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Washington Quietly Lifts Sanctions on Russian Rockets
January 7, 2016 0

Washington Quietly Lifts Sanctions on Russian Rockets

By News Desk

Popular Science in its article " Congress Moves to Lift Ban on Using Russian Rocket Engines " claims: After Russia invaded Crimea, Congress swore off Russian rocket engines. But its ban on using these rockets to launch military payloads into space was perhaps a bit too hasty. A new bill approved by Congress has found a way to nullify the ban.  United Launch Alliance (ULA), a joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin that has long been the primary contractor for launching Defense Department payloads into space, relies on the Russian-made RD-180

Saudi Arabia’s Growing Body Count
January 4, 2016 0

Saudi Arabia’s Growing Body Count

By News Desk

Amnesty International’s report, " Saudi Arabia: Appalling death sentence against Shi’a cleric must be quashed ," would claim: Evidence for all the other charges he was convicted of came from religious sermons and interviews attributed to the cleric. Amnesty International’s review of these texts confirms that he was exercising his right to free expression and was not inciting violence