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ORBCOMM Announces Launch of VesselSat2Fort Lee, NJ (SPX) Jan 11, 2012 ORBCOMM has announced the successful launch of VesselSat2, an Automatic Identification Service (AIS) enabled satellite built by LuxSpace Sarl (LuxSpace), an affiliate of OHB System AG. VesselSat2 was launched by the China Great Wall Industry Corporation from the Tiayuan Satellite Launch Center (TSLC) in the Shanxi Province of the People's Republic of China on January 8, 2012 at 10:17 PM EST. The satellite was successfully deployed from the Long March launch vehicle into its proper polar orbit. AIS ... read more |
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  China launches Ziyuan III satellite China successfully launched the Ziyuan III satellite Monday from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi province. The satellite was launched at 11:17 a.m. Monday aboard a Long ... more | .. |
  China to launch Bolivian satellite in 2013: Chinese Ambassador China would put Bolivia's first telecommunications satellite into orbit in December 2013, China's Ambassador to Bolivia Shen Zhiliang announced Thursday. The manufacturing process of the satel ... more | .. |
  China 'to bolster Kim, seeking a stable N. Korea' China began preparing for a power transition in North Korea several years before Kim Jong-Il's death and will do its utmost to consolidate his inexperienced son's hold on power, analysts say. ... 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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 China says war over Iran will bring disaster A top Chinese diplomat said Tuesday war over the Iranian nuclear issue would bring disaster to the world economy and urged all nations involved to exercise restraint and prevent hostilities. ... more | .. |
 West edges closer to confrontation with Iran Iran's showdown with the West slid closer to dangerous confrontation on Tuesday as international alarm over a new uranium enrichment plant raised the stakes. ... more | .. |
  US probes alleged India hacking of commission US authorities have been asked to investigate allegations that hackers India used back-door codes provided by companies to spy on private exchanges by a US commission on China, an official said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan businessmen head home from China to vote More than 200,000 Taiwanese businessmen and their relatives currently based in China are expected to return to the island to vote in the presidential elections, a business group estimated Tuesday. ... more |
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Russia says Ukraine fired US long-range missiles; Borrell urges EU states to follow US on missile use
Putin broadens rules on Russia's use of nuclear arms
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  Freed from Guantanamo, Uighur makes pizzas in Tirana Abu Bakker Qassim, a Chinese Muslim freed from Guantanamo and granted asylum in Albania, now makes pizzas in Tirana as he looks forward to being a father again, but with no hope of returning to China. ... more | .. |
  LONGBOW Receives contract for Apache LONGBOW Block III Radar and Data Link Systems The LONGBOW Limited Liability Company, a joint venture of Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] and Northrop Grumman Corporation [NYSE: NOC], received a $181 million contract from the U.S. Army for AH-64D Apa ... more | .. |
 China pledges to keep peace on Korean peninsula Chinese President Hu Jintao pledged "unremitting efforts" to maintain peace on the Korean peninsula during talks Monday with his South Korean counterpart after the death of Kim Jong-Il. ... more | .. |
 South Korean president to visit China South Korean President Lee Myung-Bak arrives in China on Monday for talks with his counterpart Hu Jintao that will focus on the North Korean leadership transition following the death of Kim Jong-Il. ... more |
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  China criticises new US defence policy Beijing said Monday that a new US defence strategy focused on countering China's rising power was based on "groundless" charges, and insisted it posed no threat to any nation. ... more | .. |
  Huntsman White House hopes on the line Former US envoy to China Jon Huntsman's presidential hopes faced a do-or-die test Tuesday in New Hampshire, where he may have hit his stride too late against frontrunner Mitt Romney. ... more | .. |
  'Off the scale' smog grounds flights in Beijing More than 150 flights to and from Beijing were cancelled or delayed Tuesday as a thick cloud of acrid smog shrouded the city, with US figures saying the pollution was so bad it was off the scale. ... more | .. |
  Buyers target Hong Kong's 'haunted houses' It may not be everyone's idea of a dream home, but for bargain hunters in Hong Kong's turbocharged property market apartments that belonged to the recently deceased are proving irresistible - and the more gruesome the occupant's demise the better. ... more |
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Electric field changes signal early warnings of extreme weather
Americans face an insurability crisis as climate change worsens disasters
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China dissident's family says denied prison visit Chinese authorities on Tuesday prevented relatives of prominent dissident and human rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng from visiting him in prison, his brother said. ... more | .. |
 Tibetan monk self-immolates in China: Xinhua A Tibetan monk died after self-immolating in China, state media said Monday, taking to 15 the number of people who have set themselves on fire in Tibetan areas in less than a year in apparent protest. ... more | .. |
  World's 'most expensive' tea grown in Chinese panda poo Chinese entrepreneur An Yanshi is convinced he has found the key ingredient to produce the world's most expensive tea - panda poo. ... more | .. |
  Italian luxury yacht deal highlights China's clout A Chinese firm's takeover of the world's leading luxury yacht maker Ferretti announced Tuesday highlights Asia's fast-growing taste for elegant opulence in contrast to crisis-stricken Western markets. ... more |
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  China heavy equipment giant buys Italy's Ferretti A Chinese heavy equipment manufacturer has agreed to pay 374 million euros ($477 million) for control of debt-laden Italian luxury yacht maker Ferretti Group, the companies said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 China 2011 trade surplus shrinks as demand weakens China's trade surplus shrank in 2011 as import and export growth slowed sharply, official data showed Tuesday, after domestic tightening measures and global economic turmoil hit consumption. ... more | .. |
  China plans tax on carbon emissions China, the world's top emitter of greenhouse gases, plans a tax on carbon emissions. ... more | .. |
  Light makes write for DNA information-storage device In an effort to make data storage more cost-effective, a group of researchers from National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany have created a DNA-bas ... more |
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Tibetan dies after setting himself on fire: Xinhua A Tibetan died after he and another man set themselves on fire in southwest China, state media said Sunday, taking the total number of such acts in the restive region to 14 in less than a year. ... more | .. |
 China's massive holiday migration begins The world's largest annual migration of people officially began in China on Sunday with millions of travellers boarding public transport to journey across the vast country for Lunar New Year celebrations. ... more | .. |
  Philippines protests new Chinese incursions The Philippines said Sunday it had protested to Beijing over fresh alleged incursions by a Chinese navy ship and two other vessels into its waters last month. ... more | .. |
  China local government debt threatens economy Local governments across China have borrowed billions of dollars to build bridges, apartments and shopping malls, leaving many insolvent and endangering the country's financial system, analysts say. ... more |
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 Myanmar cancels coal plant after opposition: official Myanmar cancelled a proposed coal-fired power plant at a Thai-led industrial site Monday citing "environmental problems", an energy official said, in the latest sign of burgeoning reform. ... more | .. |
  Airbus agrees A380 deal with Hong Kong Airlines: reports Airbus and Hong Kong Airlines have struck a deal worth about $3.8 billion at list prices to buy 10 superjumbo A380 jets, reports said. ... more | .. |
 GM posts record China sales in 2011 US auto giant General Motors said Monday its sales in China hit a record high in 2011, despite a broader slowdown in the world's largest vehicle market. ... more | .. |
 Acer unveils world's thinnest laptop Acer on Sunday unveiled the world's thinnest laptop computer as an array of "ultrabook" rivals prepared to debut this week at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. ... more |
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