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Thousands displaced for China's huge new telescope
AFP, Published on 30/11/2016
» PINGTANG, China - Humanity’s best bet at detecting aliens is a giant silver Chinese dish the size of 30 football fields -- one that simultaneously showcases Beijing's abilities to deploy cutting-edge technologies and ignore objectors' rights as it seeks global prominence.
Vietnam on the boil ahead of communist leadership change
AFP, Published on 19/01/2016
» HANOI - From Soviet-style letters of denunciation to outlandish rumours of a coup, Hanoi is abuzz with political gossip ahead of a key leadership change this week that has plunged the ruling communist elite into turmoil.
S.Africa's top poacher-hunting pooch flies into battle
AFP, Published on 28/07/2015
» KRUGER NATIONAL PARK (SOUTH AFRICA) - Barking and snarling in his cage, "Killer" -- South Africa's most successful poacher-catching canine -- looks ready for another helicopter mission tracking down armed hunters who slaughter rhinos for their horns.