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 May 16, 2007 |
| IRAQ WARS + Bush Picks New General To Act As War Czar Of Iraq And Afghan Campaigns  Washington (AFP) May 15, 2007 - President George W. Bush has chosen army Lieutenant General Douglas Lute to take up the new position of war "czar" to oversee the conflicts in Iraq and Afganistan, a US official said Tuesday. "Lieutenant General Douglas Lute will be the assistant to the president and deputy national security advisor for Iraq and Afghanistan policy," the senior administration official said. Meanwhile, the W ... moreNUKEWARS + Iran Claims To Be Making Steady Progress In Enriching Uranium  Vienna (AFP) May 15, 2007 - Iran has made progress in enriching uranium despite UN sanctions against this strategic work, UN nuclear inspectors have learned, diplomats told AFP Tuesday. The news shows Iran is moving towards meeting the claim made in April by its President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad that Tehran had achieved an "industrial scale" of enrichment. Enrichment is the process that makes fuel for nuclear power react ... moreMILTECH + Proposed Cuts Endanger Future Combat System Warns Pentagon  Washington (AFNS) May 16, 2007 - Proposed cuts to the Army's Future Combat Systems endanger a program that would improve military capabilities today and in the future, said Army Lt. Gen. Stephen M. Speakes, the service's director of force development and deputy chief of staff. News reports say Congress proposes $876 million worth of cuts for the Future Combat Systems in the fiscal 2008 budget request. The total Future Combat Sy ... moreNUKEWARS + North Korea Says Work To Transfer Bank Funds Under Way  Seoul (AFP) May 15, 2007 - North Korea said Tuesday that work is under way to settle a banking row which has blocked international efforts to prevent it making nuclear weapons, raising hopes of progress after months of delay. A foreign ministry spokesman promised to start shutting down atomic plants under UN supervision as soon as millions of dollars in cash frozen overseas under US-inspired sanctions is successfully tran ... moreMISSILE DEFENSE + Missile Defense Funding Reaches Compromise Point  Washington (UPI) May 14, 2007 - Was last week's congressional compromise on U.S. ballistic missile defense funding a disastrous defeat for the program, or was it a resounding victory for ensuring the survival and continued funding of key programs? Was it a bitter, short-sighted bipartisan fight of the kind that gives Congress a bad name? Or was it a triumph for constructive bipartisanship that forged a new and likely lasting c ... more | IRAQ WARS:  FLOATING STEEL:  FLOATING STEEL:  UAV NEWS:  |
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| ENERGY TECH + Powered By Sound Revolutionary Stove Could Help Reduce Poverty  Nottingham UK (SPX) May 16, 2007 - It's a cooker, a fridge and a generator in one - and it could have a huge impact on the lives of people in the world's poorest communities. The 2m pound SCORE (Stove for Cooking, Refrigeration and Electricity) project brings together experts from across the world to develop a wood-powered generator capable of both cooking and cooling food. By developing an affordable, versatile domestic ap ... moreENERGY TECH + Russian Pipeline Monopoly Takes Over Oil Product Transit Firm  Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 16, 2007 - Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov has signed a resolution on merging the state-controlled crude pipeline operator Transneft with the state-run oil product transit company Transnefteprodukt, the government's press office said Tuesday. Analysts say the merger is likely to raise the companies' efficiency and cut independent producers' expenses on oil and petroleum product transportation. ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Regulator To Ask US Experts For Hydrocarbon Reserves Estimate  Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 16, 2007 - Russia's mineral resources watchdog said Tuesday it will ask the American Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) to provide estimates of Russia's hydrocarbon reserves according to SPE procedures. The Federal Agency for the Management of Mineral Resources said it is primarily interested in estimates of reserves in areas without transport infrastructure. The regulator said earlier some foreign ... moreCIVIL NUCLEAR + Russia To Build Nuclear Centre In Sanctions-Hit Myanmar  Moscow (AFP) May 15, 2007 - Russia said Tuesday it had agreed to help build a nuclear research centre in Myanmar, the Asian state run by a military junta that is under European and US economic sanctions. "The agreement foresees cooperation in the design and equipping of a centre for nuclear research in Myanmar," including a small light-water nuclear reactor, Russia's atomic energy agency Rosatom said in a statement. ... moreFROTH AND BUBBLE + Newmont Exec Sues New York Times Over Indonesia Stories  Jakarta (AFP) May 15, 2007 - An executive from US mining giant Newmont sued the New York Times for more than 64 million dollars Tuesday over claims the firm dumped toxic waste into an Indonesian bay. Richard Ness said he sued the newspaper and one of its reporters for defamation in an Indonesian court over stories published in 2004 that claimed Newmont polluted the bay with tonnes of waste from its now defunct gold mine. ... more | CAR TECH:  ENERGY TECH:  SOLAR DAILY:  CLIMATE SCIENCE:  |
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