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China Launches New Mapping SatelliteJiuquan, Gansu (XNA) Aug 26, 2010 China successfully launched a mapping satellite, "Mapping Satellite - I," from the northwestern Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center at 3:10 p.m. (Beijing time) Tuesday. The satellite, which was launched on a Long March 2-D carrier rocket, had entered into the preset orbit, according to the center. The satellite, developed by a company under the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation (CASC), would be mainly used to conduct scientific experiments, carry out surveys on land resources, a ... read more |
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Xinghe County, China (AFP) Aug 25, 2010Can a monster traffic jam spanning dozens of miles and leaving drivers stuck for days really disappear overnight? For days, Chinese and foreign media have issued reports explaining how thousands of vehicles were trapped in an epic traffic jam stretching for more than 100 kilometres (60 miles) on a highway leading to China's capital Beijing. The bottleneck on the Beijing-Tibet expresswa ... more  
Boston MA (SPX) Aug 26, 2010The era of personalized energy systems - in which individual homes and small businesses produce their own energy for heating, cooling and powering cars - took another step toward reality as scientists reported discovery of a powerful new catalyst that is a key element in such a system. They described the advance, which could help free homes and businesses from dependence on the electric co ... more  
Miami (UPI) Aug 25, 2010 Improvements in online security for credit and debit card transactions in Latin America and the Caribbean led to an upsurge in the business, figures for the year's second quarter showed. Visa Inc. reported a 21.6 percent growth in total payments volume in the region, excluding Brazil and Mexico, to reach a total of $62 billion, in the three months ending June 30. Transactions for Brazil ... more |
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Safety questions raised after China plane crashBeijing (AFP) Aug 25, 2010 Investigators Wednesday sifted through the charred wreckage of a Brazilian-made Chinese airliner for clues on why it crashed while trying to land in heavy fog, killing 42 people and injuring 54. Following the crash, President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao called for sweeping inspections throughout the country's passenger air network to "eliminate any safety risks", Xinhua news agency reported. The government promised a thorough but speedy probe into China's first major air disaster in nearly ... read more |
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