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What's the deal? Since it tested its first nuclear weapon 32 years ago, India has been barred from importing nuclear technology, even for power plants that it needs for its exploding economy. Under the plan, India would open existing civilian nuclear reactors to international inspection, although military facilities would stay closed. In exchange, India could import technology to build reactors...
...scene depicting a Maya city?s obsession with the kilned limestone used for the temples in which some of the crowd may soon be sacrificed to the gods. Holding a Camel cigarette in one hand and a bullhorn in the other, Gibson put on his best bug-eyed Lethal Weapon face and pleaded with them to "show more fear, more trepidation! It?s like Mars! It?s hell on Earth!" When most of them gave him blank stares, Gibson sheepishly turned to the crew. "Traduccion, por favor" ? translation, please...
...Harvard fencing teams further established themselves as dynasties on the collegiate fencing scene this weekend in Philadelphia. Two weeks after capturing the Ivy League crown, the men took home the 112th Intercollegiate Fencing Association (IFA) championship on Saturday. The women followed suit yesterday, winning the three-weapon crown in a dominant fashion. Additionally, Harvard took home the six-weapon title for having the best men and women’s teams combined. The Crimson men began the meet by totaling 71 wins, good enough for 156 points. The closest opponent was Penn, which finished with 125 points. Columbia, Princeton...
...relations between the United States and world?s most populopus democracy have often been rocky. India enjoyed close relations with the Soviet Union during most of the Cold War, while the U.S. often sided with its bitter neighbor Pakistan. India's nuclear program - the country detonated its first atomic weapon in 1974 - also made for tension over the years...
...conversation with Meredith is sobering. When I talked with him, he began by declaring that there was no doubt that containers are going to be exploited as a poor man's missile. The question is when, not if. Explosives, or even a weapon of mass destruction, could be readily loaded into a container at its point of origin or anywhere along its way to a marine terminal. Port terminal operators have no way of confirming whether what is advertised as the contents of a box is what is actually there. The measure of a commercial port's success, after...