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ESA's Ice Mission Arrives Safely At Launch SiteParis, France (ESA) Jan 15, 2010 In what might seem rather appropriate weather conditions, the CryoSat-2 Earth Explorer satellite has completed its journey to the Baikonur launch site in Kazakhstan, where it will be prepared for launch on 25 February. The satellite and support equipment left the 'IABG' test centre in Ottobrunn, Germany, by lorry on 12 January. The CryoSat mission is dedicated to precise monitoring of the ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Jan 14, 2010In the picture against a blue background, a young girl in a white dress snuggles up against her father and looks demurely into the camera. Next to her, her slightly older brother and mother are dressed to the nines for the family photo. And underneath the family picture, a heart wrenching plea from the children's aunt in the United States to help find the family, who are among the countless people unaccounted for since Tuesday's powerful quake struck Haiti. "My sister, her husband and their two young kids... ... more 
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Jan 14, 2010Rescuers raced against the clock Thursday to reach survivors among thousands of corpses in quake-hit Haiti, as planeloads of international aid swamped the main airport. Officials have warned the overall death toll may top 100,000 and say three million people could have been affected by Tuesday's powerful quake which ravaged the poorest nation in the Americas. The stench from rows of uncl ... more 
Brasilia (AFP) Jan 14, 2010Brazil is offering to build a cemetery in Haiti for the thousands killed in this week's quake, and promising it will respect the Voodoo beliefs of part of the Caribbean country's population, officials said Thursday. The proposal stemmed from the "great concern over the presence of abandoned bodies in the streets, which could create epidemics," the defense ministry said in a statement. ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Jan 14, 2010Bonuses linked to investment risk taking paid to bank employees contributed to the global financial crisis, officials on Thursday told a special US commission examining the economic calamity. They called for a review on the role of employee compensation and its contribution to risk taken by financial institutions, some of which collapsed after incurring massive losses on particularly mortgag ... more  
Danang, Vietnam / (AFP) Jan 14, 2010A new regional trade pact with China is on track, the ASEAN secretary general and Jakarta's foreign minister said Thursday despite concerns from some Indonesian businesses. The agreement between China and Southeast Asia took full effect on January 1, liberalising billions of dollars in trade and investments in a market of 1.7 billion consumers. Association of Southeast Asian Nations ... more  
Washington (AFP) Jan 14, 2010Eastman Kodak Co. announced Thursday that it has filed lawsuits against Apple and Blackberry maker Research In Motion alleging they infringed Kodak digital imaging technology. The photography company said it had filed a complaint with the US International Trade Commission claiming that camera-enabled iPhones and Blackberrys infringe a Kodak patent related to an image previewing method. ... more |
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