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China Rejects Foreign Rescuers As Japan Shares Satellite Data Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2008 
China rebuffed international offers of sniffer dogs and search-and-rescue experts to help in its huge earthquake relief operation, but countries still sent cash and prayers on Wednesday. Despite whole towns being flattened in Sichuan province, burying thousands, Australian expertise was Wednesday politely declined and frustrated Japanese teams were forced to turn around at the airport. ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2008China on Wednesday confirmed the first two deaths in Beijing from hand, foot and mouth disease, bringing the national death toll to 42 children, state media reported, citing health officials. One child from Beijing, host of this year's Olympics, died on Sunday, Xinhua news agency said citing city health department spokeswoman Deng Xiaohong. Another child from Hebei also died in the ... more PLA rides to the rescue again in China quake 
Beijing (AFP) May 14, 2008The People's Liberation Army dropped food and paratroopers into quake-shattered areas of China on Wednesday, the latest in a long history of disaster-relief missions by the world's largest armed force. The 7.9-magnitude earthquake which struck on Monday, devastating a wide area of southwestern China, has given rise to familiar scenes: Chinese people at nature's mercy and the PLA marching to ... more Rains Spell Nightmare Scenario In Myanmar While New Cyclone Forms 
Geneva (AFP) May 14, 2008Heavy rains forecast to hit Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta over the coming days represent a nightmare scenario for the cyclone-stricken country, the United Nations and Red Cross warned on Wednesday. "The arrival of the rains will only exacerbate an already dramatic situation in the flooded areas, both for survivors and for aid personnel," said Elisabeth Byrs of the UN's humanitarian affairs office ... more Britain tightlipped on reports that tourists safe in China quake 
London (AFP) May 14, 2008Britain's foreign ministry said it was unable to confirm reports Wednesday that 19 Britons missing in the region of China devastated by an earthquake were safe and sound. China's official Xinhua agency reported that 19 British tourists were unharmed and had arranged to stay in the Wolong giant panda nature reserve. The Foreign Office and a travel company have said the group was travelling ... more Over 40,000 Dead In China Quake As Full Horror Emerges 
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) May 15, 2008More than 40,000 people were dead, missing or buried under rubble in China's southwest, officials said Wednesday, as the full horror of its devastating earthquake began to emerge. Rescue teams who punched into the quake's stricken epicentre reported whole towns all but wiped off the map, spurring frantic efforts to bring emergency relief to the survivors. Planes and helicopters ... more |
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Baltimore MD (SPX) May 14, 2008Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have conducted the largest nationwide study on the acute health effects of coarse particle pollution. Coarse particles are airborne pollutants that fall between 2.5 and 10 microns in diameter. These particles are larger than fine particles (less than 2.5 microns) and are produced by processes such as mechanical grinding ... more NOAA Reports Coastal Waters Show Decline In Contaminants 
Washington DC (SPX) May 14, 2008NOAA scientists have released a 20-year study showing that environmental laws enacted in the 1970s are having a positive effect on reducing overall contaminant levels in coastal waters of the U.S. However, the report points to continuing concerns with elevated levels of metals and organic contaminants found near urban and industrial areas of the coasts. "It's interesting to note that ... more Finding The Real Potential Of No-Till Farming For Sequestering Carbon 
Washington DC (SPX) May 14, 2008The potential of no-tillage (NT) soils for increasing the soil organic carbon (SOC) pool must be critically and objectively assessed. Most of the previous studies about SOC accrual in NT soils have primarily focused on the surface layer ( 20-cm soil depth), and not for the whole soil profile. The lack of adequate data on the SOC profile is a hindrance to conclusively ascertain the effects of NT ... more Can A Runaway Planetary Greenhouse Shut Down Plate Tectonics 
Houston TX (SPX) May 14, 2008A new study of possible links between climate and geophysics on Earth and similar planets finds that prolonged heating of the atmosphere can shut down plate tectonics and cause a planet's crust to become locked in place. "The heat required goes far beyond anything we expect from human-induced climate change, but things like volcanic activity and changes in the sun's luminosity could lead ... more African poverty resists economic growth: AfDB head 
Maputo (AFP) May 14, 2008The annual meeting of the African Development Bank (AfDB) opened in Mozambique on Wednesday with the organisation's head warning that rising growth rates are having little impact on poverty levels. In his opening speech, AfDB president Donald Kaberuka said the economic impact of surging food prices, power shortages and global warming would all be debated during the two-day gathering of Africa ... more |
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El Segundo CA (SPX) May 14, 2008Raytheon has completed manufacture and testing of the optics detector module for the aerosol polarimetry sensor. The sensor will ride on the NASA Glory satellite to help agency and other federal officials better understand the impact of aerosols on global warming and climate change. The central component of the sensor, the module contains 161 optical elements, including six telescopes ... more LoJack Unmatched For Stolen Vehicle Recovery 
Westwood MA (SPX) May 14, 2008LoJack's leadership in stolen vehicle recovery, based on its proven Radio Frequency technology and truly unique relationship with law enforcement, was illustrated by three recent recovery stories. Two motorcycles and one car were each stolen on four different occasions within the last year. Thanks to LoJack's Stolen Vehicle Recovery System, the vehicles were recovered in a timely manner with ... more Astrata Group Awarded Major Telematics Contract For Customs Vehicle Monitoring 
Costa Mesa CA (SPX) May 14, 2008The Astrata Group has announced that Geneva-based Cotecna has been awarded a major contract to produce a transit monitoring system for the Government of Senegal's customs operations. The contract, the first for Astrata in the West African country, is to provide Remotely Deployed Units (RDUs) and fixed tracking units as part of Cotecna's Transit Monitoring and Traceability solution, which is ... more Spirent Federal Announces High Dynamic GPS/Galileo/GLONASS Simulation System 
Yorba Linda CA (SPX) May 14, 2008Spirent Federal Systems announces the Spirent GSS8000 simulation system, designed for use in the most demanding applications. Over 20 years of development experience has culminated in a system capable of simulating high dynamics with unsurpassed accuracy. The Spirent GSS8000 supports up to 20,000g acceleration, up to 120,000m/s velocity and 250Hz (4ms) processing rates, with ... more Telmap Goes Beyond GPS Navigation With Release Of Navigator 4.5 
Orlando FL (SPX) May 14, 2008Telmap has unveiled Telmap Navigator 4.5, introducing a whole new level of personal mobility into mobile navigation. Telmap Navigator for the first time introduces features and functions that allow the user to experience beyond GPS navigation. These features include the use of cell data location when GPS is not available, better mapping functions, integration of public transport data ... more
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