| Wed, 15 Oct 2008 The future of high tech | Silicon Valley, Ca - News that the stock market made a monster rebound had people at Silicon Valley jumping up and down with glee since the value of their stocks skyrocketed. Those who bought blue chip stocks despite the slump in the previous weeks raked in hefty prof... | Somali pirates drop threat, resume negotiations | NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) -- Somali pirates holding an arms-laden Ukrainian ship have withdrawn their threat to blow up the vessel if a ransom is not paid and said Wednesday they are negotiating for its release. | The pirates, whose original US$20 million ransom demand appe... | Somali pirates withdraw threat to destroy ship NAIROBI, Kenya - Somali pirates holding an arms-laden Ukrainian ship have withdrawn their threat to blow up the vessel if a ransom is not paid, and said Wednesday they are negotiating for its release. | The pirates, whose original US$20 million ransom demand appears to ... | Survivor of U-boat attack is laid to rest in sunken battleship in which 800 of ... | A war veteran who survived a terrifying U-boat attack that killed more than 800 has had his dying wish granted as his ashes were laid to rest in the sunken ship. | Royal Navy divers placed the wooden casket containing the remains of Flight Sergeant Fernleigh Judge in ... | MICHAEL POCALYKO: Remembering Oct. 23, 1983 Twenty-five years ago, at sunrise on Oct. 23, 1983, at 6:22 a.m., a yellow Mercedes truck with a driver and a passenger circled the parking lot adjacent to the headquarters of the Multi-National Force in Lebanon, a four-story reinforced concrete building at the Beirut I... | Pirates have a change of heart | By Malkhadir M Muhumed | Nairobi, Kenya - Somali pirates holding an arms-laden Ukrainian ship have withdrawn their threat to blow up the vessel if a ransom is not paid, and said on Wednesday they are negotiating for its release. | The pirates, whose original $20-milli... | New Marine runway mimics lighted aircraft carrier WAVY-TV | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, S.C. (AP) -- Marine aviators at the Air Station in Beaufort are getting a chance to use a renovated runway with special lights that simulate landing on an aircraft carrier. | The air station's 12,000-foot main runway opens We... | New Marine runway mimics lighted aircraft carrier The Associated Press | MARINE CORPS AIR STATION BEAUFORT, S.C. -- | Marine aviators at the Air Station in Beaufort are getting a chance to use a renovated runway with special lights that simulate landing on an aircraft carrier. | The air station's 12,000-foot main runwa... | EU eyes December launch for Somalia anti-piracy force | BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union aims to launch a planned air and naval force in December to combat piracy threatening sea lanes off Somalia, the bloc's foreign policy chief said Tuesday. | Piracy has soared off the coast of Somalia, with at least 30 ships hija... | | |
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