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Swiss solar-energy plane passes first flight testPayerne, Switzerland (AFP) April 7, 2010 The Solar Impulse aircraft, a pioneering Swiss bid to fly around the world on solar energy, successfully completed its first test flight in western Switzerland on Wednesday. "There has never been in the past an aeroplane of that kind to fly. It was a huge question mark for us and it's an extraordinary relief," said Bertrand Piccard, pioneering round-the-world balloonist who co-founded the project. "Today for Solar Impulse it's an incredible milestone. It gives us confidence for the next flight a ... read more |
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Hua Hin, Thailand (AFP) April 4, 2010Southeast Asian nations on the shrinking Mekong River began talks with China Sunday over fears that its dams are further depleting the waterway which is at its lowest levels in decades. A Chinese delegation held talks in the Thai coastal town of Hua Hin ahead of a Monday meeting to be attended by Beijing's Vice Foreign Minister Song Tao and the prime ministers of Cambodia, Thailand, Laos and ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Apr 07, 2010After increasing during much of the 20th century, forest cover in the eastern United States in recent decades has resumed its previous decline, according to an exhaustive new analysis published in the April 2010 issue of BioScience. The work is described in an article by Mark A. Drummond and Thomas R. Loveland of the US Geological Survey (USGS). During the 19th century and earlier, f ... more  
Durham NC (SPX) Apr 07, 2010The number of sea turtles inadvertently snared by commercial fishing gear over the past 20 years may reach into the millions, according to the first peer-reviewed study to compile sea turtle bycatch data from gillnet, trawl and longline fisheries worldwide. The study, which was published online in the journal Conservation Letters, analyzed data compiled from peer-reviewed papers, governmen ... more |
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UN chief urges restraint in Central Asia water disputeDushanbe (AFP) April 6, 2010 UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Tuesday urged restraint in a growing dispute between Uzbekistan and Tajikistan over the fate of a massive Tajik hydro-electric dam project. Ban, in Tajikistan as part of a tour through ex-Soviet Central Asia, said he was "deeply concerned" over the dispute, which has seen Uzbekistan block rail shipments to its impoverished neighbour. "All parties concerned should refrain from unilateral action until the (international assessment team) has concluded its technic ... read more |
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