Imagining advances from lighter cars to smarter robots, President Barack Obama is announcing a $500 million project to spur high-technology manufacturing, a sector of U.S. industry that presidential advisers say has lost ground to such competitors as Germany and Japan. On Friday in Pittsburgh, Obama is to call for a joint effort by industry, universities [...]
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May 31, 2011
Pentagon Opposes Plan to End Missile Defense System
The House is making some moves to cut defense spending in an effort to rein in the exploding budget deficit. But the Pentagon isn’t too happy about some of that effort, The Hill reports. In particular, the Defense Department has come out against a House-approved proposal that possibly would end a missile defense system the [...]
May 23, 2011
Gates: US must guard strength as it cuts deficits
SOUTH BEND, Ind. – U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates told University of Notre Dame graduates on Sunday that the nation’s security and prosperity depend on making sure the armed forces get the necessary equipment, training and funding, even in the face of a federal budget crisis. Gates gave the commencement address at Notre Dame Stadium [...]
May 17, 2011
What a Screwed up Mess the American Government is…
It seems that Osama bin Laden never acknowledged that he had anything to do with 9-11 issues. It seems that he was not even wanted by America for that reason – 9-11 issues… I Thought Bin Laden Was Wanted for the 9/11 Attacks? The killing of Osama bin Laden has not solved all the problems [...]
March 30, 2011
Germany is no longer playing the Anglo-American game
Germany is no longer playing the Anglo-American game. We earlier cited the refusal to increase bailout aid and the proposal to cut proposed aid. That was followed by an abstention on the UN Security Council vote to impose a no-fly zone over Libya. The cohesion that bound the US, UK, France and Germany may well [...]
March 29, 2011
March 25, 2011
Countries dropping bombs in Libya are still getting oil from Libya
On Thursday evening, it was the turn of Dirk Niebel — like Brüderle, a member of Merkel’s junior coalition partners, the Free Democrats (FDP). Appearing on a public television talkshow, Niebel accused the United Nations-backed military alliance currently operating in Libya of hypocrisy. “It is notable that exactly those countries which are blithely dropping bombs [...]
March 24, 2011
March 23, 2011
UN wrangles over Libya no-fly zone
Members of the UN Security Council have failed to reach a consensus on a possible no-fly zone over Libya despite calls for the measure from the international community and rebels waging a campaign against Muammar Gaddafi’s decades-long rule. The Arab League, Britain and France – both permanent Security Council members – have called for a no-fly [...]
March 21, 2011
Germany’s BASF to enter South Stream project
Germany’s BASF plans to sign a memorandum with Gazprom later on Monday to enter the South Stream pipeline project, BASF board chairman Juergen Hambrecht said. “The memorandum of understanding is just a beginning, we will continue the work,” he said at a meeting with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. The Russian premier, in his turn, [...]
March 21, 2011
Main news of March 21
RUSSIA * In a rare faceoff with Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Monday he stood by Moscow’s decision not to veto the UN Security Council resolution on Libya * The production of ballistic missile systems in Russia will double starting in 2013, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said * Russia will [...]
March 19, 2011
Star polar bear Knut dies in Berlin zoo
Germany’s beloved animal star, the Polar bear Knut born in captivity in Berlin Zoo, on Saturday died aged four, German media said. It is unclear how Knut died, his keeper Heiner Kloes said. He found the bear’s body floating in the water of the pool in his compound. “It was a completely normal day: Knut [...]