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Analysis: New cyber chief faces Hill anger
Washington (UPI) Feb 27, 2008 The new job of Scott Charbo, the man President Bush has picked to head up the protection of U.S. computer networks, involves countering threats from Russian hackers, Chinese cyber spies and Internet Jihadis. But perhaps his most immediately dangerous adversary is the chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee. The two men will be face to face Thursday, when Charbo, the deputy ... more Public transport to go electric in gas-rich Qatar 
Doha (AFP) Feb 28, 2008The gas-rich Gulf state of Qatar on Thursday launched a public transport project that will use electric buses and taxis in a bid to cut air pollution. The battery-powered vehicles are being built by a China-based developer for Mowasalat, Qatar's public transport operator, and will enter service soon, the organisation's business development manager Ahmad al-Ansari said. "The developer is ... more Analysis: Nigeria, China boost energy ties 
Beijing (UPI) Feb 29, 2008Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua is visiting China this week to talk about ways to broaden their already-extensive oil and gas ties. Yar'Adua, who arrived in Beijing Wednesday, is set to meet with President Hu Jintao and other senior Chinese officials during his four-day visit. The focal interest of the talks would be to "sign agreements on energy-related matters," according to ... more WHO plays down bird flu threat in China after three human deaths 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 27, 2008There are no indications that bird flu is becoming a bigger problem in China despite the deaths of three people from the disease this year, the World Health Organisation said Wednesday. "The three recent cases were not unexpected considering the winter season and the fact that we know the virus is still circulating in the environment," the WHO's representative in China, Hans Troedsson ... more Monsoon intensity driven by Earth's orbit: study 
Paris (AFP) Feb 27, 2008The monsoon rains that drench tropical and subtropical Asia from June through September vary in duration and intensity in keeping with tiny wobbles in Earth's orbit as it circles the Sun, according to a study released Wednesday. These cycles wax and wane every 23,000 years, said the study, based on the breakthrough use of stalagmites from a cave in central-eastern China to measure changes in ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Feb 26, 2008US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday urged China to use all its influence with North Korea to ensure the reclusive Stalinist state moved ahead quickly with nuclear disarmament. With the clock running down on the Bush administration, Rice used her trip to China and a meeting with Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi to call for a renewed push to end a two-month impasse with North Korea ... more River filth cuts normal water supplies for 200,000 in China: report 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 26, 2008Normal water supplies to more than 200,000 people in central China have been cut due to pollution in a local river, state media reported Tuesday. The water supply to more than 60,000 residents of Jianli county in Hubei province was cut Sunday after water in a branch of Hanjiang River turned red and foamy, the Chutian Metropolis Daily said. Authorities in nearby Qianjiang county also ordered ... more Death of woman confirmed bird flu related: China health ministry 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 26, 2008China's health authorities confirmed Tuesday that a woman in southern China had died after contracting bird flu, as the nation further reported an epidemic among animals in its southwest. A 44-year-old woman, who died on Monday in Guangdong province, tested positive for the deadly H5N1 bird flu by central government health officials, the health ministry said in a statement on its website. ... more Dark anniversary for Darfur 
Khartoum (AFP) Feb 26, 2008The deadly conflict in Darfur entered its sixth year on Tuesday with no solution in sight as Khartoum continued to resist the full deployment of a peacekeeping force amid a fresh wave of bombings. The anniversary coincides with visits to the country by Washington's special envoy for Sudan, Richard Williamson, and China's pointman for Darfur, Liu Giujin, for top-level talks aimed at nailing ... more |
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Beijing (XNA) Feb 26, 2008China plans to launch its second lunar probe, Chang'e-2, around 2009, according to a top satellite scientist. Ye Peijian, chief commander and designer of China's first moon probe satellite system, revealed the plan during an interview program on CCTV, China Central Television. However, Ye did not elaborate on the plan with more details. He said Chang'e-1, the country's first lunar ... more Analysis: China imitates Su-27SK 
Hong Kong (UPI) Feb 25, 2008 Based on the design of the Russian Sukhoi Su-27SK fighter, China has come up with its own domestic version, the J-11B multi-function fighter. Three J-11B prototypes have been manufactured since 2006. After their factory flight tests, they have been evaluated by the People's Liberation Army Air Force 1st Fighter Division, based in Anshan in China's northeast Liaoning province. A Chinese ... more China to spend 18 billion dollars to clean up Bohai Bay: report 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 25, 2008China plans to spend 18 billion dollars on cleaning up one of the country's most contaminated coastal areas, Bohai Bay, state media reported Monday. The 130-billion-yuan project will monitor seawater quality, set up treatment plants, tackle industrial pollution and establish marine parks, the China Daily reported, citing an unnamed State Oceanic Administration official. Bohai Bay, about ... more Woman dies in southern China, tested positive for bird flu 
Beijing (AFP) Feb 25, 2008A 44-year-old woman in southern China who tested positive for bird flu died on Monday, health officials said, in what is likely the country's third reported death from the virus this year. The migrant worker, surnamed Zhang, died after developing a fever and a cough following contact with dead poultry in Guangdong, the province's health department said, although authorities in Beijing did ... more
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