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Orbital Ready To Launch First Minotaur IV RocketDulles, VA (SPX) Apr 20, 2010 Orbital Sciences is in final campaign mode preparing for the first launch of its Minotaur IV rockets in support of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Hypersonic Technology Vehicle-2 (HTV-2) program. The Minotaur IV launch vehicle is based on decommissioned Peacekeeper rocket motors that Orbital integrates and upgrades with modern avionics and other subsystems to produce a cost-effective booster based on flight-proven hardware. Subject to final preparations and favorable ... read more |
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Jiegu, China (AFP) April 20, 2010Relief supplies poured into a remote Tibetan region in northwest China Monday as two women and a girl were rescued from the rubble more than five days after a quake that killed more than 2,000. Chinese authorities ramped up the disaster response, clogging roads leading into Qinghai province's Yushu prefecture with truckloads of food, tents and quilts, but warned that icy weather could bring ... more 
Stockholm (AFP) April 19, 2010Aid agencies can now ensure that companies contracted to carry aid and peacekeepers to disaster zones do not also engage in activities that spark conflict, a leading think-tank said Tuesday. The Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said its new information web portal, www.ethicalcargo.org, would "prevent arms and drug traffickers from accessing significant humanitarian ai ... more 
Paris (AFP) April 19, 2010Air travellers stranded around the world by Iceland's volcanic ash turned to imaginative and often expensive alternatives to get home as airport authorities struggled to assuage passenger anger. With no clear end in sight to the cloud of ash bringing travel chaos to millions, European travellers turned to ground- and sea-based alternatives, with coach and ferry services reaping the dividends ... more |
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Mazda to recall nearly 90,000 compact cars in Japan, ChinaTokyo (AFP) April 15, 2010 Japan's Mazda Motor will recall nearly 90,000 passenger cars domestically and in China due to an oil hose defect, the company said Thursday. The automaker, which is part owned by US giant Ford, will start recalling 35,181 units in Japan and some 54,000 in China of the Mazda 3, known as the Axela in Japan, its most popular model. Mazda said the cars, produced from January 2006 to March 2009, have been recalled because an oil hose and a radiator shroud panel have been placed too close together and ... read more |
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