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Obama to announce rare earth trade case against ChinaWashington (AFP) March 13, 2012 US President Barack Obama will Tuesday announce a new trade suit against China prompted by Beijing's restrictions on the export of rare earth materials used in manufacturing high-tech products. A senior White House official said on condition of anonymity that the United States would bring the case at the World Trade Organization with the European Union and Japan, in a new sign of election-year trade tensions with Beijing. EU sources close to the case confirmed the move while Japan's top governme ... read more |
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  Tokyo says cleared to buy Chinese government bonds Japan said on Tuesday it had won approval from Beijing to buy Chinese government bonds for the first time, in a move aimed at binding Asia's two biggest economies and traditional rivals closer together. ... more | .. |
  Oil and Gas is One of the Fastest Growing Segments of the Energy Sector in China Netscribes has announced the launch of its report, Oil and Gas Market in China 2012. The Oil and Gas sector in China is expected to witness tremendous growth owing to the robust growth of the econom ... more | .. |
 Natural Gas Companies Respond to Investor Concerns Four companies, EOG Resources, Noble Energy, PennVirginia Corporation and Stone Energy, have responded to shareholder concerns and are improving transparency around the impacts of their hydraulic fr ... 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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  Masdar of Abu Dhabi procures two ZephIR 300 wind lidars Masdar Power and Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have each chosen industry leading ZephIR technology to provide wind measurements in challenging desert conditions in Abu Dhabi. The ... more | .. |
  Researchers 'Print' Polymers That Bend Into 3-D Shapes Christian Santangelo, Ryan Hayward and colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst recently employed photographic techniques and polymer science to develop a new technique for printing two ... more | .. |
  Fukushima lesson: Prepare for unanticipated nuclear accidents A year after the crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, scientists and engineers remain largely in the dark when it comes to fundamental knowledge about how nuclear fuels behave un ... more | .. |
  The shape of things to come: NIST probes the promise of nanomanufacturing using DNA origami In recent years, scientists have begun to harness DNA's powerful molecular machinery to build artificial structures at the nanoscale using the natural ability of pairs of DNA molecules to assemble i ... more |
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Lightning strikes kill 33 people in eastern India
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 Nanotube technology leading to fast, lower-cost medical diagnostics Researchers at Oregon State University have tapped into the extraordinary power of carbon "nanotubes" to increase the speed of biological sensors, a technology that might one day allow a doctor to r ... more | .. |
 Final FACE harvest reveals increased soil carbon storage under elevated carbon dioxide Elevated carbon dioxide concentrations can increase carbon storage in the soil, according to results from a 12-year carbon dioxide-enrichment experiment at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The increas ... more | .. |
 Responding to the Radiation Threat The New York Times recently reported that in the darkest moments of the triple meltdown last year of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, Japanese officials considered the evacuation of the ne ... more | .. |
 Metamaterials may advance with new femtosecond laser technique Researchers in applied physics have cleared an important hurdle in the development of advanced materials, called metamaterials, that bend light in unusual ways. Working at a scale applicable to infr ... more |
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  Germany to cut solar power subsidies Germany says it is cutting subsidies for solar power panels because consumer demand is so high government support for the technology has become too costly. ... more | .. |
 Fukushima prefecture aims for green power As Japan marked the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami that crippled the country's Fukushima nuclear power plant, the governor of Fukushima prefecture called for terminating nuclear power and promoting renewable energy. ... more | .. |
 Tamil Nadu's new solar energy policy to add 3,000 MW Tamil Nadu will soon come out with a new policy on solar power to generate 3,000 MW by 2015-16, Natham R Viswanathan, minister for non-conventional energy development, said here Monday. "Tamil ... more | .. |
 Calif. bill would boost renewable energy A bill in California would allow cities to designate areas as renewable energy zones and redirect property taxes to renewable energy projects, its sponsor says. ... 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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 Lost smartphones mined by finders: Symantec Lost smartphones are likely to be mined for valuable information by strangers who find them, according to the results of a sting operation conducted by computer security firm Symantec. ... more | .. |
 US wind generation increases by 27 percent Wind generation in the US increased by 27 percent in 2011 as compared with 2010, continuing a trend of rapid growth, the government said Monday. Tax credits and grants for electricity from cer ... more | .. |
 Kolkata protest against PM comment on Kudankulam project A group of Kolkata residents Monday held a 12-hour fast against Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's comments on agitations centred around the Kudankulam nuclear power plant (KNPP) in Tamil Nadu and wrot ... more | .. |
 Oil prices fall as China data sparks fresh demand worries World oil prices dropped on Monday as investors fretted over the strength of worldwide energy demand following weak Chinese economic data. ... more |
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 S. Korea's rejects China's claim on disputed reef South Korea on Monday said a submerged outcropping of rock off its southern coast was part of its "natural territory", days after a top Chinese official reportedly laid claim to the disputed area. ... more | .. |
 Activists tap court to block Japan reactor restart A group of Japanese citizens filed a lawsuit Monday to prevent the restart of a nuclear power plant, a day after the first anniversary of the tsunami that sparked the Fukushima atomic disaster. ... more | .. |
  Chinese diplomat sees airlines turning to Boeing over EU tax A senior Chinese diplomat said it "makes sense" for Chinese airlines to shun aircraft made in Europe, owing to an EU tax on aircraft emisssions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday. ... more | .. |
 Iraq considering shutting down Baghdad for summit Iraqi forces may shut down Baghdad and its airspace to safeguard an upcoming Arab League summit in the capital because Al-Qaeda is seeking to derail the meeting, a senior general told AFP on Monday. ... 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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Oil price volatility in focus at world energy forum The world's largest energy forum began meetings on Monday over oil price fluctuations and safeguarding supplies amid heightened tensions over Iran's nuclear programme and a softening in global growth. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea opposition vows to reduce nuclear energy South Korea's top opposition leader vowed Monday to gradually reduce the country's reliance on nuclear energy if her party gains a majority in next month's general election. ... more | .. |
 Australian tourism targets China's second cities Australia Monday said it plans to tap into China's fast-growing second tier cities to boost tourism revenue after research found Chinese travellers increasingly favour Down Under as a destination. ... more | .. |
 Protesters link arms around the world to decry nuclear power Tens of thousands of anti-nuclear protesters across the globe called for an end to nuclear power as they marked the first anniversary of the earthquake and tsunami at Japan's Fukushima power plant. ... more |
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 Prayer, protest at Japan anti-nuclear rally Tens of thousands of people rallied near Japan's crippled Fukushima plant Sunday demanding an end to nuclear power as the nation marked the first anniversary of a disastrous quake and tsunami. ... more | .. |
  Cloud computing 'made in Germany' stirs debate at CeBIT When it comes to cars or machines, "made in Germany" is seen worldwide as a sign of quality, but some firms are now extending it to "cloud computing", the buzzword at this year's CeBIT tech fair. ... more | .. |
  Portable chargers, boosters to ease green car charging woes Chevrolet Europe's president Susan Doherty drives to work every day in an electric car, and thanks to a recharging station at work, she never worries about running out of power. ... more | .. |
 Consumers line up to buy Chinese-Venezuelan cars Just weeks after the opening of four Chery dealerships in Venezuela, dozens of people are lining up every day to buy the first Chinese cars being sold in the Latin American nation. ... more |
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