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ISS Orbit Raised to Avoid Collision with Space JunkMoscow (RIA Novosti) Jan 31, 2012 Specialists of Russia's Mission Control Center raised the orbit altitude of the International Space Station (ISS) in the early hours of Sunday to prevent a possible collision with a Chinese satellite fragment, a spokesman for the Center said. "The maneuver was performed using Zvezda service module engines," the spokesman said. The altitude of the ISS orbit was raised by 1.7 kilometers to 391.6 kilometers, he said, adding that the maneuver lasted 64 seconds. NASA earlier reported on its ... read more |
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  Brazil minister heads to India to improve defense ties Brazilian Defense Minister Celso Amorim is to travel to India this week for talks on boosting bilateral military cooperation, his office announced. ... more | .. |
  Taiwan official expects smooth times with China A Taiwanese official predicted Wednesday that China would maintain a conciliatory stance with Taipei, saying that likely next leader Xi Jinping has experience dealing with the self-ruling island. ... more | .. |
  Putin declines to host China's future premier: report Vladimir Putin has refused to host a top Chinese official tipped to become China's next prime minister due to his busy agenda ahead of polls putting a strain on bilateral ties, a newspaper said Wednesday. ... 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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 Row breaks out over Chinese donation to Cambridge A row has broken out at Cambridge University over a Pounds 3.7 million (4.4 million euro, $5.8 million) donation by a Chinese foundation, amid fears it is linked to the Chinese government. ... more | .. |
  Western diplomats press Russia, China over Syria The UN Security Council met Wednesday amid tense negotiations aimed at persuading Russia to back a tough resolution condemning violence in Syria. ... more | .. |
  Eight executives detained in China pollution case China has detained another company official, bringing the total to eight, over a massive river pollution case in the country's south, the government and state media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Bird flu claims second victim this year in Vietnam A woman in southern Vietnam has died after contracting the bird flu virus, health authorities said Thursday, in the country's second human death from the virulent disease in less than a month. ... 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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  Norway blocking China's access to Arctic China's efforts to tap the natural resources and transportation routes of the arctic will continue to be frustrated by Norway, a diplomatic source says. ... more | .. |
  'Trained separatists' behind Tibetan unrest: China China has blamed "trained separatists" for a wave of unrest in Tibetan-inhabited areas last week that left at least two people dead and dozens injured, state press reported Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong paper runs ad insulting mainland 'locusts' A group of Hong Kongers published a newspaper ad Wednesday insulting mainland Chinese as "locusts", amid seething resentment over rising mainland influence in the southern city. ... more | .. |
 Rebel China village takes first step in democratic vote Villagers in China whose rebellion against local officials last year grabbed the headlines kicked off a key process on Wednesday that will see them hold their first-ever open, democratic elections. ... more |
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 Chinese media blast officials over toxic river Chinese media on Wednesday blasted local officials for poor supervision after industrial waste in a southern river threatened the drinking water for millions of people. ... more | .. |
 Lynas shares surge after Malaysia approves plant Shares in Australian miner Lynas soared almost 20 percent Thursday after Malaysia approved a controversial rare earths plant to be be built despite fears it could produce harmful radioactive waste. ... more | .. |
  Sudan rebels ask Beijing to pressure Khartoum Sudanese rebels holding 29 Chinese workers have asked Beijing to use its influence on Khartoum to help badly-needed aid reach the country's warzone, a spokesman for the insurgents said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  US DoC Finds Massive Surge of Chinese Solar Imports The Coalition for American Solar Manufacturing (CASM), led by SolarWorld and supported by more than 150 U.S. employers of more than 11,000 workers, has recognized the U.S. Department of Commerce for ... 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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 All 25 Chinese workers kidnapped in Egypt freed China said Wednesday that 25 Chinese workers kidnapped by Egyptian Bedouins demanding the release of their Islamist relatives had been freed. ... more | .. |
  Merkel seeks to ease eurozone fears in China German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Thursday the euro had "made Europe stronger", as she sought to reassure Beijing that the eurozone crisis is under control on the start of a three-day visit to China. ... more | .. |
 China flirts with Israel amid gulf crisis China, contemplating the possible disruption of oil supplies from Iran, appears to be making moves toward cementing its links with energy newcomer Israel, a move that could outflank the United States in the Middle East. ... more | .. |
 China expects WTO action over rare earths: report China is bracing for renewed calls to ease its rare earths controls after the World Trade Organization ruled Beijing's limits on key raw material exports broke trade rules, the China Daily said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Hong Kong warns of first-quarter contraction Hong Kong's economy could shrink in the first quarter of 2012 due to weak export markets, before rebounding to post growth of 1.0-3.0 percent over the year, the finance secretary said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Oil prices advance on supply worries, China data World oil prices climbed Wednesday on supply concerns over crude producers Iran and Sudan, and upbeat manufacturing data from top global energy consumer China, traders said. ... more | .. |
  N. Korea restricts Chinese currency in markets: reports North Korea has banned the use of China's yuan and other foreign currency in its markets, saying this was part of the last instructions of late leader Kim Jong-Il, according to a Seoul-based aid group. ... more | .. |
 Outside View: Revolutions ahoy? Alas poor Marx, Engels and Lenin. After being entirely discredited and disproved by the collapse of the Soviet Union and its communist ideology and repudiated by China's embrace of market capitalism, perhaps they weren't necessarily wrong. Instead, perhaps they were simply a century too early in their revolutionary aspirations! ... more |
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SpaceX set for Starship's next flight, Trump expected to attend
Can the Trump-Musk 'bromance' last?
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 Unwilling to upset China, West holds back on Tibet The international community is treading warily on the Tibetan issue, reluctant to antagonise an increasingly powerful China with whom it has growing economic and diplomatic ties, analysts say. ... more | .. |
 China's manufacturing rises again in January China's manufacturing activity improved in January despite weaker demand for exports, official figures showed Wednesday, raising hopes the world's second-largest economy is heading for a soft landing. ... more | .. |
  China recruiting 8,000 police for restive Xinjiang Authorities in China's volatile Xinjiang region plan to recruit 8,000 extra police officers, a government official said Tuesday, as they beef up security in the remote area. ... more | .. |
 Daughter of China activist says barred from taking prize The daughter of disabled activist Ni Yulan said Tuesday police grabbed her at the airport in Beijing and barred her from leaving China to collect a rights award for her mother in the Netherlands. ... more |
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 China steps up surveillance of Tibetan monasteries A top official in Tibet's capital has ordered authorities to dispatch police to monasteries and step up security after violent clashes in Tibetan-inhabited areas left at least two dead. ... more | .. |
Netherlands demands China explain award ban The Netherlands said Tuesday that it had requested China explain why police barred the daughter of disabled activist Ni Yulan from leaving Beijing to collect a rights award on her mother's behalf. ... more | .. |
 China detains seven as water pollution fears widen China said on Tuesday that it had detained seven company executives after tonnes of industrial waste including a toxic metal polluted a river, threatening water supplies for millions of people. ... more | .. |
  Truckloads of Chinese rice enter N. Korea: activist Long convoys of Chinese lorries laden with rice were seen entering North Korea after Beijing reportedly agreed to provide major food aid to Pyongyang's new regime, a South Korean activist said Tuesday. ... more |
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