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Argentina accused of blocking Uruguay portBuenos Aires (UPI) Sep 8, 2010 Argentina faced renewed charges of trying to scuttle an ambitious Uruguayan project to develop Montevideo as a major regional port in a move seen running counter to recent reconciliation between the two countries. Uruguayan outrage over Argentine efforts to block the project and promote instead Buenos Aires as a hub with similar aims got polite airing in the media but feelings ran deeper, news reports said. In contrast to Argentine plans for Buenos Aires, Uruguay President Jose Mujica is ... read more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Sep 08, 2010This month the International Astronautical Congress will be held in Prague for the first time in 33 years. The global event highlights the growing activities in space industry, science and education in the Czech Republic - ESA's newest Member State. The 61st International Astronautical Congress (IAC) will take place in Prague from 27 September to 1 October. The annual congress encourages t ... more 
Tel Aviv, Israel (SPX) Sep 07, 2010With a promised $80 million cash injection every year for the next five years, its lucrative defense and communications industries as a solid base, and a new satellite research accord with NASA, Israel is looking to space as its newest high-tech business frontier. Capitalizing on its defense, communications and IT industry, Israel plans on kick starting a potential $10-billion-a-year busin ... more  
Lisbon, Portugal (SPX) Sep 07, 2010New research suggests that the supposedly invariant fine-structure constant, which characterizes the strength of the electromagnetic force, varies from place to place throughout the Universe. The finding could mean rethinking the fundaments of our current knowledge of physics. These results will be presented tomorrow during the Joint European and National Astronomy Meeting in Lisbon, Portu ... more |
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Drought, wildfires put Brazil under environmental emergencyBrasilia (AFP) Sept 7, 2010 Hundreds of wildfires fed by weeks of relentless drought have forced authorities to place 15 of Brazil's 26 states under an environmental emergency, the official Agencia Brasil news agency said Tuesday. The decree, which includes the capital Brasilia, authorizes federal emergency plans and funds to fight some 1,200 wildfires threatening indigenous reservations, farms and across the country, according to Agencia Brasil. Brazil's Amazon basin forest and the Pantanal area, both home to a rich varie ... read more |
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