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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 - 04:10pm Sep 28, 2002 EST (# 4631 of 4636)
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GU talk

on - London Protest -

http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?50@@.3ba75252/0

http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?50@@.3ba752a8/0

on - Uranium http://talk.guardian.co.uk/WebX?50@@.3ba752ae/0

London The Observer http://www.observer.co.uk/

"" It also launched a new international crisis that could widen the splits between the Bush administration and European governments, already visible over US plans to attack Iraq. The US is backing Israel's action while Britain and France condemned it as unacceptable.

In a statement last night the Foreign Office said: 'We understand Israel's need to take steps to protect itself from terrorist attacks, but this siege is not the answer. It will not solve the problem of Palestinian violence; peace can be achieved only through all parties returning to the negotiating table, not by military action.'

http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,796651,00.html

http://www.observer.co.uk/iraq/story/0,12239,796684,00.html

lchic - 04:27pm Sep 28, 2002 EST (# 4632 of 4636)
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Links

http://www.independent.co.uk/
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/?ok
http://abc.net.au/
http://www.reuters.com/home.jhtml;jsessionid=CWHA4HFQTSNPKCRBAEOCFFA?action=check&_requestid=718395

Clinton-Mandella work for AIDS health program in South Africa

lchic - 04:38pm Sep 28, 2002 EST (# 4633 of 4636)
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Carlyle

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - British engineering firm Invensys Plc said on Saturday it had agreed to sell its U.S. car parts unit to investment group Carlyle for $880 million in cash.

The deal to sell Rexnord Corp. is the latest in a series of disposals by Invensys to cut debt.

http://www.reuters.com/markets_news_article.jhtml?storyID=1508754&marketID=1&ric=

A few hours earlier the price was ...

LONDON, Sept 28 (Reuters) - British engineering firm Invensys Plc ISYS.L has agreed to sell its U.S. car parts-making unit to investment group Carlyle for around $913 million, a source familiar with the talks said on Saturday.

So what was the price $880 or $913? ($880?)

:)

lchic - 12:00am Sep 29, 2002 EST (# 4634 of 4636)
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Not even a peri in sight !

kalter.rauch - 12:06am Sep 29, 2002 EST (# 4635 of 4636)
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Ooops!!!

I'm in the wrong forum. I thought this was the Missile Defense area.

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