China summons Japanese ambassador for 3rd time to demand release of detained boat captain

China demands Japan release detained boat captain BEIJING - China’s foreign minister demanded Friday that Japan immediately release the captain of a Chinese fishing boat that collided with two Japanese patrol vessels near disputed islands. Yang Jiechi made the demand to Ambassador Uichrio Niwa after the Japanese envoy was summoned for the third time over the incident. China ... Read more : China summons Japanese ambassador for 3rd time to demand release of detained boat captain.

Finnair launches advanced emissions calculator

HELSINKI - Nordic carrier Finnair has launched an advanced emissions calculator and says it is the “only one in the world to be based on actual quarterly cargo, passenger and fuel consumption figures, not averages or assumptions". "We wanted to devise a calculator whose figures are indisputable because transparency is one of the cornerstones of our .... Read the original article  : Finnair launches advanced emissions calculator.

Woman in police custody after 2 people shot dead, 1 critically wounded at Pa. cookie factory

Woman held after 2 shot dead at Pa. cookie plant PHILADELPHIA - Minutes after a woman was suspended from her job at a Kraft Foods Inc. plant and was escorted out, she returned with a handgun and opened fire, killing two people and critically injuring a third before being taken into custody, police said. The shootings occurred .... Original article on Gaea Times at  : Woman in police custody after 2 people shot dead, 1 critically wounded at Pa. cookie factory.

Delhi's handicraft street gets ready for Games' visitors

NEW DELHI - Discounts, new stocks, eye-catching displays…state emporia selling exotic and colourful products from around India are set to make Commonwealth Games (CWG) visitors shop till they drop. There are as many as 21 state emporia on Baba Kharak Singh Marg in the capital’s downtown, Connaught Place. Also known as the handicrafts street, it has .... Read the original article  : here.

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Shire Expands Pipeline to Treat Orphan Muscle Diseases Through Collaboration With Acceleron Pharma

Deal Grants Shire Exclusive Ex-North American Rights to Acceleron's Innovative Class of ActRIIB Molecules, Including ACE-031 Currently in Phase 2 Development to Treat Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts, September 9, 2010 - Shire plc (LSE: SHP, NASDAQ: SHPGY), the global specialty biopharmaceutical company, today announced the expansion of its Human Genetic Therapies pipeline through the exclusive license, [...]

Chicago skyscraper plans sky-high ice skating, with rink on 94th floor of 100-story building

Chicago building plans sky-high ice skating CHICAGO - Ice skating in Chicago in January is nothing new. Doing it on the 94th floor of a downtown skyscraper certainly is. Officials at the 100-story John Hancock Center said Thursday that they’re installing a rink that will allow visitors to skate at 1,000 feet up in the air. About 20 ... Read more »»».

Signiant Brings Content Supply Chain Solutions to all

Product Range Helps all Organisations From SMEs to International Broadcasters in the Move Towards File-Based Workflows IBC 2010, AMSTERDAM, September 10, 2010 - Signiant(R), Inc., (www.signiant.com/ ) the leading developer of content supply chain solutions, ( www.signiant.com/content-distribution-management-software/ ) will demonstrate its three new content distribution management products for the first time in Europe at IBC (www.ibc.org/ ) 2010. Situated [...]

Oxygen bugs evolved 2.72 billion years ago

SYDNEY - Bug that produces oxygen may have evolved hundreds of millions of years earlier than previously thought. Well-preserved fossils of stromatolites, a rock formation in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, have been dated as 2.72 billion years old, more than 270 million years older than the previous oldest evidence of oxygenic photosynthesis. .... Read the original article  : here.

Rooney may be dropped for Everton clash over 'slanging over sexcapade' fears

LONDON - Manchester United is reportedly considering dropping striker Wayne Rooney for Saturday’s Premier League match against Everton. Rooney is under intense personal pressure following revelations about his private life, and accusations that he used 1,200 pounds-a-night prostitutes while his wife Coleen was ... Original source on Gaea Times at : Rooney may be dropped for Everton clash over ’slanging over sexcapade’ fears.

IVONA Text-To-Speech - Lifelike Text-to-Speech (TTS) Arrives in America

ALPHARETTA, Georgia, September 9, 2010 - IVONA(R)Text-to-Speech (TTS), creator and winner of multiple awards for most human-sounding synthetic voices and speech output products, is proud to announce the appointment of Craig Campbell as Director of Business Development in the Americas. Mr. Campbell, a recognized speech evangelist with 10-years experience, will lead IVONA's entry into the US marketplace where he [...]