The Times - They were meant to be the pride and joy of Britain’s 21st-century fleet, an emblem of its pre-eminence as a military and diplomatic power. But last night it emerged that the imminent announcement of the commissioning of
VOA - Burma's government is denying entry to helicopters and relief supplies from U.S. Navy ships waiting offshore, near the Irawaddy Delta. Relief groups say as many as two million people remain in desperate need of food, water, medicines and
Bangkok Post - The Burmese military junta showed signs of paranoia on Friday, denouncing a French naval ship packed with 1,500 tonnes of food aid, with aircraft capable of delivering it, as a "warship" standing off its coast. France said
The protests and rallies by Tibetan Budhist monks in Lhasa & its high-handed smothering and quelling by the Chinese Police and the PLA, takes one back to similar alarming happenings four to five decades ago. Also, reminds one of the
The U.S. Air Force today announced that a team led by Lockheed Martin has won the competition to build the next-generation Global Positioning System (GPS) Space System program, known as GPS III. This program will improve position, navigation, and timing
YORK, Pa. -- BAE Systems has been awarded a $21.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command for the design and development of M109A6 Paladin Integrated Management (PIM) self-propelled howitzer vehicles.
North and Southern Sudan have reached a tentative agreement on Abyei, ending a new round of fighting over the area in the recent past. It includes an immediate ceasefire and the removal of armed groups from Abyei town.
BMT Defence Services, a subsidiary of BMT Group, has unveiled its Vidar-36 design for an extremely capable and flexible, 3,600 tonne, conventional (SSK) submarine. BMT's Vidar-36 offers navies: ocean-spanning reach, presence and persistence multiple-mission versatility in both ocean and coastal
Nearly Half Of Evacuees To Be Back By Saturday Night TORONTO, May 16 - NEWS Attawapiskat residents are flying back to their community. Local leaders, provincial and federal officials have determined that flood risks have diminished sufficiently to safely return
McGuinty Government Reminds Riders To Stay Safe This Holiday Weekend TORONTO, May 16 - NEWS Ontarians will be on the move this holiday weekend - and that includes nearly 300,000 off-road vehicle riders. This long weekend, the McGuinty government is
TORONTO, May 16 - Madeleine Meilleur, Minister of Community and Social Services, will announce a new investment in Ontario's Francophone community organizations.
