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Harvest HAWK Completes Phase One TestingPatuxent River MD (SPX) Apr 29, 2010 The Harvest HAWK equipped KC-130J Hercules completed Phase One testing here on Apr. 10 and departed for the West Coast for required maintenance and to continue testing on NAVAIR's ranges at China Lake, Calif. Harvest HAWK is a modular roll-on, roll-off weapons system for the KC-130J consisting of a Fire Control Console in the aircraft's cargo compartment, the Target Sight Sensor (TSS) mounted in the left under wing fuel tank and a launcher for four Hellfire missiles mounted on the left hand refuel ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) April 26, 2010The quake in China's remote northwest has left more than 8,000 monks homeless after damaging nearly 90 monasteries, state media said Monday, as the focus of relief work moved onto resettling survivors. Authorities in the province of Qinghai said repairing monasteries would be a priority in reconstruction efforts, the state-run China Daily said, nearly two weeks after the 6.9-magnitude earthq ... more  
Beijing (AFP) April 26, 2010Human rights activists in China faced an increase in government pressure last year, one rights group said in its annual report released Monday. The Chinese Human Rights Defenders, a loose-knit group organised through the Internet, said more rights campaigners were detained or questioned in China in 2009 than in recent years. "2009 stands out as a particularly repressive year in terms of ... more 
Washington (AFP) April 26, 2010Two top US officials will travel to Beijing next month, the Treasury Department said Monday, amid a still-rumbling row over the strength of the China's currency. US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will travel to China for a "strategic and economic dialogue" on May 24-25, officials said. It will be Geithner's second trip to China in as many month ... more |
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China quake rescue effort ends, reconstruction beginsBeijing (AFP) April 25, 2010 Search and rescue work has ended in China's Himalayan region following this month's deadly 6.9-magnitude earthquake, with the government urging greater reconstruction efforts, state media said Sunday. "The focus should now be shifted from searching for quake victims and treating the injured... to resettling survivors, restoring social order and carrying out reconstruction," Xinhua news agency quoted Vice Premier Hui Liangyu as saying. The search for survivors and the missing amid the debris of t ... read more |
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