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Iraq and Shell sign agreement on south Iraq gas

Iraq and Shell sign agreement on south Iraq gas

   The JV will purchase associated natural gas from upstream operations; own and operate existing gas gathering, treating and processing facilities; and invest to repair non-functioning assets and develop new facilities.

Posted : Mon, Sep 22, 2008

Category : World-Business / Business-Finance News

Boeing, Industry Teammates Test Short-Wave Infrared Camera on ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft

Boeing, Industry Teammates Test Short-Wave Infrared Camera on ScanEagle Unmanned Aircraft

   The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], Goodrich Corporation and Insitu Inc. have successfully flight-tested a ScanEagle unmanned aircraft equipped for the first time with a short-wave infrared (SWIR) camera.

Posted : Thu, Aug 07, 2008

Category : World-Business / Business-Finance News

Exposure to Agent Orange linked to prostate cancer in Vietnam veterans

Exposure to Agent Orange linked to prostate cancer in Vietnam veterans

   UC Davis Cancer Center physicians today released results of research showing that Vietnam War veterans exposed to Agent Orange have greatly increased risks of prostate cancer and even greater risks of getting the most aggressive form of the disease as compared to those who were not exposed.

Posted : Wed, Aug 06, 2008

Category : Science / Health News

Boeing Awarded Navy Contract for ScanEagle Services

Boeing Awarded Navy Contract for ScanEagle Services

   The Boeing Company [NYSE: BA], in partnership with Insitu Inc., has been awarded a $65 million contract to provide continuing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) services through the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system.

Posted : Tue, Jun 10, 2008

Category : Science / Space News

MIT web site puts human face on Iraq war

MIT web site puts human face on Iraq war

   As the war in Iraq approaches its fifth anniversary, a new web site from MIT's Center for International Studies aims to provide an accurate account of living conditions, as well as civilian injuries and deaths due to political violence.

Posted : Mon, Jan 21, 2008

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

Pelosi: Colossal Cost of Iraq War Grows Every Day

Pelosi: Colossal Cost of Iraq War Grows Every Day

   Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued the following statement on President Bush's request for an additional $42 billion from Congress for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, bring the total request to $189 billion.

Posted : Tue, Oct 23, 2007

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

New polio drive to protect Iraqi children

New polio drive to protect Iraqi children

   Another massive effort begins today to deliver a critical vaccine to as many Iraqi children under five years old as possible - 4.8 million children in total - even in the country's most insecure and remote areas.

Posted : Wed, Sep 05, 2007

Category : World-Business / Offbeat-News News

UNICEF has rushed emergency aid to help victims of a cholera outbreak in Suleimaniya and Kirkuk in northern Iraq

UNICEF has rushed emergency aid to help victims of a cholera outbreak in Suleimaniya and Kirkuk in northern Iraq

   Local authorities report that over 2000 people have been affected so far by the outbreak, with five deaths reported and approximately 500 patients admitted to hospital with severe diarrhoea within the last two days alone.

Posted : Mon, Sep 03, 2007

Category : World-Business / World News

Iran accuses US for airspace violation

Iran accuses US for airspace violation

   Two US airplanes have violated Iran's airspace, near the Iran's border with Iraq, where the US and British military are deployed in force, according to a local military chief.

Posted : Mon, Apr 02, 2007

Category : World-Business / World News

Yahoo! teams up with McClatchy to offer World News

Yahoo! teams up with McClatchy to offer World News

   Yahoo! News and The McClatchy Company announced today that they will team up to offer international news coverage from a range of international geographic regions on Yahoo! News.

Posted : Sat, Mar 31, 2007

Category : Technology / Industry News

Dixie Chicks Unbelievable Night at the Grammy's

Dixie Chicks Unbelievable Night at the Grammy's

   Dixie Chicks went five for five at the 49th Annual Grammy Awards on Feb 11 winning the big three general categories: Album of the Year, Record of the Year and Song of the Year, as well as Best Country Album and Best Country Performance By a Duo or Group.

Posted : Wed, Feb 14, 2007

Category : Entertainment / Celebrity News

Hillary Clinton Announces Candidacy for 2008 US race

Hillary Clinton Announces Candidacy for 2008 US race

   Democratic U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton confirms that she will run for the 2008 presidential race.

Posted : Sat, Jan 20, 2007

Category : World-Business / Politics News

Saddam Executed

Saddam Executed

   Iraq's former leader Saddam Hussein, who terrorized a nation for nearly a quarter-century until he was deposed and captured by U.S. troops has been executed by hanging for crimes against humanity at an unspecified location in Baghdad, three Iraqi television networks reported.

Posted : Sat, Dec 30, 2006

Category : World-Business / World News

Saddam could be hanged within days

Saddam could be hanged within days

   Former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, sentenced to death for his role in 148 killings in 1982, will have his sentence carried out by Sunday.

Posted : Fri, Dec 29, 2006

Category : World-Business / Politics News
 
 
 
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