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China Launches Satellite Sinosat-6 For TV, Radio Live BroadcastXichang, China (XNA) Sep 06, 2010 China successfully launched the "SinoSat-6" satellite for radio and television live broadcast at 12:14 a.m.Sunday from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province. The satellite was carried on the Long March 3B rocket which took the SinoSat-6 into a geostationary transfer orbit 26 minutes after the launch. In the following days, Xi'an Satellite Control Center and Yuanwang tracking ship will manipulate the satellite's position and transfer it to enter the geostat ... read more |
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Oslo (AFP) Sept 3, 2010Shipowners are showing growing interest in a fabled trade route to Asia which climate change is beginning to open up at last as polar ice recedes. On Saturday the first non-Russian vessel to make an intercontinental commercial voyage through the Arctic Northeast passage will set sail from Norway for China. The route is thousands of kilometres (miles) shorter than traditional passages, pr ... more  
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 5, 2010Ichiro Ozawa, one of two men vying for the role of Japanese prime minister in a party leadership race, said Sunday Tokyo must bluntly fend off Beijing's claim to disputed islets in the East China Sea. Ozawa is facing off against incumbent Prime Minister Naoto Kan in a September 14 election for leadership of the ruling Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ). If Ozawa wins, he will become the nation' ... more  
Beijing, China (XNA) Sep 03, 2010China's Ministry of Civil Affairs has published the official Chinese names for places on the earth's moon, in a first that eliminates confusion and will help the nation's lunar exploration efforts. The ministry published the Chinese names for 468 places and will publish more at a later date. The International Astronomical Union has given names to more than 9,000 places on the moon, s ... more |
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China landslide toll rises to 12, with 36 still missingBeijing (AFP) Sept 3, 2010 The death toll from rain-triggered landslides that struck a remote village in southwestern China has risen to 12, with another 36 people missing, state-run Xinhua news agency reported on Friday. The landslides swept through a mountain village near the city of Baoshan in a rugged region of Yunnan province. Earlier reports had listed eight people as missing. The landslides hit Wama village late Wednesday evening after heavy rain, according to reports. Up to 71 people from 20 families had been ... read more |
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