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Russian Explorers And MPs Prepare Descent To Polar Depths
Moscow (AFP) Jul 29, 2007A Russian exploration team led by two members of parliament was carrying out tests on Sunday before an epic descent to the North Pole seabed, amid heightened international rivalry in the region. The Arctic 2007 expedition led by veteran explorer and parliament member Artur Chilingarov is aimed at advancing Russia's claims to a swathe of Arctic seabed thought to be rich in oil and gas. "We ... more Third Sino-Brazilian EO Satellite To Be Launched By October 
Beijing (XNA) Jul 31, 2007China's National Space Administration announced on Sunday that China would launch the third Sino-Brazilian earth resources satellite in September or October. The launch schedule was slightly different from what previously announced last month by Sun Laiyan, the director of the CNSA, who said the Earth Resources Satellite 02B would be launched in September. The satellite will be launched in Taiyu ... more China To Make It Harder For Heavy Polluters To Borrow Money 
Beijing (AFP) July 30, 2007China's environment watchdog said Monday it will make it harder for heavily energy-consuming, highly polluting industries to borrow money from the banks. The State Environmental Protection Administration will regularly hand over lists of violators of environmental rules to the central bank and the China Banking Regulatory Commission, the administration said on its website. Banks must conduct str ... more Weather Hits Efforts To Save Trapped China Mine Workers 
Beijing (AFP) July 30, 2007Heavy rain and fog hampered efforts to rescue 69 workers trapped in a flooded Chinese coal mine for over a day, state media reported Monday. The state-owned mine in central China's Henan province flooded on Sunday morning with 102 workers underground, and only 33 were able to escape, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the local rescue bureau's headquarters. Efforts to save those underground wer ... more Ball Aerospace Prepares To Ship WorldView I 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jul 31, 2007Ball Aerospace and Technologies has successfully completed assembly and performance testing of WorldView I, the remote sensing satellite built for DigitalGlobe. Ball Aerospace, DigitalGlobe and the National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) have completed their comprehensive pre-shipment review and the satellite is being readied for delivery to California's Vandenberg Air Force Base for a mid ... more |
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Dakar (AFP) Jul 29, 2007Faced with mounting energy crises, many African nations in recent years have zealously launched projects to produce cheaper biofuels, but few have gained steam. One fervent advocate of biofuels, Senegalese President Abdoulaye Wade, said during a trip to Brazil, a leading ethanol supplier, that biofuels would set in motion "a new revolution in Africa." Wade boasted that the African continent was ... more German Opposition To French-Libyan Nuclear Deal Unabated 
Berlin (AFP) Jul 30, 2007German opposition mounted Saturday to French President Nicolas Sarkozy's new venture on the world stage in agreeing to build a nuclear reactor in Libya, despite efforts by Paris to reassure Berlin. The French government on Friday had sought to allay German fears of "recklessness" by assuring Berlin that all guarantees had been taken with regard to nuclear non-proliferation. The French-Libyan acc ... more SE Asia Mulls Tougher Nuclear Rules 
Manila (AFP) Jul 30, 2007Southeast Asian nations will look at toughening security rules for atomic energy when they meet next week to review a treaty on keeping nuclear weapons out of the region, diplomats said Saturday. With several countries looking at nuclear power to meet their energy needs, the 10-member ASEAN bloc wants to ensure atomic material and technology does not get used for non-peaceful ends, they said. ... more China To Step Up Energy Efficiency Drive 
Beijing (AFP) Jul 28, 2007China has announced plans to double spending on improving energy efficiency and slashing pollution, in an effort to combat its dismal environmental record. The government will spend an extra 10 billion yuan (1.33 billion US dollars) on reducing energy use and cutting pollution, according to a statement from the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), the state body responsible for eco ... more Schwarzenegger Nears 60 In Top Political Form 
Los Angeles (AFP) Jul 27, 2007Arnold Schwarzenegger, who once flexed his muscles as Mr. Universe and as an action-film hero, turns 60 Monday as the respected and popular governor of the most-populous US state. The "governator" of California, who played the robotic killing machine in the "Terminator," has become a charismatic leader whose work against global warming has drawn the interest of world dignitaries. First ele ... more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Jul 30, 2007A rare, timely conjunction of ground-based instrumentation and a dozen satellites has helped scientists better understand how electrons in space can turn into 'killers'. ESA's Cluster constellation has contributed crucially to the finding. 'Killer' electrons are highly energetic, negatively charged particles found in near-Earth space. They can critically, and even permanently, damage satellites ... more T-Mobile Austria Customers Can Avoid Getting Lost With GPS SatNav From TeleNav 
London UK (SPX) Jul 30, 2007T-Mobile Austria customers may never again have to stop to ask for directions, worry about carrying around paper maps, or buy expensive navigation devices for their cars. They can now receive turn-by-turn GPS-enabled voice and on-screen directions directly from their BlackBerry smartphone through a new service called TeleNav GPS Navigator. The service is available immediately on four BlackBerry ... more Salco Technologies Obtains Intrinsically Safe UL913 Certifications For Remote Monitoring Equipment 
Lemont IL (SPX) Jul 30, 2007Salco Technologies has announced it has received the Underwriters Laboratories UL913 Intrinsically Safe Certifications for the EverSee2 satellite communications product and monitoring sensors, which provide value-added information. This UL913 (Class I, II, III, Division I, Hazardous Locations) certification allows the EverSee2 and it's monitoring sensors to be used on applications where intrinsi ... more Cell Phones And PDAs Revolutionize How Consumers Find Homes On REALTOR.com 
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2007REALTOR.com, the nation's most comprehensive real estate network, just launched the next generation real estate search technology, REALTOR.com Mobile. With a free and easy downloadable application, consumers and REALTORS can now perform searches for real-estate listings from their cell phone or PDA anytime, anywhere. "We developed REALTOR.com Mobile because more people are using hand held device ... more ShoZu One-Click Image Upload Service To Be Embedded In Samsung Handsets 
San Francisco CA (SPX) Jul 30, 2007ShoZu has announced an agreement to embed ShoZu's mobile media service on the new generation of Samsung handsets. ShoZu's Share-It image upload service, enabling photos and videos to be transferred directly from the handset to the Web with a click, will be natively embedded in the just-announced Samsung SGH-L760 3G camera phone for mobile bloggers as well as in other follow-on models. The agreem ... more
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