|  Back to the future as Lucky Country seeks guest workers
| A prescient letter to the editor of The Sydney Morning Herald, on August 21, 1908, on the visit of the US Navy | THE visit of the (US) battleships to these shores must be regarded as one of the most notable i...
Russia Briefly Seizes Georgian Port
POTI, Georgia -- Russian troops briefly seized control of the economically vital Georgian port of Poti Tuesday morning, a day after Moscow said it had begun pulling its forces out of Georgia. Associated Press G...
Navy welcome forged strong bond
| In the United States, as we honour the 100th anniversary of the Great White Fleet, Americans are learning about the US Navy's historic achievement in sending a fleet of 16 battleships around the world. They a...
General Dynamics to buy Jet Aviation for $2.25 bln
(Adds quotes, details, background, NEW YORK to dateline) NEW YORK, Aug 19 (Reuters) - Gulfstream jet maker General Dynamics Corp said it agreed to acquire Zurich-based Jet Aviation, a privately held provider of...
U.S. Navy reverses course, to buy 3rd DDG-1000 ship
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Navy has bowed to congressional pressure and confirmed it will buy a third DDG-1000 destroyer as part of the fiscal 2009 budget, as initially planned, instead of canceling the $29 billion ...
Skyworks Secures 5-Year Contract with Lockheed Martin
Sole Supplier of High-Precision Technical Ceramic Toroids and | Inserts for the Aegis Weapon System | WOBURN, Mass., Aug 19, 2008 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- | Skyworks Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: SWKS), an innovator of hi...
Gordon Brown's eulogy to John MacDougall
| It is fashionable to say that Gordon Brown is hopeless at delivering speeches, but I think he has delivered some powerful ones, and none more so than the eulogies he delivered at the funerals of Donald Dewar ...
Richard C. Gaskins, 74, Westinghouse executive
| By Sally A. Downey | Inquirer Staff Writer Richard C. Gaskins, 74, of Media and Ocean City, N.J., a Westinghouse engineer who helped expand electricity in China, died Wednesday from internal bleeding at Shore...
A son goes off to war
| For three years, I knew this day would come. I thought I would be prepared. Coming from a family whose proud military heritage dates to this country's founding, and having served in the Marines for a quarter-...
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CNN By John King | CNN Chief National Correspondent | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- It was September 1967, and Lt.... | APNewsBreak: Navy to seek 3rd stealth destroyer
The Examiner PORTLAND, Maine (Map, News) - The Navy has reversed course and decided to push for construction of a... | AP NewsBreak: Navy to seek third DDG-1000
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The Press Democrat | The Maine Republican said Navy Secretary Donald Winter informed her of the decision that comes one... | Rice to Russia: Stop playing 'dangerous game'
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