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Sunday, January 1st, 2012

Indian HC Orders Resurvey of Gangavaram Port Land

The High Court directed the state government on Saturday to conduct a re-survey of the land allotted to the Gangavaram port in Visakhapatnam. Dealing with a petition filed by the management of the Gangavaram port challenging an order...

Sunday, January 1st, 2012

Russia Appoints GLONASS Responsibilities

Vladislav Surkov, who has recently entered Russia’s government as deputy prime minister, will be responsible for the modernization of education, science and healthcare, as well as for the development of the GLONASS global navigation system. Prime Minister Vladimir...

Sunday, January 1st, 2012

China to Amend Land Rights for Protection of Farmers

A new amendment to China's Land Management Law is being drafted to better protect farmers' interests in land expropriations, according to a report from the top legislature's environment and resources panel. It is urgent to reform and standardize...

Sunday, January 1st, 2012

Russian Space Agency Security Blitz After Blogger Invasion

Russia’s space agency Roscosmos has been given until January to rectify security at its plants or face the consequences, after a reported penetration of its rocket plant in northern Moscow. A group of Russian bloggers claimed in a...

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Map Tracks Japan Tsunami Debris Washing Up On B.C.’s Shores

Debris continues to wash up on the west coast of Vancouver Island and speculation is mounting that it could be coming from the tsunami that devastated Japan in March. Now, The Province is offering an interactive map on...

Friday, December 30th, 2011

Samoa Changes Time Zones

If you are reading this today you cannot be in Samoa. Friday, December 30, has been cut this year for the tiny South Pacific island nation as it ditched a time-zone alliance with the United States and moved...

Friday, December 30th, 2011

New Satellites to Extend China’s Military Reach

China this week reached a milestone in its drive to master the military use of space with the launch of trials for its Beidou satellite global positioning network, a move that will bring it one step closer...

Friday, December 30th, 2011

India’s Focus of 12th Plan to be on Infrastructure

Saumitra Chaudhuri, member of Planning Commission, New Delhi, said on Thursday that the 12th Plan would give priority to infrastructure. Inaugurating the two-day national conference on “Development challenges in the 12th Five Year Plan” organised by the Justice...

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Cambodian PM Annuls Cardamom Land Sales

Prime Minister Hun Sen yesterday ordered the annulment of all land purchases within the Cardamom Mountains in Pursat province due to gross illegal land-grabbing practices taking place. “High-ranking government officials and the rich have come into ...

Thursday, December 29th, 2011

Chinese Confirm Beidou Satnav System Is Operational

China's  Beidou satellite navigation system is operational, albeit mainly in China, and say they plan to have free, global coverage in place by 2020. At a press conference the China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation said that Beidou – which translates as Big...