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Security high as Russian rocket rolled out for launchBaikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) March 31, 2010 Armed interior ministry forces patrolled the train tracks at Russia's Baikonur cosmodrome on Wednesday, amid heightened security ahead of a launch to the International Space Station. The Soyuz rocket set to blast off on Friday was rolled out of its hangar and out across the barren Kazakh steppe under tighter than normal security two days after a pair of suicide bombers killed dozens in the Moscow metro. Base officials told journalists at the site to expect tighter-than-normal controls on their m ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) March 31, 2010The United States voiced concern Wednesday that China has erected new hurdles to foreign innovation, in an annual report to Congress on foreign trade barriers. "A troubling trend that has emerged... is China's willingness to encourage domestic or 'indigenous' innovation at the cost of foreign innovation and technologies," said the report submitted by US Trade Representative Ron Kirk. The ... more  
Rochester NY (SPX) Apr 01, 2010A new study by the Center for Integrated Manufacturing Studies at Rochester Institute of Technology indicates that the use of E20 fuel, which blends 20 percent ethanol with gasoline, reduces the tail pipe emissions of hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide, compared with traditional gasoline or E10 blends. In addition, the research team found no measurable impact to vehicle drivability or mainte ... more 
Beijing (AFP) March 31, 2010Google's censorship battle with Beijing may cost the US giant more than its stake in the regular Internet in China - the door may also be slamming shut on its bid to conquer the mobile web market. Mobile operators and handset manufacturers already seem to be turning their backs on the US firm, after it re-routed its Chinese search engine traffic to its Hong Kong site last week to evade Beij ... more |
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Boeing Eyes Collaboration With ISROBangalore, India (PTI) Mar 31, 2010 Boeing has evinced interest in collaborating with Indian Space Research Organisation in the area of communication satellites, and the two entities are exploring joint opportunities, a senior ISRO official said. But the future possible cooperation with Boeing is unlikely in the field of joint-building of communication satellites as the Indian Space agency already has a tieup in this segment with EADS Astrium, Managing Director of Antrix Corporation, ISRO's commercial arm, K. R. Sridhara Murthi indi ... read more |
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