Pakistan is all set to setup a pavilion in the Defence Services Asia 2008(DSA) exhibition to be held in Kaula Lumpur Malaysia, from 21st to 24th April, 2008. Pakistan defence industry will have one of the biggest presence in the exhibition and would introduce wide variety of defence products including infantry weapons, -Personal Defense Weapons, .Artillery Ammunition, Tank & Anti-Tank Ammunition, AirCraft & AntiCraft Ammunition, Hand Grenades, Small Arms Ammunition, Pyrotechnics & Demolition Store and Propellants and Explosives. DSA is the largest defence and security exhibition in the Asia Pacific region.

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iDcentrix (OTCBB: IDCX), unveils its unique ID card technology to the Latin American region today - the market's only banknote paper polycarbonate based credential that can't be counterfeited. "As the largest Latin American card exhibition & conference, Cards 2008 is the best venue to showcase this innovative ID card product," says iDcentrix president and CEO Francine Dubois. "Many countries in the region are looking for more secure technology for their critical ID credentials, and we believe there may be significant opportunities in 2008 for the iDcentrix approach to ID security.

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The air travel misery will probably get worse. Massive flight cancellations by American Airlines -- including 16 at Denver International Airport on Thursday -- are likely to spread to other carriers as federal regulators step up their scrutiny of aircraft inspections after years of more lenient enforcement. And as oversight tightens and Congress puts its glare on the airlines, passengers are paying the price. Flying on U.S. airlines has never been safer. But mutual trust between the Federal Aviation Administration and carriers was undermined by last month's revelation that Southwest Airlines flew planes that had missed inspections -- a violation of federal standards.

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Computer displays that fit into contact lenses, machines that assemble themselves, tools that let a doctor see precisely which of your cells has cancer, and nanodevices that monitor your health and dispense medicines -- these are just some of the projects that Iranian-American scientist and researcher Babak Parviz of the University of Washington is pursuing. In an age of narrow specialization, a list of Parviz's accomplishments looks like that of several different scientists rather than just one. Parviz is a leader in such exotic topics as bionanotechnology, self-assembly, nanofabrication and microelectricalmechanical engineering.

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A National Accountability Bureau (NAB) court has dropped the corruption case against former chairman of Pakistan Steel, Usman Farooqui under National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) on the petition of NAB.
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Iran's new nuclear negotiator Saeid Jalili is headed to Rome on his first mission in the new job -- a meeting with European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana.
The 42-year-old diplomat, who has served a succession of Iran's leaders going back to 1989 in key background positions, will be travelling with Iran's outgoing chief negotiator Ali Larijani, a decision announced Sunday by the foreign ministry to give added backing to the newcomer on the job.

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South Korea announced Monday that a woman who is a bioengineering student would become its first astronaut. She is scheduled to blast off on board a Russian Soyuz rocket on April 8 on a trip to the International Space Station that will be watched on television by millions of South Koreans. The astronaut, Yi So-yeon, 29, was selected after the Russian space authorities accused the South Korean man who was initially chosen for the mission of breaking training rules. While South Korea appeared unhappy that it had been asked to make the switch so close to the scheduled launching, women’s groups said Ms. Yi’s participation was likely to further improve the status of women in South Korea’s traditionally male-dominated society.

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Multi National joint naval exercise 'Mavi Balina' has started at Eastern Mediterranean Sea under Turkish Naval Command Authority in which warships of USA, UK, Pakistan, Turkey, Italy, Holland, Greek and Germany are participating. According to a press release issued here on Monday, the objective of the exercise is to conduct combine Multi National Exercise in order to provide an advance training opportunity at various aspects of warfare. The exercise will definitely improve the cooperation and inter-operability of the participating nations, the press release added.

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French Guiana: An unmanned Ariane rocket blasted-off from French Guiana early on Sunday in Europe's first mission to carry supplies to the International Space Station (ISS), space officials said.
The modified Ariane-5 launcher lifted-off at 1:03 a.m. (11:03 p.m. EST on Saturday) from Europe's spaceport in Kourou on the northeast coast of South America with a 20 metric tonne cargo module on the top of the rocket.
This first module, dubbed 'Jules Verne' in honor of the visionary 19th century French science fiction writer, is the first Automatic Transfer Vehicle that Europe has committed to its participation in the ISS program.
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The Senate yesterday approved the most far-reaching changes to the nation's product safety system in a generation, responding to recalls of millions of lead-laced toys that rattled consumers last year.

Lawmakers still have to resolve key differences between the Senate bill and a similar measure that passed the House in December. While the Senate version is considered by consumer advocates to be tougher, both contain provisions that would require retailers and manufacturers to be more vigilant about product safety.

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Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has suspended power supply to Karachi Electric Supply Corporation (KESC), due to arrears over Rs 35 billion, the sources said. WAPDA has suspended power supply to KESC after approval of the federal government, the sources added. The sources further said that the action was taken, as the KESC did not respond positively despite of the fact that the KESC administration was repeatedly asked to make the payments.
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A US warship is moving into position in the western Pacific in preparation to shoot down an out-of-control spy satellite before it re-enters Earth's atmosphere, Pentagon officials have said.
The first attempt to destroy the secret US satellite - said to be about the size of a bus - could take place as early as Wednesday night US time.
US military officials say the satellite is carrying highly toxic hydrazine rocket fuel that could be dangerous if it fell on a populated area. The decision to shoot it down has been criticised by China which has hinted that it believes the move is a cover for testing anti-satellite weaponry.

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Pakistan successfully test-fired a medium range Ballistic Missile (BM) Ghaznavi Hataf-III, which was conducted by the Pakistan Army Strategic Force Command. Caretaker Prime Minister, Mohammadmian Soomro, Chief of the Army Staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kiyani, senior military officers and scientists were also present on this occasion. Hataf-III Ghaznavi, a medium range ballistic missile could hit its target at 290-kilometre and it possesses the capacity to carry nuclear weapons and warheads.Read the rest of this entry »

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The oil-rich Gulf emirate of Abu Dhabi will start building the world's first zero-carbon city next month with a huge investment of 22 billion dollars, sources reported.
In Masdar City, which will be run entirely on renewable energy including solar power to exploit the desert emirate's near constant supply of sunshine, people will be able to move around in automated pods. The project will have considerable impact on the oil bill worth 2 billion dollars for 25 years.

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After two months of delay, shuttle Atlantis blasted off with Europe's gift to the international space station, a $2 billion (euro1.37 billion) science lab named Columbus that spent years waiting to set sail. Atlantis and its seven-man crew roared away from their seaside launch pad at 2:45 p.m., overcoming fuel gauge problems that thwarted back-to-back launch attempts in December.The sky was cloudy at launch time, but rain and thunderstorms remained off to the west.

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