RIO DE JANEIRO Customized Philadelphia Eagles Jersey , Oct. 21 (Xinhua) -- Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer Tuesday unveiled the first prototype of the largest self-made military transport plane.
Defense Minister Celso Amorim, Brazilian Air Force (FAB) commander Lt. Brigadier Gen. Juniti Saito and diplomats from 30 countries witnessed the unveiling of the KC-390 aircraft at the company's Gaviao Peixoto production hangar in the southeastern state of Sao Paulo.
"This significant milestone of the KC-390 Program demonstrates Embraer's ability to manage such a complex and high-technology project and to perform it on track," said Jackson Schneider, the company's president and CEO of defense and security.
The KC-390, to be used by FAB, is the result of a nearly 2 billion-U.S.-dollar deal between Embraer and FAB in 2009 on the production of two types of military planes.
In May, FAB signed a 2.9 billion-dollar contract to purchase from Embraer 28 of the planes Cheap Philadelphia Eagles Jerseys , which will eventually substitute the force's aging fleet of U.S.-built Hercules C130s.
"The KC-390 will be the backbone of the FAB's air transportation network," Saito said.
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In addition to the FAB purchase contract, Embraer has tentative orders for another 32 KC-390s from other countries.
The plane will go into testing before a second prototype is built, with the first delivery of the aircraft due in early 2016.
Embraer is the world's third-largest manufacturer of commercial airplanes, after U.S. giant Boeing and Europe's Airbus.
TRENTO, Italy, Dec. 18 (Xinhua) -- Chinese skater Tao Jiaying triumphed in the women's short track 1 Jaylen Watkins Limited Jersey ,500-meter competition on Wednesday to snatch China's third gold medal at the 26th Winter Universiade.
Tao finished in two minutes and 30.296 seconds ahead of Hungary' s Bernadett Heidium (2:30.545) and South Korea's Hwang Hyunsun (2: 30.606).
"I am happy. I was not feeling much pressure during this competition," said the 20-year-old athlete from the Harbin Institute of Physical Education.
Tao, who competed in the Universiade for the firs time, adopted a practical approach when talking about her future aim. "But I have no specific objectives for the future. I just want to do my best, step after step," she said.
Tao's teammate Guo Yihan crashed when leading in the final lap to miss the gold she expected herself to win.
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Guo, an 18-year-old student from Changchun Normal University, said she was pushed by a Korean skater to crash.
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The Russian biathlon team formed by Larisa Kuznetsova, Tatiana Semenova, Sergei Kliachin and Aleksandr Pechenkin dominated in the mixed relay to win Russia's 12th gold, which placed them first in the medal table with 38 medals.
Poland remained second in the medal table with 21 medals after winning their ninth gold in men's team ski jumping.
Wednesday saw the first gold medal for the Netherlands, with Pim Cazemier winning in men's 10,000m speed skating.
Alexis Keeney from the U.S. and Kalle Leinonen from Finland won respectively the women' and men's slopestyle competitions, which were held for the first time in a Winter Universiade.
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"From our first observation, the color tone and all maintenance records that we have, we know," Transport Minister Liow Tiong Lai said. "Our records show that it's the same as MH370."
Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak announced early Thursday morning that the flaperon came from the doomed aircraft, but authorities in France, the U.S. and Australia have stopped short of full confirmation.
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PHNOM PENH, May 2 (Xinhua) -- A U.S.-backed Radio Free Asia (RFA) journalist, who has been accused of concealing his identity during a prison visit with two opposition lawmakers last month, did not appear in court on Tuesday, a court's spokesman said.
Phnom Penh Municipal Court's spokesman Ly Sophana said the court's deputy prosecutor Torrey Smith Limited Jersey , Seang Sok, summoned RFA's Khmer service deputy director Huot Vuthy, better known to listeners as Chun Chanboth, to appear in court on May 2, but he did not show up on the schedule.
He added that the court's deputy prosecutor is considering the next procedure against Vuthy.
RFA said in a statement late Monday that Vuthy "will not return to Cambodia after a weekend trip (to Thailand) at the behest of RFA leadership."
Vuthy fled to Thailand on April 28 before traveling to the United States on April 30.
He was accused of providing "false declaration" to the Prey Sar prison guards on April 19 in order to get into the prison with two opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party (CNRP) lawmakers to meet with 16 imprisoned CNRP officials and activists.
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