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Russia And China Against Deployment Of Weapons In Space
Beijing (RIA Novosti) May 27, 2008Russia and China want an international agreement to be drafted banning the deployment of weapons in space, the countries' leaders said on Friday in a joint declaration after talks in Beijing. "The sides are in favor of the peaceful use of space, but are against the deployment of weapons in space or a space arms race," the declaration said. In February Russia and China presented at a ... more New Measurements Reveal A Slimmer Milky Way 
Heidelberg, Germany (SPX) May 28, 2008It wasn't a Galactic diet that accounted for the recent slimming, but a more accurate scale. This weighty discovery from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II) has broad implications for our understanding of the Milky Way. "The Galaxy is slimmer than we thought," said Xiangxiang Xue of the National Astronomical Observatories of China, who led an international team of researchers. "That mea ... more McCain wants nuclear talks with China, Russia 
Washington (AFP) May 27, 2008Republican presidential candidate John McCain Tuesday pledged to launch a new dialogue with China and Russia to reduce nuclear weapons and proliferation, and backed a US-India civil nuclear pact. The Arizona senator also took a fresh swipe at potential Democratic general election foe Barack Obama, over his offer to talk to the leaders of US foes like Iran, Syria and Cuba. McCain has prev ... more Troops Scramble To Blow Quake Lake As More Evacuations Ordered 
Beichuan, China (AFP) May 27, 2008Troops armed with dynamite scrambled Tuesday to blast through debris damming a quake lake in southwest China, as forecasts of heavy rain threatened more misery for millions of homeless people. With the May 12 earthquake death toll already standing at more than 65,000, officials desperate to avoid another disaster sent 1,800 troops and engineers to try to reduce the dangerously high water lev ... more Thunderstorms may add to woes of China's quake survivors 
Beichuan, China (AFP) May 27, 2008Survivors of China's earthquake huddled inside tents near their devastated homes Tuesday as they awaited a predicted thunderstorm, wondering how they would cope. In Renjiaping, a village near the quake's epicentre in southwest China's Sichuan province, people made homeless by the disaster said their biggest concern now was rains predicted to deluge the area in the days to come. Wang Sufe ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2008The death toll from torrential rains in China has climbed to 23, as three more deaths were confirmed in central Hubei province, state media reported. The three dead were killed by thunder and lightning as a thunderstorm ripped through some areas in Hubei, the official Xinhua news agency said late Tuesday. Flooding and hail triggered by torrential rain have left 18 dead and 12 missing in ... more US 'takes seriously' reports of China rights clampdown 
Washington (AFP) May 27, 2008The United States is taking seriously reports that Chinese activists were subjected to a clampdown ahead of US-China talks this week on a range of human rights issues, a spokesman said Tuesday. "We take these reports seriously. And we're going to look into them," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack. McCormack was responding to reporters' questions about information from the Ch ... more NKorea may hand over nuclear declaration this week: report 
Seoul (AFP) May 26, 2008North Korea may hand over a declaration of its atomic activities during US nuclear envoy Christopher Hill's trip to Beijing this week or shortly afterwards, a report said Monday. But it is not clear whether Hill's Pyongyang counterpart, Kim Kye-Gwan, will show up in the Chinese capital to meet him, a South Korean government source told Yonhap news agency. Hill will be in Beijing from May ... more Soldiers race to blast clear China 'quake lake' 
Mianzhu, China (AFP) May 27, 2008Soldiers raced Monday to blast clear a river dammed by landslides after China's deadly earthquake two weeks ago, amid fears that more than one million people could be at risk from flooding. The operation to reduce the so-called "quake lake" in mountainous Sichuan province came as the confirmed death toll from the huge tremor passed 65,000, with more than 23,000 others still missing. Chin ... more |
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Frankfurt (AFP) May 26, 2008The German national railway Deutsche Bahn is set to launch a direct cargo train link between China and Germany within three months, a press report said on Monday. The German daily Die Welt cited Manfred Michel of China United International Railway Container Transport (CUIRC), the company which was to run the trains, and in which Deutsche Bahn owns a stake of eight percent. Freight trains ... more US seeking to overcome China, Russia missile defense objections 
Washington (AFP) May 23, 2008The United States on Friday played down China and Russia's joint denunciation of its missile defense plans in Europe, saying it reflected longstanding worries that Washington is trying to overcome. "I would not say we are 'troubled,' I would say that we are aware of their concerns and that we are working to address them," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said when asked about Beijing's ... more China targets 'quake lake' as flood fears grow 
Mianzhu, China (AFP) May 26, 2008Soldiers raced Monday to unblock a river that was dammed by landslides in China's deadly earthquake two weeks ago as flood prevention became a top priority in the disaster zone. More than 86,000 people are dead or missing following the massive quake on May 12 that destroyed entire towns and villages across an area of mountainous Sichuan province the size of South Korea. China has had to ... more Migrant workers, having helped at home, head back to work 
Chengdu, China (AFP) May 26, 2008After rushing back to their families following China's devastating quake, many migrant workers are returning to their jobs in the industrial heartland to funnel desperately needed cash home. Still grieving and in shock after the tragedy that killed more than 60,000 people in largely mountainous and rural Sichuan province, the young men and women from farming areas feel they have no choice bu ... more
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