BEIJING, May 24 — Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday vowed to set and strictly observe an ecological "red line" amid the country's rapid urbanization in order to protect the environment.

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MOSCOW, May 24 -– Russia’s Energia Rocket and Space Corporation will make four launches next year from the Pacific Ocean-based Odyssey platform under the Sea Launch program, corporation president Vitaly Lopota said on Thursday.

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No tsunami expected after quake in Sea of Okhotsk

May 24, 2013 Environment

PETROPAVLOVSK-KAMCHATSKY, May 24 — The 8.2-magnitude earthquake that occurred in the Sea of Okhotsk near the Kamchatka coast created no tsunami threat, an expert from the Kamchatka branch of the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences told Itar-Tass.

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U.S. researchers find molecule behind sensation of itch

May 24, 2013 Science & Technology

WASHINGTON, May 24 — U.S. researchers reported Thursday the discovery of a key molecule responsible for triggering the sensation of itch in our brain but warned that the molecule may not be a good drug target since it is involved in many body functions.

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Pampanga police chief orders continuous clean-up drive vs. election campaign materials

May 24, 2013 Environment

CITY OF SAN FERNANDO, Pampanga, May 24 — The Pampanga Police Provincial Office has ordered the municipal and city police chiefs here to continuously conduct clean-up drive throughout the province by removing the election campaign materials generated during the recent May mid-term elections.

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LBP adopts a watershed in Negros Occidental

May 24, 2013 Environment

BACOLOD CITY, May 24 -– The Land Bank of the Philippines (LBP) is adopting a five-hectare watershed in Barangay Kumaliskis, Don Salvador Benedicto, Negros Occidental this year.

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Cambodian PM inaugurates Buddha statue

May 24, 2013 People/Events

PHNOM PENH, May 24 — Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen on Friday inaugurated a sandstone-made Buddha statue on the Visak Bochea's Day, or Buddha's Day.

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U.S. journal admits "minor errors" in stem cell breakthrough paper

May 24, 2013 Science & Technology

WASHINGTON, May 24 — The prominent scientific journal Cell admitted Thursday that there are "some minor errors" in a stem cell study described by many scientists as a major medical breakthrough, but denied any fraud in the case.

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France's Arianespace to launch Soyuz in June

May 24, 2013 Science & Technology

PARIS, May 24 — The Soyuz launcher for Arianespace's milestone medium-lift mission is rapidly taking shape in French Guiana, said the aerospace group in a statement on Friday.

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Soldiers move to leave environmental legacy

May 24, 2013 Environment

FORT RAMON MAGSAYSAY, Palayan City, Nueva Ecija, May 24 –- Philippine Army (PA) 7th Infantry Division commander Major General Gregorio Pio Catapang Jr. urged his men to continue helping protect the environment as part of their legacy to future generations of Filipinos.

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