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Maiden Test Flight For SpaceShipTwoLos Angeles (AFP) March 22, 2010 Virgin Galactic's experimental SpaceshipTwo (SS2), an aircraft designed to one day carry paying customers into space, had its maiden flight in the California desert Monday, company officials announced. The spacecraft, brainchild of British entrepreneur Richard Branson, took off nestled under the wing of its mothership White Knight Two (WK2). "Virgin Galactic announced that its commercial manned spaceship, VSS Enterprise, this morning successfully completed its first 'captive carry' test flight, ... read more |
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Port-Au-Prince (AFP) March 22, 2010Former US presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush visit Haiti Monday to reassure the shattered nation the world has not forgotten it 10 weeks after the deadliest earthquake of modern times. The unlikely duo are to meet Haitian President Rene Preval and see first-hand the wretched situation in some of the camps where hundreds of thousands of survivors are at risk from the coming rains and ... more 
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) March 21, 2010Brilliant colors shine through the ruins of the Cathedrale de la Sainte-Trinite, fragments of wonderful murals that were the climax of Haiti's artistic explosion 60 years ago. For gallery owner Toni Monnin, the loss of irreplaceable frescoes by the first generation of Haitian master painters is the most powerful symbol of the cultural devastation wrought by the January 12 earthquake. "Th ... more  
Reston VA (SPX) Mar 23, 2010 Northrop Grumman has successfully installed a demonstration Real-Time Electronic Flight Data System (REFS) for the U.S. Air Force that will create a more efficient flight information system for air traffic controllers. REFS is a Terminal Flight Data Management (TFDM) system comprising several modules including the electronic flight strip module that automates ... more |
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Rio Tinto exec pleads guilty at China trialShanghai (AFP) March 22, 2010 An Australian executive with mining giant Rio Tinto pleaded guilty Monday to taking bribes at a politically-charged trial in Shanghai that has stoked concerns about doing business in China. Stern Hu, who heads the Anglo Australian company's Shanghai office, pleaded guilty to the bribe charge on the first day of the trial of a total of four Rio staff, a defence lawyer told AFP. Hu and the three other employees are being tried on bribe-taking and trade secrets charges, eight months after their arr ... read more |
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