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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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lchic - 01:10pm Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15894 of 15925)
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RU - market recovered

After dropping so fast Monday that trading had to be suspended, Yukos shares closed up more than 3 percent Tuesday, gaining back part of the previous day's 15 percent drop. Sibneft, which fell 13 percent Monday, closed up 2.5 percent, but its free float is so small that it means much less than movements in Yukos, Barden said.

Most analysts said little had changed in terms of Yukos' fundamentals, but some were not quite sure.

"I don't know why Yukos shares are recovering," said Steven Dashevsky of Aton. "Maybe I'm missing something. Their CEO is in jail and key executives are out of the country or resigning from the company. Their management team is falling apart. Do you not think this company should fall in value?"

http://www.moscowtimes.ru/stories/2003/10/29/041.html

lchic - 01:16pm Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15895 of 15925)
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http://www.chinasite.com/Media/Newspaper.html

jorian319 - 01:19pm Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15896 of 15925)

Natural progression of lchic affiliations:

The Guardian

Moscow News

China site

....Cuba's Fidelity?

...or is there some even more socialist lefty lining up next?

lchic - 01:20pm Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15897 of 15925)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Rummy meets Cao Gangchuan ... China US relations begin to THAW

It marked the first top-level Chinese military visit to Washington since a 2001 incident in which a U.S. reconnaissance plane was forced to make an emergency landing in China after colliding with a Chinese fighter sent to intercept it.

A U.S. defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said Rumsfeld and Cao discussed the North Korea situation

http://famulus.msnbc.com/FamulusIntl/reuters10-28-154010.asp?reg=PACRIM

lchic - 01:26pm Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15898 of 15925)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

New York - "Beijing-Moscow-New Delhi trialogue"

22 September 2003 | Article by K.K. Katyal: "Beijing-Moscow-New Delhi trialogue"

"The significance of the upcoming trialogue is not to be underestimated because China, India and Russia represent the vast majority of the global population.

How to appraise the "trialogue" of India, China and Russia now that the Foreign Ministers of the three countries are due to meet this week in New York ... "

http://www.cdi.org/russia/275-18.cfm

lchic - 01:29pm Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15899 of 15925)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Jorian ... what was your point ?

lchic - 01:30pm Oct 29, 2003 EST (# 15900 of 15925)
ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong foundation

Population numbers - then - now - projections

http://www.futuresedge.org/World_Population_Issues/top10_1950_2050.html

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