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Ariane 5 Makes History With The ASTRA 3B And COMSATBw-2 MissionKourou, French Guiana (SPX) May 24, 2010 Arianespace delivered another dual-satellite payload into orbit with a milestone flight that utilized the 50th Ariane 5 launch vehicle. Lifting off from the Spaceport in French Guiana, this Ariane 5 ECA version successfully orbited the ASTRA 3B commercial telecommunications satellite for Luxembourg-based SES ASTRA, along with the COMSATBw-2 secure military relay spacecraft for Astrium GmbH on behalf of the German Bundeswehr (armed forces). With this mission, Arianespace's workhorse heavy-lif ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 23, 2010At least 19 people were killed and another 71 injured Sunday when a train derailed in a mountainous area of east China after a landslide damaged the tracks, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Police warned the toll could rise as rescuers were still trying to cut into the twisted wreckage of carriages after some of them overturned in the accident in Jiangxi province, it said. The t ... more 
New Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 23, 2010A top US official warned Sunday that even though the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico represented an "existential crisis" for BP, he was not confident in the British energy giant's ability to solve it. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar insisted the full force of the federal government was bearing down on BP, which is legally responsible for dealing with the ruptured pipe gushing oil from the wre ... more  
New York (AFP) May 23, 2010US electric carmaker Tesla Motors is firing on all cylinders and gearing up for greater things after partnering with top carmaker Toyota, before it goes public at some point down the road. Tesla, with just a few hundred employees, and Toyota late Thursday announced a 50-million-dollar stake by the Japanese carmaker in the small, Palo Alto, California-based firm. "The announcement is path ... more |
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Greece reassures Cosco on port concessionAthens (AFP) May 21, 2010 Greece has told Chinese shipping giant Cosco that strikes which frequently cripple business in the country will not affect a 35-year port concession vital to its debt-hit economy, Cosco said Friday. Cosco chairman and CEO Wei Jiafu also said that local dockworkers would be employed in the expansion of container facilities at the main Greek port of Piraeus to counter local union fears of a big influx of foreign labour. "We have promised the Greek president that we will not bring any Chinese dockw ... read more |
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