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  Kathmandu (AFP) March 14, 2017 Nepal police Tuesday demolished the largest remaining settlement of people displaced by a powerful earthquake that struck nearly two years ago, a move that will leave hundreds homeless. Around 100 families were still living in the camp in Kathmandu when police wearing riot gear used bulldozers to flatten the bamboo and tarpaulin structures. "The gods will curse the government. We don't have our home and can't rent a room from our earnings in Kathmandu," said Kabita Limbu, tears rolling down her ... read more |
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Nuera Solar Announces Partnership with The Solar Village ProjectBarrington RI (SPX) Mar 15, 2017 Nuera Solar has announced a partnership with the Solar Village Project, a non-profit, 501(c)(3) organization that delivers light and power to communities in Africa, India, and Polynesia. The p ... more  
ISRO Makes More Space for Private Sector Participation in Satellite MakingNew Delhi (Sputnik) Mar 07, 2017 The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is thinking of ways to enhance involvement of the private sector in its future satellite launches and include local firms in making integrated systems a ... more 
Chemists create molecular 'leaf' that collects and stores solar power without solar panelsBloomington IN (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 An international team of scientists led by Liang-shi Li at Indiana University has achieved a new milestone in the quest to recycle carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere into carbon-neutral fuels ... more  
Space squadron supports record-breaking satellites launchEglin AFB FL (SPX) Mar 07, 2017 The 20th Space Control Squadron's Charlie Crew successfully tracked India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle Feb. 15. Loaded with 104 satellites, the Indian PSLV set the record for the most spacecraft ... more |
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Bangladesh orders shutdown of city tanneriesDhaka (AFP) March 6, 2017 A Bangladeshi court on Monday ordered the government to shut down more than 100 tanneries in Dhaka after they were accused of dumping huge amounts of toxic waste into the city's main river. ... more 
115 migrants rescued, 25 missing: Libya navyTripoli (AFP) March 3, 2017 The Libyan navy said it rescued 115 migrants Friday headed for Europe whose overloaded rubber boat was sinking off the coast near Tripoli, and that another 25 people were missing. ... more  
India's Moon Mission on 2018 Target, Says ISRO ChiefMoscow (Sputnik) Mar 03, 2017 ISRO boss AS Kiran Kumar says the second lunar mission Chandrayaan 2 is making good progress; it is scheduled for launch next year. But critics question why should India get into the manned spacefli ... more  
India has capability to develop space station, says top officialNew Delhi (XNA) Mar 03, 2017 India has the capability to develop a space station, a top official of the state-owned space agency has said. "We have all the capabilities to set up a space station. The day the country takes ... more  
India stages successful test of missile interceptorBalasore, India (UPI) Mar 1, 2017 India has successfully test-fired its Advanced Air Defense interceptor against a ballistic missile traveling at low altitude. ... more  
Transfer of technology deal between Saab and HALLinkoping, Sweden (UPI) Feb 28, 2017 Saab's South African subsidiary has signed an agreement to transfer technology to Hindustan Aeronautics Limited's Avionics Division. ... more |
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Sri Lanka slams lawyers over 'Snowden refugee' claimsColombo (AFP) Feb 26, 2017 Sri Lankan police Sunday formally denied hunting nationals who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong and said their claims to the contrary could have been made to bolster asylum applications. ... more  
Terma partner wins Indian radar contractNew Delhi (UPI) Feb 23, 2017 India's Nova Integrated Systems, in partnership with Terma AS, has signed an Indian Ministry of Defense contract to provide naval surface surveillance radar. ... more 
Hong Kong 'Snowden refugees' sought by Sri Lanka agents: lawyerHong Kong (AFP) Feb 23, 2017 Sri Lankan refugees who sheltered fugitive whistleblower Edward Snowden in Hong Kong have been targeted by agents from their home country, a lawyer and legislators said Thursday. ... more  
Mumbai's original inhabitants fear world's tallest statueMumbai (AFP) Feb 23, 2017 A fitting tribute to a local legend or a grotesque misuse of money? The decision to build the world's tallest statue just off Mumbai's coast has divided the city. ... more |
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Arizona-based MD Helicopters has debuted a single-engine concept aircraft for the military, law enforcement, emergency medical services and special operations markets.
The MD 6XX, displayed at last week's HAI Heli-Expo Trade Show & Exhibition in Texas, features a number of newly designed structural elements and technologically advanced systems, the company said.
"With the develop ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Lockheed Martin upgrades Airborne Multi-INT Lab  Edwards AFB CA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017NASA Test Flights to Examine Technology for Improved Efficiency on Supersonic Aircraft  Washington (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Boeing to sustain South Korea's F-15 fleet |
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 Jerusalem (AFP) March 13, 2017  Intel will buy Israeli car tech firm Mobileye for more than $15 billion (14 billion euros), the companies said Monday, in a deal signalling the US computer chip giant's commitment to technology for self-driving vehicles.
Israeli media reported that the deal worth approximately $15.3 billion was the largest ever cross-border acquisition for an Israeli tech firm.
It comes with Intel and Mo ... more Washington (AFP) March 14, 2017Trump in Detroit this week to talk cars and deregulation  San Francisco (AFP) March 12, 2017California gives green light to self-driving car tests  San Francisco (AFP) March 12, 2017Driving change: Travis Kalanick, the force behind Uber |
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The hidden toll that subsidies for electricity, fossil fuels, and transport have on social welfare, economic growth and technological innovation needs to be exposed through better research says a new paper in Ecological Economics by Benjamin K Sovacool.
Energy subsidies, which have mostly supported fossil fuels and nuclear power over the previous half century, have historically kept energy ... more Wellington, New Zealand (UPI) Feb 21, 2017New Zealand lauded for renewables, but challenges remain  Strasbourg, France (AFP) Feb 15, 2017EU parliament backs draft carbon trading reforms  Taipei (AFP) Feb 12, 2017Taiwan lantern makers go green for festival of lights |
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 Sydney (AFP) March 12, 2017 
Australia's prime minister held talks with Elon Musk Sunday after the US innovator offered to solve the energy crisis plaguing a southern region in a hundred days - or install the technology free.
Musk, the entrepreneur behind electric carmaker Tesla, made the pledge in response to power woes in South Australia, which was last year hit by a state-wide blackout after severe winds from an ... more Sydney (AFP) March 15, 2017Headphone batteries explode on flight to Australia  Ames IA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Discovery in new material raises questions about theoretical models of superconductivity  Oak Ridge TN (SPX) Mar 09, 2017ORNL study examines tungsten in extreme environments to improve fusion materials |
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Two leading organisations within the UK's nuclear industry, the Energy Industries Council (EIC) and the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (Nuclear AMRC), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to work together to promote global opportunities in the nuclear industry and support UK companies to enter the sector, at a ceremony held at the Nuclear AMRC's Rotherham campus on Tue ... more Manchester UK (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Potential approach to how radioactive elements could be 'fished out' of nuclear waste  Tokyo (AFP) March 15, 2017Loss-hit Toshiba nosedives on fears about future  Washington (UPI) Mar 14, 2017German energy company RWE evolving for success |
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Observations in the past decade have demonstrated that extremely massive supermassive black holes were already in place when the Universe was less than 800 million years old. Supermassive black holes found at the centres of galaxies typically have masses of millions up to even billions of solar masses, whereas the black holes formed in the collapse of massive stars have masses around 5-20 solar ... more Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Hubble dates black hole's last big meal  Washington DC (SPX) Mar 15, 2017Streamlining the measurement of phonon dispersion  Ames IA (SPX) Mar 09, 2017Researchers propose technique for measuring weak or nonexistent magnetic fields |
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 Beijing (AFP) March 15, 2017 
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang on Wednesday warned the United States against starting a trade war while expressing optimism that the world's two largest economies could keep relations steady despite frictions in the Trump era.
"We don't want to see any trade war breaking out between the two countries. That wouldn't make our trade fairer," Li told reporters at a press conference closing China's a ... more Washington (AFP) March 14, 2017Family of Trump son-in-law in $4 bn deal with Chinese company  Beijing (AFP) March 14, 2017China industrial output offers fresh sign of stability  Beijing (AFP) March 12, 2017Ivanka Trump is exception to dad's 'Buy American' rule |
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The top US military commander for the Middle East warned Thursday that the United States would need more troops on the ground in Afghanistan to stave off a resurgent Taliban.
General Joseph Votel, who heads US Central Command (Centcom), told the Senate Armed Forces Committee he was currently working on a new strategy to break the war out of a stalemate.
"I do believe it will involve addi ... more Sulaimaniyah, Iraq (AFP) March 3, 2017Iraqi Kurds, PKK fight proxy battle in north Iraq  Beijing (AFP) March 1, 2017Bloody Islamic State video puts China in cross-hairs  Peshawar, Pakistan (AFP) March 2, 2017US drone kills two on motorbike in Pakistan: officials |
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 Chincoteague Island, VA (SPX) Oct 31, 2016 
This week, astronauts are unloading more than 5,000 pounds of cargo and crew supplies from the Cygnus spacecraft to support dozens of science and research investigations. However, this shipment has special significance. This shipment arrived via an Antares rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport's pad 0A at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility.
Rocket launches to the International Space ... moreMiami (AFP) Oct 23, 2016Orbital cargo ship arrives at space station  Los Angeles CA (SPX) Oct 21, 2016New Instrument on ISS to Study Ultra-Cold Quantum Gases  Baikonur, Kazakhstan (AFP) Oct 19, 2016Two Russians, one American blast off to ISS |
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 Greenbelt MD (SPX) Mar 09, 2017 
Projected increases in the frequency, intensity and duration of heatwaves in the desert of the southwestern United States are putting songbirds at greater risk for death by dehydration and mass die-offs, according to a new study.
Researchers used hourly temperature maps and other data produced by the North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) - a land-surface modeling effort main ... more Niamey (AFP) March 10, 2017Niger drought leaves schools closed  Berkeley CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Soils could release much more carbon than expected as climate warms  Paris (UPI) Mar 8, 2017Investment vital to adapting to climate change in West Africa |
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 Moscow (Sputnik) Mar 13, 2017 
The Commander of IRGC Aerospace Force says Iran has put off a planned launch of a rocket carrier fearing threats from the United States. Iran has put off a planned launch of a rocket carrier fearing threats from the United States, Commander of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) Aerospace Force Brigadier General Amir Ali Hajizadeh said.
On Thursday, Hajizadeh said as cited by ... more Washington (AFP) March 9, 2017US move on North Korea tests risks China clash  Seoul (AFP) Mar 12, 2017South Korea's Moon vows 'new history' after impeachment  Washington (AFP) March 7, 2017Trump, Abe say North Korea threat 'entered a new stage' |
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 Washington (AFP) March 13, 2017 
With North Korea's drive to field a nuclear-armed missile rapidly emerging as President Donald Trump's first foreign crisis, his top diplomat is heading to a nervous region.
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, a former oil executive with no government experience, has yet to make an impact in Washington, where he has not even appointed a senior staff.
But this week he will head as emissa ... more Beijing (AFP) March 12, 2017Punishment of rights lawyers top 2016 achievement: China  Beijing (AFP) March 14, 2017'Tell it like it is': China delegate rips meek Congress  Beijing (AFP) March 13, 2017China lawmakers draft rules against defaming 'heroes' |
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 Conakry (AFP) March 13, 2017 
A Guinean soldier wanted over the massacre of more than 150 people in a Conakry stadium has been extradited, ending years on the run in neighbouring Senegal and paving the way for his trial.
Aboubakar Sidiki Diakite, also known as Toumba Diakite, was an aide de camp to Guinean coup leader Dadis Camara when 157 people were killed in September 2009 at an opposition rally.
Witnesses reporte ... more Addis Ababa (AFP) March 10, 2017.africa joins the internet  Abuja (AFP) March 8, 2017Nigerian military to probe rights abuse claims  Bamako (AFP) March 5, 201711 Malian soldiers killed in attack on border base |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 8, 2017  The U.S. Army awarded Revision Military, a small business from Vermont, with a $98 million contract to produce Advanced Combat Helmet Generation II units.
The order includes the procurement of more than 293,000 units. Work locations and funding are to be determined with each order.
The U.S. Department of Defense expects Revision Military to deliver the units by March 2022. The pr ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017Navistar supplying MRAP armored vehicles to Pakistan, UAE  Amsterdam (UPI) Mar 10, 2017Supacat teams in bid for Dutch Army contract  Washington (UPI) Mar 10, 2017Electro-magnetic energy module developed for Railgun |
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 London (UPI) Mar 8, 2017 
Britain's Royal Navy has officially named the first ship in the second batch of updated River-class offshore patrol vessels from BAE Systems.
HMS Forth is about 295 feet long and displaces 2,204 tons of water. It has a top speed of about 24 knots and is equipped with a 30mm cannon and a helicopter flight deck.
The ship was named Thursday at a BAE Systems shipyard in Glasgow, Scot ... more London (UPI) Mar 13, 2017British naval base readies for new aircraft carriers  London (UPI) Mar 13, 2017U.K. Royal Navy buys electric cars for store transit  Pretoria (UPI) Mar 13, 2017Denel, TKMS collaborate on Navy vessels |
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 Moffett Field CA (SPX) Mar 13, 2017  When you're in the business of unlocking the secrets of the universe, making plans 40 years in advance doesn't seem like a stretch. That's why hundreds of visionaries from planetary science, astrophysics, engineering, and other disciplines came together last week at NASA headquarters to break conceptual ground on humanity's future in space.
Now is an especially important time to be having ... more Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 13, 2017Campaign Tests Parachutes Designed to Provide Astronauts a Soft Landing  Houston TX (SPX) Mar 07, 2017Keeping Liquids Off the Wall  Paris (ESA) Mar 13, 2017International space docking standard updated |
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