India to favour France for 1.5 bln euro war plane contract: Thales

New Delhi (ANTARA News) - India's government will announce this week it will favour France for a contract worth up to 1.5 billion euros (2.2 billion dollars) to upgrade its Mirage fighters, an official from the French defence firm Thales said Wednesday.The announcement of a...

MGM opens resort, raises stakes in Macau

MGM Mirage Inc. opened a 600-room, Las Vegas-style resort in Macau yesterday with a celebration including fireworks and traditional dancers, raising the stakes in a Chinese gambling haven increasingly crowded by global players.The $1.25-billion (U.S.) MGM Grand Macau, a joint...

Barack Obama: The Mania and the Mirage

"“The Black aspect of Obama-mania is as caught up in historical contradictions as is the white side of the phenomenon.” “Mirage” is the best metaphor for Barack Obama. He shimmers on the horizon, a promise of…something. But as one draws closer, Obama dissipates into...

Gerald R. Ford, 38th U.S. President, Dies

"He died at 6:45 p.m. Tuesday at his home in Rancho Mirage, about 130 miles east of Los Angeles, his office said in a statement. No cause of death was released. Funeral arrangements were to be announced Wednesday."

From The Associated Press: Scientists Create Cloak of Invisibility

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Scientists are boldly going where only fiction has gone before - to develop a Cloak of Invisibility. It isn't quite ready to hide a Romulan space ship from Capt. James T. Kirk or to disguise Harry Potter, but it is a significant start and could show the way...

Scientists say Erie mirage could be real (AP)

" CLEVELAND - Scientists say it's a mirage, but others swear that when the weather is right, Clevelanders can see across Lake Erie and spot Canadian trees and buildings 50 miles away. Eyewitness accounts have long been part of the city's history. "The whole sweep of the...