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More than 1,000 chosen for one-way Mars reality-TV mission More than 1,000 candidates -- from 200,000 hopefuls -- have been chosen to train for a private Mars colonisation mission to be partly funded by a reality-TV show following their training and subsequent steps, organisers said Thursday.

03 January 2014

Ford to unveil solar-powered hybrid car Ford announced plans Thursday for a prototype hybrid car that uses solar energy from a rooftop charger, reducing gas use and avoiding the need for plugging into the electric grid.

03 January 2014

Facebook dominates in US rush to social networking The surge into social networks is gaining pace among Americans, with Facebook dominating but with many people using multiple platforms, a study showed Monday.

31 December 2013

Philippines allows phone use on planes The Philippines' civil aviation authority said Tuesday it would allow passengers to use mobile phones and laptops to make calls and access the Internet during flights.

31 December 2013

New Year on ice as weather stalls Antarctic air-sea rescue An icebound Russian research vessel prepared to ring in the New Year in remote Antarctica Tuesday as blizzards hampered a helicopter rescue planned after several icebreaking attempts failed.

31 December 2013

Kazakhstan's biggest greenhouse constructed near Karaganda Construction of Kazakhstan's biggest greenhouse complex has been completed in Topar village in Karaganda Oblast.

30 December 2013

Some 92 farms expropriated in Brazil for land reform Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff on Friday signed a decree expropriating 92 farms which will be handed over to small farmers as part of the country's land reform.

30 December 2013

Rescue of stranded Antarctic ship stalls A Chinese icebreaker has failed to break through thick ice to free a ship carrying scientists and tourists stranded off Antarctica, forcing Australian authorities to look at other rescue options Saturday.

28 December 2013

More Americans shopped on their phones on Christmas Most stores were closed but Americans still managed to shop on Christmas Day -- increasingly on their smartphones.

28 December 2013

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European Society for Quality Research awards Almaty Subway again Almaty Subway has won another award from the European Society for Quality Research (ESQR).

27 December 2013

UN urges Thailand to drop charges against website The United Nations has urged Thailand to drop defamation charges against two Australian and Thai journalists for a report alleging military involvement in people smuggling, warning of a "chilling effect" on press freedom.

27 December 2013

Rescue underway for Russian ship trapped by Antarctic ice Three icebreaking ships were Thursday hurrying to reach a Russian vessel carrying 74 people on a scientific expedition which is trapped by ice off Antarctica, with Australian authorities coordinating the rescue mission.

26 December 2013

Chilean miracle miners back in spotlight -- on film At the bottom of a dank salt mine in Colombia, a 200-strong film crew featuring Spanish actor Antonio Banderas is reconstructing the incredible tale of 33 miners buried alive for 69 days in Chile in 2010.

26 December 2013

Results of Kashagan pipeline tests to be unveiled in January 2014 Experts are expected to release their statements on the condition of malfunctioning pipelines at the Kashagan field in mid-January 2014.

26 December 2013

KazMunaiGas to complete feasibility study to construct 4th oil refinery Given the overhaul of the current 3 oil refineries, a new oil refinery may be needed only after 2025: Samruk-Kazyna Sovereign Wealth Fund Managing Director.

26 December 2013

Fukushima operator readies new restructuring plan Tokyo Electric Power said it would submit a fresh restructuring plan to a Japanese government-backed fund Wednesday, which could see the creation of a special unit to dismantle the crippled Fukushima plant.

25 December 2013

Astronauts poised for second spacewalk to repair station Two American astronauts prepared to step out Tuesday on a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk to wrap up repairs to the cooling system at the International Space Station, NASA said.

24 December 2013