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Grève-surprise à l'aéroport de Pékin
via Aujourd'hui la Chine by (author unknown) on June 02, 2008
Pas d'annonce officielle, pas d'explications: pendant deux jours, les voyageurs n'ont pas compris pourquoi ils ont attendu plus longtemps que d'habitude leurs bagages à l'aéroport de Pékin.
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Chine: une invasion de crapauds ne fait pas un séisme
via Rue89 | Votre révolution de l'info by Pierre Haski on May 15, 2008
Alors que le bilan de la catastrophe du séisme du Sichuan ne cesse de s'alourdir -on parle désormais de 50 000 victimes-, certains se demandent si cette tragédie aurait pu être évitée, ou pire, si le gouvernement chinois a ignoré des informations permettant de prédire le séisme. A première vue, cette dernière accusation semble sans fondements.en lire plus
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Google China Homepage Links to Earthquake Information
via Google Blogoscoped by Philipp Lenssen on May 14, 2008
The homepage of Google China links to a special map showing eartquake information.Auto-translating the homepage text results in: “New! Google launched an emergency situation in the earthquake map, view the latest situation in earthquake relief”.[By Philipp Lenssen | Origin: Google China Homepage Links to Earthquake Inf ... | Comments][Advertisement] Google books at eBay: background info on...
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More ways to find what you're looking for
via Google LatLong by elaine on May 14, 2008
Posted by Christoph Oehler, Product ManagerYou may have noticed a bit of a theme with some of our recent announcements, such as mapped web pages and geotagged YouTube videos -- we want you to be able to view any information in its geographic context. But we realized that an important step is making that information easier to find, so we've now added a new button to Google Maps:The "More"...
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Illégitimes OGM
via Le Monde diplomatique by Agnès Sinaï on May 14, 2008
Le coup de théâtre parlementaire qui a empêché, le 13 mai, le vote de la loi OGM résulte du heurt entre deux visions antinomiques de l'agriculture et des territoires. Celle qui a prévalu dans ce vote-surprise relève de la défense de la diversité des pratiques agricoles et de la souveraineté (...) / France, Biotechnologie - La valise diplomatique
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La trame conjugale
via Manger du chou chinois by ebolavir on May 13, 2008
Image prêtée par la librairie Chapitre.comDemain c’est mon anniversaire. Je suis maintenant dans mon deuxième cycle des troncs célestes et des branches terrestres. Jeanne Calment en a parcouru deux en entier, et bien commencé le troisième. il reste du chemin à faire. Mais ce n’est pas cet anniversaire là que je vais célébrer, mais celui de la machine à laver entrée depuis deux ans...
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Séisme : Les pandas du Sichuan sains et saufs
via Aujourd'hui la Chine by (author unknown) on May 13, 2008
Plus de 80 pandas de la réserve de Wolong, dans la province du Sichuan (sud-ouest), ont été retrouvés sains et saufs après le violent séisme qui a ravagé la région, a annoncé mardi l'agence Chine nouvelle.
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Google Maps Adds Real Estate Search
via Google Operating System by Ionut Alex Chitu on May 13, 2008
As a Google employee recently said, "Google Maps is evolving from a driving directions and business search tool, to a comprehensive representation of all the world's information, on a map." That's why Google Maps started to integrate different layers of information when you search for an address and it added a new "More" button to enable layers for photos and Wikipedia articles. Google...
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Google Maps Adds More: Wikipedia Entries and Geo-Coded Photos
via TechCrunch by Erick Schonfeld on May 13, 2008
If you go to Google Maps, you’ll notice there is now a “”More” button right next to “Street View”" and “Traffic.” If you click on it after getting a map, you will be given the options to tick “Photos” or “Wikipedia.” Ticking the first option populates teh map with geo-tagged photos provided by Panoramio. Ticking the second gives you geo-coded Wikipedia articles. For...
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Hanging Up in Chinese
via Sinosplice: Life by John on May 13, 2008
I recall quite clearly the satisfaction I felt when I first became capable of conducting actual telephone conversations in Chinese. It made me feel I had really arrived, and I relished the achievement. It wasn’t long before some communication issues spoiled my victory, though. Chinese people were saying things to me on the phone that I wasn’t accustomed to hearing, and it didn’t seem very...
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