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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
- 10:41am Oct 25, 2002 EST (#
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ultimately TRUTH outs : TRUTH has to
be morally forcing : build on TRUTH it's a strong
foundation
GU International - RU
lchic
- 11:05am Oct 25, 2002 EST (#
5215 of 17697)
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Gazeta.ru Hostages Theatre | TRUTH
"" The hostages, who use their mobile phones to keep in
touch with the press and relatives, said they were very deeply
concerned over that ban. One of them, Anna Andrianova, in a
live interview carried by Ekho Moskvy, said that the hostages
had waited for Barayev’s interview broadcast as eagerly as the
terrorists themselves.
''We are afraid in case there is some disinformation,
and we want our requests and demands to the country’s leaders
to be heard by them and by the people,'' the hostage
emphasized.
''We confirmed [in an interview with NTV], that
everything’s fine with them [hostages], that we have written a
letter to the president at our own initiative and now await
the government’s decision on the issue forthwith, and also beg
the authorities not to take any forced actions,'' Adrianova
told Ekho Moskvy.
''Unfortunately, NTV showed only the pictures,'' she added.
''We are alive and well, we have heating and water, and what
else does one need when such thoughts are in one’s mind.'' ...
lchic
- 11:21am Oct 25, 2002 EST (#
5216 of 17697)
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Russia-Iran close to deal on nuclear cooperation
"" Russia said on Thursday it had taken a step closer to
signing a long-term economic deal with Iran that would ensure
continued cooperation with the Islamic republic in the nuclear
sector despite U.S. concerns.
Russia plans to build up to six civil nuclear reactors,
develop oil and gas deposits, jointly manufacture aircraft and
cooperate in communications and the metals industry under the
planned 10-year deal.
This would be in addition to Russia's 1990s agreement with
Iran to build a nuclear plant at Bushehr on the Gulf coast, a
project that has long infuriated Washington.
Iran has repeatedly said that its nuclear cooperation with
Russia is for peaceful purposes. But U.S. officials argue
there can be no reason for a country with Iran's oil resources
to want so many nuclear reactors, implying that the plants
could be used to produce weapons-grade nuclear material.
U.S. President George W. Bush earlier this year included
Iran with Iraq and North Korea in an "axis of evil" bent on
acquiring weapons of mass destruction and backing terrorism.
A Russian government statement quoted on Thursday Deputy
Prime-Minister Viktor Khristenko as saying Russia and Iraq
planned to resolve differences soon over the long-term deal,
with more experts' meetings planned this week.
Khristenko, who met on Thursday Iranian oil minister Bijan
Zanganeh, said U.S. concerns over nuclear cooperation
programme were exaggerated and added Moscow would try hard to
explain its position.
"We have to deepen our relations on both (Iranian and U.S.)
fronts... The history of our relations with Iran counts more
than one day and more than one year," Russian agency Interfax
quoted Khristenko as saying.
The statement also said Khristenko and Zanganeh discussed
cooperation between non-OPEC Russia, the world's second
largest oil exporter after Saudi Arabia, and OPEC-member Iran,
but gave no details.
A Russian Energy Ministry official told Reuters Zanganeh
also met on Thursday Russian Energy Minister Igor Yusufov.
"The two men discussed market stability and price
prospectives as it had happened before during our talks with
other OPEC-member officials," he said.
Russia agreed to curb oil supplies by five percent in the
first six months of 2002 to help OPEC rein in global output
and keep prices firm but kept pumping at capacity and boosted
supplies further after the deal expired in July. //Reuters
~ Gazeta.ru
lchic
- 11:25am Oct 25, 2002 EST (#
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' Russia plans to build up to six civil nuclear reactors,
develop oil and gas deposits, jointly
manufacture aircraft and cooperate in communications and the
metals industry under the planned 10-year deal. ' (above)
Raises the question - why doesn't IRAN go for GREEN energy
- it has SOLAR potential .... are the REAL FULL HOLISTIC costs
of building NUKEreactors (including clean-up) been understood!
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