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East Asia
China successfully launches its first moon rover mission Chang’e-3 probe
China launched its first mission Monday to land a rover on the moon, an unmanned operation scheduled to arrive in mid-December to start surveying the lunar surface and transmitting images. A Long March-3B rocket carrying the Chang’e 3 lander blasted off Monday as scheduled at 1:30 a.m. from the Xichang…
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IT-Science
[Photo Break] Seven Deadly Sins
Wealth without work Pleasure without conscience Science without humanity Knowledge without character Politics without principle Commerce without morality Worship without sacrifice – Mahatma Gandhi The photo shows Piyain River, of Jaflong in the north-eastern part of Bangladesh. It boasts of the natural beauty of mountains and waters flowing from India.…
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Central Asia
World’s first orbiting work of art etched into satellite to be launched on Oct 29
Officials in Glasgow, Scotland, pose in this recent photo with a satellite that will carry artwork created by Los Angeles artists Jon Gibson and Amanda White, not shown, in British company Clyde Space facility in Glasgow. Posing from left are Craig Clark of Clyde Space, Serkey Krutikov, consul general of…
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East Asia
High-Level Forum on South-South Cooperation kicks off at Hong Kong
Photo taken on July 18, 2013 shows the scene of High-Level Forum on South-South Cooperation for Sustainable Development in south China’s Hongkong, July 18, 2013. The forum kicked off on Thursday, with the theme “Information and Communication Technology (ICT), Innovation, Culture & Sustainable Urbanization”. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Li Peng> Francis Lorenzo (C), president…
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East Asia
Chinese President Xi visits Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility lab
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), talks with scientists of Beijing Synchrotron Radiation Facility lab in the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) in Beijing, capital of China, July 17, 2013.…
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South Asia
India says goodbye to 163-year-old telegram servece by sending last ones
India’s last telegram went out late Sunday, marking the end of a service that millions of Indians had relied on for fast communication for more than 160 years. Hundreds of people thronged the 75 telegraph offices remaining in the country to send their last telegrams to friends or family as…
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East Asia
Chinese astronauts wave hands after successfully ending space mission
Female astronaut Wang Yaping gets out of the re-entry capsule of China’s Shenzhou-10 spacecraft following its successful landing at the main landing site in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on June 26, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Wang Jianmin> Astronauts Zhang Xiaoguang, Nie Haisheng and Wang Yaping (from left to right) wave after…
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East Asia
China’s Shenzhou-10 spacecraft returns safely to Earth
The re-entry capsule of China’s Shenzhou-10 spacecraft is landing in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on June 26, 2013. <Xinhua/NEWSis/Ren Junchuan>
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East Asia
‘Super moon’ rises over Singapore’s Bay Garden clearing from haze
A full moon sets behind a building of the Forbidden City in Beijing, capital of China, June 23, 2013. The moon looks 14 percent larger and 30 percent brighter than usual on Sunday. The scientific term for the phenomenon is “perigee moon”, but it is also known as a “super…
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East Asia
China’s 5th manned spacecraft Shenzhou 10 launched successfully
A Chinese spacecraft blasted off to begin the country’s fifth and longest manned space mission, taking three astronauts to an orbiting space lab from where they will give science lessons to youngsters. A Long March 2F rocket carrying the Shenzhou 10 astronaut capsule lifted off as scheduled at 5:38 p.m.…
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