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Global cyberattacks hit firms, governments: reportSan Francisco (AFP) Feb 17, 2010 Coordinated cyberattacks launched from Europe and China breached computers at firms and government agencies worldwide in the past 18 months, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday. The Journal quoted computer security firm NetWitness as saying the attacks made mountains of data vulnerable to mining by hackers, although the damage had yet to be fully assessed. Information bared to hackers ranged from credit card transactions to intellectual property of slightly more than 2,400 victims, includ ... read more |
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Xichang, China (XNA) Jan 18, 2010China took one step forward in its ambition to build an independent global navigation network capable of rivaling foreign congeneric systems with the successful launch of a new orbiter into space early Sunday morning. Boosted by a Long-March-3III carrier rocket into a geostationary orbit from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, it was the third orbiter China has launched for the network ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) Feb 17, 2010A US aircraft carrier arrived in Hong Kong Wednesday amid heightened tension between Washington and Beijing over arms sales to Taiwan and President Barack Obama's plan to meet the Dalai Lama. The stop by the USS Nimitz, one of the world's largest warships, came just weeks after China said it would suspend military and security contacts with the United States over Washington's 6.4-billion-dol ... more  
Taipei (AFP) Feb 17, 2010Taipei plans to establish a string of "Taiwan Academies" around the world in a race with Beijing to promote traditional Chinese language and culture, an official said Wednesday. President Ma Ying-jeou has told the Cabinet-level Council for Cultural Affairs to work out a plan for the academies, his spokesman said, in what could become a new competition about the spread of "soft power" abroad. ... more |
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Climate skeptics exploiting scandal: US envoyWashington (AFP) Feb 16, 2010 The US pointman on climate change on Tuesday accused vested interests of exploiting scientific scandals and pledged to act even if China and India balk at the controversial Copenhagen accord. Todd Stern, the US special envoy on climate issues, downplayed recent revelations about a landmark 2007 study by the UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) that warned of dire consequences from global warming. "What you do see sometimes is that people who have an agenda that is directed towar ... read more |
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