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Turks cancel project to sell Israel waterTel Aviv, Israel (UPI) Jun 18, 2010 Israel may be celebrating the discovery of giant offshore gas fields that are expected to transform its economy, but its hopes of overcoming its acute water problems have been set back by Turkey, its erstwhile ally. The Islamist government in Ankara has shelved plans to sell the Jewish state 1.75 billion cubic feet of water a year for 20 years from the Mavganat River in Anatolia, part of its wider strategy of restoring the regional dominance it had a century ago. The Turkish decision to ... read more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Jun 17, 2010As Arctic sea-ice recedes inexorably towards another record summer minimum, scientists have highlighted the exceptional contribution that satellites have made to the International Polar Year and charting the effects of climate change. Celebrating the remarkable accomplishments of the International Polar Year (IPY), the IPY Oslo Science Conference last week drew together 2400 researchers, e ... more 
Hawthorne CA (SPX) Jun 17, 2010Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and the National Space Organization (NSPO) have signed contract for the launch of NSPO's Earth Observation Satellite, Formosat-5. Formosat-5 will be used to continue the image data service for civilian users and may also carry instruments to conduct space research and scientific experiments. NSPO, the civilian space agency of the Republic of China (T ... more 
Paris, France (ESA) Jun 16, 2010As the ISS circles Earth, it has begun tracking individual ships crossing the seas beneath. An experiment hosted by ESA's Columbus module is testing the viability of monitoring global traffic from the Station's orbit hundreds of kilometres up. The ship-detection system under test is based around the Automatic Identification System (AIS), the marine equivalent of the air traffic control sys ... more |
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At least 42 dead in south China floodingBeijing (AFP) June 16, 2010 At least 42 people have died and 36 are missing after torrential downpours in southern China triggered heavy floods, and authorities have warned of more rain to come, state media said Wednesday. More than 100,000 residents have been evacuated from their homes due to the floods, which damaged 7,000 houses and caused economic losses of 830 million yuan (120 million dollars), the official Xinhua news agency reported. The provinces of Fujian and Sichuan, in China's southeast and southwest respective ... read more |
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