China to provide potable water for rural residents

BEIJING (Reuters) - China will invest billions of dollars over the next 10 years to provide drinking water for 300 million rural residents who face shortages or are without access to clean water, local media reported on Tuesday. BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European consumers are at risk from unauthorized genetically modified (GMO) rice grown in China after evidence of a strain was found in Britain, France and Germany, environment group Greenpeace said on Tuesday. CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida (Reuters) - NASA managers have cleared space shuttle Atlantis for a launch attempt on Wednesday after a week's delay due to a lightning strike and a storm, officials with the U.S. space agency said on Monday.