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  Colombo (AFP) May 30, 2017 Sri Lanka appealed Tuesday for volunteers to help with a massive clean-up after landslides and floods left at least 193 dead and tens of thousands without safe drinking water. The government sought help to purify wells contaminated by the floods, the worst in 14 years after record rainfall in the island's southwest. The Disaster Management Centre said nearly 600,000 people had been forced from their homes. Just over 1,300 houses were completely destroyed in landslides, while nearly 7,000 suffere ... read more |
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GSLV to launch US-India NISAR EO SatelliteNew Delhi (Sputnik) May 24, 2017 The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Nasa) will jointly put a $1.5 billion satellite into orbit in 2021 using GSLV, a rocket for which ... more 
Sri Lanka deploys more troops as flood toll climbs to 180Kalutara, Sri Lanka (AFP) May 29, 2017 Thousands of Sri Lankan troops battled Monday to get relief supplies to over half a million people displaced by the island's worst flooding for 14 years, which has killed at least 180 people. ... more
Sri Lanka deploys thousands of troops as flood toll climbs to 169Kalutara, Sri Lanka (AFP) May 29, 2017 Thousands of Sri Lankan troops battled Monday to get relief supplies to nearly half a million people displaced by the island's worst flooding in well over a decade, which has killed 169 people. ... more  
Layoffs rile India's flagship IT sectorMumbai (AFP) May 31, 2017 Experienced Indian techie Raghu Narayanaswamy lost his job recently and fears he may not get another, as analysts warn of massive layoffs across the country's multi-billion-dollar information technology sector. ... more |
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India opens its longest bridge near China borderTinsukia, India (AFP) May 27, 2017 India opened its longest bridge close to the border with China in a move seen as bolstering its defences in a sensitive region. ... more 
Study explains severity of 9.2 magnitude Sumatra earthquakeWashington (UPI) May 25, 2017 New research suggests ancient Himalayan sediments account for the severity of the 2004 earthquake in Sumatra. ... more  
'Panic' in Bangladesh factories as workers collapse in heatwaveDhaka (AFP) May 25, 2017 Panic broke out in more than a dozen factories in Bangladesh's capital as hundreds of garment workers fell ill in a heatwave, forcing the plants to close, police said Thursday. ... more  
Jury out on North Korea link to ransomware attackWashington (AFP) May 25, 2017 Was North Korea behind the ransomware epidemic that hit global computer networks earlier this month? ... more  
Hughes JUPITER System Selected for National 'Digital India' InitiativeGermantown MD (SPX) May 22, 2017 IPSTAR International, a premier Asia- Pacific telecommunications company and wholly owned subsidiary of satellite operator THAICOM Public Company Limited , has chosen the JUPITER System from Hughes ... more  
Israel signs $630-mln defence deal with IndiaJerusalem (AFP) May 21, 2017 Israel announced Sunday it had reached a deal worth $630 million to provide India's navy with missile defence systems, following a record weapons sale between the two countries last month. ... more |
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ISRO to Launch GSLV Mark III, Its Heaviest Rocket SoonNew Delhi (Sputnik) May 17, 2017 Following the successful launch of the South Asia Satellite, the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is now focused on the launch of the Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle-Mark III (GSLV ... more  
India gets bonds to help tackle climate changeWashington (UPI) May 17, 2017 More than $40 million in bonds are available to help India, one of the world's leading economies, address challenges from climate change, a bank said. ... more 
India's IT industry body slams mass layoff reportsMumbai (AFP) May 18, 2017 Indian software trade body Nasscom on Thursday dismissed widespread media reports of mass layoffs in the country's hugely important information technology industry but warned that the sector must reinvent itself. ... more  
Indian Student Builds World's Smallest Satellite For NASANew Delhi (Sputnik) May 18, 2017 Rifath Shaarook, an 18-year-old student from the south Indian state of Tamil Nadu, has built a satellite which weighs only 64 grams and will be launched by NASA next month. Shaarook won the co ... more |
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  London (AFP) May 29, 2017  Passengers faced a third day of disruption at Heathrow on Monday as British Airways cancelled short-haul flights after a global computer crash that unions blamed on the outsourcing of IT services to India.
The embattled airline said it was cancelling 17 short-haul flights from Heathrow, Europe's busiest airport, but was aiming to operate a full long-haul schedule from the hub. It said it was ... more Singapore (AFP) May 26, 2017Singapore's BOC Aviation orders six Airbus jets worth $1.05 bn  Washington (UPI) May 23, 2017Military, civilian aviation leaders meet over pilot shortage issues  Washington (UPI) May 18, 2017Boeing proposes E-8C JSTAR replacement |
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 San Diego CA (SPX) May 26, 2017 
An international team of researchers has uncovered the mechanism that allowed Volkswagen to circumvent U.S. and European emission tests over at least six years before the Environmental Protection Agency put the company on notice in 2015 for violating the Clean Air Act.
During a year-long investigation, researchers found code that allowed a car's onboard computer to determine that the vehic ... more Thuwal, Saudi Arabia (SPX) May 31, 2017Engines fire without smoke  Kuala Lumpur (AFP) May 24, 2017China's Geely boosts expansion with Proton, Lotus stakes  Hong Kong (AFP) May 23, 2017Hong Kong police arrest 21 Uber drivers in sting |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 22, 2017 
China said it will further open up its oil and gas sector to private investment as it seeks to overhaul an industry still dominated by a handful of state-run firms.
The plan comes as China, the world's biggest energy guzzler, attempts to ramp up domestic oil and gas production to boost its supply of the vital resources.
The country is heavily reliant on energy imports as domestic produ ... more Sydney (AFP) May 11, 2017Australia power grid leased to local-foreign consortium  (UPI) May 10, 2017Poland central to EU energy diversification strategy Washington (UPI) May 9, 2017Myanmar recovery linked to development of electrical grid |
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 Houston TX (SPX) May 30, 2017 
Rice University scientists have created a rechargeable lithium metal battery with three times the capacity of commercial lithium-ion batteries by resolving something that has long stumped researchers: the dendrite problem.
The Rice battery stores lithium in a unique anode, a seamless hybrid of graphene and carbon nanotubes. The material first created at Rice in 2012 is essentially a three- ... more San Diego CA (SPX) May 30, 2017Printed, flexible and rechargeable battery can power wearable sensors  Gothenburg, Sweden (SPX) May 30, 2017Nanoalloys 10 times as effective as pure platinum in fuel cells  Amherst MA (SPX) May 30, 2017Off-the-shelf, power-generating clothes are almost here |
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 Washington (UPI) May 30, 2017  The Three Mile Island atomic power plant - site of the worst U.S. commercial nuclear accident in 1979 - will cease operations in 2019, owner Exelon Corp. announced Tuesday.
The plant, based in Middletown, Pa., and about 90 miles west of Philadelphia, has lost $300 million over the past five years because of the decline in energy prices, Chicago-based Exelon said in a filing with the S ... more Homestead, United States (AFP) May 28, 2017Why nuclear could become the next 'fossil' fuel  Brussels (AFP) May 29, 2017EU clears EDF takeover of Areva reactor business  Geneva (AFP) May 21, 2017Swiss vote for gradual nuclear phaseout, energy makeover |
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 Upton NY (SPX) May 31, 2017 
By teasing out signatures of particles that decay just tenths of a millimeter from the center of a trillion-degree fireball that mimics the early universe, nuclear physicists smashing atoms at the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) are revealing new details about the fundamental particles that make up our world.
Particle collisions at RHIC - a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of ... more Baltimore MD (SPX) May 28, 2017Collapsing Star Gives Birth to a Black Hole  Onna, Japan (SPX) May 30, 2017Unveiling the quantum necklace  Washington (UPI) May 30, 2017Large Hadron Collider data to be translated for the piano |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 31, 2017 
Activity in China's key factory sector expanded in May, official data showed Wednesday, in a sign of stabilisation in the world's second-largest economy.
Recent indicators have pointed to slowing growth in the Asian economic giant as it grapples with weaker global demand, excess industrial capacity and a burgeoning debt problem.
But the latest purchasing managers' index, a gauge of facto ... moreMumbai (AFP) May 31, 2017Layoffs rile India's flagship IT sector  Brussels (AFP) May 30, 2017EU, China seek tighter bond to face Trump  Taormina, Italy (AFP) May 26, 2017Trump joins new-look G7 amid trade, climate discord |
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 Beijing (AFP) May 25, 2017 
China condemned on Thursday the armed kidnapping of a Chinese couple in Pakistan, after the abduction raised safety concerns for Beijing's multi-billion dollar investments in the country.
"The Chinese government attaches high importance to the safety of Chinese citizens overseas," foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said during a regular press briefing.
"We condemn all forms of kidnapping ... more Quetta, Pakistan (AFP) May 24, 2017Two Chinese nationals kidnapped in Pakistan  Kandahar, Afghanistan (AFP) May 23, 2017Taliban attack on Afghan army base kills 10 soldiers Washington (AFP) May 17, 2017Mattis seeks allied input ahead of Afghanistan proposal |
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 New York, NY (SPX) May 31, 2017 
A new Columbia Engineering study, led by Pierre Gentine, associate professor of earth and environmental engineering, analyzes global satellite observations and shows that vegetation alters climate and weather patterns by as much as 30 percent. Using a new approach, the researchers found that feedbacks between the atmosphere and vegetation (terrestrial biosphere) can be quite strong, explaining u ... moreUnited Nations, United States (AFP) May 30, 2017As US weighs climate pullout, UN wants world to be more ambitious  Sussex UK (SPX) May 31, 2017'Heat island' effect could double climate change costs for world's cities  Davis CA (SPX) May 31, 2017Tiny shells indicate big changes to global carbon cycle |
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 Sydney (AFP) May 26, 2017 
Senior Trump administration officials fear a nuclear arms race in Asia-Pacific if an increasingly belligerent North Korea is not reined in, Australia's foreign minister said Friday after talks in New York.
Pyongyang has launched a series of missiles this year, including a Hwasong-12 intermediate-range projectile this month which the North claimed was capable of carrying a "heavy" nuclear war ... more Taormina, Italy (AFP) May 26, 2017Trump: North Korea 'will be solved'; As Kim touts key role Seoul (AFP) May 30, 2017S.Korea's Moon orders probe into undisclosed US missile launchers  Washington (UPI) May 26, 2017Military leaders make case for $13.9B nuclear weapons budget |
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 Hong Kong (AFP) May 28, 2017  From its rattling trams and racecourses to its legal system and the ubiquitous consumption of Spam, Britain's colonial legacy still resonates through Hong Kong.
But almost 20 years since the city was handed back to China under a deal that made it semi-autonomous, colonial emblems have become a symbol of protest.
The old Hong Kong flag, emblazoned with the Union Jack and a dragon and lion ... more Beijing (AFP) May 28, 2017Young Chinese in the red as easy credit drives up debt  Hong Kong (AFP) May 26, 2017Hong Kong independence duo plead not guilty over parliament chaos  Beijing (AFP) May 26, 2017Former top Chinese cop executed for murder |
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 Umuahia, Nigeria (AFP) May 29, 2017 
Gabriel Ukuwagi was only 14 when he joined the Biafran army in 1967 to fight against Nigeria in a combat that was a foregone conclusion.
"They had jet fighters, we had machetes," he recalled.
The rebel province in southeast Nigeria declared independence on May 30, 1967, triggering a bitter civil war that would leave more than one million dead, most of them from famine and disease.
Th ... more Kigali (AFP) May 29, 2017Rwanda to control presidential candidates' social media use  Taormina, Italy (AFP) May 27, 2017Africa, so close yet so far from G7 summit  Lagos (AFP) May 24, 2017Nigeria seizes illegal arms shipment |
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 Washington (UPI) May 25, 2017 
Orders for .50-caliber ammunition have been given to Orbital ATK by the U.S. Army under the company's small-caliber ammunition contract, the company reported on Wednesday.
The orders, worth a combined total of $76 million, will be fulfilled at the Orbital ATK-run Lake City Army Ammunition Plant in Independence, Mo.
"Once again, we have been called upon to supply our nation's warf ... more Washington (UPI) May 23, 2017Boeing awarded $1B contract for Redesigned Kill Vehicle  Washington DC (UPI) May 22, 2017Oshkosh secures Marine Corps P-19R contract  Washington (UPI) May 19, 2017First Piranhas delivered to Danish military |
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 Washington (UPI) May 30, 2017 
A new Virginia-class submarine, the USS Washington, has been delivered to the U.S. Navy. It will be the 14th submarine of the class to be deployed.
It is the fourth of eight planned Block III variants of the Virginia-class to be built and the seventh of the class to be delivered. It was constructed at Newport News Shipyard by Huntington Ingalls Industries. Work on the ship had begun in ... more Washington (UPI) May 30, 2017Lockheed Martin receives Trident II contract  Washington (UPI) May 24, 2017Raytheon awarded contract for mine detection system Washington (UPI) May 25, 2017Lockheed awarded contract for Trident II D5 navigation subsystem |
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 Houston TX (SPX) May 29, 2017 
Halfway into its planned two-year demonstration attached to the International Space Station, the Bigelow Expandable Activity Module, or BEAM, is showing that soft materials can perform as well as rigid materials for habitation volumes in space. The BEAM was launched and attached to station through a partnership between NASA's Advanced Exploration Systems Division (AES) and Bigelow Aerospace, hea ... more Washington (UPI) May 29, 2017NASA honors Kennedy's space vision on 100th birthday  Boston MA (SPX) May 29, 2017Conch shells may inspire better helmets, body armor  Boston MA (SPX) May 29, 2017MIT researchers engineer shape-shifting food |
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