Marines train for Afghanistan in rugged Sierras setting
In the high Sierra near Brinceport California Marines rappel 400 foot cliffs cross gorges and hike at altitude to prepare for potential deployment to Afghanistan. About 10 000 Marines pass through the Mountain Warfare Training Center annually and advanced survival trainees learn to live off fish worms grasshoppers and wild plants while enduring harsh winters and high elevations.
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Brinceport
Cadf
Afghanistan
U.S
Marine Corps
Mountain Warfare Training Center
Here
High Sierra
Set
Alan Quartararo
Cpl
Elias Gonzales
United States
Walker
Clinton Culp
Marine Infantry
Culp
U.S. Marine
Fred McElman
Ridgeway
Colo
Bridgeport
Gali
Military buys exclusive rights to satellite pictures
The U.S. military pays for exclusive access to Ikonos imagery of Afghanistan, supplementing secret military photos and blocking rivals from viewing the war zone. Space Imaging declined to disclose cost, but the contract is multimillion-dollar, begun Oct.7, and aims to provide backup coverage while freeing high resolution assets for critical operations.
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Satellite
Washington
U.S
Afghanistan
Ikonos
Joan Mears
National Imagery and Mapping Agency
Mears
Denver
Space Imaging Inc
Space Imaging
Mark Brender
Brender
Tkonos Pictures
Steven Aftergood
Federation of American Scientists
Aftergood
Osama bin Laden
bin Laden
Kandahar
Pentagon
Aftergoad
Giuliani announces job drives after 9 11 losses
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani announced two employment initiatives to replace about 100 000 jobs lost after the September 11 attacks. He said roughly 200 employers would attend a city job fair and four new employment centers would open across New York. Nearby at the World Trade Center wreckage police sought to confirm whether newly found remains belonged to a fallen officer, the first recovery among 23 officers missing after the disaster.
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Rudolph Giuliani
Giuliani
New York
World Trade Center
Giuliani Knighted by Queen in New York City
Mayor Rudolph Giuliani received an honorary knighthood from Queen Elizabeth II announced at City Hall by Prince Andrew. Police Commissioner Bernard Kerik and Fire Commissioner Thomas Von Essen also received lesser titles as the prince toured the trade center site and laid flowers at a memorial for rescue workers killed in the towers collapse.
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Rudolph Giuliani
Queen Elizabeth II
City Hall
Prince Andrew
Duke of York
Bernard Kerik
Thomas von Essen
Trade Center
Giuliani
Israeli government loses right wing defections
In Jerusalem two ultranationalist anti Arab parties quit Ariel Sharon's broad based coalition. The National Union bloc, seven members, vow to resist U S backed moves to restart peace talks with the Palestinians. Critics warn the move could threaten Sharon's majority in the 120 member Knesset.
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Bush
Ariel Sharon
National Union Bloc
Sharon
U.S
World Trade Center
Pentagon
Knesset
Idle Jets Parked in Mojave Desert Storage Boom
Mojave Airport in California fills parking spaces as over 200 idle airliners are stored, more than in the 1990s recession, with arrivals nearly daily as post 9/11 impact hits the industry. Dan Sabovich notes 17 jets last Monday and six the next day, costs range 250 to 500 dollars monthly.
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Mojave Desert
Dan Sabovich
Mojave
Los Angeles
Air Force Base
Phoenix
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Lori Shannessy
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Lawrence Medical Plaza
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Arthur
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McDonald Drive
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