Aircraft Co. The agreement was expected to be signed this month, with the aircraft project to begin soon afterward. According to a source in the Ukrainian military industry, the basic design concept of the aircraft already has been fin ... more
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