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Space Debris No Threat To ISSHouston TX (SPX) Apr 06, 2011 The Expedition 27 crew members aboard the International Space Station did not need to take shelter in their Soyuz spacecraft when a piece of debris from a Chinese satellite made its closest pass at 4:21 p.m. EDT Tuesday, at least 3.5 miles (6 kilometers) from the station. Mission Control Center gave the crew the all-clear at 2:41 p.m. as the space station orbited 220 miles above eastern Asia. Flight controllers had been monitoring the debris from the Chinese FENGYUN 1C satellite since early ... read more |
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  Russia And US To Discuss Nuke-Powered Spaceship Project Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos and NASA will discuss the development of a nuclear-powered spaceship on April 15, agency director Anatoly Perminov said on Monday. Not only the United S ... more | .. |
  China: Peaceful military development China's military development remains focused on national security and not regional hegemony, a major government white paper on defense said. ... more | .. |
  West ups heat on China over artist's fate The West is stepping up pressure on the government in Beijing over the arrest of popular Chinese artist and regime critic Ai Weiwei. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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Police remain silent on Ai Weiwei detention Police in Beijing have refused to explain why they detained outspoken Chinese artist and social critic Ai Weiwei, his wife said Monday, amid fears that authorities are expanding a crackdown on dissent. ... more | .. |
 Ai Weiwei: China's artist-activist Chinese artist Ai Weiwei is known as much for his activism as for his art, a fact that has earned him increasing official harassment and now a spot alongside other detained government critics. ... more | .. |
  China's central bank hikes interest rates China's central bank said Tuesday it would raise one-year deposit and lending rates by 25 basis points in its latest effort to curb rampant lending and bring inflation under control. ... more | .. |
  Oil prices diverge after China hikes rates Oil prices diverged Tuesday, striking 2.5-year highs in London, but falling in New York after interest rate hikes by China sparked concern about slowing demand from the world's powerhouse economy. ... more |
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Canada willing to join US 'Iron Dome' missile shield: minister
Israeli officers warned against criticising Trump's Gaza plan; Israel hits Hamas weapons facility in Syria
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Oil prices slip on profit-taking as China hikes rates Oil prices fell Tuesday after striking 2.5-year highs as traders took profits and China hiked interest rates, sparking concern about slowing demand from the world's powerhouse economy. ... more | .. |
  China becoming the Pacific's 'banker': thinktank China is boosting its influence in the Pacific through a secretive foreign aid programme offering "soft loans" that many nations will struggle to repay, a foreign policy thinktank said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Google accuses China of blocking Gmail Google accused the Chinese government on Monday of interfering with its Gmail service, after weeks of online disruptions that have coincided with calls for protests emulating those in the Middle East. ... more | .. |
 China's Minmetals eyes bid for Australian miner China's Minmetals Resources has said it would offer Can$6.3 billion ($6.5 billion) for copper miner Equinox Minerals, in what would be the biggest Chinese takeover of an Australian resources firm. ... more |
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Chinese artist Ai Weiwei detained, staff says Outspoken Chinese artist Ai Weiwei was detained on Sunday as he tried to board a flight for Hong Kong and police later raided his studio outside Beijing, Twitter postings by his staff said. ... more | .. |
 Japan disaster to cost Australia $2 bln in lost trade The devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan will cost Australia some Aus$2 billion (US$2.07 billion) in lost export earnings, trimming economic growth, Treasurer Wayne Swan said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Half China's dairies shut in safety audit: govt Nearly half of Chinese dairies inspected in a government safety audit have been ordered to stop production, a spokesman said on Saturday. ... more | .. |
 ASEAN disunity weakening China relations An Indian think tank sees the Association of Southeast Asian Nation's lack of a unified front as weakening member states' negotiations with China over numerous maritime disputes. ... more |
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  China's industry working with military China's military is working with civilian aviation companies to provide integrated support for army aviation equipment. ... more | .. |
 Taiwan protests new Japan claim to disputed isles Taiwan on Friday protested to Japan for making a fresh claim to sovereignty over a disputed island chain in the East China Sea and warned such a move would hurt ties. ... more | .. |
  High seas may have led migrants to Taiwan Rising seas in China thousands of years ago may have turned rice farmers into ancient mariners and led to human settlement on Taiwan, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan shipper fined $1 mn in US pollution case Taiwan-based Koo's Shipping Company was ordered Thursday to pay $1 million for illegally dumping oily waste into US waters in Pago Pago Harbor, American Samoa, officials said. ... more |
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 Philippines cracks down on Chinese poachers Philippine authorities on Thursday vowed to seek long jail terms for six Chinese caught poaching fish and sea turtles, as part of a crackdown against foreigners stealing marine wildlife. ... more | .. |
Government critics pressured in China crackdown Rattled by Arab unrest and the growing power of the Internet, China has launched its harshest crackdown on dissent in years, which rights groups say has wiped out years of effort by dogged activists. ... more | .. |
 ExxonMobil to drill off Vietnam: official media US oil giant ExxonMobil will begin exploratory drilling off central Vietnam in late April, official media reported Thursday, potentially angering China, which has objected to similar plans in the past. ... more | .. |
 France, US call for flexible exchange rates at G20 French President Nicolas Sarkozy and US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday called for more flexible exchange rate regimes as G20 nations met on global monetary reform in China. ... more |
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  Ferro Opens Solar Test Lab In Taiwan Ferro Corporation has announced the opening of a photovoltaic research and development laboratory in Neihu Technology Park, Taipei City, Taiwan. This expansion enables Ferro to provide timely techni ... more | .. |
  Construction Begins LanzaTech Ethanol Demo Plant LanzaTech, Baosteel Group, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have launched the construction of a plant that will use LanzaTech's gas fermentation technology for the production of fuel ethano ... more | .. |
 Russian Soyuz set for Tuesday launch A Russian Soyuz spacecraft has been transported to its launch pad in Kazakhstan in advance of its Tuesday blastoff for a manned mission into space. ... more | .. |
 China's Hu warns Sarkozy on Libya strikes Coalition military strikes on Libya could violate the "intention" of the UN resolution if civilians suffer, Chinese President Hu Jintao on Wednesday told visiting French leader Nicolas Sarkozy. ... more |
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  Report: China strengthens N. Korea border fence China has reinforced fences and patrols along parts of the border with North Korea in an apparent bid to ward off a growing stream of refugees from its impoverished neighbour, a report said. ... more | .. |
  Researchers Reveal Remarkable Fossil Researchers from China, Leicester and Oxford have discovered a remarkable fossil which sheds new light on an important group of primitive sea creatures. The 525-million-year-old fossil belongs ... more | .. |
Aussie blogger missing in China contacts family: AAP An Australian writer and blogger feared to have been taken into custody by Chinese authorities has contacted friends and family to reassure them he is safe, reports said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Despair as China executes three Filipinos Chinese authorities executed three Filipino drug mules on Wednesday, triggering condemnation in the Catholic Philippines and despair for family members who shared their final moments. ... more |
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