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Bush Wants Action Against Global Warming But Kyoto Still No-Go
London (AFP) July 4, 2005
While the G8 has to tackle climate change, US President George W. Bush vowed to spurn any Kyoto-style deal on the "significant" problem of global warming, he said in an interview to air Monday.

China, Russia Issue Joint Statement On New World Order
Moscow (XNA) Jul 03, 2005
China and Russia issued a joint statement here, last Friday, on a new 21st century world order, setting forth their common stand on major international issues, such as UN reforms, globalization, Korean North-South cooperation, and world economy and trade.

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China, US Have More Common Interests Than Differences: Ambassador
Washington DC (XNA) Jul 03, 2005
Chinese ambassador Zhou Wenzhong said here last Thursday that Sino-US relations are very important and the two countries have more common interests than differences.

China Lacks Incentive, Not Money, To Fix Environmental Problems
Beijing (AFP) Jul 03, 2005
Rapid economic growth has made China one of the world's worst polluters, but experts said the country's pollution problems are not due to an inability to clean up but to lack of incentives.

China To Build Its Own Fusion Reactor
Beijing (UPI) July 1, 2005
Days after France was chosen as the site for an experimental nuclear reactor based on fusion technology, state media said Friday China will build its own.
Fireworks Safer Than Ever But Still Risky
Washington DC (UPI) July 1, 2005
It's the Fourth of July: How safe are your fireworks? Currently, 45 states including the District of Columbia permit all types of consumer fireworks to be sold and used.

Climate Change Looming As G8 Spoiler
Paris (AFP) Jul 03, 2005
Nearly 30 years ago, the forerunner of the Group of Eight (G8) held its first paramount meeting, but environment did not even creep onto the agenda at a summit obsessed with the economic impact of the first oil crisis.

Global Warming To Be More Extreme In Some Areas Than Others
Columbia MO (SPX) Jul 03, 2005
Serious global climate change is nothing new; in fact, it is quite ancient. One University of Missouri-Columbia researcher has reviewed the earth's temperature patterns from the past 70 million years to predict future patterns.
Analysis: Brazil And Additional Protocol
Washington DC (UPI) July 1, 2005
The 2005 Review Conference of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty ended recently not with a bang, but with a whimper. Despite efforts by conference President Sergio de Queiroz Duarte of Brazil, the conference closed without consensus and lacking a final document.

British Nuclear Fuels Puts US Unit Westinghouse Up For Sale
London (AFP) Jul 01, 2005
British nuclear reprocessing firm British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) announced last Friday it was putting up for sale Westinghouse, its power station building arm in the United States.

Ukrainian Nuclear Energy Firm Halts Electricity Exports To Russia
Kiev (AFP) Jul 01, 2005
Ukraine's nuclear energy company has halted electric power exports to Russia because of a steep price hike on the internal wholesale electricity market, the company said Friday. Ukraine's Energoatom stopped its exports to Russia overnight, its press office told AFP.
THEOS To Give Thailand View Of Earth
Paris, France (SPX) Jul 03, 2005
THEOS will provide Thailand with worldwide geo-referenced image products and image processing capabilities for applications in cartography, land use, agricultural monitoring, forestry management, coastal zone monitoring and flood risk management - providing access to any part of Thailand in less than 2 days.

GlobeXplorer To Use Isilon Clustered Storage For Earth Imagery Database
Seattle WA (SPX) Jul 03, 2005
Isilon Systems has announced that GlobeXplorer has selected Isilon's Isilon IQ clustered storage systems to collect, store and manage the world's largest and fastest-growing commercial library of maps and aerial and satellite imagery.

RFID Technology Spreading
Chicago (UPI) July 1, 2005
A gambler goes to a Las Vegas casino and plunks down $2,500 to purchase chips to play poker. In the past, that player may have been able to cheat by slipping some counterfeit chips into the mix. No more.

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