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New landslides in China leave 38 missingBeijing (AFP) Aug 14, 2010 Heavy rains triggered landslides Saturday that left at least 38 missing in southwest China, state media said, adding misery to a nation already battling with huge floods and a massive mudslide that has claimed over 1,200 lives. Landslides destroyed hospital buildings in Wenchuan county, the epicentre of an earthquake in May 2008 that left nearly 87,000 dead or missing, the official Xinhua news agency said. No deaths were immediately reported in the landslides, but 38 people were missing and 10,0 ... read more |
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Beijing, China (RIA Novosti) Aug 12, 2010China put into orbit on Tuesday another remote sensing satellite, China's Xinhua news agency reported. The Yaogan X was launched aboard a Long March 4C carrier rocket from the Taiyuan Satellite Launch Center in northern Shanxi Province. According to Xinhua, the satellite will be used primarily for scientific experiments, land survey, crop yield assessment, and disaster monitoring. We ... more 
Huntsville AL (SPX) Aug 12, 2010NASA researchers are furiously preparing for late summer when they will fly a series of unique hurricane instruments, including a brand new instrument that will take two-dimensional wind speed measurements over some of the world's fiercest storms. The instrument will be part of a six-week NASA mission to study tropical cyclones beginning Aug. 15. The Genesis and Rapid Intensification Proce ... more 
Berlin (AFP) Aug 10, 2010Google said Tuesday it would allow Germans to opt out of its disputed Street View navigation service ahead of its launch in the country this year but privacy watchdogs were still not happy. The move is part of an effort to placate German authorities, who have serious concerns about the service that allows users to view online panoramic still photos at street level taken using specially equip ... more |
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Bread prices soar in drought-hit RussiaMoscow (AFP) Aug 11, 2010 The price of Russian bread is rising sharply in Moscow as repercussions from the country's months-long record drought start to have an impact on the cost of food supplies. In Moscow markets, the price of a loaf of bread has soared by 20 percent in just a few days, going from 15 roubles (0.38 euros or 0.49 dollars) to 18 roubles. Moscow bread-sellers have started posting signs warning customers that they will have to dig deeper in their pockets to afford cereal-based foods. "Due to the rise i ... read more |
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