International
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CongressIsraeli Prime Minister Olmert Urges Obama To Seek Middle East Peace Deal; Olmert, Bush, Hold Final Meeting Today
President-elect Obama must continue the search for a Middle East peace accord, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today, as he prepared to meet this evening with President Bush at […]
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InternationalObama Focusing On Funding Economic Stimulus
President-elect Obama is focusing on the weak economy and financial system crisis, along with auto industry woes, raising questions as to how much new money will be available for programs […]
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InternationalInternational Space Station For First Time Will Have European Commander, ESA States
European Space Agency (ESA) astronaut Frank De Winne is set to become the first European commander of the International Space Station (ISS), ESA announced. De Winne, from Belgium, will fly […]
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CongressO’Reilly Relieves Obering At Helm Of Missile Defense Agency
Air Force Lt. Gen. Henry A. "Trey" Obering III turned over responsibility for missile defense operations to Army Lt. Gen. Patrick J. O’Reilly, who became the eighth director of the […]
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Business/FinancialSpace Traveler Garriott Returns To Earth After Mission To Space Station
Commercial space traveler Richard Garriott, son of NASA astronaut Owen Garriott, returned to Earth after a mission to the International Space Station, Space Adventures, Ltd. announced. The company books commercial […]
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Business/FinancialContracts
Pratt Gains $12.2 Million MDA Liquid Propellant System Contract The Missile Defense Agency gave Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, a unit of United Technologies Corp. [UTX], a $12.2 million cost plus […]
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InternationalGermany Tests Bental’s MicroBAT UAV Payload
Israel’s Bental Industries Tuesday said that the German Federal Office of Defense Technology and Procurement assigned German UAV manufacturer EMT with testing of the MicroBAT 275, Bental’s latest development of […]
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InternationalObama Pledges To Work Closely With New Heaad of NATO Parliamentary Assembly
President-elect Barack Obama congratulated the outgoing President of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly (NATO PA) and pledged to “work closely” with his successor, the organization said. The president-elect sent a message […]
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InternationalIsrael Continues Localizing Alarm System For Rocket Attacks
TEL AVIV–Faced with an ongoing threat to its citizens from rocket attacks the past eight years, particularly in areas near the Gaza Strip, Israel has been able to pinpoint where […]
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InternationalODNI Effort Is Meeting The Challenge of Keeping Track of Ships At Sea
Keeping track of the thousands of vessels, from fishing boats to large container ships, as they sail to and from America is a daunting challenge, but one the Office of […]