Vietnam's 2nd satellite successfully launched into orbit: media

May 16, 2012 Science & Technology

HANOI, May 16 — Vietnam's second satellite, the VINASAT-2, roared off the launch pad aboard an Ariane 5 rocket at 22:13 GMT Tuesday from Guiana Space Center at the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, Vietnamese state-run news agency reported Wednesday.

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Emperor, empress leave for Queen Elizabeth's jubilee celebrations

May 16, 2012 People/Events

TOKYO, May 16 — Japanese Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko departed Wednesday for a five-day visit to Britain to celebrate Queen Elizabeth II's diamond jubilee, their first overseas trip since 2009 when they visited Canada and Hawaii.

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Albay launches climate change guidebook

May 16, 2012 Environment

LEGAZPI CITY, May 15 — The Albay provincial government, the Manila Observatory (MO) and Chevron Geothermal Philippines Holdings, Inc. (CGPHI) have launched the Albay Sustainable Development Guidebook (ASDG), a pioneering planning tool to help address climate change and disaster risks through effective resource management.

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Solid waste experts from PHL, Korea discuss recycling tech

May 16, 2012 Environment

MANILA, May 16 — Solid waste management experts in the country met with their counterparts from Korea Wednesday (May 16) at the Discovery Suites in Ortigas Center, Pasig City, to discover and learn more about state-of-the-art and environment-friendly recycling technologies developed by Koreans.

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Farmers rescue two Brahminy kites in Davao village

May 16, 2012 Environment

DAVAO CITY, May 16 — Two Brahminy kites (Haliastur indus), also known as the Red-backed Sea-eagle in Australia or locally known as "Banug," were rescued recently by farm workers in Toril district, this city.

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15 fires burning on 2,600 hectares in Buryatia

May 16, 2012 Environment

ULAN UDE, East Russia, May 16 — Fifteen fires are burning on 2,600 hectares in Buryatia, in east Russia.

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50 hospitalized in Indonesia's Ambon national day commemoration violence

May 16, 2012 People/Events

JAKARTA, May 16 — Fifty people were hospitalized in Maluku province's capital city of Ambon after a Pattimura Day commemoration there turned violent, local media reported Wednesday.

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Russian media tycoon sells radio stations for $ 14-M

May 16, 2012 People/Events

MOSCOW, May 16 — Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev, who owns the British Evening Standard and The Independent newspapers, is to sell two Russian radio stations to billionaire Mikhail Gutseriyev for US$ 14 million, Kommersant business daily reported Wednesday.

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Taguig all set for 'brigade eskwela 2012' on May 21-26

May 16, 2012 People/Events

MANILA, May 16 — The city government of Taguig is all set for the annual National Schools Maintenance or more popularly known as “Brigada Eskwela” on May 21-26 this year.

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Russia successfully launches manned spacecraft to ISS

May 15, 2012 Science & Technology

MOSCOW, May 15 — Russia's spacecraft Soyuz TMA-04M with a crew of three blasted off from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan Tuesday, according to Russia's Federal Space Agency Roscosmos.

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