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Chinese coal mining a risk?Beijing (UPI) Sep 4, 2012 A series of coal mine accidents in China have called attention to the safety of the country's mining sector. Chinese state-run news agency Xinhua reported Monday that the death toll rose to 45 from a blast last Wednesday in a mine in China's Sichuan province. That was followed by a mine explosion Sunday that killed 15 miners in Jiangxi province in eastern China. Less than a week before the first accident, a spokesman for China's work safety regulator had said that coal mining remains a h ... read more |
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  Walker's World: Three bad signs There have been three striking developments in different parts of the world in recent days, each of them with sobering implications for the global economy. Taken together, the prognosis is grim. ... more | .. |
  Iran is 'only power' that can secure Gulf: commander Iran is the "only power" that can secure the oil-rich Gulf, a Revolutionary Guards commander said on Tuesday, adding that the reinforced US navy presence in the waterway was causing regional instability. ... more | .. |
  US auto sales jump 20 percent in August US auto sales jumped 20 percent in August to the best performance in three years even as higher gas prices drove a shift towards smaller and more fuel efficient vehicles, industry data showed Tuesday. ... 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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  Showing the way to improved water-splitting catalysts Scientists and engineers around the world are working to find a way to power the planet using solar-powered fuel cells. Such green systems would split water during daylight hours, generating hydroge ... more | .. |
  More than 70 percent of electronic waste management is uncontrolled Almost three quarters of disposed electrical household appliances in Spain are processed out of the Integrated Waste Management System (SIG). A study at the University of Salamanca exposes how many ... more | .. |
Brazilian businesses should follow China: delegates Brazil should learn from China's economic prowess if it is to help its companies halt their faltering industrial competitiveness, delegates at a top-level business conference said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Using magnetism to understand superconductivity Might it one day be possible to transmit electricity from an offshore wind turbine to land-based users without any loss of current? Materials known as "high temperature" superconductors (even though ... more |
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UK thermal satellite firm wins ESA contract to deliver real time climate and security insights
Glacier retreat could drive a surge in volcanic eruptions worldwide
Beyond male dominance in primates new study redefines gender power roles | .. |
  Every atom counts in graphene formation Like tiny ships finding port in a storm, carbon atoms dock with the greater island of graphene in a predictable manner. But until recent research by scientists at Rice University, nobody had the too ... more | .. |
 Waste silicon gets new life in lithium-ion batteries at Rice University Researchers at Rice University and the Universite catholique de Louvain, Belgium, have developed a way to make flexible components for rechargeable lithium-ion (LI) batteries from discarded silicon. ... more | .. |
Oil prices advance on China, Europe stimulus hopes Global crude oil prices rose Tuesday as weak manufacturing numbers from Europe and China lifted hopes of fresh central bank stimulus measures, analysts said. ... more | .. |
  UCF researchers record world record laser pulse A University of Central Florida research team has created the world's shortest laser pulse and in the process may have given scientists a new tool to watch quantum mechanics in action - something th ... more |
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  Australian shipping emissions identified Ship engine exhaust emissions make up more than a quarter of nitrogen oxide emissions generated in the Australian region according to a recently-published study by CSIRO and the Australian Maritime ... more | .. |
Iran has 'problems' selling oil: Ahmadinejad Iran has "problems" exporting its oil, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad admitted on Tuesday, but he said his government was determined to overcome that and other challenges posed by Western economic sanctions. ... more | .. |
 Apple event invites hint at iPhone 5 debut Apple on Tuesday invited members of the media to a September 12 event in San Francisco for what is expected to be the debut of a new-generation iPhone. ... more | .. |
Samsung violates Chinese workers' rights: report Samsung forces employees at its Chinese factories to work up to five times the legal overtime limit, bans them from sitting down and denies basic labor rights, according to a US-based watchdog. ... more |
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Orbex advances as UK contender in ESA launcher competition
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  Facebook stock slide continues Facebook stock hit a new low on Tuesday, with the world's leading social network having lost more than $50 billion dollars in market value since it became a publicly traded company in May. ... more | .. |
 China's Chalco scraps bid for Mongolia coal miner China's biggest aluminium producer Chalco said it had scrapped a planned bid to take a majority stake in a Mongolian coal miner, after Mongolia's government opposed the deal. ... more | .. |
Philippines hails Clinton remarks on South China Sea Philippine officials praised US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's call for a peaceful resolution of territorial disputes in the South China Sea, saying Tuesday she had bolstered Manila's stance. ... more | .. |
  Researchers Develop New, Less Expensive Nanolithography Technique Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a new nanolithography technique that is less expensive than other approaches and can be used to create technologies with biomedical ap ... more |
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  Waste cooking oil makes bioplastics cheaper 'Bioplastics' that are naturally synthesized by microbes could be made commercially viable by using waste cooking oil as a starting material. This would reduce environmental contamination and also g ... more | .. |
 Oil market steady amid weak Chinese data Global oil prices held steady on Monday as traders worried that contracting Chinese manufacturing activity could hit global demand for crude. ... more | .. |
 Nigerian community urges action on oil devastation Nigerians from a region devastated by oil spills on Monday called on the president to take action, more than a year after a UN report said the contamination may require the world's biggest cleanup. ... more |
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PLD Space selected as leading contender for ESA sovereign launch initiative
UK opens competitive bid for GBP 75 million orbital cleanup mission
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 Fire points to Venezuela oil industry woes Venezuela's biggest oil refinery remained closed Friday after firefighters put out a fire that raged for more three days following an explosion that killed at least 48 people, left dozens wounded and hundreds homeless. ... more | .. |
 Barclays Capital bullish on Israeli natgas Israel has long been a major importer of energy supplies, including oil and natural gas, but recent discoveries have drawn positive outlook for the Israeli energy sector. ... more | .. |
 Shell's arctic plans get limited go-ahead The U.S. Interior Department has granted Shell permission to start limited drilling in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska's coast. ... more | .. |
 China's Baidu to invest $1.6 bn in cloud computing China's leading search engine Baidu will invest more than 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) in cloud computing over the coming years, its chief financial officer said on Monday. ... more |
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  Chinese 'blind spot' for Western readers A potent mix of state censorship, conservative publishing choices and scant translation means international readers are given a narrow view of contemporary China, industry critics say. ... more | .. |
 Tokyo govt surveys disputed isles in row with China A team of Japanese surveyors Sunday sailed to a group of disputed islands in the East China Sea that the nationalistic governor of Tokyo wants to buy, with Beijing lodging a "serious protest" at the action. ... more | .. |
 China leads gloom for Asia manufacturing Manufacturing in Asia further weakened last month, data showed Monday, with activity in China hitting a more than three year low, as leaders faced calls for action to avoid a sharper slowdown. ... more | .. |
 Clinton to seek China sea unity in Indonesia US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Indonesia Monday hoping to encourage unity among Southeast Asian nations in an effort to manage increasingly tense disputes with China. ... more |
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