NAIROBI, Kenya, April 7, 2008 – Airmen and sailors joined Kenyans in an effort to increase access to clean drinking water within the country’s arid Garissa district March 30 and 31 (News)
An Air Force C-17 Globemaster III transport jet brought more than 100,000 pounds of well-drilling equipment and nearly a dozen Navy Seabees to Nairobi’s [...]
WASHINGTON, April 6, 2008 – Coalition forces killed one terrorist and detained 22 suspects during operations targeting al Qaeda in central and northern parts of Iraq today, according to coalition press releases. (News)
A close associate of a senior al Qaeda leader who attacked Sons of Iraq groups in Anbar province was the target of an [...]
WASHINGTON, April 5, 2008 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates returned here today after a brief stop in Oman following the NATO summit in Bucharest, Romania. (News)
In the secretary’s first visit to Oman, Gates met with Sultan Qaboos bin Sa'id Al Said at his palace in Muscat during the day-long visit, as well as the [...]
ENROUTE TO MUSCAT, Oman, April 4, 2008 – Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates said today that he is pleased with the results of the three-day NATO summit that wrapped up today. (News)
“I think, all in all, it was a very successful summit from the standpoint of the alliance,” Gates told reporters on the flight from [...]
There are two contending opinions on the issue of globalization. There are some observers who believe that globalization has brought rapid prosperity to the underdeveloped countries while others argue that globalization serves the needs of the metropolitan countries at the expense of the peripheral countries. (News)
This paper posits that globalization is economic terrorism. Using a [...]
Tata, the Indian conglomerate and one-time MG Rover partner, is developing plans for what will be the world's cheapest car. (News)
To be launched in 2008, the 'people's car' will cost just 100,000 rupees (pounds 1,300) and is set to become the Model T Ford for the 21st century.
The vehicle will be aimed at the [...]
How the proliferation of upstream devices has made them necessary (News)
FOR A MOTOR, "RATED CURrent" means only a couple of clearly defined numbers: full-load amperes, and locked-rotor amperes. Except under certain transient conditions, those are the only two values of importance to the application. With upstream switching, control, and protection devices, however, it's not so [...]
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