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GeoEye Contract With ITT Begins Phased Procurement Of The GeoEye-2 Satellite
Dulles VA (SPX) Oct 22, 2007GeoEye has announced it has contracted with ITT Corporation to begin work on the camera for GeoEye's next satellite, GeoEye-2. This is the first step in a phased development process for an advanced, third-generation satellite capable of discerning objects on the Earth's surface as small as 0.25-meter (9.75 inch) in size. The company expects to contract with a satellite builder in 2008 and launch ... more Monaco Prince Could Fly To North Pole On Russian Airship 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 22, 2007Albert II, Prince of Monaco, could join an international expedition to the North Pole on board a Russian airship next spring, a Russian lawmaker said on Tuesday. MP Leonid Slutsky, who co-organized an Arctic expedition on dog-pulled sledges for the prince in 2006, said Albert II, along with Deputy State Duma Speaker Artur Chilingarov and himself, attended the inauguration of the unique Au-30 dir ... more Snow Cyclone In Russia's Far East Hits Water And Power Supply 
Vladivostok (RIA Novosti) Oct 22, 2007A snow cyclone in Primorye, in Russia's Far East, has caused power outages in several areas and interrupted water supplies in Vladivostok, a spokesman for the city's mayor said on Saturday. The snow cyclone swept through the region during the night. Squalls in several areas damaged power transmission lines supplying Vladivostok's main water-pumping station. The station's pumps shut down, h ... more Chinese President Hu inserts ideology in charter 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 21, 2007The constitution of China's ruling Communist Party was amended on Sunday to include President Hu Jintao's new economic and development vision for the country, an official said. The roughly 2,200 delegates to the party's five-yearly Congress endorsed Hu's concept of a "scientific outlook on development" to go into the charter, an official speaking at a closing ceremony for the event said. ... more Winter outbreak in Austria marred by accidents 
Vienna (AFP) Oct 20, 2007The sudden arrival of winter across Austria Saturday caused a rash of road accidents, killing one elderly man, while one person was reported missing following an avalanche, officials said. Alpine rescue services were searching for a Hungarian man in the southern province of Styria after he was caught in an avalanche while hiking in the Hochschwab region with altitudes of 1,800 metres (5,90 ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 22, 2007Vladimir Putin's phone-in session on October 18 was set to beat all previous records, as appropriate for the president of a country in the middle of an economic boom. And so it did. While the previous session lasted 2 hours 54 minutes, this one has set a new high, 3 hours 5 minutes. The previous call-in show featured over 50 questions. This time there were 68. More than half of them dealt with s ... more New leaders, economic plans in China as key Congress ends 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 21, 2007China's Communist Party on Sunday endorsed Hu Jintao's new economic model for the country, while opening the way for a top leadership reshuffle that will likely see the president consolidate his power. Following the end of its five-yearly Congress, Hu, 64, is almost certain to be given a second term as party chief on Monday alongside a revamped line-up of leaders in the nation's most powerfu ... more Analysis: China's ability on Taiwan island 
Hong Kong (UPI) Oct 19, 2007 Although there is little possibility that a real armed confrontation would break out in the Taiwan Strait, China's verbal threats and combat preparations indicate that the People's Liberation Army is preparing to take control of Taiwan's offshore islands should an emergency arise. Judging from advances in China's combat equipment, the PLA's capability to attack the offshore islands is in fact ... more China's non-communists hold no power despite promotions 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 19, 2007There was an almost tangible air of sadness as Zhang Lifan talked of his late father's vision for China almost 60 years ago. "My father wanted democracy and the rule of constitution, he was a liberal," said Zhang. The 57-year-old writer's father, Zhang Naiqi, was a cabinet minister and co-founder of a political party that was part of a coalition government at the start of China's communi ... more After extinction fears, Botswana learns to live with AIDS 
Gabarone, Botswana (AFP) Oct 20, 2007Botswana, a country whose president once feared could be wiped off the map by AIDS, is living proof to other African countries that the pandemic should not be regarded as a death sentence. After embarking on a programme to provide HIV sufferers with anti-retroviral drugs on a scale never before seen in Africa, only 8.5 percent of patients have died in the last five years, according to the so ... more |
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Princeton NJ (SPX) Oct 19, 2007Electricity usage in the United States is projected to grow more than twice as fast as committed resources over the next 10 years, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) announced today in its annual 2007 Long-Term Reliability Assessment. Unless additional resources are brought into service, some areas could fall below their target capacity margins within two or three years. ... more Seminole Adds 22 MW Of Renewable Capacity To Its Florida Portfolio 
Tampa FL (SPX) Oct 19, 2007Seminole Electric Cooperative recently signed two new purchase power contracts for renewable energy. With the two agreements Seminole now has more than 100 MW of renewable energy in its portfolio of generating resources. Tampa-based Seminole is the wholesale power supplier to 10 member distribution systems that together comprise the third largest group of energy consumers in Florida. The f ... more Control Of Oil Reserves Among Iraq War Goals - Putin 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 22, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq was mainly aimed at controlling the Gulf state's oil reserves. During his annual televised question-and-answer session, the president responded to a request for his appraisal of the Iraq war by stating that, "One of the goals, in my opinion, was to establish control over the country's crude reserves." He also sa ... more Belarus To Hold Tender In 2008 To Build Nuclear Power Plant 
Minsk (RIA Novosti) Oct 22, 2007Belarus will hold a tender next year for a project to build its first nuclear power plant, at which Russian and Western partners are expected to bid, the prime minister said on Friday. The Belarusian leadership has said the country needs the plant to ensure national energy security amid rising hydrocarbon prices. Russia doubled its gas price for Belarus at the start of the year, after over a dec ... more 100 years later, laundry may be easier but have we saved any time? 
Chicago (AFP) Oct 21, 2007A century after the first electric washing machines promised to take the work out of laundry, it doesn't seem like today's multi-cycle magicians are saving us much time. Sure we don't have to boil the water and lug it by hand over to big metal tubs. Nor do we have to strain our arms running sopping wet clothes through a wringer thanks the advent of the spin cycle. But, somehow, the pile ... more
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