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Russia's Flying Saucer Aerostat Set For ProductionUlianovsk, Russia (RIA Novosti) Mar 10, 2010 The government of the Ulianovsk Region in the Volga area has approved a five-year program to produce so-called "flying saucers" - a bizarre hybrid of a helicopter and an aerostat. The first such aircraft, officially named "aerostatic thermoballasted vehicle" or simply "Locomoskayner" after its manufacturer LocomoSky, was presented MAKS-2009 air show. The prototype flying saucer was seven meters (23 feet) in diameter and was able to transport 20 kg (44.4 lbs) of cargo. The company, however, p ... read more |
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Constitucion, Chile (AFP) March 9, 2010Two waste experts had an epiphany after touring quake-hit Constitucion: clean up the city with volunteers, and pay for it by selling recyclables pulled from the rubble. About a third of the buildings in Constitucion, population 50,000, were seriously damaged by the powerful 8.8 magnitude quake that struck south-central Chile early February 27. Most of those buildings are unsafe and will be d ... more 
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) March 9, 2010A US Navy hospital ship was recalled from Haiti Tuesday as the US military cut its emergency deployment to the quake-hit nation, where aid efforts are now turning to reconstruction. The USNS Comfort, which had been anchored off Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince for the past seven weeks, was to leave Wednesday for its base in Baltimore, Maryland, US officials in Haiti and in the US Defense Depar ... more 
Okcular, Turkey (AFP) March 9, 2010Survivors of a killer earthquake in eastern Turkey sought to resurrect shattered lives Tuesday as experts warned the disaster was only a reminder of worse tremors threatening the country. Often terrified anew by aftershocks, residents of remote villages devastated in Monday's tremor scrambled to collect any remaining valuables from the wreckage of mud-brick homes as earth-moving machines be ... more |
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S.Korea unveils 'recharging road' for eco-friendly busesSeoul (AFP) March 9, 2010 South Korean researchers Tuesday launched an environmentally friendly public transport system using a "recharging road" - with a vehicle sucking power magnetically from buried electric strips. The Online Electric Vehicle (OLEV), towing three buses, went into service at an amusement park in southern Seoul. If the prototype proves successful, there are plans to try it out on a bus route in the capital. The Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), which developed the system, say ... read more |
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