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China To Launch Third Sino-Brazilian Satellite In September
Beijing (XNA) Jun 18, 2007China plans to launch in September the third earth resources satellite jointly developed by China and Brazil, said Sun Laiyan, director of the China National Space Administration here Thursday. Satellite 02B will be soon moved into a space environment simulator and go through a number of tests, said Sun. Before returning to China in April this year, the satellite underwent a series of tests at ... more Japan Plants Coral To Save Sinking Territory 
Tokyo (AFP) June 18, 2007Japan has begun planting baby coral on a remote Pacific atoll in a multi-million-dollar project to save sinking islets and defend a territorial claim disputed with China, officials said Monday. Japan regards the rocky isles of Okinotori, 1,700 kilometres (1,060 miles) south of Tokyo, as the southernmost point of its territory, letting it set its 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone around ... more China Committed To Peaceful Use Of Outer Space 
Vienna (XNA) Jun 18, 2007China will as always continue to make its contributions to the peaceful uses of outer space, said Tang Guoqiang, head of the Chinese Delegation at the 50th Session of the Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (COPUOS) hel during early June in Vienna. China will support and participate in the work of the committee under various items, said Tang, who is also the Chinese permanent ... more US Pushed Hard Against Taiwan NukesIn 1970s 
Washington (AFP) June 15, 2007The United States pushed aggressively to discourage suspicious nuclear research in Taiwan in the 1970s, though Taipei is an ally, newly declassified documents show. The documents, published Friday by the independent National Security Archive, "shed new light on the challenges of persuading a government, in this instance a dependent ally, to abandon suspect nuclear activities even in their early ... more World Desertification Day Puts Spotlight On Neglected Crisis 
Paris (AFP) June 15, 2007The United Nations on Sunday sounds a loud alarm about desertification, warning that global warming is helping to drive the onward march of parched land and, in years to come, millions of people could be driven from their homes. Of six billion humans, nearly a fifth are threatened directly or indirectly by desertification, experts warn ahead of the UN's annual World Day to Combat ... more |
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Roseville (AFP) California, June 15, 2007In a vast warehouse in a scorching valley near California's capital, Hewlett-Packard workers mine for Internet-age gold while diverting toxic electronic waste from landfills. The company is ramping up operations in the sleepy California town of Roseville, where its shredders and chippers rip up everything from mobile telephones to copy machines and salvage usable scraps. ... more China Oil Refinery Threatens Costa Rica Environment 
San Jose (AFP) June 16, 2007An oil refinery would jeopardize Costa Rica's environment as planned by a Chinese company known as a polluter, environmental groups said Saturday. Oilwatch Mesoamerica and other groups warned that recent agreements between China and Costa Rica included a refinery built by China Petroleum Corporation. "We are studying the history of this company, which has little concern for the ... more China Criticises Irresponsible Comments By Pentagon Official 
Beijing (AFP) June 14, 2007China on Thursday criticised what it called "irresponsible" comments by a US defense official who said the nation's military transformation should raise alarm bells overseas. Pentagon official Richard Lawless had said Beijing's lack of military transparency was forcing the United States to "prepare for the worst" and was causing unease over China's intentions towards its rival Taiwan. ... more China Braced For Surname Reform 
Beijing (RIA Novosti) Jun 15, 2007The Chinese Public Security Ministry has proposed changing the system of naming newborns in an effort to end confusion caused by a large number of identical surnames, the local media reported Wednesday. Currently, married people in China do not change their surname and newborns can take either of their parents' name, although it is traditional to adopt the father's surname. ... more |
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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
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