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Test of Missile-Blasting Laser Weapon Fizzles - AOL News

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 14:28

AOL News

Test of Missile-Blasting Laser Weapon Fizzles
AOL News
7) -- A much-anticipated test of a laser cannon deployed on a Boeing jumbo jet failed to blow up a target meant to mimic a nuclear-tipped ballistic missile. ...

New CNN Show Parker Spitzer To Debut October 4 - Mediaite.com

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 14:18

Mediaite.com

New CNN Show Parker Spitzer To Debut October 4
Mediaite.com
There are tax policy and nuclear proliferation jokes. It's sort of like a dinner party that is winding down. Also I don't really know how to write the title ...

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Violence Simmers in Nuclear Nexus of Kashmir - Take Part (blog)

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 13:08

Violence Simmers in Nuclear Nexus of Kashmir
Take Part (blog)
Kashmir stews to a rolling boil as clashes between seperatists and Indian security forces continue into a third consecutive month. A protestor rears back to ...

Click List: September 7, 2010 - Take Part (blog)

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 12:13

Click List: September 7, 2010
Take Part (blog)
... powered by electricity from its bikers. [Live Science] Nuclear Proliferation: Kansas City is opening its doors to nuclear weapons. [St. Louis Public Radio]

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Car bomb kills 16 in Pakistan after Taliban threat - Reuters

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 11:37

Car bomb kills 16 in Pakistan after Taliban threat
Reuters
The blast in the northwestern garrison town of Kohat came hours after Taliban threatened more suicide attacks on a government and security forces already ...

NATO chief: Please don't burn the Quran in Florida - Foreign Policy (blog)

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 11:24

Foreign Policy (blog)

NATO chief: Please don't burn the Quran in Florida
Foreign Policy (blog)
Rasmussen said he agreed with President Obama's decision to begin the transition of authority over security matters from allied forces to the Afghan ...

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India launches new, supersonic missile - UPI.com

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 11:10

India launches new, supersonic missile
UPI.com
In recent months, also, it inducted a long-range, nuclear-tipped missile into its armed forces, unveiling, also, a defense spending budget spiked by 24 ...

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Buffalo Pharmaceutical Company Drawing Attention for Anti-Radiation Drug - WNED

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 09:47

WNED

Buffalo Pharmaceutical Company Drawing Attention for Anti-Radiation Drug
WNED
BUFFALO (wned) - The use of a nuclear weapon in a crowded city is one of the most feared terrorist attack scenarios. Currently there's little that can be ...

Debating START Treaty Ratification - U.S. News & World Report (blog)

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 09:20

Debating START Treaty Ratification
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
If the treaty is bad for the US nuclear posture, why did seven of the last eight commanders of our strategic nuclear forces write to senators urging them to ...

Honeywell Plans Country's First Private Nuclear Arms Facility in Kansas City - Area Development Online

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 09:08

Honeywell Plans Country's First Private Nuclear Arms Facility in Kansas City
Area Development Online
... are expected to attend a groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow. The event is also expected to attract peace activists and protestors of nuclear proliferation.

Stephen Hawking's 'The Grand Design' puts M-theory to the mysteries of the ... - Plain Dealer

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 08:55

Plain Dealer

Stephen Hawking's 'The Grand Design' puts M-theory to the mysteries of the ...
Plain Dealer
Quantum theory eventually helped unite electromagnetism and the strong and weak nuclear forces, but gravity stubbornly stayed outside the tent. ...

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Israeli President Issues Rosh Hashanah Greeting - Christian Broadcasting Network

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 08:31

Israeli President Issues Rosh Hashanah Greeting
Christian Broadcasting Network
"We must mobilize our forces to expose the lies and highlight the values of the Jewish people through the ages, based on the Ten Commandments, ...

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German, Japanese ministers urge end to nuclear weapons (1st Lead) - Monsters and Critics.com

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 08:22

German, Japanese ministers urge end to nuclear weapons (1st Lead)
Monsters and Critics.com
In a joint newspaper article, Westerwelle and Okada welcomed the commitments pledged in May by more than 180 countries at a nuclear non-proliferation ...

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The secret to working in Tampa? Get clearance - Tbo.com

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 07:08

Tbo.com

The secret to working in Tampa? Get clearance
Tbo.com
With the war in Afghanistan and follow-up operations in Iraq being run by US Central Command, and with special operations forces in play globally under US ...

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Done with nation building - Hattiesburg American

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 06:35

Done with nation building
Hattiesburg American
You might come off looking like Martha Stewart discussing nuclear physics or Brett Favre judging American Idol. However, the ongoing war in Afghanistan has ...

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Tampa still tops for top-secret jobs - Tbo.com

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 05:17

Tampa still tops for top-secret jobs
Tbo.com
With the war in Afghanistan and follow-up operations in Iraq being run by US Central Command, and with special operations forces globally provided by US ...

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Crane indicated on charges in 2009 protest - Willits News

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 04:48

Crane indicated on charges in 2009 protest
Willits News
3, 2010 the United States Attorney announced the indictments handed down by a grand jury in Tacoma, Washington, against members of Disarm Now Plowshares ten ...

Crane indicated on charges in 2009 protest - Ukiah Daily Journal

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 02:09

Crane indicated on charges in 2009 protest
Ukiah Daily Journal
3, 2010 the United States Attorney announced the indictments handed down by a grand jury in Tacoma, Washington, against members of Disarm Now Plowshares ten ...
Two priests, nun among five indicted for role in anti-nuclear protestGeorgia Bulletin

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REP. BILL SHUSTER: Afghanistan as I saw it - Indiana Gazette

Tue, 09/07/2010 - 00:21

Washington Post

REP. BILL SHUSTER: Afghanistan as I saw it
Indiana Gazette
They have stepped up and contributed both resources and personnel to the global war on terror, including teams with more than 400 Special Forces personnel ...
Congressman: Afghanistan as I saw itThe Tribune-Democrat

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The secret to working in Tampa - Tbo.com

Mon, 09/06/2010 - 23:07

The secret to working in Tampa
Tbo.com
With the war in Afghanistan and follow-up operations in Iraq being run by US Central Command, and with special operations forces in play globally under US ...

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