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Unocal Spurns Chinese Suitor To Embrace New Chevron Offer
Los Angeles (AFP) Jul 20, 2005US oil company Unocal Corp. has turned its back on a politically explosive takeover offer from a state-owned Chinese concern in favour of a sweetened but still inferior bid from Chevron Corp. Geophysics Graduate Blazes New Trails For UH In Seismic Exploration 
Houston TX (SPX) Jul 20, 2005Innovations in seismic technology for oil and gas exploration have earned top international honors for a recent University of Houston Ph.D. graduate in geophysics. Drought Sparks Rationing, Worries In EU 
Paris, France (UPI) July 20, 2005After wildfires and heat-induced health problems, Europe's blazing summer temperatures are sparking a new concern: Drought, and chances that sparse rainfall may severely shrink the region's agricultural output. |
China And Taiwan Grapple With Havoc From Typhoon Haitang
Shanghai (AFP) Jul 20, 2005At least 15 people were reported dead and several missing Wednesday in China and Taiwan in the aftermath of Typhoon Haitang, whose lashing winds and rain caused millions of dollars in damage. Hurricane Emily Drenches Mexico, Downs Power Lines 
Matamoros, Mexico (AFP) Jul 20, 2005Deadly Hurricane Emily made its second landfall in Mexico Wednesday, slamming onto the northeastern coast with winds of up to 200 kilometers (125 miles) per hour that downed power lines and sent debris flying. Goddard Field Tests Unite Weather And Climate Models 
Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 21, 2005Researchers have created four new supercomputer simulations that for the first time combine their mathematical computer models of the atmosphere, ocean, land surface and sea ice. |
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Eat To Live: Celebrating The Popsicle
by Julia WatsonWashington DC (UPI) July 20, 2005 Let's hear it for Frank Epperson. One hundred years ago, in 1905, when he was a mere slip of a boy of 11, he invented the popsicle. Woods Hole Research Center Plans Controlled Burn In Amazon Rainforest 
Amazon Forests (SPX) Jul 20, 2005Fire is an important agent of transformation in the Amazon landscape. Every year, low intensity fires burn thousands of square miles of Amazon forest. Child-Proofing Planet Earth 
Washington (UPI) July 20, 2005As covers slip off pools and shoes off feet in the summer sunshine, parents should take care not to let down their guard against accidental harm coming to their children. Hewlett-Packard To Slash 14,500 Jobs, After IBM Move 
New York (AFP) Jul 19, 2005Hewlett-Packard announced a major reorganization Tuesday that would slash the workforce of the technology giant by 10 percent, or 14,500 employees, by the end of next year. |
Northeast US Shows Highest Levels Of Ground Water Contamination
USA (SPX) Jul 20, 2005The presence of methyl tert-butyl ether (MTBE), a component used to add oxygen to gasoline to meet Clean Air Act standards, has been detected as a contaminant in ground water supplies underlying urban areas, particularly in the northeastern United States. The study is published in the July-August issue of Ground Water. Beaches On Italy's Riviera Deserted Amid Toxic Algae Fears 
Rome (AFP) Jul 20, 2005Beaches were deserted along a 15 kilometre (nine mile) stretch of the Italian riviera Wednesday after nearly 200 people were hospitalized having come into contact with a toxic algae flourishing along the Ligurian coast. Russian Leader Blasts Environmentalists For Holding Back Development 
Moscow (AFP) Jul 20, 2005Russian President Vladimir Putin criticised Wednesday the use of environmental objections to hold up industrial projects such as the construction of pipelines. |
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