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BP settlement over US spill will not end legal dramaChicago (AFP) March 3, 2012 Oil giant BP's agreement of a $7.8 billion settlement for victims of the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill will not end its legal headaches or erase the disaster for some US southern coast residents. "No amount of money will bring him back anyway," Sherri Revette, whose husband, Dewey, was a driller on the Deepwater Horizon oil rig when it exploded on April 20, 2010, told AFP. "It probably got him right from the get-go," she said about her deceased husband, who was sitting almost directly over the b ... read more |
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  China may target slower economic growth: media China might set an annual economic growth target below 8.0 percent for this year, state media said Saturday, as the leaders of the world's second largest economy acknowledge it is slowing. ... more | .. |
 India business team to visit Iran next week: export group An Indian trade delegation will travel to Iran next week to explore "huge opportunities" created by US-led sanctions over the Islamic republic's disputed nuclear programme, an export group says. ... more | .. |
  Japan manufacturers in post-tsunami rethink When small unheard-of factories on Japan's tsunami-hit coast were knocked out of action few people would have predicted that it would cause the global car industry to come screeching to a halt. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong to restrict foreign homebuyers from 2013 US judge OKs partial settlement in e-book case Nordic-Baltic states seek more cooperation Outside View: Jobs outlook grim Empire-style computers? Frenchman takes PCs to lap of luxury Google-Microsoft field smartphones to take on iPhone 5 EU businesses urge China's new leaders to speed reforms |
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 SciTechTalk: Risks to 'virtual wallets?' Waving your phone at the checkout counter will make it easier than ever to pay for your puchases, but will it be safe? ... more | .. |
 Unique salt allows energy production to move inland Production of energy from the difference between salt water and fresh water is most convenient near the oceans, but now, using an ammonium bicarbonate salt solution, Penn State researchers can combi ... more | .. |
 China, Taiwan slam Japan over disputed islands China and Taiwan on Saturday criticised Japan for giving Japanese names to disputed islands in the East China Sea claimed by all three parties in a long-running diplomatic row. ... more | .. |
  New laser light source has a global market in consumer electronics Mobile phones currently on the market are capable of showing high quality images and video, but the phones' small size sets insurmountable limits on screen size, and thus the viewing experience. ... more |
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New deep sea mining rules lack consensus despite US pressure
Lightning strikes kill 33 people in eastern India
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  UBC researcher invents "lab on a chip" device to study malaria University of British Columbia researcher Hongshen Ma has developed a simple and accurate device to study malaria, a disease that currently affects 500 million people per year worldwide and claims a ... more | .. |
 Oil prices up in Asian trade Oil prices rose in Asian trade Monday on prospects for stronger US economic growth and jitters sparked by sabre-rattling over crude producer Iran's nuclear programme, analysts said. ... more | .. |
 Iraq says oil output tops 3 million bpd Iraq's oil production is now over three million barrels per day (bpd), the country's deputy prime minister for energy affairs said in Baghdad on Monday. ... more | .. |
 China cuts growth target as parliament opens China's premier on Monday cut the economic giant's growth target to 7.5 percent for 2012 as he opened a parliament session focused on growth, stability and military might ahead of a leadership change. ... more |
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 China's passion for fashion on show in Paris Chinese stars dot the front rows, a new designer from the country joins the runway calendar, and its retailers scout the city for talent: China's love affair with style is on full view at Paris Fashion Week. ... more | .. |
  Meeting biofuel production targets could change agricultural lands Almost 80 percent of current farmland in the U.S. would have to be devoted to raising corn for ethanol production in order to meet current biofuel production targets with existing technology, a new ... more | .. |
 China wealth fund gets $30 bn injection: report China's $410-billion sovereign wealth fund received a $30 billion injection from the government last year, boosting its investment war chest for European assets, state media said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Internet muscles in on world's biggest IT fair Internet players are set to make a big splash at the world's biggest IT fair opening in Germany Monday, likely to widen the event's appeal from a traditional devotion to pure technology. ... more |
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Chinese researchers craft high fidelity Mars soil simulant to support future missions
Ancient river systems reveal Mars was wetter than we thought
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 Record-speed wireless data bridge demonstrated to take communications the last mile A team of researchers in Germany has created a new way to overcome many of the issues associated with bringing high-speed digital communications across challenging terrain and into remote areas, com ... more | .. |
  Calyxo CdTe thin-film producer reaches efficiency of 13.4 percent Calyxo of Bitterfeld / Wolfen-Thalheim confirms, with its innovative thin-film module, the tremendous performance potential of photovoltaic modules based on cadmium telluride technology. The C ... more | .. |
 Why spiders do not stick to their own sticky web sites Researchers at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute and University of Costa Rica asked why spiders do not stick to their own sticky webs. Repeating old, widely quoted but poorly documen ... more | .. |
 On the path to one terabit-per-second networks As IP traffic continues to increase and the router interface rate extends beyond 100 gigabits-per-second (Gb/s), future optical networks-ones that would achieve unprecedented speeds of 1 terabit-per ... more |
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 Graphene-based optical modulators poised to break speed limits in digital communications In yet another astounding application of the "wonder material" graphene, scientists at the University of California, Berkeley discovered that it makes an excellent active media for optical modulator ... more | .. |
 Listening for gas bubbles What if we could cheaply and efficiently detect a potent new energy source, while also monitoring for environmental safety? Olivier Carriere, a physicist in the Marine Physical Laboratory at the Scr ... more | .. |
  GM suspends production of electric Volt General Motors said Friday it has suspended production of its electric Chevy Volt for five weeks in order to match supply to weak demand. ... more | .. |
 EU clinches new pact to salvage eurozone European leaders signed a new deal in a bid to salvage the eurozone amid continuing fears that new debt and liquidity crises could hit the region amid continuing financial and political uncertainties. ... more |
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China, India should work towards 'win-win' cooperation: Chinese FM
US delays Patriot arms deliveries to Switzerland in switch to Ukraine
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 Gazprom 'mulls joining Israel's gas boom' Russia's Gazprom, the world's biggest energy conglomerate, is reportedly sending top executives to Israel to discuss a partnership in the country's offshore gas fields, a move likely to heighten tension over an energy bonanza in the eastern Mediterranean. ... more | .. |
 Canadian oil sands majors form alliance Major producers of Canada's controversial oil sands have formed an alliance aimed at addressing environmental challenges. ... more | .. |
 Bulgaria resumes Danube shipping after freeze Bulgaria has reopened navigation on its stretch of the Danube after almost a month of suspended shipping after the river froze over, the transport ministry said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Kenya launches huge port project Kenya launched the construction of a massive port, railway and refinery Friday near a UNESCO-listed Indian Ocean island in a project it bills as the biggest ever in an African nation. ... more |
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  Mozambique blocks Rio Tinto coal barging Mozambique's government has refused to let mining giant Rio Tinto use the Zambezi River to transport coal to the Indian Ocean for export, the deputy mining minister said on Friday. ... more | .. |
 Pristine Norwegian fishing area divided on prospect of oil Looking for oil outside your front door may sound exciting, but in the idyllic Arctic archipelago of Lofoten, one of Norway's best fishing areas, the prospect of the black gold has sparked heated debate. ... more | .. |
 $35 computer goes on sale in Britain A credit-card-sized low-cost computer designed to help teach children to code has gone on sale in Britain, its developers say. ... more | .. |
  Panel backs carbon allowance 'set-asides' A key European Parliament committee this week approved a measure allowing the EU to withhold carbon emission permits to prop up their market prices. ... more |
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