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Islam no bar to economic growth, says US study
Financial Times, There is no evidence that Islam restricts economic growth, according to new research that casts doubt on the widely-held belief that Muslim societies are intrinsically less conducive to capitalism than those dominated by other religions. The study, by Marcus Noland at the Institute for International Economics think-tank in Washington, reviewed growth in developing [...]
Anti-war parents of American soldiers brave hostility at home to see the real story in Iraq
Independent Digital , It must be strange to be Anthony Lopercio of the US Army's 82nd Airborne Division. The 23-year-old private has been dispatched to Fallujah to stand in the front line on what is, for any American, one of the most hostile places in the world. Yet, as he gazes across the dreary Iraqi [...]
Details of US Military Aid to Uganda Revealed
Kampala , Details of the United States military support to Uganda are out. But the assistance does not include spy signals or field military operations. “The US resumed a small military assistance programme with the Government of Uganda in September after Uganda withdrew its troops from the DRC,” the director for Public Affairs at the [...]
U.S. Navy Contracts Indra for a Harrier Simulator for 8M
Indra, The US Navy has contracted Indra, through its American subsidiary Indra Systems, for the development of a new simulator of the vertical take-off and landing aircraft the Harrier AV-8B+ for pilot training, the contract amounting to almost 8 million euros. The contract contemplates the development of a Full Mission Simulator (FMS) replicating the cockpit, [...]


