- [Environment]China, India speed climate change: Australian report
- SYDNEY (AFP) - The economic rise of China and India means climate change is occurring faster than previously thought, making efforts to fix the problem more urgent, an official Australian report found Thursday. The government-commissioned report cal...
- Author:Neil SandsDate:02/27/08Click:7670 Full Story »
- [Environment]Tianjin joins Beijing in Olympic air pollution fight
- BEIJING, Feb 22, 2008 (AFP) - The port city of Tianjin has joined neighbouring Beijing in the fight to clean the air for the Olympics by cutting vehicle traffic in half, state media reported Friday. The industrial city of 10 million people 100 kilom...
- Author:UnknownDate:02/27/08Click:7674 Full Story »
- [Space & Astronomy]China wants US satellite downing data
- BEIJING - China asked the U.S. on Thursday to release data on the missile hit on an ailing spy satellite, while the Communist Party's newspaper blasted what it called Washington's callous attitude toward the weaponization of space. Defense Secretary...
- Author:CHRISTOPHER BODEENDate:02/26/08Click:7670 Full Story »
- [Space & Astronomy]China to launch second lunar probe in 2009: report
- China hopes to launch its second moon-orbiting satellite in 2009, state media reported Friday, as the country steps up its space programme. The news came after scientists regained contact with the country's first lunar satellite Chang'e-1 following...
- Author:UnknownDate:02/26/08Click:7669 Full Story »
- [Space & Astronomy]Japan launches experimental Internet satellite
- TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan launched an experimental communications satellite on Saturday as part of an ambitious space program that could help ensure super high-speed Internet access in remote parts of Japan and elsewhere in Asia. The H-2A rocket carry...
- Author:Teruaki UenoDate:02/26/08Click:7680 Full Story »
- [Weather News]China weather forecasters 10 years behind foreigners: report
- China's meteorologists have admitted being 10 years behind world standards, a report said Friday, after a surprise spell of freezing winter weather paralysed the country and killed more than 100 people. There is a 10-year gap between the Chinese (we...
- Author:UnknownDate:02/26/08Click:7669 Full Story »
- [Weather News]Quake hits near Indonesia's Aceh, at least 3 dead
- A 7.5 magnitude quake struck off Indonesia's Aceh province on Wednesday killing at least three people and damaging buildings on the nearby island of Simeulue, a local official said. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake's depth was 34 km (21 mi...
- Author:Adhityani Arga & Fitri WulandaDate:02/26/08Click:7668 Full Story »
- [Weather News]Three dead, 25 hurt in Indonesia quake
- BANDA ACEH, Indonesia (AFP) - A strong 7.5-magnitude quake rocked Indonesia's Aceh province Wednesday, killing three people, seriously injuring 25 others and briefly sparking a tsunami alert, officials said. The US Geological Survey said the underse...
- Author:Nurdin HassanDate:02/26/08Click:7668 Full Story »
- [Weather News]Earthquake kills 3 in Indonesia
- JAKARTA, Indonesia - A powerful earthquake struck western Indonesia on Wednesday, killing three people and injuring 25 others, officials said. A tsunami warning was briefly triggered, but no waves were detected. The U.S. Geological Survey said the q...
- Author:CHRIS BRUMMITTDate:02/26/08Click:7668 Full Story »
- US, SKorea to hold joint military drill
- SEOUL, South Korea - South Korea and the United States will hold a joint military exercise next month to prepare for Seoul's plans to retake wartime command of its forces, the U.S. military said Friday. The March 2-7 drill, called Key Resolve, repla...
- Author:UnknownDate:02/01/08Click:7668 Full Story »
- Japan stocks fall on subprime losses
- TOKYO - Japanese shares fell Friday after Japanese banks reported larger-than-expected losses due to the subprime mortgage crisis. A slump in China's Shanghai Stock Exchange also weighed on Tokyo trade. The benchmark Nikkei 225 stock index lost 95.3...
- Author:UnknownDate:02/01/08Click:7668 Full Story »
- China snow leaves millions in cold and dark
- GUANGZHOU, China (Reuters) - Millions of Chinese faced a humanitarian crisis on Friday, as petrol and food reserves dwindled and yet more bad weather was forecast for a country paralyzed by record-breaking cold and snow. More than 160 counties and c...
- Author:John RuwitchDate:02/01/08Click:7668 Full Story »
- Nissan quarterly profit soars on year
- TOKYO - Nissan reported a 26.6 percent jump in October-December profit Friday and kept its full year forecasts despite looming worries about a U.S. slowdown and an unfavorably strong yen. Profit at Nissan Motor Co., which has an alliance with Renaul...
- Author:YURI KAGEYAMADate:02/01/08Click:7668 Full Story »
- Top al-Qaida figure killed in Pakistan
- ISLAMABAD, Pakistan - A missile from a U.S. Predator drone struck a suspected terrorist safehouse in Pakistan and killed a top al-Qaida commander believed responsible for attacks on U.S. forces and the brazen bombing during a visit last year by Vice...
- Author:ROBERT H. REID & PAMELA HESSDate:02/01/08Click:7668 Full Story »
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