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...their own E.U. Rapid Reaction Force: 60,000 men, deployable within 60 days and sustainable for a year, to take on general peacekeeping and humanitarian tasks. This time, NATO has given specific wish lists to member states. The Germans have agreed to take the lead in putting together a consortium of European countries to lease large transport planes before Europe's own Airbus A400M can be deployed around 2009. At present, according to NATO figures, the U.S. has a fleet of 340 planes for strategic airlift; European allies own 11, and rental agreements on a further...
...Microsoft's software is expected to come later this month through Orange, the pan-European mobile firm owned by France Telecom. But most of the major handset manufacturers - including Nokia, Sony-Ericsson, Motorola, Matsushita (Panasonic) and Siemens - are all betting on an alternative system made by the London-based consortium Symbian. These manufacturers will want to convince consumers they can Web surf via phone without installing a mini-version of Windows. Assuming Opera's technology catches on, it could make big money. Earlier, cruder versions of Opera's mobile browser are currently bundled with Symbian's operating system. Opera gets...
Amid heightened concerns over biological and chemical attacks on the U.S., the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) last week announced that it awarded the Harvard Consortium-Harvard affiliated hospitals and research facilities-$1.2 million to develop a nationwide plan for monitoring and controlling potential epidemics...
Harsh words were not limited to the debate hall, with three candidates taking legal action against the media consortium organizing the event...
Nowrojee will be the first person to hold fellowships simultaneously at the Carr center and the Boston Consortium for Gender, Peace, Security and Human Rights...