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Space arms control treaty unlikely in near-term: USGeneva (AFP) July 13, 2010 The United States said Tuesday that a space arms control treaty was unlikely to emerge in the near future as it still sees flaws in drafts being tabled at the moment. "I don't see any near-term progress on a space arms control treaty, but again I think there is a lot of shared interest between the US, Russia, China and others on providing space stability," said Frank Rose, deputy assistant secretary of state at the Bureau of Verification, Compliance and Implementation. "There are a lot of near-t ... read more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) July 13, 2010The web will soon be a lot more accessible for more than a billion people after the body that runs the Internet's naming system gave the green light for the use of Chinese script. Registries in China, Taiwan and Hong Kong will soon officially start issuing domain names in Chinese characters following the announcement by the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). "On ... more  
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (XNA) Jul 12, 2010The United Nations Platform for Space-based Information for Disaster Management and Emergency Response (UN-SPIDER) said on Thursday China plays a large role in providing technical support to national and regional organizations that they will have access to and use space-based information to mitigate the negative impact of global climate change. The UN-SPIDER will officially open its third ... more  
Moscow, Russia (XNA) Jul 12, 2010Chinese spaceships meet all safety requirements and could fly to the International Space Station, Russian space officials said Thursday. "I think Chinese spaceships would play an important role as a backup for the Russian vessels Soyuz and Progress in case of some unforeseen situations," Anatoli Perminov head of the Russian space agency Roskosmos,told RIA Novosti news agency. After U ... more |
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Argentina fights to save China soya tradeBeijing (UPI) Jul 12, 2010 Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is pursuing a restoration of $2 billion soya trade with China in talks begun after she arrived in Beijing Sunday. China is holding back on soybean oil imports from Argentina, complaining of chemical contamination, in a move seen by observers as retaliation for Argentine curbs on Chinese imports. Before Fernandez landed in Beijing, Buenos Aires repeatedly denied it had engaged in any underhanded curbs on imports from China. Published repo ... read more |
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