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Lithuania would consider hosting US missile shield: minister
VILNIUS AFP — Lithuania would consider being the base for a contested US missile shield if Washington asks it, but believes the United States will persuade Poland to host the system, Lithuania's defence minister said Wednesday. "Lithuania would consider the possibility of participating in the anti-missile shield if asked....
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, NATO, Poland, shield, Washington
Research articles 2008-06-18
Polish-US talks on missile shield in deadlock: report
WARSAW AFP — Talks on Washington's plans for an anti-missile shield in Europe are in deadlock because Poland is unhappy with recent US proposals, a leading Polish newspaper reported Friday. Warsaw called off discussions scheduled for Friday, said the liberal daily Gazeta Wyborcza, which is considered well-informed on government...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, Manufacturing, Poland, shield, Washington
Research articles 2008-02-22
US missile shield would be major change of strategy: analysts
WARSAW AFP — If a US missile shield goes ahead in Europe as planned it will be a major shift towards a defensive strategy of deterrence in a new era of nuclear proliferation and rogue regimes, analysts said. "The adoption of missile defence in Poland would imply a significant...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, FINANCE, missile, negotiation, Poland, SECURITY, shield, strategy, Washington
Research articles 2008-01-11
New shell to cover deadly Chernobyl
KIEV AFP — French consortium Novarka signed a contract Monday with Ukraine to shut away the radioactive heart of the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster with a multi-million-euro protective cover designed to last a hundred years. Ukrainian President Viktor Yushchenko and the French trade minister, Herve Novelli, oversaw the signing...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, consortium, shield, Ukraine
Research articles 2007-09-17
Shuttle work may stall other launches
NASA officials are optimistic that space shuttle Endeavour will land safely today, but they conceded Monday that future shuttle launches are in jeopardy. Just two months before the next planned mission, NASA has decided to revamp a section of the shuttle's fuel tank that cracked off...
Tags: Columbia, NASA, shield, Shuttle, shuttle
Research articles 2007-08-21
Goodell's first year filled with tough calls
BEREA, Ohio -- Munching M&M's as he unwinds inside a private jet carrying him from a morning visit to the Detroit Lions training camp to an afternoon meeting with the Cleveland Browns, Roger Goodell conveys the vibe of the regular-guy commissioner. In contrast to his more...
Tags: MARKETING, NFL, shield
Research articles 2007-08-17
NASA weighs repair of shuttle's protective shield
WASHINGTON AFP — NASA engineers on Monday pored over new imagery of the space shuttle Endeavour's underbelly to decide if its damaged heat shield needed repair, as astronauts prepared for the mission's second spacewalk. The three-dimensional images of a gouge in the shield were taken Sunday by a camera,...
Tags: Columbia, FINANCE, ISS, millimeter, NASA, shield, shuttle, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2007-08-12
NASA weighs repair of shuttle's protective shield
WASHINGTON AFP — NASA engineers on Monday pored over new imagery of the space shuttle Endeavour's underbelly to decide if its damaged heat shield needed repair, as astronauts prepared for the mission's second spacewalk. The three-dimensional images of a gouge in the shield were taken Sunday by a camera,...
Tags: Columbia, FINANCE, ISS, millimeter, NASA, shield, shuttle, SOFTWARE
Research articles 2007-08-12
COURT DECISIONS
Digested from case reports published in Westlaw, West Publishing Co., St. Paul, MN Home owner challenges policy cancellation In March 2000, Rachel Alexander purchased a home in Lafayette, Louisiana, financing her purchase through Cendant Mortgage Corporation. The arrangement with Cendant provided that an escrow account would be maintained...
Tags: exclusion, FINANCE, Insurance, Metro, Prudential Insurance Company of America, Shield, Williams, Zurich
Research articles 2007-08-01
Astronauts fix computers on ISS, repair thermal blanket
WASHINGTON AFP — Astronauts on Friday fixed a tear in the shuttle Atlantis's heat shield and repaired two main computers at the International Space Station after an unprecedented systems breakdown that lasted 48 hours, a NASA spokeswoman said. "They got them running around 3:00 pm (1900 GMT)," NASA spokeswoman...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, computer, ISS, NASA, PRODUCTIVITY, shield, shuttle
Research articles 2007-06-14
1. BlueBird's BedBug.(Landscape Construction: Curbing Machines and Walk-behind Edgers)
BlueBird's BedBug landscape edger is powered by a 5.5-hp, Honda GX engine with a centrifugal clutch. Carbide-tipped cutting blades provide consistent performance even through roots and hard ground. Cutting depth adjusts 2-4 inches. BedBug boasts commercial construction and productivity with user-friendly controls and features such as...
Tags: blade, HARDWARE, Honda Motor Co., Servers, shield
Research articles 2007-06-01
Ellen Gray | Looking for the right ending
THE SHIELD. 10 tonight, FX.I'VE BEEN thinking a lot about endings lately.Hard not to, really, with HBO's "The Sopranos" now a third of the way through its final nine, and the producers of ABC's "Desperate Housewives" and "Lost" indicating that they don't share "Law & Order" producer Dick Wolf's obsession...
Tags: ABC Inc., SHIELD, TVs
Research articles 2007-04-24
Gail Shister | On 'The Shield,' revenge of operatic proportions
Revenge may be a dish best served cold, but it's piping hot this season for  The Shield's  Vic Mackey. Michael Chiklis'  renegade detective vows to snuff the killer of "Lem" Lemansky, one of his own. One small hitch: He doesn't know that the  killer  is one of his own, too.Yet.The...
Tags: ABC Inc., NBC Universal Inc., Shield
Research articles 2007-03-21
United States, Poland hold missile shield talks
WARSAW AFP — A senior US official Tuesday held talks with Polish authorities on Washington's contentious plan to construct part of an anti-missile defence system in central Europe, Poland's defence ministry said. US Assistant Secretary of State Daniel Fried met with Polish Defence Minister Aleksander Szczyglo in Warsaw, ministry...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Manufacturing, ministry, Poland, shield, Washington
Research articles 2007-03-20
Pentagon officials to visit Ukraine for missile defence talks
KIEV AFP — A Pentagon delegation is to visit Ukraine next week to discuss US plans to extend an anti-missile shield into neighbouring Poland and the Czech Republic, Defence Minister Anatoly Grytsenko said Tuesday. "To determine Ukraine's position on this matter we need detailed information on the elements of...
Tags: Manufacturing, Pentagon, Poland, shield, Ukraine
Research articles 2007-03-06
Britain in talks with US on hosting 'son of Star Wars'
LONDON AFP — Britain is consulting with the United States about possibly hosting part of a US "son of Star Wars" missile defence shield, the government said Friday. The United States has already begun negotiations with Poland and the Czech Republic to install a radar and 10 long-range missile...
Tags: Britain, British Broadcasting Corp., Government, Iran, missile, Russia, shield, U.S.
Research articles 2007-02-23
Going to Mars? Space radiation could be a mission-killer
PARIS AFP — Among the many physical risks facing astronauts sent to the Moon or Mars, the biggest danger will also be the least visible: radiation. This is nuclear particles that are spewed out by the Sun -- and which in storms called solar flares can be potentially lethal...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Biotechnology, Earth, particle, radiation, shield
Research articles 2007-02-20
Weather looks better for space shuttle landing in Florida
CAPE CANAVERAL, United States AFP — Weather conditions looked better for a possible landing of the space shuttle Discovery Friday in Florida, a NASA spokeswoman said, after engineers found no signs of damage on its heat shield. Experts analyzed the images and data collected Wednesday during a final inspection of...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Columbia, Earth, NASA, shield, spokeswoman
Research articles 2006-12-21
1. BlueBird's BedBug
BlueBird's BedBug landscape edger is powered by a 5.5-hp. Honda GX engine with a centrifugal clutch. Carbide-tipped cutting blades provide consistent performance even through roots and nard ground; cutting depth adjusts 2-4 inches. BedBug beasts commercial construction and productivity with user-friendly controls and features such as a removable shield that...
Tags: HARDWARE, Honda Motor Co., Servers, shield
Research articles 2006-12-01
Atlantis astronauts set for major space station work
HOUSTON, Texas AFP — Atlantis shuttle astronauts are set to install a key new segment to the half-finished International Space Station in the first ISS construction work since the 2003 Columbia disaster. The six astronauts, one woman and five men, arrived at the station Monday aboard a shuttle that so...
Tags: Atlantis, Columbia, ISS, NASA, shield, shuttle
Research articles 2006-09-11
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