Chinese Project Puts Cow Dung to Work
LIAONING, China. November 23, 2010 (TSR) - A rapidly growing industry in China—dairy farming—is also a major new source of greenhouse-gas emissions. But Huishan Dairy in northeast China is trying to...
World Rushing to Judge North Korea Without Proper Inquiry
South Korea has admitted it fired artillery shells that triggered an early morning clash with North Korea. However it says it was part of a military drill and denied...
Scientist: North Korea built uranium enriching facility
SEOUL, South Korea. November 22, 2010 - In secret and with remarkable speed, North Korea has built a new, highly sophisticated facility to enrich uranium, according to an American...
India can’t get UN seat without China backing
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan. November 22, 2010 - Pakistan's permanent envoy to the UN, Abdullah Hussain Haroon said India will never be able to secure a permanent seat at the UN...
U.S., Kazakhstan Secure Weapons-Grade Plutonium From Soviet-era Reactor
WASHINGTON, DC, November 19, 2010 (ENS) - Enough plutonium and uranium to make 775 nuclear weapons has been removed from the BN-350 fast reactor in Kazakhstan, built to breed...
Aung San Suu Kyi Released From Detention
YANGON, Myanmar (Nov 13, 2010) – Myanmar's military government freed its archrival, democracy heroine Nobel Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi and tasted freedom today for the first time in 7 1/2 years,...
Sexual harassment will only be eliminated when men take part in ending it
Sexual harassment will only disappear when men take an active role in ending it. Most men don’t harass, and most don’t condone it. But sexual harassment is largely a...
Burma’s military-backed party ‘wins’ election
Burma's military-backed Union Solidarity and Development Party (USDP) claimed an overwhelming victory in Sunday's (Nov 7) polls on Tuesday (Nov 9) even as ethnic rebels and government troops clashed...
Color Comes to E Ink Screens
E-book readers are lightweight and use little power, but most have a distinct disadvantage to colorful tablet computers: their black-and-white displays.
But on Tuesday at the FPD International 2010 trade...
Russia to develop Linux-based OS, increasing digital security
In a move to decrease Russia's dependence on American technology, the Russian government has announced plans to develop a state-sponsored national operating system. Shifting away from Windows would mean both...
Google CEO: China’s Internet censorship will fail
China's strict controls on its Internet usage will eventually fail as more of the country's people go online and express themselves, said Google CEO Eric Schmidt.
"Ultimately, the people will...
China denies Rare Earths Embargo to West
China vehemently denied Wednesday that it has halted export of rare earth materials amid news reports that Beijing started blocking shipments of the crucial minerals to the United States...
