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Two dead, several injured in Norway bus crash
OSLO (Aug 13, 2013): Two people were killed and several seriously injured on Monday when two buses, one Norwegian and one Swedish with foreign tourists aboard, collided in western Norway,
Top 10 Main Battle Tanks in the world : 2013
Often we receive many questions which is the best main battle tank in the world. Which is the greatest modern MBT and why. Our Top 10 analysis is based on
Honeywell/Safran Joint Venture Tests Electric Taxiing
An Airbus A320 accelerating, reversing and pirouetting, its engines silent, may be an unusual sight, but the public demonstration of electric taxiing at Le Bourget may persuade aircraft manufacturers to
Customs to introduce paperless data processing system on July 1
DHAKA, June 23, 2013 -The country’s customs department is introducing ASYCUDA (Automated System for Custom Data) World- the latest paperless data processing software on July 1. The software, which will
World’s largest all-solar-powered boat shines in NYC
NEW YORK, June 19, 2013 (AFP) – The world’s largest fully solar-powered boat, “Turanor PlanetSolar,” docked in New York on Tuesday during a mission to study the effects of climate
Pilatus Plans Manufacturing Facility In India
India also has about a dozen PC-12 aircraft. Pilatus has contracts in place with state-owned Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd. (HAL) and Bharat Electronics Ltd. (BEL). “Our vision is to establish through
Airbus A350 First-Flight Sequence : Paris Air Show 2013
Now that Airbus has passed the first-flight milestone on its A350 program, Airbus flight-test center head Fernando Alonso says one of his challenges is “not to be overconfident. He described
UK government introduces new penalties on Road Safety
UK Road Safety Minister, Stephen Hammond, has announced new measures that will see careless drivers, who put other road users at risk, face on-the-spot penalties. The changes will give the
Motorola hits comeback trail with new U.S.-made phone
Motorola plans to launch a new, made-in-the-U.S. smartphone, CEO Dennis Woodside said on Wednesday, confirming speculation the once-dominant cellphone maker intends to make a comeback in the hotly competitive mobile
First Crowdfunded Space Telescope Open to the World
Private asteroid mining company Planetary Resources today unveiled its plans for the world’s first publicly accessible space telescope, the Arkyd. Similar to Hubble, Arkyd is designed to take high-resolution photos
International crew takes short cut to space station
A Russian spaceship took a shortcut to the International Space Station on Tuesday, delivering a veteran cosmonaut, a rookie Italian astronaut and an American mother on her second flight to
Chinese hackers ‘access sensitive US weapons systems’
Chinese Hackers Reportedly Compromised U.S. Designs For More Than 2 Dozen Weapons. Designs for some of the United States’ most important and sensitive weapons systems have been “compromised” by Chinese