Body Armor News
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Structural reviews of competing America’s Cup catamarans, a lower wind limit and improved safety equipment for sailors are being recommended to prevent a repeat of a training accident that killed an Olympic yachtsman.
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Hezbollah has a “national and moral” duty to defend Lebanese residents from Syrian rebels following the Beirut government’s failure to protect border villages, one of its leaders said.
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Secretary of State John Kerry met today with leaders of the Syrian opposition, after indicating the U.S. is preparing to distribute more aid to rebels seeking the ouster of President Bashar al-Assad.
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The U.S. Supreme Court declined a chance to put new restrictions on the power of Congress, leaving intact a federal law that bars people convicted of a violent felony from owning body armor.
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FedEx Corp. lost a bid to shield some corporate documents from public disclosure by lawyers suing two units of the package delivery company for knowingly overbilling customers for commercial deliveries.
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Honeywell International Inc. accused the U.S. Justice Department of withholding “critical” evidence in a false claims lawsuit alleging the company used defective materials in body armor the government bought.
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The U.K. will provide 1,000 sets of surplus body armor to the Libyan opposition, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported, citing an interview with Prime Minister David Cameron . Cameron, speaking ahead of a meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris tomorrow, said Qaddafi’s “appalling” attacks on his own citizens must be stopped, the BBC reported.
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The U.K. announced new types of aid for Syria’s opposition, including armored vehicles and body armor, as the number of refugees fleeing the civil war in Syria for neighboring countries reached 1 million.
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Fans who mourned the closing of El Bulli in 2011 got a chance to buy a piece of its history at a Sotheby’s auction in Hong Kong yesterday.
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Three former directors of DHB Industries Inc. will pay more than $1.6 million to resolve U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission claims over their roles in an accounting fraud at the military body-armor supplier.
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