Albert Einstein’s treatise on the relativity of time turns out to be spot on, according to most accurate experiment yet into so-called time dilation.
About 100 years after Einstein wrote that time speeds up or slows down according to how fast an object is moving in relation to another, an international team of researchers used a [...]

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Japan and China failed to break an impasse Wednesday in a spat over lucrative gas fields in the East China Sea but agreed to keep talking amid a recent easing of tension between the countries. Asia’s two largest economies, which are also among the world’s biggest energy importers, held their 11th round of talks [...]

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China’s economy is 40 percent smaller than most recent estimates, a US economist said Wednesday, citing data from the Asian Development Bank and guidelines from the World Bank. Albert Keidel, a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace and a former US Treasury official and World Bank economist, made the comments in [...]

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The year 2007 can safely be described as Russia’s year of combat aviation. Both in July at Le Bourget in France and in August at Zhukovsky outside Moscow, thousands of spectators held their breath as they watched stunts performed by MiG and Su planes equipped with vectored-thrust engines. It was a sight to be proud [...]

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Venezuela set to launch peaceful nuclear program- Chavez
RIA Novosti, Russia - 8 hours ago
MOSCOW, November 15 (RIA Novosti) – Venezuela will pursue a peaceful nuclear program, the country’s president said on Thursday. …
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Oil will reach $200 if US invades Iran, Chavez says Caribbean Net [...]

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State Duma elections in December are almost certain to cement the power of forces loyal to President Vladimir Putin. That outcome is likely to confirm Russia’s emergence as the most divisive issue in the European Union since Donald Rumsfeld split the continent into “old” and “new” Europe. In the 1990s, EU members found it easy [...]

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Iran could build atom bomb within one year
Times Online, UK - 5 hours ago
“It showed Iran that Israel can hit them whenever they want,” said the official. Tehran’s co-operation with the IEAE has included handing over a …
Nuclear watchdog: Teheran is coming clean Jerusalem Post
Decision time for US over Iran threat Guardian Unlimited
Pressure for Iran sanctions continues [...]

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The U.N.’s nuclear watchdog admitted Thursday it was no longer in touch with how Iran’s nuclear program was developing, even as Tehran continues its enrichment activities in defiance of sanctions.
A report from International Atomic Energy Agency chief Mohamed ElBaradei, said that while Iran has cooperated in several areas — by providing access to declared nuclear [...]

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Investigators believe Attila Selek is part of a cell of Islamist terrorists led by Fritz Gelowicz, who allegedly plotted to bomb US Army bases in Germany. But Selek, who was arrested last week in Turkey at the end of an interview with SPIEGEL, insists he is innocent. By Holger Stark in Konya, Turkey more…

Operation Alberich: [...]

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Chinese espionage poses “the single greatest risk” to the security of US technology, a panel has told Congress.
China is pursuing new technology “aggressively”, it says, legitimately through research and business deals and illegally through industrial espionage.
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China pursuing aggressive spying program: US commission
AFP - 3 hours ago
Industrial espionage “significantly contributes to China’s military modernization and acquisition [...]

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