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  Dhaka (AFP) April 6, 2017 A historic leatherworking quarter in Bangladesh once labelled among the most polluted places on earth was shut Thursday as police enforced a court ruling to protect a vital waterway. Conservationists have been fighting for years to close the century-old tannery district in the capital Dhaka, which pumps thousands of litres of toxic waste directly into the city's most important river on a daily basis. The Supreme Court ordered last month that tanneries in Hazaribagh, a neighbourhood dating to the ... read more |
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Nepal to relocate five rare one-horned rhinosChitwan, Nepal (AFP) April 3, 2017 Conservationists on Monday captured a rare one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal as part of an attempt to increase the number of the vulnerable animals, which are prized by wildlife poachers. ... more  
Developing Asia to fuel global growth but risks ahead: ADBHong Kong (AFP) April 6, 2017 Developing Asian countries will drive the world economy in the next two years, the Asian Development Bank said Thursday, but it warned of uncertainties from the United States and Europe. ... more  
Shell unveils giant new high-tech research lab in IndiaNew Delhi (AFP) March 31, 2017 Oil giant Shell opened Friday a high-tech research hub in southern India that is hoping to pioneer the green energy of the future, including ways to transform farm and city waste into clean fuel. ... more  
Dalai Lama reunited with guard who welcomed him to IndiaGuwahati, India (AFP) April 3, 2017 The Dalai Lama has had an emotional reunion with the Indian border guard who escorted him as he fled his native Tibet following a failed uprising nearly 60 years ago. ... more |
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Top Tibetan lama abandons monkhood to marry old friendNew Delhi (AFP) March 30, 2017 A senior Tibetan lama at the centre of a long-running row over one of Buddhism's most important titles has abandoned the monkhood altogether after marrying a childhood friend in India, his office said Thursday. ... more 
Manatees are no longer endangered: USMiami (AFP) March 30, 2017 Manatees are no longer an endangered species, US officials said Thursday, declaring success after decades of efforts to rebuild the population of the chubby sea cows in Florida and the Caribbean region. ... more 
Tibetan fashion hits the Beijing runwayBeijing (AFP) March 30, 2017 Face painted yellow and white with long braids draping her shoulders, a model in voluminous grey robes walks down the runway - an image of Tibetan grace in the heart of China's political power. ... more  
Fog and dew keep Africa's Namib Desert ecosystem goingWashington DC (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 The ocean is not the sole source of the fog that sustains life for numerous plants and animals living in Africa's coastal Namib Desert. The fog also comes from groundwater and other sources, report ... more  
Bangladesh to join India's South Asia Satellite initiativeDhaka (IANS) Mar 27, 2017 Bangladesh has signed an agreement with India to formally join New Delhi's 'South Asia Satellite' initiative, through which the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) will launch a communication ... more  
India court bans sale of 800,000 vehicles over emission levelsNew Delhi (AFP) March 29, 2017 India's top court Wednesday banned the sale of more than 800,000 new vehicles which fall short of new emissions standards, declaring public health more important than company profits. ... more |
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 Trump pressured to approve defense deals with India  
Indian navy commissions first Mk IV-class Landing Craft Utility shipWashington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017 India's navy commissioned the first of eight MK IV-class Landing Craft Utility ships during a ceremony at Port Blair on Tuesday. ... more  
Houthi rebels in Yemen threatening strategic strait: US officialWashington (AFP) March 29, 2017 Houthi rebels in Yemen are threatening free movement into and out of the Red Sea with missiles, mines and other sophisticated defenses on a key strait, a top US general said Wednesday. ... more  
Russia Hopes India to Join Initiative on Non-Deploying Weapons in SpaceNew Delhi (XNA) Mar 27, 2017 Russia hopes India will join the Russian initiative on non-deployment of weapons in outer space, Russian Foreign Ministry's Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Department Director Mikhail Ulyanov sai ... more  
Myanmar army chief hits out at Rakhine 'interference'Yangon (AFP) March 27, 2017 Myanmar's army chief defended a military crackdown in Rakhine State on Monday after the UN pledged to probe claims security forces carried out a campaign of killing and torture against Rohingya Muslims there. ... more |
  Greenbelt MD (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
It's all about that bass and lots of it. Deep, deep base-sound at frequencies too low for the human ear to pick-up. It's called infrasound, low-frequency soundwaves formed by events as diverse as ocean waves crashing together, volcanic eruptions and earthquakes to rocket launches. These soundwaves, capable of traveling around the world multiple times, have never been recorded from the stratosphe ... moreWashington DC (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Super Pressure Balloon Flight Enables Pioneering Infrasound Study  Washington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017Hornet, Growler foreign customers to receive data updates  Washington (UPI) Apr 3, 2017Ukraine's AN-132D takes historic first flight |
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 Kennedy Space Center FL (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 
Since its inception, NASA has been known as an agency that opens doors to the future. While focusing on exploration beyond our home planet, agency experts also are working to improve life right here on Earth. NASA at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida recently joined a partnership created to help perfect self-driving cars.
Autonomous vehicles sound like science fiction. It has always been ... more Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Renewable energy needed to drive uptake of electric vehicles  Ottawa (AFP) March 30, 2017Ford boosts research in Canada for connected cars  Washington (AFP) April 3, 2017Tesla tops quarterly sales forecast |
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 Washington (AFP) April 3, 2017  Global efforts to provide universal access to electricity, develop more renewable energy sources and increase efficiency are not on track to meet a target date of 2030, the World Bank said Monday.
With fewer people receiving electricity for the first time in recent years, only 92 percent of the world's population will have access to power by 2030, the bank said in a new report published toge ... more New York (AFP) April 3, 2017US states begin legal action on Trump energy delay  Paris (AFP) March 28, 2017Program to be axed saves energy in LA buildings  Washington (UPI) Mar 24, 2017Energy demand metrics indicate strong U.S. economy |
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 Vienna, Austria (SPX) Mar 30, 2017 
Fuel cells use a simple chemical reaction, such as the combination of oxygen and hydrogen to form water, to generate electricity. The question of which is the best material to use when making ceramic fuel cells is not a straightforward one, however. New materials are required that act as a catalyst for the chemical reaction required with maximum efficiency, but that also last as long as possible ... more Seoul, South Korea (SPX) Mar 29, 2017Clarifying how lithium ions ferry around in rechargeable batteries  New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 27, 2017Building a market for renewable thermal technologies  New Haven CT (SPX) Mar 23, 2017New gel-like coating beefs up the performance of lithium-sulfur batteries |
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 Tokyo (AFP) April 4, 2017 
Japan's troubled conglomerate Toshiba said Tuesday it would buy the 40 percent stake held by French group Engie in their British nuclear joint venture NuGen for about 15.3 billion yen ($138.6 million).
The deal - prompted by the bankruptcy of Toshiba's US subsidiary Westinghouse - was at Engie's request, said the Japanese group, which currently holds the remaining 60 percent of the venture ... more Washington (AFP) March 30, 2017Westinghouse's woes spotlight US nuclear sector's decline  Chiba, Japan (AFP) March 30, 2017Toshiba execs under fire as loss forecast balloons  Washington (AFP) March 29, 2017Toshiba's US nuclear unit files for bankruptcy protection |
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When NASA's Magnetospheric Multiscale - or MMS - mission was launched, the scientists knew it would answer questions fundamental to the nature of our universe - and MMS hasn't disappointed.
A new finding, presented in a paper in Nature Communications, provides observational proof of a 50-year-old theory and reshapes the basic understanding of a type of wave in space known as a kinetic Alfv ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 28, 2017Scientists recreate space particle collisions inside Large Hadron Collider  Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Lego figures don't stand a chance against time reversal  Munich, Germany (SPX) Apr 06, 2017Ready for the new kelvin |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) April 6, 2017  Developing Asian countries will drive the world economy in the next two years, the Asian Development Bank said Thursday, but it warned of uncertainties from the United States and Europe.
Its flagship Asian Development Outlook said India, Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam will be behind an expected 5.7 percent increase in Asia-Pacific gross domestic product, with China's expansion seen moderati ... more Washington (AFP) April 3, 2017Trump seeks limits on visa program favored by tech sector  Beijing (AFP) April 2, 2017China to create new economic zone outside Beijing Beijing (AFP) April 4, 2017China plan for new economic zone sparks real estate frenzy |
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 Istanbul (AFP) April 6, 2017 
Turkey is planning in the next weeks to launch a new cross border military incursion to oust the outlawed Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) from the Sinjar region of northern Iraq, a report said on Thursday.
The report in the pro-government Yeni Safak daily was not immediately confirmed by Turkish officials but President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has over the last days indicated an operation in nort ... more Arbil, Iraq (AFP) April 4, 2017Kushner meets Iraq Kurd leaders; Erdogan warns on Kirkuk flag  Wellington (AFP) April 3, 2017New Zealand PM rules out probe into deadly Afghan raid  Herat, Afghanistan (AFP) April 3, 2017How to save a life while under fire in Afghanistan |
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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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 Exeter, UK (SPX) Apr 04, 2017 
Climate scientists at the Met Office Hadley Centre have shown that the early mitigation needed to limit eventual warming below potentially dangerous levels has a climate 'payback' much earlier than previously thought.
Lead scientist Andrew Ciavarella explains: "Our study has shown that efforts to reduce global temperature rise in the long term - through aggressive reductions in greenhouse ... more Washington (AFP) April 7, 2017US coal company CEO urges Trump to stay in Paris climate deal  Lokamarinyang, Kenya (AFP) April 5, 2017Drought shatters Turkana's dreams of a better future  Seattle WA (SPX) Mar 31, 2017Finding order in chaos to help buffer against climate change |
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 Washington (AFP) April 4, 2017 
The United States and its allies would have "no defense" against large numbers of ground-launched cruise missiles of the type recently deployed by Russia, a top US general warned Tuesday.
Washington has repeatedly accused Moscow of deploying a land-based cruise missile system in contravention of a 1987 US-Russia arms control deal, known as the Intermediate Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).
Ge ... more Tehran (AFP) April 5, 2017Iran condemns 'all use of chemical weapons' in Syria  Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017Trump to Abe: US to boost military defense against NKorea United Nations, United States (AFP) April 6, 2017UN Security Council strongly condemns N.Korea missile test |
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 Los Angeles (AFP) April 5, 2017 
Federal agents in California on Wednesday raided two homes and a business allegedly connected to a $50 million visa fraud scheme that benefited up to 100 Chinese nationals.
Authorities said the key suspects in the case helped wealthy Chinese obtain residency visas in the United States in exchange for bogus investments.
According to an affidavit by an FBI agent involved in the probe, Vict ... more Hong Kong (AFP) April 3, 2017Hong Kong anti-graft body arrests 72 over vote-rigging  Beijing (AFP) April 5, 2017Billionaire Warren Buffet becomes face of Coke in China  Hong Kong (AFP) April 2, 2017Warhol Mao portrait fetches $12.7m in Hong Kong auction |
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 Ouagadougou (AFP) April 6, 2017 
A military tribunal on Thursday jailed 15 Burkinabe soldiers for up to 17 years each over a failed raid on an arms depot last year.
The soldiers on trial included 10 members of the former elite presidential guard (RSP) of ousted leader Blaise Compaore.
They were found guilty of taking the arms which were allegedly to be used to attack Ouagadougou military prison in order to release forme ... more Bangui, Central African Republic (AFP) April 5, 2017European Union trains 'credible army' in C. Africa  Bamako (AFP) April 2, 2017Mali peace conference calls for talks with jihadists Banjul, Gambia (AFP) April 1, 2017'Executed' Gambian coup plotters exhumed |
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 Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017  The U.S. Army awarded Northrop Grumman with a $48 million contract modification to support development for its Integrated Battle Command System.
Northrop Grumman will perform engineering and manufacturing services for the the system's development in addition to providing continuity during the product's transition.
According to the U.S. Department of Defense, the work will be perf ... more Washington (UPI) Mar 31, 2017General Dynamics, US Ordnance share contract for M2 machineguns  Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017General Dynamics contracted for tank ammo cartridges  Washington (UPI) Mar 30, 2017Rheinmetall subsidiary receives orders for mine-clearance systems |
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 Washington (UPI) Mar 31, 2017 
Russia's second Yasen-class submarine was launched at the Sevmash shipyards in Severodvinsk, the country's state-controlled media reported.
Kazan, a nuclear-powered vessel, departed the port following a ceremony attended by high-ranking Russian military officials and their industry partners.
"The launch of an advanced multi-role submarine of the improved project Yasen-M is quite ... more Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017U.S. Navy's USS America completes survivability test  Washington (UPI) Mar 31, 2017Construction of new Chinese carrier progressing  Washington (UPI) Apr 4, 2017EPP building acoustic array for U.S. Navy submarines |
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 Washington (AFP) April 6, 2017 
US flags worldwide were ordered flown at half-staff on Thursday as astronaut John Glenn, the first American to orbit Earth, was laid to rest with military honors.
Glenn died in December 2016 at the age of 95, after a long career that included serving as a Marine fighter pilot, a NASA astronaut and a US senator.
His five-hour solo orbit around Earth in 1962 established Glenn as an America ... more Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 06, 2017Russia, Europe, US Should Work Together on Space Exploration - German Agency  Cape Canaveral AFS FL (SPX) Apr 04, 2017United Launch Alliance Completes Crew Emergency Egress System  Moscow (Sputnik) Apr 03, 2017Robot Fedor to Guide Russia's Federation Spacecraft in Maiden Flight - Roscosmos |
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