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Three More GLONASS Satellites Put Into OrbitMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Sep 03, 2010 Russia's Proton-M carrier rocket put three GLONASS satellites into orbit on Thursday, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces said. The Proton-M rocket blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan at 4:53 Moscow time (0:53 GMT). "The launch and flight of the carrier rocket, as well as the separation of the satellites, took place on schedule," Alexei Zolotukhin said. He also said the satellites' onboard systems were working well. Glonass - the Global Navigation Satell ... read more |
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Madrid (AFP) Sept 2, 2010China's largest home-grown carmaker Chery Automobile Co. is considering building a plant in Catalonia, the government of the northeastern Spanish region said Thursday. Catalonia "is the region best positioned to host the Chinese giant," it said in a statement, following a visit to China by the head of the regional government, Jose Montilla. Talks on a deal between Chery and Catalonia beg ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Sept 2, 2010EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton urged China Thursday to create a better investment environment for European businesses and maintain a joint stand on the Iranian nuclear issue. Ashton met Premier Wen Jiabao a day after taking part in the inaugural EU-China High-Level Strategic Dialogue in the southwestern city of Guiyang - a forum intended to keep the two sides in contact on major i ... more 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 2, 2010A huge traffic jam stretching at least 120 kilometres (75 miles) reappeared in northern China Thursday, with thousands of cargo trucks stuck in a bottleneck, state media said. State television broadcast images of a long line of mostly cargo trucks inching slowly through Inner Mongolia on a major highway leading toward Beijing that has come to symbolise China's serious traffic problem. "Y ... more |
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Electric Cars Greener Than ExpectedDubendorf, Switizerland (SPX) Sep 02, 2010 It is not an easy task to compare the environmental effects of battery powered cars to those caused by conventionally fuelled automobiles. The degree to which manufacture, usage and disposal of the batteries used to store the necessary electrical energy are detrimental to the environment is not exactly known. Now, for the first time, a team of Empa scientists have made a detailed life cycle assessment (LCA) or ecobalance of lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries, in particular the chemically improved (i.e ... read more |
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