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Japan's 'space yacht' starts sailingTokyo (AFP) June 11, 2010 Japan said Friday its kite-shaped "space yacht", designed to float through space using only the power of the sun, successfully started sailing with solar power generation. A Japanese rocket last month launched the experimental "Ikaros" - Interplanetary Kite-craft Accelerated by Radiation of the Sun - designed to be propelled by the pressure of sunlight particles. The technology could eventually enable space travel without fuel, as long as there is sunlight. Similar to an ocean yacht pushed ... read more |
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Taipei (AFP) June 14, 2010Taiwan and China on Monday launched a new flight between Taipei and Shanghai that will cut the time travellers spend on their journey, officials said. Three airlines from Taiwan and one from China will service the route, which links Sungshan airport, in downtown Taipei, and Hongqiao airport in Shanghai. "Direct flights (launched last year) indeed have helped exchanges between the two sid ... more 
Mamaia, Romania (AFP) June 13, 2010Countries bordering the Danube want to increase shipping on the second longest river on the European continent without abusing an ecosystem unique in the world. "Today, shipping goods on the Danube is very limited when the potential is enormous," Karla Peijs, the European coordinator for inland waterways, told AFP during a conference on the European Union Danube strategy in Mamaia, Romania. ... more 
Lima (AFP) June 13, 2010Police and military officers fanned out along a key highway into Lima Sunday to prevent it from being overrun by anti-government strikers protesting in support of their employer, US mining firm Doe Run. Interior Minister Octavio Salazar said 2,000 police officers and 500 troops will stand guard over a 10-kilometer (six-mile) stretch of Highway 20 linking Lima and La Oroya, 185 kilometers (11 ... more |
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'Substantial progress' made in China-Taiwan trade talksTaipei (AFP) June 13, 2010 China and Taiwan on Sunday made "substantial progress" during negotiations for a comprehensive trade pact, reviving hopes that the deal could be sealed this month. Experts from both sides met in Beijing for the day for a third round of talks on the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement (ECFA), intended to normalise China-Taiwan economic ties and bring the two economies closer. "The two sides have exchanged views on the content of the Economic Cooperation Framework Agreement and the five attac ... read more |
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