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Researchers pinpoint date and rate of Earth's most extreme extinctionCalgary, Canada (SPX) Nov 28, 2011 It's well known that Earth's most severe mass extinction occurred about 250 million years ago. What's not well known is the specific time when the extinctions occurred. A team of researchers from North America and China have published a paper this week in Science which explicitly provides the date and rate of extinction. "This is the first paper to provide rates of such massive extinction," says Charles Henderson, professor in the geoscience department and co-author of the paper: Calibrating the e ... read more |
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  Russia launches Chinese satellite A Russian Proton-M rocket completed the successful launch Saturday of an advanced Chinese communications satellite that should help expand television coverage in parts of Southeast Asia. ... more | .. |
  Satellite junk no threat to space station crew Russian Mission Control has dismissed NASA's prediction that the three astronauts onboard the International Space Station (ISS) may need to take shelter inside Russian space capsules on Wednesday mo ... more | .. |
  In Myanmar trip, US seeks clout on China doorstep US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton heads this week on a historic visit to Myanmar that aims not only to pry open the closed nation but to shake up the battle for global influence right on China's doorstep. ... 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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 India-China meeting off over Dalai Lama: source A meeting between Indian and Chinese diplomats has been cancelled after Beijing objected to a scheduled speech in New Delhi by Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama, officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  War games spotlight China-Pakistan hype Paratroopers hurtling head first out of planes, attack helicopters strafing a terror training centre and shacks blown to bits were this week's latest embodiment of China-Pakistan friendship. ... more | .. |
  China navy to carry out Pacific exercises China has said it will conduct "routine" naval exercises in the Pacific Ocean, in the week after a major diplomatic campaign by US President Barack Obama to assert the United States as a Pacific power. ... more | .. |
  Japan's rice farmers mull TPP future Osamu Tamaki is one of the few rice farmers in Japan who see an Asia-Pacific free trade deal as a window of opportunity rather than the death knell for a highly cosseted industry. ... more |
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  Hong Kong's shark fin traders feel pressure to change The owner of Shark's Fin City, a dried fin wholesaler in Hong Kong's quarter for all things shrivelled, says there are only a few people who know the truth about sharks, and he's one of them. ... more | .. |
  Climate change denial still runs strong in US On the US political stage, skepticism and denial of climate change are as popular as ever, and experts say that world talks which opened Monday in Durban, South Africa are unlikely to turn the tide. ... more | .. |
  China's Wen pledges more school buses after crash Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has pledged to improve safety and provide more school buses after the deaths of 19 children in a massively overcrowded bus sparked a public outcry. ... more | .. |
  China to launch Mekong patrols next month: report China will next month launch joint patrols with three other countries on the Mekong River, a key waterway where 13 Chinese sailors were killed in an October attack, state media said. ... more |
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 China govt under fire over new food bacteria rule China's state-run media and web users criticised the government Friday after it ruled that small amounts of a potentially lethal bacterium were permissible in frozen food. ... more | .. |
  Iceland says no to Chinese tycoon's land purchase: ministry Iceland on Friday denied a request by a Chinese property tycoon to purchase a large swathe of land in the northern part of the island for a tourist resort, Interior Minister Oegmundur Jonasson said. ... more | .. |
  West coast log, lumber exports in first 9 months of 2011 surpass 2010 totals Log and lumber exports from Washington, Oregon, northern California, and Alaska in the first three quarters of 2011 already surpass the total exports of 2010 according to the U.S. Forest Service's P ... more | .. |
  China hit by labour unrest as global slowdown bites China's manufacturing heartland has been hit by large-scale strikes in recent weeks, as an increasingly demanding workforce faces off with employers struggling with high costs and falling exports. ... more |
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Mayo Clinic performs successful face transplant
Olive seeds from space mission begin growth in China
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 China fund keen on Western infrastructure China's $400-billion sovereign wealth fund wants to invest in European and US infrastructure, its chairman said in comments published Monday, as Beijing seeks better returns for its foreign exchange holdings. ... more | .. |
  Chinese demand fuels Swiss watch success The Swiss watch industry is in rude health, the latest figures show, with exports leaping once again last month and watchmakers set to notch up a record year thanks to hungry Chinese consumers. ... more | .. |
  China to maintain property curbs: vice-premier China will maintain restrictions on the property market, Vice Premier Li Keqiang has said, despite growing speculation that curbs could be eased to prevent a damaging slump in prices. ... more | .. |
  Volvo to boost staff, mainly in China: CEO Swedish automaker Volvo, owned by China's Zhejiang Geely, will hire 10,000 new staff in the coming years, most of them in China, its chief executive said in an interview to be published Monday. ... more |
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  China investigates US renewable energy policies China said Friday it has launched a probe into US subsidies for renewable energy companies, in apparent retaliation after the United States took action against Chinese solar cell makers. ... more | .. |
  Chinese energy giant reshuffles top management Shares in CNOOC, China's biggest offshore oil and gas producer, fell in Hong Kong Friday after it replaced Yang Hua as chief executive, the latest in a string of management shake-ups at top Chinese firms. ... more | .. |
  German airline seeks Chinese, Gulf investors: report Struggling airline Air Berlin, Germany's second-biggest carrier, is on the hunt for investors and has already begun talks with potential partners from China or the Gulf, a German daily reported Friday. ... more | .. |
 Venezuela, China sign $6 billion oil deals Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez signed a series of oil deals with Beijing Thursday financed with $6 billion in Chinese loans payable in oil. ... more |
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  China lifts Great Firewall for golf World Cup International golf stars, spectators and media at the World Cup on the southern Chinese island of Hainan are enjoying uncensored Internet access denied to 1.3 billion Chinese. ... more | .. |
 Developing economies see no escape from coal Concrete towers rise over the African bush, as the continent's largest coal-fired power station takes shape in a multi-billion-dollar testament to developing nations' love affair with coal. ... more | .. |
  Partners Agree on Funding for Design of Square Kilometre Array Seven national governmental and research organizations have announced the formation of the SKA Organization, an independent, not-for-profit company established to formalize relationships with intern ... more | .. |
 Chinese state newspaper urges against 'revolt' China is edging closer to democracy partly because of the Internet but should avoid the deadly social unrest seen in countries such as Egypt, a state-run newspaper said in an editorial Thursday. ... more |
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  New evidence of interhuman aggression and human induced trauma 126,000 years ago The study of a cranium of an East Asian human from the late Middle Pleistocene age from Maba, China, brings to the fore evidence that interhuman aggression and human induced trauma occurred 126,000 ... more | .. |
China to offer social security to Tibetan clergy China will start paying pensions to monks and nuns in its Tibetan areas, the official Xinhua news agency said Thursday, after a run of self-immolations by Buddhist clergy protesting religious repression. ... more | .. |
 Rich trade between China, Latin America on solid footing Latin America's rich trade ties to China, worth a total 180 billion dollars a year, are on solid enough ground that even a mild recession in China would not seriously undercut them, analysts said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 China eases lending restrictions for small banks China's central bank said Thursday it has eased lending restrictions on more than 20 small banks nationwide, as it seeks to channel more funds to cash-strapped private firms and the farming sector. ... more |
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