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Condoleezza Rice's visit to Europe this week was overshadowed by criticism of the CIA's alleged use of clandestine flights and bases in Europe to transport and imprison terror suspects. But there was one welcome respite: When the Secretary of State touched down in the small former communist state of Romania to announce that the U.S. would be opening four new military bases there, she was greeted with open arms. "The acceptance by the Romanian people of the American military presence is the most precious thing to have happened in the relations between our two states," the pugnacious Prime...
...made to help the climber. “More than 30 people participated in this difficult rescue that lasted late into the evening,” Preisendorfer wrote. While half the group stayed at the cabin and prepared food and water for the rescue personnel, the other half helped transport the injured climber through the difficult terrain between Huntington Ravine and the HMC cabin, Laursen wrote in an e-mail. Twenty-six HMC members assisted in the rescue, according to Laursen. When Laursen learned that there had been an accident, his initial concern was that it involved an HMC member...
...mass market," says Mario Paniccia, director of Intel Corp.'s photonics technology lab. Researchers in business and academia are scrambling to create such flexible solar cells because existing solid silicon solar panels are heavy and unwieldy. Flexible, or conformal, solar cells could wrap around surfaces and pack easily for transport. A solar-cell liquid could even be painted...
...refiners like Valero and Marathon, which he believes will be running at full capacity for the next five years. He also likes natural-gas firms such as Quicksilver and Nabors because he expects natural-gas prices to trend higher even as oil falls. Natural gas is more difficult to transport. It will take years to build enough transportation capacity to meet demand without higher prices in the U.S., where gas fields are losing steam, he says...
...concluded his appearance by asserting that international law will ultimately prevail. Even for superpowers like the U.S, actions are not cost-free, he said, citing Italian prosecutors’ charges against CIA officers following the alleged abduction of individuals on Italian soil, and the recent European Parliament investigation regarding transport of suspected terrorists from the Middle East to undisclosed locations for interrogation...