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South Korea's Sluggish Project
Seoul (UPI) June 12, 2007Challenged by China's push to tap into North Korea's natural resources, South Korea wants to speed up economic cooperation with Pyongyang. But the efforts are unlikely to bear fruit in the near future as a key project of swapping manufacturing raw materials for mineral exploration rights has been stalled over the protracted nuclear standoff. The two Koreas signed a deal in 2005 under which ... more Global Arms Sales Boom As Govts. Spend Up Big 
Berlin (UPI) June 12, 2007Worldwide military spending in 2006 reached levels unseen since the Cold War, with nearly half of all money spent by the United States, and China coming in at the No. 4 spot for the first time, according to a report compiled by a Sweden-based peace research institute. Last year some $1.204 trillion was spent on military matters all over the world, according to a report released Monday by the ... more Satellites Watch As China Bulds Massive Dam 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jun 13, 2007Some call it the eighth wonder of world. Others say it's the next Great Wall of China. Upon completion in 2009, the Three Gorges Dam along China's Yangtze River will be the world's largest hydroelectric power generator and one of the few man-made structures so enormous that it's actually visible to the naked eye from space. NASA's Landsat satellites have provided detailed, vivid views of the dam ... more Chinese Premier Wants Action On Taihu Lake Pollution 
Shanghai (AFP) June 12, 2007Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has demanded action after a pollution crisis in China's third-largest lake led to the contamination of drinking water for millions, state press said Tuesday. "The pollution of Taihu Lake has sounded the alarm for us," various media outlets quoted Wen as telling an environmental meeting held by China's cabinet on Monday. He asked the participants, including offici ... more Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Achieves Major Milestone 
Minneapolis (SPX) Jun 12, 2007Alliant Techsystems, the U.S. Navy team of PMA-242, the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division - China Lake, and the Italian Air Force recently conducted the first Developmental Test (DT) firing of an Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile (AARGM) from an F/A-18 aircraft on the China Lake test ranges on 25 May 2007. The test firing confirmed the effective integration of AARGM with the F/A-18 ... more |
superpowers
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Berlin (AFP) Jun 07, 2007The leaders of five major developing nations on on Thursday signalled they would not bow to pressure from the Group of Eight to commit to binding targets in the fight against global warming. Brazil, China, India, Mexico and South Africa insisted ahead of talks with G8 leaders on Friday that their "different capacities and interests" must be considered when tackling climate change. ... more Nordic Windpower Launches Lower Cost Wind Turbines For US Markets 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 08, 2007Nordic Windpower has released the Nordic N1000 turbine for North American markets, and available in 2008. The turbine is based on a ten-year record of trouble-free operations in Sweden and is the result of a 30-year, $75 million investment in R and D and value-engineering by the Swedish government and European Union. "Nordic Windpower is excited to launch its global business in North Ameri ... more Australia Begins Climate Project With China 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Jun 07, 2007CSIRO and the Australian Greenhouse Office (AGO) have signed a two-year funding agreement for collaboration between CSIRO statisticians and the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Science. The project will investigate climate and rainfall linkages between China and Australia. "The objective of this project is to improve understanding of the interaction of the Australian an ... more Drought Hits Millions In Southwestern China As Polluted Lake Forces Factory Shutdown 
Beijing (AFP) Jun 05, 2007A severe drought has left four million people short of drinking water in southwest China, state media reported Tuesday, as the vast country battles a crippling water shortage. Some 4.46 million head of livestock were also affected by the drought in Sichuan, where parts of the province have not seen any rain for up to 40 days, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the province's meteorological bure ... more |
pollution
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Beijing (AFP) Jun 04, 2007China said Monday it would not back efforts to limit global warming to two degrees Celsius, which UN experts have warned is the threshold-level to stop the worst impacts of climate change. "Whether or not we can set a limit on a two-degree (3.6 Fahrenheit) rise in temperature I'm afraid still lacks a lot of scientific evidence and dependable and feasible research," Ch ... more Taiwan's Top Satellite Official Arrested On Graft Charges 
Taipei (AFP) May 31, 2007The top government official in charge of satellite research and development in Taiwan was arrested Thursday on corruption charges, a prosecutor said. Lance Wu, the head of the National Space Program Office, was taken into custody after being questioned overnight, Lin Lih-yng, a prosecutor at the Hsinch District Court, told AFP. "Wu is suspected of inflating the price for the ARGO satellite ... more China Launches Satellite To Take TV Signal Nationwide 
Beijing (AFP) June 01, 2007China launched a telecommunications satellite Friday that aims to bring television signals to every home in the nation, on the 100th flight of the homegrown Long March rocket series, state press said. The satellite was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in southwest China's Sichuan province just after midnight Friday morning, China News Service reported. The Sino-Sat III satellite ... more Gates Urges China To Explain Military Intentions 
Honolulu HI (AFP) Jun 01, 2007US Defense Secretary Robert Gates called on China Thursday to explain its intentions in undertaking a major military buildup that the Pentagon warns is altering the military balance in the region. "There is no question that the Chinese are building significant capacity," Gates said. "Our concern is over their intent." Gates spoke to reporters during a stopover here on his way to Singapore ... more
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