Author Archives: Guanqun
Google begins books digitization in French library
BEIJING, Dec. 22 — Internet search giant Google began digitizing half a million books from the Municipal Library of Lyon, France, Monday. Patrick Bazin, director of the Municipal Library of Lyon, said Google is contracted to scan the books in … Continue reading
Carrie Underwood gets engaged
BEIJING, Dec. 22 — U.S. singer Carrie Underwood, 26, and Ottawa Senator hockey player Mike Fisher, 29, were engaged, according to media reports Tuesday. “I’m happy to confirm that Carrie Underwood is engaged to Mike Fisher, and the couple couldn’t be … Continue reading
ISS crew lands safely in Kazakhstan
BEIJING, Dec. 1 — Three astronauts landed safely on the Kazakhstan steppes Tuesday after spending six months on the International Space Station. The Russian Soyuz TMA-15 capsule landed as planned at 10:17 a.m. Moscow time (07:17 GMT) about 85 km … Continue reading
2012 int’l AIDS conference to be held in Washington
BEIJING, Dec. 1 — The International AIDS Society will host its 2012 conference in Washington, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced Monday on the eve of World AIDS day. The secretary said the 2012 international AIDS conference “will draw … Continue reading
“Vegetative” for 23 years, Belgian man gets “second birth”
BEIJING, Nov. 26 — A Belgian man, who was thought to have been in a vegetative state but then found conscious for the past 23 years, said he got a “second birth” after doctors worked out a way for him … Continue reading
Iraqi gov’t opens YouTube channel
BEIJING, Nov. 26 — The Iraqi government Wednesday launched an official channel on the popular video-sharing website YouTube. The channel on the Google-owned site was opened when Google chief executive Eric Schmidt was paying a visit to Baghdad. Iraqi Prime … Continue reading
Curbing climate change “averts health crisis”: study
BEIJING, Nov. 26 — Curbing climate change could save millions of lives by reducing preventable deaths from heart and lung diseases, a new study suggested Wednesday. The report, published by the British medical review The Lancet in a special issue, … Continue reading
U.S. health officials say A/H1N1 flu vaccine safe
BEIJING, Nov. 26 — There’s no evidence that the A/H1N1 flu vaccine can cause any serious side effects, said U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a report released on Wednesday. The report was CDC’s first report on … Continue reading
Conjoined twins recovering well after separation surgery in Australia
BEIJING, Nov. 25 — Formerly conjoined twin sisters Trishna and Krishna are recovering well in Australia from a marathon separation surgery in Australia. According to Australia’s Royal Children’s Hospital chief of surgery Leo Donnan Tuesday, Trishna has started to eat … Continue reading
New power plant prototype uses salt to produce electricity
BEIJING, Nov. 25 — The world’s first osmotic power plant was unveiled in Norway, which can utilize the energy when freshwater encounters seawater to produce clean electricity, according to media reports Wednesday. Statkraft, a state-owned power group of Norway, is … Continue reading