China won't repeat errors in 2015 emissions goals: NDRC

(Reuters) - China will not repeat the mistakes made last year as it strives to meet its "tough" new 2011-2015 emissions and energy saving targets, the head of the country's state planning agency said on Sunday.
Last year, China's industrial heartlands were hit hard by last-minute efforts to meet a mandatory 2006-2010 target to improve energy efficiency by 20 percent.

Tanker deal comes at crucial time

Production for Air Force 'will span decades' for both Boeing and its suppliers

It's the jet that just won't back down.
The Boeing Co.'s 767 has been down for the count on several occasions over the past decade.

Court defers ruling on Nobel laureate's dismissal

DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — An official says Bangladesh's High Court has delayed its ruling on the legality of a government order dismissing Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus as head of the microfinance bank he founded.
Attorney General Mahbub-e-Alam says the court is likely to rule Monday.
He says lawyers for Yunus made more arguments Sunday that his dismissal is illegal. The government is to respond Monday.

Drilling in forests could hurt tourism

Thanks to the conservation vision of men like Joseph Rothrock, of Mifflin County, in the late 1880s and one-time Penn State forester Maurice Goddard in the mid-1900s, Pennsylvania today has 20 state forests, 117 state parks and three conservation areas.

Hundreds of Oregon foreclosure sales stopped after judges' rulings

Sales of hundreds of foreclosed homes in Oregon have been halted or withdrawn in recent weeks after federal judges repeatedly questioned their legality, according to a number of real estate attorneys in the state.

Lenders have withdrawn more than 300 foreclosure sales since February in Deschutes County alone, one of the Oregon area's hardest hit by the housing collapse. About 130 of those notices were filed in the past week, attorneys say.

India successfully test-fires missile interceptor

BHUBANESWAR:  India on Sunday successfully tested a ballistic missile interceptor from a defence base in Orissa as part of its endeavour to create a shield against incoming enemy missiles, an official said.

The indigenous interceptor 'Ballistic Missile Defence System' was fired from Wheeler Island off the Orissa coast near Dhamra in Bhadrak district, about 170km from here at 9.37am.

It successfully destroyed an incoming ballistic missile - a variant of the Prithvi II - fired from the launch complex III of the Integrated Test Range at Chandipur on sea in Balasore district, about 70km away from Wheeler Island across the sea.

Laptops play catch up to the iPad, Xoom

Market researcher Gartner released a research note Thursday claiming that laptops are not meeting the demands of the social-networking era. So, will mobile PCs become more like the Xoom and the iPad, which are, in turn, larger versions of the smartphone? In a word, yes.