UNITED NATIONS News, Jan 11, 2011

1. China pledges to play active role in United Nations ‎ Xinhua - Zhang Xiang - 19 hours ago 11 (Xinhua) -- China Monday pledged to continue to play an active role in the United Nations (UN) and support the international body. ...

2. American banks dropping UN mission accounts ‎ USA Today - 8 minutes ago UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The United States is briefing foreign missions to the UN this ... 7 diplomatic note from the US mission to the United Nations says ... American banks dropping UN mission accounts ‎ - San Francisco Chronicle all 28 news articles »

3. UN prepares for anti-poverty conference in Turkey ‎ BusinessWeek - 2 hours ago Representatives from the 48 poorest countries in the world and rich donor nations are meeting at the United Nations this week ahead of the Fourth UN ... Istanbul forum offers chance to recommit to helping world?s ... ‎ - Spero News Upcoming Conference on Least Developed Countries must Find Ways to ... ‎ - MMD Newswire (press release) all 27 news articles »

4. News Analysis: Haiti earthquake costliest for country, United Nations ‎ People's Daily Online - William M. Reilly - 22 hours ago ... Haiti earthquake a year ago was the costliest catastrophe for the Caribbean country and the United Nations. The magnitude 7 Richter scale temblor Jan. ... Obama: Haiti has 'enduring partner' in US ‎ - USA Today UN: 75 Percent of Haitians in Tent Camps Could Move Out This Year ‎ - Voice of America US Military Aid After the Haitian Quake ‎ - Yahoo! News UN News Centre - Vancouver Sun all 1302 news articles »

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5. United Nations chief deplores demolition of East Jerusalem hotel ‎ SanFranciscoSentinel.com - Gerald R. Schroeder - 1 day ago By Shlomo Shamir and Barak Ravid The United Nations chief “deplores” Israel's demolition of the Shepherd Hotel in East Jerusalem and ... Palestinians to Push for UN Recognition as Independent State ‎ - AOL News Partitioning Palestine. Legal Fundamentalism in the Palestinian ... ‎ - The International News Magazine UN's Ban "deplores" Israel demolition of hotel ‎ - Reuters World Radio Switzerland - Daily Star - Lebanon all 1880 news articles »

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6. Legacy of Mountie killed in Haiti still strong in N.B. ‎ Global Lethbridge - Kevin Bissett - 59 minutes ago Gallagher, a well-known spokesman for the RCMP in the Maritimes, was in Port-au-Prince as part of the United Nations training force when the earthquake ... Honouring Canadians who died in the earthquake ‎ - CBC.ca NB Mountie's widow returns to Haiti ‎ - CBC.ca Remembrance service for Gallagher features Never Too Late ‎ - Daily Gleaner all 20 news articles »

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7. United Nations' Humanitarian Response to Ivorian Refugees in Liberia ‎ PR-USA.net (press release) - 2 hours ago UNMIL will host its regular press briefing at its Pan African Plaza Headquarters in Sinkor on Wednesday, 12 January 2011, at 9:00a.m. ...

8. Japan donates $197M to UN food program ‎ UPI.com - 1 hour ago UNITED NATIONS, Jan. 11 (UPI) -- Japan has donated nearly $197 million to the United Nations' World Food Program, which officials said Tuesday is the ... WFP: Record aid package from Japan helps feed hungry millions in ... ‎ - ReliefWeb (press release) WFP to provide emergency food assistance ‎ - Sri Lankan News all 9 news articles »

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9. UN Staff Union mourns 116 UN personnel killed in 2010 including ... ‎ Winnipeg Free Press - 5 hours ago By: AP The United Nations Staff Union is mourning the 116 UN personnel killed in 2010, including 102 in the Haiti earthquake. Staff Union President Stephen ... UN: Moment of silence for Haiti's dead, including its peacekeeprs ‎ - Monsters and Critics.com all 40 news articles »

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10. Extreme Poverty, Environmental Stress Prevalent despite Economic ... ‎ MMD Newswire (press release) - 9 hours ago The report, "Objective and Themes of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development", is one of two reports issued in advance of the ... UN highlights challenge of balancing poverty eradication with ... ‎ - UN News Centre all 17 news articles »info@als-alexander.org or interalex1@yahoo.com

SPACE News

1. NASA: Space shuttle cracking finally understood ‎ The Associated Press - 47 minutes ago (AP) — NASA finally knows what caused the cracking in space shuttle Discovery's fuel tank, a potentially dangerous problem that likely existed on the ... Final flight for Discovery space shuttle set for Feb. 24 ‎ - Houston Chronicle NASA Sets Space Shuttle Discovery Launch for Feb. 24 ‎ - PC Magazine Space shuttle Discovery launch aims for Feb. 24 ‎ - msnbc.com ABC News - Reuters all 287 news articles » ORB

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2. Giffords Shooting Clouds Space Shuttle Plans ‎ InformationWeek - Paul McDougall - 4 hours ago "It's just too early to speculate," a spokesperson for the space agency told the Web site Space.com. "Right now the focus is on Mark and Scott (Kelly's twin ... KOLD News 13Giffords' brother-in-law, sends condolences from space ‎ - KOLD-TV The mission of a lifetime ‎ - Washington Post Giffords' Brother-in-Law Sends Message of Peace from Space ‎ - Democracy Now Fox News - Boing Boing all 927 news articles »

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3. There's a green blob in space ‎ TODAYonline - 26 minutes ago The Hubble Space Telescope has had its first peek at a strange green blob in outer space and found that it is giving 'birth' to new stars in areas of the ... Green Space Blob Turns Out to be Non-Hostile, New Rocky Planet Found ‎ - DailyTech Hubble Telescope Sheds Light On Mysterious, Green Space Blob ‎ - NPR (blog) There Is a Mysterious Green Blob in Outer Space — And It's Alive ‎ - New York Magazine CNN (blog) - abc7.com all 330 news articles »

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4. Earth's thunderstorms hurl antimatter into space ‎ msnbc.com - Mike Wall - 4 hours ago This NASA illustration is a still from an animation depicting how thunderstorms on Earth can create beams of antimatter particles and hurl them into space. ... Powerful thunderstorms can send bursts of antimatter hurtling into ... ‎ - io9 Beams of Antimatter Blast Into Space From Earthly Thunderstorms ... ‎ - Popular Science Scientists' 'first direct evidence' thunderstorms blast antimatter ... ‎ - Daily Mail Motherboard - International Business Times all 58 news articles »

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5. Russia to allocate 115 bln rubles for national space program in 2011 ‎ ITAR-TASS - 2 hours ago KOROLYOV (Moscow region), January 11 (Itar-Tass) -- Russia will allocate 115 billion rubles for the national space program and launch about 50 spacecraft in ... Russia to spend $3.8 bn on space programmes in 2011 ‎ - Sify Russia allocates $3.8 bln for space programs in 2011 ‎ - RIA Novosti Putin Calls Giffords' Brother-in-Law in Space ‎ - CBS News Island Crisis - The Voice of Russia all 29 news articles »

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6. Most Earth-Like Planet Is Lifeless ‎ Aviation Week - Michael Mecham - 1 hour ago It is so close that silicon and iron flecks are blasted from its surface into space. The fact that Kepler-10B orbits its star in just 0.84 days was a big ... Space observatory finds smallest Earth-like planet outside solar ... ‎ - AHN | All Headline News Kepler Space Telescope Spots Its First Rocky Planet ‎ - NPR Space scope finds scorched super-Earth ‎ - Nature.com iTWire - Popular Fidelity all 432 news articles »

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7. Space boffins save BT's satellite station for Mars missions ‎ Register - Chris Williams - 10 hours ago Space scientists will redevelop BT's historic Goonhilly satellite station in Cornwall to allow communication ... Goonhilly at 'forefront of space exploration' ‎ - BBC News Goonhilly to play key role in international space project ‎ - Falmouth Penryn Packet BT to develop Goonhilly satellite site for deep space comms programme ‎ - ComputerWeekly.com Business Cornwall Magazine - West Briton all 11 news articles »

8. Fastest Spinning Dust Found; Solves Cosmic "Fog" Puzzle ‎ National Geographic - 3 hours ago Scientists found the tiny grains—each just 10 to 50 atoms wide—using the recently launched European Space Agency's Planck spacecraft. ... Telescope observes cosmic giants ‎ - BBC News Planck telescope probes 'cosmic treasure trove' ‎ - AFP Planck Results Delighting Astronomers Around The World ‎ - RedOrbit Nature.com - EurekAlert (press release) all 39 news articles »

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9. General Shelton Takes Helm of Air Force Space Command ‎ GPS World magazine - 5 hours ago William L. Sheltonbecame the 15th commander of Air Force Space Command in a change-of-command ceremony at Peterson Air Force base January 5. ...

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10. Take proper precautions when using heaters, fires ‎ Morris Daily Herald - 4 hours ago You decide to use a space heater, or light a fire in the fireplace to save on ... The majority of heating fire deaths are caused by space heaters and most ... Heating Safety Precautions Crucial during Extreme Temperatures ‎ - Media Newswire (press release) HVAC vs. Space Heaters: Which is More Efficient? ‎ - ECNmag.com Do Space Heaters Save Money and Energy? ‎ - Mother Jones AbbevilleNow.com all 12 news articles »