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March 29, 2014
ASIA NEWS
Storms ground MH370 air search after new debris sighting
Perth, Australia (AFP) March 27, 2014
Thunderstorms and gale-force winds grounded the international air search for wreckage from Flight MH370 on Thursday, frustrating the effort again as Thailand reported a satellite sighting of hundreds of floating objects. The Thai report was the second in two days suggesting a possible debris field from the crashed jet in the stormy southern Indian Ocean. But a major air and sea search has frustratingly failed so far to secure any wreckage confirmed to have come from the Malaysia Airlines passeng ... read more
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AEROSPACE

Storms ground MH370 air search after new debris sighting
Thunderstorms and gale-force winds grounded the international air search for wreckage from Flight MH370 on Thursday, frustrating the effort yet again as Thailand reported a satellite sighting of hundreds of floating objects. ... more
SUPERPOWERS

Pandas and yak soup on Michelle Obama's China menu
US First Lady Michelle Obama on Wednesday wrapped up a week-long trip to China by feeding a panda before having a yak-based lunch at a Tibetan restaurant. ... more
AEROSPACE

China demands Malaysia hand over MH370 satellite data
China has demanded that Malaysia hand over the satellite data which led to its judgement Monday that missing flight MH370 crashed at sea and that none on board survived. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

MH370 search back on as weather improves
Planes and ships converged on the southern Indian Ocean Wednesday, resuming the hunt for wreckage from Flight MH370 after weather conditions improved, as grieving passengers' families demand answers about the ill-fated jet. ... more


AEROSPACE

Australia 'clutching' at MH370 leads after new data
Australia said Monday that French satellite data indicating floating objects possibly linked to missing Flight MH370 related to an area outside the current search zone, while admitting to "clutching" at every piece of new information. ... more
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DISASTER MANAGEMENT

MH370 relatives stage Beijing march against Malaysia
Emotional relatives of Chinese passengers on crashed Flight MH370 scuffled with guards outside Malaysia's embassy on Tuesday and abused the ambassador, demanding answers about the plane's mysterious demise in the stormy Indian Ocean. ... more
ICE WORLD

Glacial advances in Nyainqentanglha maybe linked to North Atlantic cooling
Chronologies of glacial advances during the last glacial period are not contemporaneous throughout the Tibetan Plateau. Professor YI Chaolu and his research group from the Institute of Tibetan Plate ... more
Military Space News, Nuclear Weapons, Missile Defense
Greenland truce or Trump win? Davos "framework" pauses tariffs but not the takeover boasts
Greenlanders doubtful over Trump resolution
EU says ready to sign defence and security pact with India
AEROSPACE

Malaysia says missing jet crashed at sea
Malaysia said Monday its missing airliner had crashed in the Indian Ocean, extinguishing the hopes of relatives of those on board but shedding no light on why it veered so far off course. ... more
AEROSPACE

Malaysia says French satellite detects debris in plane search area
Malaysia said Sunday it had received new satellite data from France indicating floating objects in the search area for a missing Malaysian jet in the southern Indian Ocean. ... more
THE STANS

British Sikh jailed for attack on retired Indian general
A Sikh man was jailed for 10 years in Britain on Friday for slashing the neck of the Indian general who oversaw the 1984 Amritsar Golden Temple assault. ... more
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WATER WORLD

Bangladesh's otter fishing tradition faces extinction
Swimming in circles alongside a fishing boat, the excited cries of two short-haired otters ring out across a river in southern Bangladesh that feeds into the Sundarbans, the world's largest mangrove forest. ... more
FARM NEWS

Incentives needed to improve grain markets in India
Even after the agricultural reforms of 2002-03, for wheat, rice, and pearl millet farmers in India, grain markets are still pretty sticky. Two University of Illinois economists analyzed infrastructu ... more
24/7 News Coverage
Trump vows to relaunch Egypt-Ethiopia talks on dam row
China's birth rate falls to lowest on record
Chile police arrest suspect over deadly wildfires
ICE WORLD

The Frozen Truth about Glaciers, Climate Change and Our Future
Lewis Owen has been scraping out icy fragments of history's truth from one of the most glaciated regions on Earth for the past 25 years. His frequent excursions to Tibet and the Himalayas have led t ... more
SUPERPOWERS

India says report on '62 war with China to stay classified
India's defence ministry said Tuesday a controversial report about the country's defeat by China in a brief, bloody 1962 border war would remain classified due to its "sensitive" nature. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION

Millions join satellite search for missing plane
Three million people have joined an effort led by a satellite operator to locate the missing Malaysia Airlines plane, in what may be the largest crowdsourcing project of its kind. ... more
EARTH OBSERVATION
France says Qatar to buy 22 military helicopters

Thales, Qatar to develop hybrid aircraft

Rockwell Collins contracted for Mexican Air Force upgrade program


EARTH OBSERVATION
Hyundai to build fourth China plant

Volvo Cars returns to profit on China sales, cost cuts

Polluted Paris forces half cars off the road


EARTH OBSERVATION
British greenhouse gas emissions decline

GDF Suez starts operations at Omani power plants

BTM Reduces Coolant Usage and Waste Removal Costs with QualiChem Fluids


EARTH OBSERVATION
Pioneering research offers new insight into improved wave energy testing

Scientists Track 3D Nanoscale Changes in Rechargeable Battery Material During Operation

Economy in oil-rich North Dakota booming

BLUE SKY

The rush to rain
A new analysis of satellite data reveals a link between dust in North Africa and West Asia and stronger monsoons in India. The study shows that dust in the air absorbs sunlight west of India, warmin ... more
WATER WORLD

N.African dust stimulates monsoons: study
Desert dust from North Africa and the Arabian peninsula stimulates monsoon rains over India, said a study Sunday suggesting that desertification from global warming may boost these seasonal downpours. ... more
FLOATING STEEL

USN Modifies FY14 Littoral Combat Ship Contracts
The U.S. Navy has issued a Lockheed Martin-led industry team a $698.9 million contract modification to add funding for construction of two Littoral Combat Ships (LCS) - the seventh and eighth in a 1 ... more
WHITE OUT

Avalanches kill six in Indian Kashmir
Avalanches triggered by unusually heavy snowfall killed at least six people in Indian Kashmir, as flimsy buildings caved in across the Himalayan valley, police said Wednesday. ... more
24/7 Energy News Coverage
Quantum transport method reads open quantum states
Scientists uncover new quantum state that could power future technologies
Early universe dark matter born red hot before cooling
WATER WORLD

Pakistani Kashmir turns to water to solve power crisis

TECTONICS

Dynamic stressing of a global system of faults results in rare seismic silence

MARSDAILY

India's Mars mission to reach Red Planet in 200 days

FLOATING STEEL

One worker killed in Indian nuclear submarine accident

INTERN DAILY

Volume of notifiable disease reporting may double with required electronic lab reporting

SINO DAILY

Dalai Lama asks China to ease censorship

SOLAR SCIENCE

India to send mission to probe Sun by 2020

SUPERPOWERS

Dalai Lama encourages 'self-confident' US global role

CLIMATE SCIENCE

Decline of Bronze Age 'megacities' linked to climate change

WATER WORLD

We want to save water, but do we know how?

Reforms slow in Bangladesh's toxic tanneries

Russia, India to discuss space cooperation

India orders bribery probe into Rolls-Royce deal: official

Problem batteries likely cause of fatal Indian navy fire: reports

India unveils its own astronaut crew capsule, plans test launch

SolarBuzz Reveals Half Of Projects In Leading Countries Are Below 5MW

Indian PV Forecast Raised To 1GW

India navy chief resigns after submarine accident

Nepal government to set up contact office at Mt. Qomolangma base camp

Activists demand closure of Australia's Manus center

India drops anti-piracy charges against Italian marines

China rejects Indian politician's expansionism charge

Agusta faces blacklisting from Indian helicopter market

Sri Lanka opposition cries foul over Chinese deals

Obama throws support behind Dalai Lama, Tibet rights

India's Modi targets China in election speech

Recent decades likely wettest in four millennia in Tibet

Dalai Lama, in US, seeks humane capitalism

India moves ahead in forming coal regulator

Greens alarmed as floodgates open for Indian industrialists

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