Friday, July 30th, 2010
L’MONDE FRANCE – Insufficient prevention resources eventually resulted in land affected and vulnerable making constructible, repression (almost) non-existent. There are many causes to the fires, but fundamentally it is human factors that contribute to them. Read More
Friday, July 30th, 2010
TanDEM-X BLOG – On 12 July, the first deceleration manoeuvres began, to prevent TanDEM-X from overtaking TerraSAR-X. On 16 July, the distance between the satellites had shrunk to 370 kilometres. This distance corresponds to a time gap of 48 seconds, during which Earth continues to turn, so that the trailing satellite does not cover the
Friday, July 30th, 2010
EU – The European Union and Georgia concluded negotiations on a bilateral agreement for the protection of their respective “Geographical Indications”. The text of the agreement was initialled today. This agreement will promote and foster trade in agricultural products and foodstuffs originating in the territories of both Georgia and the European Union. Read More
Friday, July 30th, 2010
GLOBAL ARAB NETWORK – Head of the Egyptian National Authority for Remote Sensing and Space Sciences Dr Ayman al-Desouki and Nabil ben Amin of the Saudi authority for specifications and quality signed the accord.The agreement is aimed at promoting joint action in the domain of space sciences and remote sensing research, said Desouki in statements
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
DAILY ECHO – A deal to build a renewable energy plant at Southampton docks that could power up to half the homes in Southampton is near to being struck, the Daily Echo can reveal. Green energy firms, including big European players, have been in talks with port owner ABP over the past year about building
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
TMC – It’s the world’s second most populous country and a hotbed of opportunity for the cellular industry, but how will the growing base of wireless users in India recharge their mobile handsets? The answer, in part, could be via solar power. Read More
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
PCWORLD – IBM will develop technology to monitor and analyze the state of buildings, roads, water lines and other urban infrastructure in a new laboratory it is opening with Carnegie Mellon University. The IBM Smarter Infrastructure Lab will focus on two areas of research, said Wayne Balta, an IBM vice president in charge of corporate
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
WALL ST JOUR – Germany’s wind power sector won’t add as much capacity this year as in 2009, the Federal Association for Wind Energy said Thursday. “We believe that we won’t quite reach the level of last year,” association president Hermann Albers said Thursday in Berlin. Read More
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
TRADE UK – The expertise of UK designers, architects and planners is proving invaluable to Chinese authorities as they seek to adopt a more structured approach to urbanisation and regeneration. To cope with the challenges of rapid urbanisation, many of China’s city authorities have turned to UK planners and designers to help prevent sprawl, protect
Thursday, July 29th, 2010
ITAR TASS – The federal road fund will reach 377 billion roubles in 2011, 348 billion roubles in 2012 and 408 billion roubles in 2013, Kudrin underlined. “The resources for road construction will increase by 60% in the next three years,” he underlined. Alongside, the regional road fund will total 82.9 billion roubles in 2011
