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Supping with the devil?(Dateline USA)(includes related article on the passage of US Africa trade bill)(US companies' renewed interest in Congo's natural resources)
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September 1, 1999|
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The recent Lusaka peace agreement and windfall revenues from diamond sales have raised some optimism about the DRC's economic future. However, Laurent Kabila's capricious nature remains a deterrent to meaningful foreign investment.
The 10 July signing of the Democratic Republic of Congo peace agreement in Lusaka has revived cautious interest in the Congo's resources by US corporations. While adopting a wait-and-see attitude, American mineral companies have nevertheless dusted off feasibility studies on many of their previously shelved projects.
"We keep an ...
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Orbital and Celestial Mechanics
Magazine article from: Mechanical Engineering
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Quantization state of baryonic mass in clusters of galaxies.(quantum celestial mechanics )
Magazine article from: Progress in Physics
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 "The Birmingham Post (England)")
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Eclipsed; Celestial mechanics of an amber moon rising.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England)
; ...completely. Last night the moon was totally covered for approximately half an hour. Prof Cruise added that because of celestial mechanics eclipses can be predicted to the second for up to 100 years. 'With the knowledge available today we can determine...
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 "The Economist (US)")
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Celestial mechanics.(asteroid observations)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; A rock in a hard place ON FEBRUARY 23rd an asteroid called 1999BJ8 sailed past the Earth at a distance of 5m kilometres (3m miles)-a pretty close shave by astronomical standards. This is just one of several hundred rocks, varying in size from a few metres to a few kilometres across, whose orbits
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Letter: Celestial spheres
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London
; ...byway in the whole of science: celestial mechanics". As a planetary scientist...solar system, I believe that celestial mechanics belongs to the highway...the byway of science. Using celestial mechanics we can now understand...
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Math unites the celestial and the atomic.(NEWS WATCH)(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Scientific Computing
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Crumb's celestial, poetic compositions recognized in Nebraska
News Wire article from: University Wire
; ...at the NU School of Music. The piece, titled "Celestial Mechanics" was composed in 1979, and is the fourth in a series titled "Makrokosmos." "Celestial Mechanics" contains four parts, named after stars of the...
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The long arm of the celestial repairman.(Solar and Heliospheric Observatory to be repaired in space)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
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Foundations of mechanics, 2d ed.(Brief article)(Book review)
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