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Boeing, US Navy Conduct Networked Distributed Targeting Capability Flight Test on Super HornetSt. Louis, MO (SPX) Apr 11, 2012 Boeing and the U.S. Navy have successfully completed a flight test of the prototype Distributed Targeting System-Networked (DTS-N) on a Super Hornet. The system is designed to enhance the F/A-18E/F fighter jet's targeting capabilities. The test took place in late 2011 at the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division Advanced Weapons Lab in China Lake, Calif., and was conducted by Air Test and Evaluation Squadron VX-31. DTS-N is based on the Boeing Adaptive Architecture developed by the compa ... read more |
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  China web giants vow to fight 'rumours' Three of China's top Internet portals have pledged to work with the government to banish online rumours, as jittery authorities crack down on the web following widespread rumours of a coup. ... more | .. |
  N. Korea rocket launch grows imminent despite anger North Korea on Tuesday put the finishing touches to its latest rocket ahead of a politically charged launch that will defy a swelling chorus of international concern including in China and Russia. ... more | .. |
  China increases naval UAV use The China's People's Liberation Army Navy has begun deploying unmanned aerial vehicles aboard its ships. ... 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 calls on Japan not to host Uighur assembly in May China said Monday it had asked Japan not to host an annual meeting organised by an exile group championing the rights of ethnic Uighurs. ... more | .. |
  Russia decodes ancient dawn redwood DNA A group of scientists from the Altay University became pioneers in decoding the DNA of ancient Metasequoia, known as dawn redwood. The remains of the plant were discovered in the north of the Canadi ... more | .. |
  Top China leader ousted, wife probed over Briton's murder Chinese politician Bo Xilai, once a rising star, has been stripped of his elite Communist Party post and his wife is being investigated for the murder of a British national, state media said. ... more | .. |
 China court jails disabled activist and husband A Chinese court sentenced disabled activist Ni Yulan and her husband to jail for "provoking trouble" on Tuesday, a year after the couple were detained during a widespread crackdown on dissent. ... more |
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Biden clears Ukraine for long-range missile strikes inside Russia
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  China tightens 'land grab' rules to defuse unrest China has tightened regulations governing forced land expropriations in a bid to put a lid on what has become an explosive social issue and one of the country's biggest sources of unrest. ... more | .. |
 Australia says cannot stop Chinese asylum seekers Australia said Tuesday it had no power to stop a boatload of Chinese refugees rescued in a yacht off its north coast from pressing on with their planned journey to New Zealand to seek asylum. ... more | .. |
  China plans to build research icebreaker China says it plans for a new icebreaker, now in the design stage, to be ready to begin polar research operations in 2014. ... more | .. |
  Spain's nuclear sector eyes growth in China Spain's nuclear energy sector has gained a strong foothold in China over the past quarter century, providing components or services to nine of the country's 14 operating nuclear power plants, and no ... more |
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  Oil dives on weak China, US data Oil prices sank Tuesday, mirroring global equity markets, as traders fretted over weak economic data in China and the United States, and amid resurgent concerns over the eurozone debt crisis. ... more | .. |
 Philippines, Vietnam to hold 'fun games' in Spratlys Philippine and Vietnamese troops plan to hold joint "fun games" in the Spratlys to calm tensions over the disputed island chain in the South China Sea, the Philippine navy chief said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  China returns to trade surplus in March China on Tuesday posted a trade surplus for March, reversing a massive deficit the previous month, but data showed exports were still weak owing to the economic woes in major overseas markets. ... more | .. |
 China returns to trade surplus in March China said Tuesday it recorded a trade surplus last month, reversing a massive deficit in February, but exports were still weak owing to economic woes in major overseas markets. ... more |
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Living microbes identified in Earth's driest desert using new technique
Eight dead, 17 hurt, in China school knife attack; Police formally arrest car ramming suspect
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China expands oldest nuclear power plant China has expanded its oldest nuclear power plant. ... more | .. |
  Herbal remedy blamed for high cancer rate in Taiwan: study A toxic ingredient in a popular herbal remedy is linked to more than half of all cases of urinary tract cancer in Taiwan where use of traditional medicine is widespread, said a US study Monday. ... more | .. |
 Exiled Tiananmen leaders ask to visit China The exiled leaders of the 1989 Tiananmen Square pro-democracy movement and other Chinese dissidents have asked the government to allow them to visit their homeland, a rights group said. ... more | .. |
  ONR Grant Expands Research of Typhoons, Monsoons, Internal Waves in Asia-Pacific The University of Miami (UM) announced that it has received a grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research to expand its use of SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) in the Asia-Pacific Region. The new $1. ... more |
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 Turkey PM oversees nuclear agreements with China Turkey's Prime Minister oversaw the signing of two nuclear agreements with China Monday on a trip to the Asian nation that also saw him make an unprecedented stop in ethnically-tense Xinjiang. ... more | .. |
  Chinese inflation rate rises to 3.6 pct in March China's inflation rate edged up in March, driven by rising food costs, official data showed Monday, but analysts said there was still scope for Beijing to stimulate the slowing economy. ... more | .. |
  China sets up rare earth body to boost sector China has set up a rare earth industry group, the government said Monday, in a bid to streamline the sprawling sector and fend off complaints about Beijing's seemingly monopolistic control. ... more | .. |
 Anonymous says it will hack more Chinese sites The hacking group Anonymous said Friday it would continue targeting China, after announcing it had hacked hundreds of Chinese websites to protest against Internet censorship in the country. ... more |
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  US ambassador endears China with frugal habits United States ambassador to China Gary Locke, who has repeatedly won the praise of Chinese for his frugal travelling habits, has again impressed after refusing to stay in a five-star hotel. ... more | .. |
 China tries alleged smuggling mastermind: state media The alleged boss of a multi-billion-dollar smuggling and bribery scam that badly tainted China's government went on trial on Friday after a 12-year diplomatic battle to avoid deportation from Canada. ... more | .. |
 Writer fled China to 'publish book' on dissident A Chinese dissident who wrote a book critical of the country's leadership has said he fled into exile after being warned against publishing a biography of a jailed Nobel laureate. ... more | .. |
 Chinese dissident Fang Lizhi dies in US Chinese dissident Fang Lizhi, a key figure in the pro-democracy movement behind the 1989 Tiananmen Square protests, has died in the United States, a fellow activist said Saturday. He was 76. ... more |
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  Iran navy rescues China crew from hijacked freighter The Iranian navy has freed 28 Chinese crew members less than a day after their cargo ship was hijacked by Somali pirates off the Islamic republic's south coast, Chinese state media said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 China shuts political websites in crackdown Two Chinese political websites said Friday they had been ordered by authorities to shut for a month for criticising state leaders, the latest move in a broad government crackdown on the Internet. ... more | .. |
China tries alleged smuggling kingpin: state media The alleged mastermind of a multi-billion-dollar smuggling racket whose extradition to China sparked a bitter diplomatic row with Canada went on trial Friday, state media reported. ... more | .. |
 China places six Uighurs on 'terror' list China has placed six men from the Uighur ethnic minority on a "terror" list, accusing them of involvement in terrorist training camps and of inciting attacks in the restive western Xinjiang region. ... more |
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