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Possible Space Wars In The Near FutureMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jan 18, 2010 The U.S. media suspects China and India of developing anti-satellite weapons. An article to this effect has been published the New Scientist magazine. Until recently, only the Soviet Union, its legal successor Russia and the United States were capable of developing anti-satellite weapons. U.S. analysts now think that China and India are acquiring similar capabilities. To what extent are such fears justified? It is hard to overestimate the role played by military satellite systems. Since the 1970s, an increasingly greater number of troop-control, telecommunications, target-acquisition, navigation and other processes depend on spacecraft which are therefore becoming more important. ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 18, 2010China further eased restrictions on communications in its troubled Xinjiang region, restoring text messaging services six months after deadly ethnic unrest, state media said Monday. The move followed similar recent moves to reintroduce Internet access, with residents now able to access the websites of two state media outlets as well as two popular web portals, sina.com.cn and sohu.com. X ... more 
Kabul (AFP) Jan 18, 2010The Taliban said Sunday they had kidnapped two Chinese engineers in Afghanistan, as President Hamid Karzai's office said he was set to announce a new plan for forging peace with the Islamist insurgents. The kidnapping, the latest in a series by the militia or criminals, came as the NATO military force announced that a US soldier had died in eastern Afghanistan after being wounded while fight ... more  
Kathmandu (AFP) Jan 17, 2010Ten Tibetans arrested for illegally entering Nepal may be deported, an official said Sunday, suggesting a hardening of policy towards those fleeing across the border from neighbouring China. Hundreds of Tibetans make the dangerous journey into the Himalayan nation every year on their way to India to meet exiled spiritual leader the Dalai Lama. Nepal, already home to around 20,000 exiled ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 16, 2010China discovered five billion tonnes of iron ore deposits last year, the government said. More than three billion tonnes were located in the northeastern province of Liaoning, with the rest found in Hebei, Shandong, Anhui and Sichuan, said Zhang Hongtao, chief engineer of the Ministry of Land and Resources. One billion tonnes of reserves in Hebei would be easy to mine because of their sh ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2010China said Friday that Google's threat to stop operating in the country would not affect Sino-US trade ties, after Washington pressed for an explanation of China-based cyberattacks on the Internet giant. However, China insisted that Google must obey its laws, after the company said it would no longer bow to the communist country's army of Internet censors by filtering search results availabl ... more 
London (AFP) Jan 15, 2010Commodity markets were rattled this week as China tightened money supply in a bid to tame economic growth and prevent a looming asset bubble, analysts said. China, one of the biggest consumers of raw materials, moved Tuesday to rein in a surge of aggressive lending by banks that had raised fears of inflation and an unhealthy concentration of assets. The nation's central bank hiked the mi ... more |
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