Friday, March 2, 2012

DTN News - AIRLINES NEWS: Boeing Celebrates 1,000th 777

Asian Defense News: DTN News - AIRLINES NEWS: Boeing Celebrates 1,000th 777
*777 reaches 1,000 milestone faster than any twin-aisle airplane
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 2, 2012: Boeing (NYSE: BA) and more than 5,000 employees, suppliers, customers and government officials celebrated the 1,000th 777 at a special event today. The 1,000th 777 jetliner will be delivered to Dubai-based Emirates later this month.
"As the largest 777 customer, it's very appropriate that Emirates is the recipient of our milestone1,000th 777," said Jim Albaugh, president and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes. "Emirates has set an industry high bar in providing excellent customer service and we're honored that the 777 is central to its efforts to be a global airline leader."
Last year was the best year on record for 777 sales with 200 orders from 22 customers – topping the previous record of 154 set in 2005. Production is at an all-time high for the program and a 20 percent rate increase begins this fall, increasing from seven to 8.3 airplanes per month. The program will begin building 100 airplanes per year beginning in 2013.    
Emirates is the 777 program's largest customer with 102 777s now in its fleet and 84 passenger airplanes and nine freighters on order. Emirates is the only airline that operates all six members of the 777 family.
"Emirates is honored to be the recipient of Boeing's 1000th 777 aircraft whose advanced long range capacity has been instrumental in our success of becoming a truly global airline," said His Highness Sheikh Ahmed bin Saeed Al-Maktoum, chairman and chief executive, Emirates Airline and Group. "As the world's largest operator of the 777, we have 93 more 777s on order, which is testament to our belief in the product and the role this aircraft will play in our goal to further establish Dubai as a central gateway to worldwide air travel."
"The ultimate measure of success in this business is when you reach the 1,000 mark," said Larry Loftis, who until recently was vice president and general manager of the 777 program. "Reaching this milestone puts the 777 in an exclusive club and I would like to thank all our employees, suppliers and customers who made it possible."
"Reaching this milestone requires two things," Loftis added. "A product that provides exceptional value and a world-class production system to reliably bring that product to the marketplace – and we have both on the 777 program. As a result, the 777 program reached this milestone faster than any other twin-aisle airplane because of the 777's proven performance, exceptional value, continuous innovation and progressive environmental performance."
The 1,000th 777 is a 777-300ER (extended range) model that seats 360 passengers in a three-class configuration.  
To date, Boeing has recorded orders for 1,361 777s to 64 customers around the globe.  
Contact:
Debbie Heathers
+1 206-579-5159
777 Communications
debbie.heathers@boeing.com
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Defense War News Updates: DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Bell Helicopter Textron For Repair Works On H-1 Helicopter

Asian Defense News: DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Bell Helicopter Textron For Repair Works On H-1 Helicopter
Source: DTN News - - This article compiled by Roger Smith from reliable sources DTN News & U.S. DoD issued No. 142-12 February 29, 2012
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada – March 2, 2012: Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc.*, Hurst, Texas, is being awarded $11,057,924 for delivery order 7001 under previously awarded contract (N00383-11-D-012N) for the repair of four items supporting the H-1 helicopter:  Cobra main rotor blade; combining gearbox assembly; right hand stub wing; and left hand stub wing.  Work will be performed in Hurst, Texas, and the expected completion date is November 2013. 
 The Navy Working Capital Funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. 

One company was solicited for this requirement and one offer was received in response to the solicitation. 

NAVSUP Weapon Systems Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

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DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated March 1, 2012

Asian Defense News: DTN News: U.S. Department of Defense Contracts Dated March 1, 2012
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - March 1, 2012: U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts issued  March 1, 2012 are undermentioned;

 CONTRACTS
 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY
             BAE Systems - Speciality Defense Systems of Pa, Jessup, Pa., was awarded a firm-fixed-price contract with a maximum $108,493,311 for improved outer tactical vest, outer tactical vest, and individual repair kits.  Other location of performance is Tennessee.  Using services are Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps.  There were five responses to the Web solicitation.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012/2013 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is Feb. 28, 2013.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity (SPM1C1-12-D-1027).

             GE Datex Ohmeda, Inc., Madison, Wis., was issued a modification exercising the third option year on contract SPM2D1-09-D-8348/P00016.  The award is a fixed-price with economic price adjustment contract with a maximum $19,847,688 for patient monitoring systems, subsystems, accessories, consumables, spare/repair parts, and training.  There are no other locations of performance.  Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies.  There were 17 solicitations with nine responses.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012/2013 Defense Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is March 5, 2013.  The Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, Philadelphia, Pa., is the contracting activity.

             Honeywell International, Tempe, Ariz., was awarded a firm-fixed-price, sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum $18,400,000 for the procurement of radar altimeter receiver transmitter.  Other location of performance is Minnesota.  Using service is Army.  There was one solicitation with one response.  Type of appropriation is fiscal 2012 through 2017 Army Working Capital Funds.  The date of performance completion is Feb. 28, 2017.  The Defense Logistics Agency Land at Aberdeen, Aberdeen, Md., is the contracting activity (SPRBL1-12-D-0005)

 NAVY
             Lockheed Martin, Mission Systems and Sensors, Moorestown, N.J., is being awarded an $88,467,830 cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee with performance incentives and cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-09-C-5103) to exercise options for fiscal 2012 Aegis Platform Systems Engineering Agent activities and Aegis Modernization Advanced Capability Build engineering for the CG 57 and DDG 51 class of ships.  Work will be performed in Moorestown, N.J., and is expected to be completed by December 2012.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

             Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $55,064,485 modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-11-C-2404) to exercise the option for the integrated shipboard electronics for LPD 27, consisting of:  engineering control system; magnetic signature control system; ship control system; navigation data distribution system; shipboard wide area network; wire-free portable communication system; integrated voice communication system; sensors; Marine Corps support equipment; and surface search sensor system (AN/SPS-73).  Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by February 2018. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

             Raytheon Co., Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a $48,663,690 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for software development support of the ALR-67(V) 3 radar for the U.S. Navy and the governments of Australia, Kuwait, Qatar, Malaysia, Switzerland, Canada, and various other future foreign military sales customers.  Work will be performed in Point Mugu, Calif., and is expected to be completed in February 2017.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($28,891,633; 59.2 percent) and, under the Foreign Military Sales Program, the governments of Australia ($4,550,055; 9.4 percent), Kuwait ($1,975,745; 4.1 percent), Qatar ($1,975,746; 4.1 percent), Malaysia ($1,975,746; 4.1 percent), Switzerland, ($1,382,049; 2.8 percent), Canada ($1,386,915; 2.9 percent), and other future foreign military sales customers ($6,525,801; 13.4 percent).  This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6302-1.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity (N68936-12-D-0018).

             Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $19,511,897 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-11-D-0004) for AIM-9X integrated logistics support for the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Navy, and the governments of Singapore, Australia, Denmark, Finland, Turkey, South Korea, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, and Poland.  Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (97.57 percent); Rocket City, W.V. (0.51 percent); Cheshire, Conn. (0.41 percent); and various locations inside and outside of the U.S. (1.51 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in March 2013.  Contract funds in the amount of $12,379,408 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Air Force ($9,244,777; 47.40 percent), U.S. Navy ($6,430,735; 32.98 percent), and, under the Foreign Military Sales Program, the governments of Singapore ($426,265; 2.18 percent), Australia ($426,265; 2.18 percent), Denmark ($426,265; 2.18 percent), Finland ($426,265; 2.18 percent), Turkey ($426,265; 2.18 percent), South Korea ($426,265; 2.18 percent), Switzerland ($426,265; 2.18 percent), Saudi Arabia ($426,265; 2.18 percent), and Poland ($426,265; 2.18 percent).  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

             HDT EP, Inc.*, Geneva, Ohio, is being awarded an $11,064,538 firm-fixed-price delivery order 0026 under previously awarded blanket purchase agreement (M67854-08-A-5023) for the procurement of 18,000, 36,000 and 60,000 british thermal units environmental control units with remote controls, power cords, and ducts in support of the Program Manager, Expeditionary Power Systems.  Work will be performed in Geneva, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by February 2014.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This delivery order was not competitively procured.  HDTEP is a historically underutilized business zone small business.  The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

             Lex Products, Corp.*, Shelton, Conn., is being awarded an $8,126,846 firm-fixed price delivery order 0003 under previously awarded blanket purchase agreement contract (M67854-11-A-5087) for the procurement of Mobile Electric Power Distribution System-Replacement components in support of the Program Manager, Expeditionary Power Systems.  Work will be performed in Shelton, Conn., and is expected to be completed by February 2013.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This delivery order was not competitively procured.  The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

             Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded an $8,013,321 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0069) to exercise an option to provide AN/ARC-210(V) electronic radio and ancillary equipment for the H-1.  The contract provides for the following: C-12561A/ARC control, radio sets, quantity of 15; MT-6567/ARC mounting bases, quantity of 86; MT-7006/ARC amplifier mounts, quantity of 15; AM-7526/ARC high power amplifier mounts, quantity of 15; MX-11641/ATRC LNA diplexers, quantity of 15; AS-3972/A nine-inch tunable antennas, quantity of 56; CV-4092/A digital converter, quantity of 26; and RT-1939(C)/ARC receiver –transmitter, quantity of 71.  Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is expected to be completed in June 2013.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

             Sea Box, Inc.*, Riverton, N.J., is being awarded a $7,707,538 firm-fixed-price delivery order 0008 under previously awarded blanket purchase agreement (M67854-08-A-5017) for the procurement of 317 small field refrigeration systems in support of the Program Manager, Expeditionary Power Systems.  Work will be performed in Riverton, N.J., and is expected to be completed by March 2013.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This delivery order was not competitively procured.  The Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity.

             Robert and Co., Atlanta, Ga., is being awarded a maximum $7,500,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for complete architect and engineering services for petroleum fuel facilities in the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Southeast area of responsibility (AOR).  These services may include tank storage inspection, design of renovations to existing facilities, preparation of design-build request for proposals, and comprehensive integrated design services (full plans and specifications).  Task order 0001 is being awarded at $205,976 for architect-engineering consulting and design services for the replacement of underground fuel piping at Naval Fleet Logistics Center Jacksonville, Fla.  Work for this task order is expected to be completed by June 2012.  All work under this contract will be performed at various Department of Defense (DoD) and non-DoD facilities within the NAVFAC Southeast AOR, and is expected to be completed by March 2017.  Contract funds in the amount of $205,976 are obligated on this award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This contract was competitively procured via the Navy Electronic Commerce Online website, with 13 proposals received.  The Naval Facilities Engineering Command, Southeast, Jacksonville, Fla., is the contracting activity (N69450-12-D-0035).

 VIRGINIA CONTRACTING ACTIVITY
             Integrity Application, Inc., Chantilly, Va., was awarded a time-and-material contract with a completion date of Sept. 14, 2016, and a maximum value of $58,573,766 over a five-year period.  Under the terms of the contract, Integrity Application will provide the Defense Intelligence Agency with engineering and analytical services to be performed in Chantilly, Va.  The contract falls under the Virginia Contracting Activity (HHM402-11-C-0113).

 AIR FORCE
             The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded a $31,697,830 firm-fixed-price contract for Joint Helmet Mounted Cueing Systems full rate production.  One hundred and eleven systems are being procured for the U.S. Navy and, under the Foreign Military Sales Program, Pakistan, Belgium, Australia, Canada, Switzerland, and Finland.  The location of the performances is San Jose, Calif.  Work is expected to be completed Dec. 31, 2013.  ASC/WWSK, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-01-D-0026).

             Booz Allen Hamilton, Inc., Herndon, Va., is being awarded a $14,945,646 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery, requirements contract for a Survivability/Vulnerability Information Analysis Center which will perform research and development in order to complete the vulnerability analysis report, system prototype reports, and the risk analysis reports.  The location of the performance is McLean, Va.  Work is expected to be completed Feb. 28, 2015.  ESG/PKS DTIC, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (SP0700-03-D-1380, Delivery Order: 0456).

             Cannon Designs, Arlington, Va., is being awarded a $10,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for architecture-engineering services architectural indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, maximum of $10,000,000.  The location of the performances is Arlington, Va.  Work is expected to be completed Feb. 28, 2017.  U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo., is the contracting activity (FA7000-12-D-0002).

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DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Raytheon For Radar & Electronic Systems Related To U.S. Navy F/A-18

Asian Defense News: DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Raytheon For Radar & Electronic Systems Related To U.S. Navy F/A-18
(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada – March 2, 2012: Raytheon Co., Space and Airborne Systems, Goleta, Calif., is being awarded a $77,267,880 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-09-C-0052) to exercise an option for 89 full rate production Lot 14 AN/ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receivers, and nine countermeasure signal processor weapons replacement assemblies. 
 The AN/ALR-67(V)3 enhances pilot situational awareness by providing accurate identification, lethality, and azimuth displays of hostile and friendly emitters.  It also controls the electronic warfare data bus and interfaces with electronic warfare systems, the onboard radar, airborne mission computer, and the F/A-18 weapon systems. 

Work will be performed in Forest, Miss. (34 percent); Lansdale, Pa. (18 percent); Goleta, Calif. (17 percent); Chatsworth, Calif. (11 percent); San Diego, Calif. (10 percent); Sydney, Australia (4 percent); Milwaukie, Ore. (3 percent); and McKinney, Texas (3 percent). 

Work is expected to be completed in December 2014.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. 

The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

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Wednesday, February 29, 2012

DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: DTN News - KOREAN PENINSULA NEWS: North Korea Says It Will Halt Nuclear Activities

Asian Defense News: DTN News - DEFENSE NEWS: DTN News - KOREAN PENINSULA NEWS: North Korea Says It Will Halt Nuclear Activities
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"The media communiques are created for the international agencies, foremost to announce the new North Korean leader Kim Jong Un being supported and accepted by the old guards and secondly to international donors attention to fulfill it's obligations to cover North Korea shortfall on several factors including commodities and daily staple requirements." It seems the rookie North Korean leader Kim Jong Un first shenanigan hit the bull eyes by direct link to Washington and much needed food aid. By DTN News ~ Defense-Technology News
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(NSI News Source Info) TORONTO, Canada - February 29, 2012: North Korea raised hopes Wednesday for a major easing in nuclear tensions under its youthful new leader, agreeing to suspend uranium enrichment at a key facility and refrain from missile and nuclear tests in exchange for a mountain of critically needed U.S. food aid.


It was only a preliminary step but a necessary one to restart broader six-nation negotiations that would lay down terms for what the North could get in return for abandoning its nuclear weapons program. Pyongyang pulled out of those talks in 2009 and seemingly has viewed the nuclear program as key to the survival of its dynastic, communist regime, now entering its third generation.
But the announcement, just over two months after the death of longtime ruler Kim Jong Il, also opened a door for the secretive government under his untested youngest son, Kim Jong Un, to improve ties with the United States and win critically needed aid and international acceptance.

It also opened the way for international nuclear inspections after years when the North's program went unmonitored.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said the agreement, which was announced at separate but simultaneous statements by the long-time adversaries, was a modest step but also "a reminder that the world is transforming around us."

"We, of course, will be watching closely and judging North Korea's new leaders by their actions," Clinton told a congressional hearing.

Indeed, North Korea has reneged on nuclear commitments in the past. An accord under the six-party talks collapsed in 2008 when Pyongyang refused to abide by verification that U.S. diplomats claimed had been agreed upon.

The North Korean Foreign Ministry's statement, issued by the state-run news agency, said the North had agreed to the nuclear moratoriums and U.N. inspectors 
"with a view to maintaining positive atmosphere" for the U.S.-North Korea talks.

North Korea faces tough U.N. sanctions that were tightened in 2009 when it conducted its second nuclear test and fired a long-range rocket. In late 2010, it unveiled a uranium enrichment facility that could give North Korea a second route to manufacture nuclear weapons in addition to its existing plutonium-based program.

In the meantime, its people have continued to go hungry. The North suffered famine in the 1990s and appealed for the aid a year ago to alleviate its chronic food shortages. U.S. charities reported after a trip to North Korea last fall that children were suffering "slow starvation."

Clinton said the United States will meet with North Korea to finalize details for a proposed package of 240,000 metric tons of food aid. She said intensive monitoring of the aid would be required — a reflection of U.S. concerns that food could be diverted to the North's powerful military.

A senior Obama administration official said it was only in talks last week in Beijing that presaged Wednesday's announcement that the North had dropped its demand for rice and grains — viewed as easier to divert — and agreed to accept the U.S. "nutritional assistance" such as corn soy blend and other food targeted to young children and pregnant women.

The official spoke to reporters on condition of anonymity because of diplomatic sensitivity.

North Korea's chief rival, South Korea, a staunch U.S. ally supported by 28,000 American troops, welcomed the agreement, although it has yet to receive the apology it wants from the North for two military attacks that killed 50 South Koreans in 2010.
Those hostilities nearly pitched the divided Peninsula into war, and the elder Kim's Dec. 17 death had fueled concern that the North could attack again and conduct another nuclear test.

Wednesday's announcement should ease those concerns, and was a welcome development for President Barack Obama in an election year when he will be looking to avoid another security crisis to add to the pressing list of urgent U.S. foreign policy concerns. Those include Iran's nuclear program, the bloodshed in Syria and a deeply unstable Afghanistan.

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he hoped North Korea would take steps toward "a verifiable denuclearization of the Korean peninsula." Britain's Foreign Secretary William Hague said it was positive news and that the change in North Korean leadership offered a chance for "renewed engagement with the international community."

Outsiders have been closely watching how the younger Kim, believed to be in his late 20s, handles nuclear diplomacy with the United States and delicate relations with South Korea. His consolidation of power, with the help of senior advisers who worked with his father and grandfather, appears to be going smoothly, although determining the intentions and internal dynamics in Pyongyang is notoriously difficult.

Since Kim Jong Il's death, North Korea has vowed to maintain the late leader's policies and has linked its nuclear program to Kim's legacy. Many observers are skeptical whether North Korea will ever give up its nuclear program.

"North Korea uses (the nuclear program) as leverage to win concessions in return for disarmament measures. Since Kim Jong Il's death, it has called (the program) the country's most important achievement," Baek Seung-joo, an analyst at the state-run Korea Institute for Defense Analyses in South Korea, said. "There is still a long way to go."
While Democratic lawmakers in the U.S. welcomed the agreement, some Republicans reacted with skepticism, warning that Washington was heading down a path it has trod before — offering aid in return for nuclear commitments, only to see North Korea renege.
"Pyongyang will likely continue its clandestine nuclear weapons program right under our noses. We have bought this bridge several times before," said Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, chair of the House Foreign Affairs Committee.

The administration official echoed some of that caution. But he also said the U.S. took it as a positive sign that the new North Korean leadership had carried on with a policy set in train before Kim Jong Il's death, and had shown some swiftness in reaching the accord before the official 100-day mourning period was over.

While North Korea's commitments meet the pre-steps set by the U.S. for the resumption of six-party disarmament-for-aid talks, the official said the U.S. had made no promise to restart them. He said North Korea would first have to make good on its latest commitments. The U.S. would also have to map out a strategy with the other parties in the talks — China, Japan, Russia and South Korea — on what they could offer the North in return for the irreversible dismantling of its nuclear weapons program.

The U.S. and North Korean statements on the agreement differed on some details, including whether inspectors from U.N.'s International Atomic Energy Agency would be allowed into both the uranium enrichment and plutonium-based programs. The North Korean statement referred only to uranium enrichment.

A senior Obama administration official acknowledged that omission but said the U.S. was in no doubt that the North had agreed to let IAEA inspectors in to confirm the disabling of plutonium-producing reactor at its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon.

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North Korea says it will suspend its nuclear activities and accept a moratorium on nuclear testing in exchange for food aid from the United States. The US has cautiously welcomed the announcement. After railing at the West and fiercely defending its ...

N.KOREA AGREES TO NUCLEAR HALT IN US AID DEAL

Straits Times - ‎1 hour ago‎
Satellite image of North Korea's nuclear reactor at Yongbyon. North Korea's new leadership said on Wednesday it would suspend nuclear and missile tests and its uranium enrichment programme as part of a deal that includes US food aid for the ...

AP NEWS IN BRIEF AT 5:58 PM EST

Newsday - ‎1 hour ago‎
Nation Newsday > News > Nation AP News in Brief at 5:58 pm EST Published: February 29, 2012 6:04 PM By The Associated Press North Korea agrees to suspend key nuclear activities and missile test, will get US food aid WASHINGTON (AP) -- North Korea ...

JAPAN FOREIGN MIN GEMBA: WELCOME NORTH KOREA, US NUCLEAR AGREEMENT

Wall Street Journal (India) - ‎1 hour ago‎
TOKYO (Dow Jones)--Japan's foreign minister said he welcomed a nuclear and missile agreement reached by the US and North Korea last week. "Japan welcomes the agreement between the US and North Korea as it is an important first step towards resolving ...

RPT-UPDATE 6-N.KOREA AGREES TO NUCLEAR MORATORIUM, IAEA INSPECTIONS

Reuters - ‎2 hours ago‎
(Repeats story, no changes to text) * N.Korea move could open door to new 6-party disarmament talks * US agrees to food aid in confidence building measure * Dramatic step follows December death of Kim Jong-il By Andrew Quinn WASHINGTON,...

SOUTH KOREAN OPPOSITION TO PURSUE CLOSER TIES WITH NORTH

Calgary Herald - ‎2 hours ago‎
SEOUL — South Korea's main left wing opposition party, which polls say is headed for a victory in an April parliamentary election, vowed on Tuesday closer ties with North Korea and will end a sanctions regime imposed by the current conservative...

NORTH KOREA AGREES TO SUSPEND KEY NUCLEAR ACTIVITIES, MISSILE TEST; GETS US ...

Chicago Tribune - ‎2 hours ago‎
WASHINGTON (AP) — In an apparent breakthrough in long-stalled negotiations, North Korea has agreed to suspend its uranium enrichment and nuclear and long-range missile tests, the North Koreans and US officials said Wednesday.

NORTH KOREA WIDELY DISLIKED AND DISTRUSTED IN US

Washington Post (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎
By Scott Clement Some Americans may rest easier on news that North Korea and US negotiators have struck a deal for the United States to provide food aid in exchange for the North halting its uranium enrichment program, a key facet of its nuclear...

NORTH KOREA AGREES TO HALT NUCLEAR TESTS, MISSILE LAUNCHES AMID US TALKS

BusinessWeek (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎
By Roxana Tiron and Nicole Gaouette on February 29, 2012 North Korea agreed to a moratorium on nuclear tests and long-range missile launches in an accord with the US that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called a “modest step in the right direction.

NORTH KOREA CURBS NUCLEAR PROGRAMME IN RETURN FOR FOOD AID

The Guardian (blog) - ‎2 hours ago‎
The deal struck between the US and North Korea - a moratorium on nuclear weapon and strategic missile testing, suspension of uranium enrichment, and access for IAEA inspectors in return for 240000 tonnes of food aid - has been in the pipeline some ...

NORTH KOREA AGREES TO NUCLEAR MORATORIUM, IAEA MONITORS

RadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty - ‎2 hours ago‎
By RFE/RL The US State Department and North Korea's official news agency have announced that North Korea has agreed to suspend uranium enrichment and implement a moratorium on nuclear and long-range missile tests. US officials said the communist-ruled ...

NORTH KOREA AGREES TO HALT NUCLEAR TESTS, MISSILE LAUNCHES

San Francisco Chronicle - ‎2 hours ago‎
March 1 (Bloomberg) -- North Korea agreed to a moratorium on nuclear tests and long-range missile launches in an accord with the US that Secretary of State Hillary Clinton called a "modest step in the right direction." The government in Pyongyang will ...

NORTH KOREA AGREES TO NUCLEAR MORATORIUM

BBC News - ‎2 hours ago‎
North Korea has agreed to suspend uranium enrichment, as well as nuclear and long-range missile tests, following talks with the US. The US State Department said Pyongyang had also agreed to allow UN inspectors to monitor its reactor in Yongbyon to ...

N. KOREA TO HALT NUCLEAR TESTS; US TO PROVIDE AID

NPR - ‎2 hours ago‎
by Michele Kelemen North Korea's military fires missiles during a drill in this undated photo released Oct. 6, 2010, by the Korean Central News Agency. North Korea has agreed to stop nuclear activities and allow inspections, while the US says it will ...

N KOREA HALTS NUCLEAR TESTS FOR FOOD AID

ABC Online - ‎3 hours ago‎
By correspondents Craig McMurtrie and Jane Cowan In a deal with the United States, North Korea has agreed to a moratorium on nuclear enrichment and testing in exchange for food aid. The announcement follows sit-down negotiations between the US and ...

NORTH KOREA TO SUSPEND NUCLEAR PROGRAMME

Aljazeera.com - ‎3 hours ago‎
Uranium enrichment, weapons testing and long-range missile launches to be stopped in return for US food as part of deal. North Korea has agreed to stop nuclear tests, uranium enrichment and long-range missile launches and to allow nuclear inspectors to ...

NORTH KOREA TO STOP NUCLEAR TESTING

TVNZ - ‎3 hours ago‎
North Korea agreed today to stop nuclear tests, uranium enrichment and long-range missile launches, and to allow checks by nuclear inspectors, in an apparent policy shift that paves the way for resuming long-stalled disarmament talks.

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