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By Liam Cochrane Kathmandu 11 July 2007 Nepalese women carry fodder on a street in Kathmandu, (File Photo) The U.N.'s World Food Program is appealing for $49 million to help more than a million people affected by a decade of conflict. The WFP says th

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By Alex Villarreal Washington 25 October 2007 The U.S. space shuttle Discovery has docked at the International Space Station, marking the next phase in a complex mission to expand the international orbiter. VOA's Alex Villarreal reports from Washingt

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BEIJING, April 26 (Xinhua) -- The State Council, or China's Cabinet, on Thursday required local authorities to take further steps in enhancing fiscal and tax support for the country's small and micro-sized companies and relieving their financing diff

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The U.S. space shuttle（航天飞机） Discovery has completed its work at the International Space Station on its 39th and final mission, and is preparing for Wednesday's scheduled landing at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The shuttle success

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BEIJING, Feb. 1 (Xinhua) -- China's State Council, or the Cabinet, on Wednesday called for more efforts to support the sound development of small and micro-sized enterprises. Small and micro-sized firms serve as a significant channel for creating job

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MOSCOW, Oct. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Space Agency Roscosmos confirmed on Monday the list of next crew members who will fly to the International Space Station (ISS) on Nov. 14. Russia's Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft will bring Russian cosmonauts Anton Sh

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BEIJING, Nov. 3 (Xinhua) -- Two Chinese spacecraft accomplished the country's first space docking procedure early Thursday, silently coupling in space more than 343 km above Earth's surface. Nearly two days after it was launched, the unmanned spacecr

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JIUQUAN, June 16 (Xinhua) -- She is a wife. She belongs to China's one-child generation. On Saturday, 33-year-old Liu Yang becomes the country's first woman entering space. The home-grown Shenzhou-9 spacecraft, atop an upgraded Long March-2F carrier