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U.S. to Place its Antiballistic Missile Defense System in Britain |
 ...y lobbying for the installment of the U.S. antiballistic missile defense system for some time. She also mentioned that Britain believes that U.S. system represents an important step towards providing Europe with missile defense coverage.
Right after Britain's Prime Minister announced that his country withdraws 1,600 of its soldiers from southern Iraq, Des Browne, Defense Secretary, stated that additional forces are to jo... |
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European Union is Angry on Microsoft |
 ... Another warning of the European Commission goes to Microsoft. While in an anti-trust struggle with Brussels, the company faced further fines for seeking unreasonable prices from the software developers for vital data. The European Union criticized Microsoft. The EU executive stated that the latest formal charges might lead the American software corporation to additional daily penalties.
Jonathan Todd, the competition ... |
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Growth of Emissions Predicted in the U.S. for the Next Decade |
 ...e some figures, which showed that to every 3% of economic growth in the US, corresponds a growth of greenhouse gases emission of only 1%, which is, according to Mr. Ebell, better that indexes of some European countries.
On the background of rising carbon dioxide emissions Kristine A. Hellmer, spokeswoman for environmental issues in White House, gave another speech in favor of Bush's administration. She said that the p... |
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U.S. and Russia Found a Common Goal - Iraq |
| ...necessary agree on every question with Russia, but if to take for example the conflict in Israel than Burns thinks that the relationships are maintained at a good level among U.S., Russia, as well as European Union and the United Nations.
The ambassador mentioned at a press conference in Tyumen about Iran nuclear program and he once again outlined the fact that the U.S. holds the same position as Russia does. He wants t... |
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Storm virus attacks blogs |
 ...tin boards. British and Korean computer security scientists claim it's a new variant of malware that is extremely difficult to detect.
The Storm worm looks like a message that features news about Europe's storms. In fact, this virus can evaluate network traffic on the computer and later insert a link to malicious website into user's post, webmail or bulletin board. The text that will appear on user's blog will have a... |
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Aggressive women - genes' fault |
 ...e link between alterations in the serotonin receptor 2C gene and aggressive behavior.
The research took place in Behavioral Physiology Laboratory at the University of Pittsburgh, where 550 women of European origin were tested to find genetic evidence for aggression. The scientific study included genetic analysis together with two psychological tests on anger and aggression. It showed that those women who had one or both... |
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River Drying Up to Lead to Freshwater Crisis |
| ...ter emergency."
Among the ten rivers that the report is focused on five are situated in Asia. These include the Yangtze, the Salween and the Ganges. In serious danger are also: Danube, that flows in Europe, African Nile and Rio Grande, flowing in South America.
One of the most important issues that the report focuses on is concerned with the dams and dykes, like the ones along the Danube. The representatives of WWF sta... |
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Microsoft once again pressed by EU over patents |
 ...Once again the software giant, Microsoft, entered into a dispute with the European Commission over patents. The war with Brussels over Microsoft's dominance on the world market continues for seven years. The European Commission asks the company to hand over its technical information on its operating system to the market competitors.
It is worth mentioning that the group was fined in 2004 almost half billion dollars for... |
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New Electronic Display to Be Used on Clothes and Beer Cans |
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Modecom comprises 13 groups from 9 universities and two companies. There are three groups from the United Kingdom, six groups from the United States and one group from China and one each from three European countries including Belgium, Italy and Denmark. Only the European countries and China will receive financial aid from the European Union.
The coordinator of Modecom is Dr Alison Walker, who represents the Departme... |
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Worms and Humans Are One Family |
| ...From now on if someone says that 'you think like a worm', it would not be that offensive. As a matter of fact, it is now a scientific fact, as results of a research of the European laboratory for molecular biology in Heidelberg show that the human brain and the entire human nervous system finds its roots in the most primitive creatures - such as worms and insects.
The human brain has always been a very attractive objec... |
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NATO Plans Its Own Missile Defense Across Europe. Cold War II? |
| ...As stated by the Secretary General of NATO, Jaap de Hoop Scheffer, the organization plans its own missile defense system in Europe in addition to the one the USA plans. This agreement was achieved after discussions and debates with the American President George W. Bush.
On a common NATO and USA press-conference George W. Bush stated that the missile defense system is targeted not against Russia, as many would think, b... |
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