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Swiss solar plane makes history with round-the-clock flightPayerne, Switzerland (AFP) July 8, 2010 A solar powered aircraft made history Thursday after flying around the clock on the sun's energy alone, bringing the dream of perpetual flight a step closer. After 26 hours in the air, the experimental Solar Impulse aircraft, flown by Andre Borschberg, made a seamless landing at Payerne airbase in western Switzerland at 9.01 am (0701 GMT), about three hours after daybreak. "It's the first time ever that a solar airplane has flown through the night," said Bertrand Piccard, the Swiss adventurer wh ... read more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) July 8, 2010Advertising in the Asia-Pacific region surged by almost 20 percent in the first quarter of 2010, marking the second consecutive quarter of growth, research firm Nielsen says. Driven by strong economic performances and rapidly improving consumer confidence, media advertising activity across 12 Asia-Pacific markets surged by 18 percent in the first quarter. Nielsen described this as the "c ... more  
Kuala Lumpur (AFP) July 8, 2010Facebook signed a deal with a Malaysian company on Thursday allowing a virtual currency for online games and services to be sold at retail shops across Asia for the first time. The social-networking giant teamed up with payment service provider MOL AccessPortal to allow customers to buy Facebook Credits, a virtual currency used to buy gifts and virtual goods in many games and applications on ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) July 8, 2010Asian economies will expand faster than expected this year but "downside risks" have intensified for the region following financial turmoil in the eurozone area, the IMF warned Thursday. The Chinese economy should expand by 10.5 percent following a strong rebound in exports and resilient domestic demand, the fund said, revising upwards its April forecast of 10.0 percent. India's growth t ... more |
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NASA To Fly Into Hurricane Research This SummerPasadena CA (JPL) Jul 08, 2010 Three NASA aircraft will begin flights to study tropical cyclones on Aug. 15 during the agency's first major U.S.-based hurricane field campaign since 2001. The Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes mission, or GRIP, will study the creation and rapid intensification of hurricanes. Advanced instruments from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., will be aboard two of the aircraft. One of the major challenges in tropical cyclone forecasting is knowing when a tropical cyclone is go ... read more |
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