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Rocket Plane RouletteHonolulu HI (SPX) Mar 07, 2007 SpaceDaily supports private spaceflight projects for the basic reason that Government space agencies have reached a state of total intellectual stasis with NASA�s plan to redo Apollo 50 years later, China's plan to redo Soyuz/Salyut at about 1/8 the pace managed by the USSR, and Russia's plan to redo Zond with billionares in place of turtles. ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Dec 13, 2009Computer engineer Jenny Jin and her husband have been hunting for a home for a year, but like many young would-be property owners in China, they have struggled to enter the market due to soaring prices. Now, with a baby due in February, the Shanghai couple -- who already spend a fifth of their combined monthly income of 13,000 yuan (1,900 dollars) on rent -- say they can no longer wait, even ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 13, 2009A detailed genome map of the giant panda completed by Chinese scientists has shown that the notoriously shy animal is genetically similar to the dog, state media reported Sunday. Scientists from the Beijing Genomics Institute finished sequencing the giant panda genome in October last year but a detailed genome map was only recently completed, Xinhua news agency said. "The research found ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 13, 2009A gunman on Saturday shot dead 11 people and set fire to five houses in his home village in China's Hunan province, the state news agency Xinhua reported, citing provincial police. The 34-year-old, surnamed Liu, went on the killing spree in the village of Gaoming early in the morning, a police spokesman said. Besides the dead, one person was critically wounded. Police were hunting the ... more |
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Beijing (UPI) Dec 10, 2009 China is the second most attractive place in the world to invest in renewable energy, says an Ernst & Young report released Wednesday. China ranked just behind the United States and has moved ahead of Germany for the first time in the reports' six-year history due to its increased commitments to reduce emissions through its carbon intensity reduction plans, according to the study. China ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Dec 10, 2009Despite China's pledges to improve energy efficiency, its carbon emissions could double by 2020 as compared with 2005 levels, surpassing limits seen as key to fighting global warming, experts say. As officials in Copenhagen discuss how nations can share the global burden of reducing greenhouse gas emissions, experts are crunching the numbers to determine the future level of emissions by Chin ... more 
Baghdad (Iraq) (AFP) Dec 13, 2009Asian firms Petronas and CNPC made aggressive bids to become major players in the international energy market by snatching up contracts for Iraq's oil fields at an auction over the weekend. The Malaysian and Chinese companies, both massive state-owned firms but not yet household names worldwide, were part of consortiums that won four of the seven contracts handed out by the Iraqi government ... more |
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