By MICHAEL CASEY AP Environmental Writer BANGKOK (AP) - Millions of people across Asia will witness the longest total solar eclipse that will happen this century, as vast swaths of India and China, the entire city of Shanghai and southern Japanese islands are plunged into darkness Wednesday for about five minutes. Streams of amateur stargazers and scientists are traveling long distances to witness the once-in-a-lifetime event. Astronomers hope the eclipse will unlock clues about the sun, while an astrologer in Myanmar predicts it could usher in chaos. Some in India are advising pregnant...
Asia Contributes to American Harmful Air 
Pravda RU
Pravda RU
Scientists try to explain phenomenon of harmful emissions of ozone blowing in the western North America from Asia. An exhaustive international study of databases developed since the 1980s found an increase of 29 percent...
Pollutant monitoring post to shift to Dongsha Island
Taipei Times
Taipei Times
A monitoring station that tracks and studies environmental airborne pollutants in Southeast Asia will be temporarily relocated to Dongsha Island (東沙島) this month, Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) officials...
Asian stocks track US higher on housing report
Philadelphia Daily News
Philadelphia Daily News
JEREMIAH MARQUEZ The Associated Press HONG KONG - Asian stock markets rose Wednesday, following Wall Street higher after encouraging reports about the beleaguered U.S. housing sector helped restore confidence in an...
CIBER Wins $26 Million IT Services Contract
redOrbit
redOrbit
Posted on: Monday, 25 January 2010, 07:00 CST GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo., Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CIBER Federal, a division of CIBER, Inc. (NYSE: CBR), announced today that it is part of the Dynetics team that...
Web access to Avicenna, Ghazzali and Firdawsi
Arab News
Arab News
In 2005, Prince Alwaleed bin Talal, chairman of Kingdom Holding Company, provided a $20 million endowment to Harvard University to establish an Islamic Studies Program (ISP). As part of that program, Harvard University...
Back to the Moon... in Lego
Boing Boing
Boing Boing
President Obama's proposed budget may have put the brakes on NASA's return trip...
BRC Imagination Arts Tapped for Fifteen New Projects Globally; Prepares Two Highly Anticipated Pavilions for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai
PR Newswire
PR Newswire
LAS VEGAS and BURBANK, Calif., Nov. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- BRC Imagination Arts, the leader in the design, creation, and production of innovative and immersive educational, entertainment, and brand experiences, has been...
