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SPHERICAL RADIO TELESCOPE

26th September, 2016 47

ibtimes.com

CHINA'S ALIEN-HUNTING TELESCOPE FAST, WORLD'S LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE, BEGINS OPERATIONS

With a diameter of 500 meters 1,640 feet, the telescope, which cost nearly 1.2 billion yuan to build, dwarfs the 300 meter Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico...

SETI

RADIO TELESCOPE

INCREDIBLY SENSITIVE TELESCOPE

LI DI

ARECIBO OBSERVATORY

25th September, 2016 260

MEASURING 500 METERS IN DIAMETER, THE RADIO TELESCOPE IS NESTLED IN A NATURAL BASIN WITHIN A STUNNING LANDSCAPE OF LUSH GREEN KARST FORMATIONS IN SOUTHERN GUIZHOU PROVINCE.

The radio telescope has double the sensitivity of the Arecibo Observatory, and five to 10 times the surveying speed, Xinhua said...

LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE

25th September, 2016 17

aljazeera.com

FAST IS EXPECTED TO PLACE CHINA AS THE GLOBAL LEADER IN DEEP SPACE RADIO TELESCOPE RESEARCH FOR 10 OR 20 YEARS.

FAST China's great space telescope to begin operations...

RADIO TELESCOPE

ARECIBO OBSERVATORY

FAST RADIO TELESCOPE

25th September, 2016 4185

telegraph.co.uk

THE 84-YEAR-OLD SPENT 17 YEARS BUILDING THE STATION NEAR HIS HOME IN MAYANG COUNTY, IN CHINA'S CENTRAL HUNAN PROVINCE.

A a??game-changer in the search for aliensa?? China switches on worlda??s biggest telescope...

EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE

OUTER SPACE

LARGEST STAR GAZER

24th September, 2016 666

bbc.com

PUERTO RICO HUGE BLACKOUT AFTER POWER PLANT FIRE

Puerto Rico's Electric Power Authority has been undergoing restructuring and is seeking funds to update what it says is outdated equipment...

22nd September, 2016 693

washingtonpost.com

PUERTO RICO HIT WITH ISLANDWIDE BLACKOUT AFTER FIRE ERUPTS

Puerto Rico hit with island-wide blackout after fire erupts...

22nd September, 2016 1772

IN EDMONTON, CANADA, POLICE SAID IMITATION GUNS WERE INVOLVED IN 1,598 INCIDENTS IN 2015 -- UP 38 PERCENT FROM A YEAR EARLIER.

So far, police haven't had to use deadly force...

POLICE

IMITATION GUNS

FATAL POLICE SHOOTING

COLUMBUS POLICE

19th September, 2016 4

OF THOSE LEADERS PRESENT, MORE THAN HALF ARE MADURO'S CLOSE IDEOLOGICAL ALLIES AND RECIPIENTS OF OIL SUBSIDIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND CARIBBEAN.

Venezuela is facing a global attack, which is against all of Latin America and Caribbean, he said...

BAN KI-MOON

UNITED NATIONS

PRESIDENT NICOLAS MADURO

NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT

NICOLAS MADURO

18th September, 2016 10

REPUBLICANS ARE PROPOSING TO ALLOW ZIKA-FIGHTING MONEY FOR PLANNED PARENTHOOD-AFFILIATED CLINICS AS NEGOTIATORS TRY TO REACH A DEAL AND ADJOURN CONGRESS FO

GOP ranks in Congress look to drop Planned Parenthood ploy, fund Zika fight aides...

PLANNED PARENTHOOD-AFFILIATED CLINICS

SENATE GOP NEGOTIATORS

GOP

16th September, 2016 0

STRIKING A CONCILIATORY TONE, PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WRAPPED UP A MEETING WITH CONGRESSIONAL LEADERS MONDAY BY DECLARING HIMSELF HOPEFUL THAT AN AGREEMENT

Obama upbeat on Zika funding, budget progress in Congress...

13th September, 2016 0

MISS AMERICA STATE PAGEANTS

NEW MISS AMERICA HAS ADVICE FOR TRUMP, CLINTON 'COMPROMISE'

The first openly gay contestant in the Miss America pageant, Miss Missouri Erin O'Flaherty, was eliminated Sunday night when the top 15 finalists were chosen...

MISS AMERICA

MISS AMERICA PAGEANT

SHIELDS

12th September, 2016 75

SINCE THE SUMMERTIME IMPASSE, ZIKA HAS SPREAD EVEN MORE WIDELY, AND FRUSTRATION IS MOUNTING FROM LAWMAKERS REPRESENTING AFFECTED AREAS.

And 671 pregnant women in the states and Washington, D.C., have the virus, leading to the birth of 17 babies with microcephaly so far...

STOPGAP GOVERNMENT FUNDING

BILL CLINTON

DIRECTOR THOMAS FRIEDEN

THOMAS FRIEDEN

9th September, 2016 8

REPUBLICANS SAID HOUSE GOP LAWMAKERS WILL MEET NEXT THURSDAY TO DISCUSS WHAT TO DO ABOUT CONSERVATIVES' IMPEACHMENT DEMANDS.

House GOP leaders have shown meager enthusiasm for impeaching Koskinen, and its prospects are uncertain...

8th September, 2016 0

SENATE MAJORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL TOLD REPORTERS HE WAS IN TALKS WITH SENATE DEMOCRATIC LEADER HARRY REID.

Senator brings jar of mosquitoes as Congress weighs Zika funding deal...

PLANNED PARENTHOOD LANGUAGE

UNITED STATES SENATE

POTENTIAL SENATE ZIKA

SENATE

8th September, 2016 1

SHE WAS HELD IN CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS AFTER REFUSING TO TESTIFY TO A HOUSE COMMITTEE, AND EVENTUALLY RETIRED.

Ryan vows to keep U.S. running as GOP-led Congress reopens with Zika, Clinton, Iran in cross-hairs...

REQUIRED SPENDING BILLS

CURRENT SPENDING

CONGRESS

6th September, 2016 6

thestar.com

DEATH CAME SUDDENLY TO DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C.

It marked a departure from Dorchester County's usual ground-based efforts...

2nd September, 2016 9

TO DATE, THERE ARE 43 CASES OF LOCALLY TRANSMITTED ZIKA IN FLORIDA.

That number pales in comparison with hard-hit Puerto Rico, which has over 13,000 cases of the virus, with more than a thousand of those pregnant women...

1st September, 2016 89

ZIKA SPREADS IN SINGAPORE AS U.S. FIRM TESTS VACCINE IN PUERTO RICO, VIRUS SEEN IN MOSQUITO EGGS

Zika is primarily transmitted by the Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, and also by sexual contact...

ZIKA VIRUS INFECTIONS

ZIKA

30th August, 2016 0

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

ZIKA FUNDING DELAY IN CONGRESS PUTS AMERICANS AT RISK, OBAMA SAYS

Obama Congress is putting Americans at risk with delay of Zika funding...

29th August, 2016 10

RICK SCOTT SAID STATE HEALTH OFFICIALS HAD IDENTIFIED FIVE CASES OF ZIKA BELIEVED TO BE CONTRACTED IN MIAMI BEACH.

Zika spreads to Miami Beach U.S. expands travel warning...

20th August, 2016 0

RICK SCOTT HAS DIRECTED FLORIDA'S HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO OFFER MOSQUITO SPRAYING AND RELATED SERVICES AT NO COST TO MIAMI-DADE COUNTY'S HOTELS, RESTAURANTS AND TOURIST ATTRACTIONS.

Miami Beach does have a series of characteristics that make it particularly challenging, Frieden said...

20th August, 2016 0

LOUISIANA, LONG KNOWN TO BE A HAVEN FOR MOSQUITOES, IS CONSIDERED A STATE AT-RISK OF ZIKA TRANSMISSION.

'Nobody's looking' why US Zika outbreak could be bigger than we know...

INFLUENZA

AEDES

COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTERS

PUBLIC HEALTH OFFICIALS

18th August, 2016 24

IT CONTAINS PRIVATE CABINS FOR OVERNIGHT STAYS DURING ITS TRIPS BETWEEN SAN JUAN AND SANTO DOMINGO.

More than 500 evacuated burning ferry off Puerto Rico...

18th August, 2016 4

PUERTO RICO HAS BEEN GRAPPLING WITH THE PROBLEM FOR MONTHS, BUT INFECTIONS ARE STILL SPREADING.

Even so, the virus has so infested the island that Friday, the Department of Health and Human Services issued its warning...

INFECTION

PUERTO RICO

WASHINGTON—THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

14th August, 2016 8

aljazeera.com

ANA RIUS, PUERTO RICO HEALTH SECRETARY, SAID 90 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN HOSPITALISED BECAUSE OF ZIKA.

US declares emergency in Puerto Rico over Zika outbreak...

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES

PUERTO RICO

PUBLIC HEALTH EMERGENCY

13th August, 2016 126

BIOMEDICAL ADVANCED RESEARCH

OBAMA SHIFTS FUNDS TO KEEP WORK GOING ON ZIKA VACCINE

That would force the development of a vaccine to stop at a critical time, as locally acquired cases of Zika infection increase in Miami...

SYLVIA MATHEWS BURWELL

12th August, 2016 7

theguardian.com

ALL TOLD, ABOUT 2.6 MILLION PEOPLE LIVE IN MIAMI-DADE, ENCOMPASSING A VAST, WATER-COVERED SOUTH-EASTERN TIP OF FLORIDA.

Zika virus scare is turning Miami's hipster haven into a ghost town...

MIAMI-DADE MOSQUITO CONTROL

10th August, 2016 156

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES

CLINTON URGES CONGRESS TO MEET, PASS ZIKA BILL AS TEXAS SEES FIRST NEWBORN DEATH FROM VIRUS

Texas meanwhile recorded its first Zika infant death...

10th August, 2016 2

NO HEADING NO.1

No Heading No.2...

10th August, 2016 56

Trending News Headlines : Puerto Rico

usatoday.com

GAY MARRIAGE BANS IN FOUR STATES UPHELD, SUPREME COURT REVIEW LIKELY

Gay marriage bans in four states upheld supreme court review likely...

SAME-SEX MARRIAGE

SUPREME COURT

SAME-SEX MARRIAGES

7th November, 2014 5064

CLINTON'S DELEGATE COUNT WILL GROW TUESDAY WHEN SIX STATES, INCLUDING DELEGATE-RICH CALIFORNIA AND NEW JERSEY, HOLD CONTESTS.

Later that month, Bill Clinton was accused of having a sexual relationship with former White House intern Monica Lewinsky...

ASTONISHING NON-STOP FLIGHT

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

7th June, 2016 3646

ZIKA IN FLORIDA FIRST LOCALLY TRANSMITTED CASES IN CONTINENTAL U.S.

None of those cases is a result of local mosquito transmission...

29th July, 2016 3386

IGEL SAID HE AND THE OTHERS WHO SIGNED ONTO THE LETTER WILL CONTINUE RINGING THE BELL ABOUT PUBLIC HEALTH FEARS OF THE GAMES REMAINING IN BRAZIL.

One of the letter's co-authors, Lee Igel, took issue with Frieden's comments that there is no public health reason to delay the Games...

28th May, 2016 2333

TEXAS HEALTH OFFICIALS REPORTED THE FIRST CASE OF SEXUAL TRANSMISSION OF THE ZIKA VIRUS IN THE USA ON TUESDAY.

Texas reports first case in the USA of sexually transmitted Zika virus...

2nd February, 2016 1596

telegraph.co.uk

THREE DEVICES WITH THE STORED INFORMATION WERE RECOVERED FOR ANALYSIS FROM THE VERMONT BIRDS, AND TWO FROM THE NOVIA SCOTIA GROUP.

Blackpoll warbler songbird, which weighs 4.2 ounces, can fly 1700 miles non-stop from New England to South America...

ATLANTIC OCEAN

NOVA SCOTIA

NOVIA SCOTIA GROUP

1st April, 2015 1513

theguardian.com

CHINA UPROOTS 9,000 PEOPLE FOR HUGE TELESCOPE IN SEARCH FOR ALIENS

Beijing sees its 500 metre-diameter telescope, which will dwarf the 300 metre-diameter Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico, as the latest symbol of its growing technological prowess...

17th February, 2016 1194

nytimes.com

BUT AMERICAN LAW GIVES CUBANS SPECIAL STATUS TO LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES AND APPLY FOR A GREEN CARD, PROVIDED THEY MAKE IT HERE.

US Pays to Shelter Cuban Migrants in Costa Rica...

5th March, 2016 1129

CRUZ NOTCHED TWIN VICTORIES IN KANSAS AND MAINE, SANDERS WON KANSAS AND NEBRASKA AND CLINTON AND TRUMP WON THE NIGHT'S BIG PRIZE DELEGATE-RICH LOUISIANA.

I have been in competitions all of my life, Trump said in a press conference at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida...

TRUMP INTERNATIONAL GOLF

CRUZ

6th March, 2016 1120

SCHUCHAT SAID THERE COULD BE HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF CASES OF ZIKA VIRUS IN PUERTO RICO AND THAT HUNDREDS OF BABIES COULD BE AFFECTED BY MICROCEPHALY.

CDC and NIH officials at the White House say the Zika virus is scarier than they first realized. And again, they ask Congress for money...

12th April, 2016 1096

WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

CDC REPORTS 279 PREGNANT WOMEN WITH ZIKA IN U.S.

More than 270 pregnant women in the U.S. are also infected with the Zika virus, and are worrying about whether their babies will suffer birth defects...

9th June, 2016 1084

FRANKY JIMMY DEJESUS DIDN'T HAVE CHILDREN BUT HIS NEPHEWS AND NIECES WERE HIS EVERYTHING, HIS CLOSE FRIEND SARA LOPEZ TOLD CNN.

He used to perform as a professional dancer in Puerto Rico...

14th June, 2016 1063

VIRGIN ATLANTIC'S NEW BOEING 787-9 IS CAPABLE OF FLYING 9,000 MILES NON-STOP FROM LONDON TO PERTH WITH A FULL LOAD OF PASSENGERS.

The longest non-stop flight from the UK is the daily British Airways link from Heathrow to Buenos Aires, clocking up 6,906 miles in 13 hours, 50 minutes...

LONGEST NON-STOP FLIGHT

EMIRATES

16th August, 2015 1059

reuters.com

AT LEAST 13 COUNTRIES HAVE REPORTED CASES OF GUILLAIN-BARRE LINKED WITH OUTBREAKS OF ZIKA, ACCORDING TO THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION, AND WHO BELIEVES THAT ZIKA LIKELY IS THE CAUSE.

In addition to autoimmune disease, some researchers also have reported patients with Zika infections developing encephalitis and myelitis - nerve disorders typically caused by direct infections in nerve cells...

NERVOUS SYSTEM

CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER GUILLAIN-BARRE

ZIKA

12th April, 2016 979

bbc.com

BRAZIL ZIKA OUTBREAK MORE BABIES BORN WITH BIRTH DEFECTS

There has been a sharp rise in the number of cases of Zika in several other Latin American countries...

BRAZIL

SPANISH LANGUAGE

AEDES AEGYPTI MOSQUITO

ABNORMALLY SMALL HEADS

21st January, 2016 934

independent.co.uk

PUERTO RICO IS EXPECTED TO DEFAULT ON 58 MILLION OF DEBT ON MONDAY.

Forget Greece, Puerto Rico is about to default on millions...

1st August, 2015 919

GRAFFITI IN RIO PIEDRAS, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO.

Closed shops along Rio Piedras, San Juan, Puerto Rico...

6th July, 2015 851

bbc.com

PAYING TRIBUTE, FAMILY MEMBERS TOLD THE ORLANDO SENTINEL THAT SHE LOVED FASHION AND HAD INFECTIOUS ENTHUSIASM.

Friends told the Orlando Sentinel Mr Vielma had been a true friend who had hoped to become an emergency medical technician...

LUIS DANIEL WILSON-LEON

PULSE

13th June, 2016 680

dailymail.co.uk

MINIONS TAMPONS ANYONE? COMPANY CAUSE A STIR WITH LATEST 'PRODUCT'

Minions tampons anyone? Internet reacts after yellow sanitary product...

TAMPON

KOTEX

BRIGHTLY-COLOURED APPLICATOR TAMPONS

11th July, 2015 676

THE COLOMBIAN GOVERNMENT HAS CONFIRMED THREE FATALITIES WITH GUILLAIN-BARRE, INCLUDING TWO OF THE TURBO PATIENTS, BLAMING THE DEATHS ON ZIKA.

Cruz's sister, Paula Molinares, 10, is being treated for Guillain-Barre in Monteria, a major city in Colombia...

22nd February, 2016 656

independent.co.uk

OMAR MATEEN'S 'GAY LOVER' SAYS ORLANDO ATTACK WAS ABOUT REVENGE - NOT ISIS

Orlando shooter Omar Mateen's 'male lover' speaks out...

22nd June, 2016 624

CHINA FITS FINAL PIECE ON WORLD'S LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE

Advancing China's space program remains a key priority for Beijing...

NEWS AGENCY

SETI

LARGEST RADIO TELESCOPE

4th July, 2016 605

washingtonpost.com

RECIFE, BRAZIL -- JUSIKELLY DA SILVA WAS FULL OF EXPECTATIONS FOR HER BABY.

Brazilians panic as mosquito-borne virus is linked to brain damage in thousands of babies...

BRAZIL

MICROCEPHALY CASES

NEW MICROCEPHALY CASES

MICROCEPHALY

16th January, 2016 593

usatoday.com

-- 11 PERCENT HERRERA BEUTLER MISSED 370 OF 3,379 ELIGIBLE VOTES.

Sen. Rubio has been attacked for absences from Washington, but he is hardly alone...

UNITED STATES CONGRESS

VOTING

ELIGIBLE VOTES

10th November, 2015 538

theguardian.com

CARIBBEAN SWELTERS UNDER WORST DROUGHT IN FIVE YEARS

The worst drought in five years is creeping across the Caribbean...

25th June, 2015 487

EXPERTS SAID THAT AMERICAN CLAIMANTS SHOULD NOT BE TOO WORRIED ABOUT CUBA'S DAUNTING COUNTER-DEMANDS.

Cuba needs the United States to lift the trade embargo, and the best way to get that done is by settling the property claims, he said...

13th December, 2015 461

CLINTON IS CLOSE, BUT SANDERS NOT READY TO GIVE UP

Hillary Clinton is close Bernie Sanders not ready to give up...

6th June, 2016 445

THE EL FARO TOOK THE FLORIDA COAST ROUTE ON AUG. 25, WHEN TROPICAL STORM ERIKA WAS HEADING TOWARD THE CARIBBEAN.

El Faro was heading straight into the NHC'S projected track of the hurricane, which was then packing 105 MPH winds and whipping up 50-foot waves...

14th October, 2015 442

FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES

I DON'T BELIEVE IT, BUT I DID SAY LET PEOPLE READ IT, TRUMP SAID.

I don't like to change, Trump said, noting that he already feels like he is a presidential person...

4th May, 2016 437

AMERICAN FLAG FLIES AT EMBASSY IN CUBA FOR FIRST TIME SINCE 1961

History in Havana Flag Raised at U.S. Embassy in Cuba...

22nd February, 2016 419

Related News Headlines : Puerto Rico

"I REALISE THIS RAISES TENSIONS," OBAMA SAID EARLIER AS HE MET WITH ASEAN LEADERS, REFERRING TO A RECENT INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION RULING AGAINST CHINA ON THE MARITIME DISPUTE.

In a joint statement issued by leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, members were expected to issue a mild rebuke to China without referencing it by name...

OBAMA

9th September, 2016 182

HOUSE DEMOCRATS HAD SENT A SIMILAR LETTER LAST WEEK SIGNED BY 117 HOUSE DEMOCRATS.

Other Senate Democrats who signed the letter are Sens...

2nd September, 2016 0

PUTIN WILL TRY TO GET FROM BARACK OBAMA .

The Group of 20 summit starting in China on Sunday gives Russian President Vladimir Putin one more chance to try to strong-arm U.S. President Barack Obama...

RUSSIA

VLADIMIR PUTIN

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN

1st September, 2016 0

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WILL CUT SHORT A EUROPEAN TRIP AND WILL VISIT DALLAS EARLY NEXT WEEK, THE WHITE HOUSE SAID FRIDAY.

Obama called Dallas' police chief, David Brown, from Warsaw Friday and offered his condolences on behalf of the country...

BILL CLINTON

RECENT POLICE SHOOTINGS

9th July, 2016 231

euronews.com

BEFORE THAT HE WILL MEET US PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA WHO IS ON A FAREWELL TOUR HAVING ALREADY VISITED VIETNAM.

No apology at Hiroshima says President Obama on visit to the city devastated by US atom bomb...

MINISTER SHINZO ABE

27th May, 2016 13

BUDGET-CONTROLLING REPUBLICANS BALK AT SENATE DEMOCRAT CALL FOR 1.9 BILLION TO FIGHT ZIKA

Republicans are demanding greater detail about the request the White House has responded by turning up the political heat...

ZIKA

19th April, 2016 1

reuters.com

CLINTON BACKER GEORGE CLOONEY CONDEMNS 'OBSCENE' SUMS IN WHITE HOUSE RACE

It is an obscene amount of money, Clooney said in excerpts released on Saturday...

HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON

DIRECTOR GEORGE CLOONEY

17th April, 2016 232

REPUBLICAN, SIGNALING A SHIFT, SAYS MORE MONEY NEEDED FOR ZIKA FIGHT

White House spokesman Josh Earnest said he anticipated that President Barack Obama would sign the bill, which provides financial incentives to companies developing treatments for Zika...

REGULAR APPROPRIATIONS PROCESS

14th April, 2016 31

OBAMA ADVISER DEESE TO LEAD WHITE HOUSE'S SUPREME COURT PROCESS

Deese has a history of taking on projects important to the president within the White House...

29th February, 2016 41

reuters.com

IN A DAILY PRESS BRIEFING, WHITE HOUSE SPOKESMAN JOSH EARNEST TOLD REPORTERS OBAMA WILL CONSULT WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF PEOPLE WITH DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS IN MAKING HIS DECISION.

"The President certainly wants to move promptly so that the United States Senate can do the same," Earnest said...

UNITED STATES

SPOKESMAN JOSH EARNEST

SUPREME COURT

WASHINGTON

19th February, 2016 25

WASHINGTON - PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA ON MONDAY SIGNED INTO LAW A BIPARTISAN BUDGET BILL THAT AVOIDS A CATASTROPHIC U.S.

Obama called the deal "a signal of how Washington should work" .....

INFLATED WAR SPENDING

3rd November, 2015 18

bloomberg.com

PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA AND TOP LAWMAKERS FROM BOTH PARTIES REACHED A TENTATIVE BUDGET AGREEMENT THAT WOULD AVERT A U.S.

Republicans reach deal on u.s. debt ceiling extension spending plan...