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India Says Chinese Anti Satellite Program A Global ThreatBangalore (PTI) Apr 12, 2010 India has slammed China's anti-Satellite (ASAT) programme, terming it a threat to global space assets. In 2007, Beijing successfully tested an anti-satellite (ASAT) vehicle, destroying an inactive weather satellite. Asked if China's ASAT programme is a threat to Indian satellites, Secretary in the Department of Space, K Radhakrishnan said: "... the threat is not only for us, but for the entire world because it (China's 2007 test) has created space debris". Noting that the Chinese test has re ... read more |
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Seoul (AFP) April 12, 2010Seoul prosecutors have arrested a South Korean accused of hunting North Korean refugees in China and sending them back to their communist homeland, a report said Monday. The man is also accused of collecting information on people helping the refugees as well as military information for the North, officials at the Seoul Central Prosecutors' Office were quoted by Yonhap news agency as saying. ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) April 11, 2010Orthopaedic surgeon Bai Helong hikes up his trousers, places his foot on his desk and marks the spot just below his hairless knee where he cuts into the legs of patients who want to be taller. Over the past 15 years, Bai has given the gift of height to about 3,000 patients aged 14 to 55 - Chinese, Americans, Germans, Japanese - about half of whom went through with surgery simply because th ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) April 9, 2010China's auto sales jumped 55.8 percent year-on-year in March to 1.74 million units, setting a new monthly record, according to figures released by an industry group Friday. Vehicle sales in the first quarter rose 71.8 percent from the same period last year to 4.61 million, Dow Jones Newswires reported, citing the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers. The March sales surpassed th ... more |
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China mine death toll rises as hopes fade for survivorsBeijing (AFP) April 9, 2010 The death toll from a massive flood at a Chinese coal mine rose to 25 on Friday, state media reported, as rescue efforts pressed on despite fading hopes of finding any more survivors. Thirteen people were still missing underground at the huge unfinished Wangjialing mine in the northern province of Shanxi, 12 days after it was flooded in yet another accident in China's dangerous mining sector. The flood left 153 trapped underground, but in what officials dubbed a "miracle," 115 were rescued alive ... read more |
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