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DLR Researchers Support Development Of Solar-Powered Aircraft Solar ImpulseCologne, Germany (SPX) Mar 30, 2010 In 2012, Solar Impulse is to set out on a flight around the globe and will be in the air day and night during that time. Initial test flights of this unique solar-powered aircraft Solar Impulse are in progress in the Payerne region of Switzerland. The German Aerospace Center (DLR) is supporting this ambitious project and various DLR Institutes are involved in providing this support. In early 2010, DLR's Institute of Aeroelasticity (Institut fur Aeroelastik) ground vibration tests on prototypes in Zur ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) March 29, 2010The United States and India said Monday they have reached an agreement on reprocessing nuclear material, clearing a major hurdle in putting into operation a landmark atomic energy pact. The agreement, reached after nine months of painstaking negotiations, would allow India to reprocess spent nuclear fuel from the United States. Washington earlier had reprocessing deals only with European Uni ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) March 29, 2010Hong Kong announced plans Monday to start imposing penalties, including fines of up to one million US dollars, on listed firms that fail to disclose price-sensitive information. But the proposal fell short of calls to make a breach of the rules a criminal offence. The Asian financial hub is keen to avoid a repeat of the Citic Pacific scandal, when the Hong Kong-listed conglomerate reveal ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) March 29, 2010China jailed an Australian executive with mining giant Rio Tinto for 10 years and handed stiff terms to three of his colleagues Monday for stealing trade secrets and pocketing millions in bribes. The climax to the trial in Shanghai - which stoked foreign investors' anxiety about the rule of law in China - provoked protests from Australia, which said the prison term for Stern Hu was "very t ... more |
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Africa should harness Chinese oil-interest: analystCape Town (AFP) March 16, 2010 African states should harness Chinese interest as Beijing's demand for commodities drives growth on the continent and fuels capital investments, an energy conference heard on Tuesday. China's investment model in Africa, characterised by long-term capital concessional financing, was a developmental "no-brainer," Martyn Davies, head of the Frontier Advisory firm, told the Oil and Gas Africa expo. "It's very strategic and it's very long-term. The model works provided the extraction continues to tak ... read more |
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