European countries agreed Monday to build a satellite navigation network that, with possible participation from China and others, would create a rival to the U.S. global positioning system that provided the information for pinpoint bombing in Iraq. The European system, known as Galileo, is scheduled to be completed by 2008. The European Union has long been wary of relying on the U.S. system, and a similar Russian network, because both are under military control and can be cut off without warning. Full article here