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China says manned space station possible around 2020Beijing (AFP) Oct 27, 2010 China said Wednesday that it planned to complete a manned space station around 2020, as the Asian nation pushes ahead with its ambitious space exploration programme. China's Manned Space Engineering Project announced in a statement that it expected to launch a space laboratory before 2016 to study key technology involved in a space station, such as living conditions for astronauts. The country would then develop and launch a core cabin and a second laboratory module around 2020, which would be a ... read more |
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  ASEAN leaders gather as turbulence buffets region Southeast Asian leaders meet Thursday with their region assailed by currency tensions, territorial disputes and pressure to act on troublesome neighbour Myanmar's looming elections. ... more | .. |
China says goodbye to World Expo Shanghai on Sunday shuts the gates to the World Expo - a six-month exhibition of culture and technology that saw record attendance, a parade of foreign leaders and a display of China's growing power. ... more | .. |
 NASA chief says pleased with 'comprehensive' China visit NASA chief Charles Bolden has said his visit to China last week laid the groundwork for future cooperation between the two countries on manned space flight and space exploration. ... more | .. |
  China reports first cases of South Asian superbug China said Tuesday it had detected the nation's first three cases of a multi-drug resistant superbug that surfaced in South Asia and has triggered a global health alert, state media reported. ... more | .. |
  China fills Three Gorges Dam reservoir to capacity The water level in China's Three Gorges Dam reached full capacity Tuesday for the first time since the world's biggest hydroelectric project began generating power in 2008, state media said. ... more |
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Nagoya, Japan (UPI) Oct 26, 2010 China's soaring demand for luxury wood furniture is fueling the destruction of Madagascar's forests, says a new report launched Tuesday at the U.N. Convention on Biological Diversity meeting in Nagoya, Japan. The report from Global Witness and the Environmental Investigation Agency shows that about 98 percent of the Madagascar wood - mostly ebony, rosewood and pallisander - is destine ... more  
Ilan, Taiwan (AFP) Oct 26, 2010Taiwan's military airlifted heavy equipment to a disaster zone in the north of the island Tuesday as rescuers stepped up their search for 24 people still missing five days after Typhoon Megi struck. Television images showed an army helicopter taking off in pouring rain, transporting an excavator to a beach in Ilan county, where rescuers believe the missing may be buried. The focus of the ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 27, 2010In remote, rural areas of southwestern China, villagers cook and dry their clothes by burning pieces of coal they pick up off the ground. This fuel releases a toxin that may be poisoning millions of people, according to an ongoing investigation by chemists at the University at Buffalo in New York. The researchers presented their work at the AVS 57th International Symposium and Exhibition, ... more |
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Time to look beyond Chinese rare earths, says EU trade bossBrussels (AFP) Oct 26, 2010 European Union trade commissioner Karel De Gucht on Tuesday urged global partners to diversify mining sources for prized rare earths as a battle with China deepened over scarce supplies. De Gucht spoke out as a row that began between China and Japan over access to 17 essential minerals used in high-tech products ranging from flat-screen televisions to hybrid cars threatened to turn into a worldwide protectionist rallying cry. "This is going to become a very, very difficult problem if we don't fi ... read more |
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