WebZonk World Blog http://wordpress.webzonk.co.uk Just another WordPress weblog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:14:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 en hourly 1 SpaceX says Falcon 9 rocket test fire is a success (Reuters) http://wordpress.webzonk.co.uk/2010/03/15/spacex-says-falcon-9-rocket-test-fire-is-a-success-reuters-2/ http://wordpress.webzonk.co.uk/2010/03/15/spacex-says-falcon-9-rocket-test-fire-is-a-success-reuters-2/#comments Mon, 15 Mar 2010 09:14:26 +0000 admin http://wordpress.webzonk.co.uk/2010/03/15/spacex-says-falcon-9-rocket-test-fire-is-a-success-reuters-2/
  • SpaceX says Falcon 9 rocket test fire is a success (Reuters)
  • SpaceX aborts rocket engine test (Reuters)
  • SpaceX Aborts Test Firing of New Rocket’s Engines (SPACE.com)
  • SpaceX’s New Rocket At Launch Pad for Final Tests (SPACE.com)
  • NASA rolls out new moon rocket for test flight (Reuters)
    • ]]>     Space Exploration Technologies' Falcon 9 rocket is test fired on a refurbished oceanside launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, in this handout photograph taken on March 13, 2010 and released on March 14, 2010. REUTERS/Chris Thompson/SpaceX/HandoutReuters – Space Exploration Technologies successfully test fired its Falcon 9 rocket this weekend, clearing a milestone toward the inaugural flight of a privately developed spaceship to fly cargo, and possibly astronauts, into orbit, the company said.

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  • Endeavour astronauts complete second spacewalk (AFP)
  • 3 world powers criticize Iranian enrichment (AP)
  • Mexican bishops criticize gov’t drug war strategy (AP)
  • Mexican bishops criticize gov’t drug war strategy (AP)
  • Rio officials criticize Tokyo governor’s comments (AP)
    • ]]>     AP – Two former astronauts have said they are disappointed with the U.S. government’s decision to cancel NASA’s moon landing program.

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  • Minister calls for Yemen aid before donors’ meeting (AFP)
  • Government moves against media raise fears for Sri Lankan democracy
  • France and Germany make early moves for Europe’s foreign minister
  • Japan foreign minister trip to U.S. not set: media (Reuters)
  • India’s minister under fire over glaciers (AFP)
    • ]]>     A satellite dish stands on top of a traditional building in Sanaa's old city. Yemen's information minister may be grilled in parliament over moves to block live satellite TV coverage of the deadly unrest in south Yemen, an opposition MP has said.(AFP/File/Patrick Baz)AFP – An opposition MP said on Saturday he will seek to have the information minister grilled in parliament over moves to block live satellite TV coverage of the deadly unrest in south Yemen.

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  • Fiji braces as major tropical cyclone bears down (AP)
  • Fiji battens down for Cyclone Mick (AFP)
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    • ]]>     AP – Cyclone Tomas battered island groups off Fiji’s northern coast Monday, causing flooding, pounding seas and one death, but officials said the storm likely would only sideswipe the main islands of the South Pacific nation.

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  • The nation’s weather (AP)
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    • ]]>     AP – A complex of storms in the eastern portion of the country were forecast to continue providing the most active weather in the country Sunday.

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  • Strong 6.6 magnitude quake hits northern Japan (AFP)
  • Strong 6.0 magnitude quake hits off California coast (Reuters)
  • Strong 6.0 magnitude quake hits offshore California (Reuters)
  • Strong quake hits Japan’s Okinawa, no major damage (Reuters)
  • Strong quake hits Japan’s Okinawa, no major damage (Reuters)
    • ]]>     File photo shows members of a Japanese earthquake rescue team. A strong, 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan Sunday afternoon, said the Japanese government, which did not issue a tsunami warning.(AFP/File/Kazuhiro Nogi)AFP – A strong, 6.6 magnitude earthquake hit northern Japan Sunday afternoon, but no tsunami warning was issued, US and Japanese authorities said.

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  • Strong quake off Indonesia’s Java, no tsunami alert (Reuters)
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    • ]]>     Reuters – A strong quake of 6.4 magnitude struck in waters off Indonesia on Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) said, but there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

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  • Strong quake strikes off Indonesia: seismologists (AFP)
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    • ]]>     File photo of Indonesian meteorological officials checking a seismograph screen during the demonstration of a simulation of tsunami. A powerful quake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit off the eastern Indonesian island of Maluku on Sunday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued.(AFP/Adek Berry)AFP – A powerful quake with a magnitude of 7.0 hit off the eastern Indonesian island of Maluku on Sunday, seismologists said, but no tsunami warning was issued.

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  • Japan opposes trade ban on bluefin tuna (AFP)
  • UN wildlife body to mull bluefin tuna trade ban (AFP)
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    • ]]>     In this Jan. 12, 2010 photo, a man drags a frozen tuna which he purchased in the morning auction at Tsukiji fish market in Tokyo, Japan. A U.N. body best known for protecting tigers and elephants will focus on the world's overfished oceans beginning this week with proposals to regulate the shark trade and ban the export of a tuna species prized by sushi lovers. Japan, which consumes 80 percent of Atlantic bluefin, has said it will ignore the ban. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)AP – A contentious battle between Asia and the West over the fate of the Atlantic bluefin tuna prized by sushi lovers overshadowed a United Nations conference that opened Saturday in the Gulf state of Qatar.

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  • Federer, relaxed and in command, set for Murray (AP)
  • Federer, Murray to meet in Aussie final (AP)
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    • ]]>     Melinda Czink, of Hungary, returns a shot to Kimiko Date Krumm, of Japan, in their match during the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament in Indian Wells, Calif., Wednesday, March 10, 2010.

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