Prestige and a multi-billion-dollar gamble in satellite navigation will be riding on a Soyuz rocket next Thursday when the Soviet-era workhorse launches from Europe's space base in South America.
Space Exploration
Oct 16, 2011
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In a wildlife rescue centre on New Zealand's Bay of Plenty, volunteers grimly bag the oil-soaked bodies of dead birds, victims of the country's biggest sea pollution disaster.
Environment
Oct 16, 2011
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Chinese oil giant CNOOC said Sunday it has suspended production at a platform off northeastern China after a ruptured pipe leaked crude into Bohai Bay, in the lastest spill to hit the company.
Environment
Oct 16, 2011
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Apple's iPhone 4S was on sale on Hong Kong's grey market at the weekend, attracting hundreds of fans paying up to six times official prices to get their hands on the latest model.
Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 16, 2011
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A Russian ship has found debris from the Japanese tsunami, including a fishing boat, floating adrift in the Pacific thousands of kilometres from the disaster zone, a Hawaiian research group said.
Earth Sciences
Oct 16, 2011
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