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Russian Scientists To Study In Detail North Pole Expedition Samples
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007Studying the geological samples taken from the North Pole seabed during Russia's symbolic expedition last week could take six months, a Russian Academy of Sciences spokesman said Wednesday. Russian researchers descended 4,200 meters (14,000 feet) below the Pole in two submersibles last Thursday to gather evidence to bolster the country's claim to a vast swathe of extra Polar territory - a missio ... more Britain Fears Repeat Of 2001 Epidemic 
London (AFP) Aug 07, 2007Britain's rural community is fearing a repeat of the foot and mouth epidemic six years ago, which devastated the countryside economy. The epidemic battered the farming and tourism industries, costing Britain's economy an estimated eight billion pounds (16.3 billion dollars, 11.9 billion euros). The grisly spectacle of cattle carcasses ablaze on giant pyres and dark smoke filling the air became a ... more China Braces For More Disasters As Tropical Storms Approach 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 08, 2007China braced for more killer weather on Wednesday as two tropical storms approached, continuing a devastating spell of natural disasters that last month left nearly 900 people dead or missing. More than 20,000 people were evacuated from their homes and 50,000 vessels ordered to return to shore in southeastern China's Fujian province as tropical storm Pabuk neared after lashing Taiwan, the offici ... more Dry Spell Hits Philippines Economy 
Manila (AFP) Aug 08, 2007A worsening dry spell in parts of the Philippines is destroying crops and hampering power generation, causing price rises that have hit the poor and sparked inflation fears. More than 127,000 hectares (314,000 acres) of farmland have withered in the northern third of the country after lower than normal rainfall in June and July, the civil defence office said. The weather office has warned that t ... more Immunity In Social Amoeba Suggests Ancient Beginnings 
Houston (SPX) Aug 09, 2007Finding an immune system in the social amoeba (Dictyostelium discoideum) is not only surprising but it also may prove a clue as to what is necessary for an organism to become multicellular, said the Baylor College of Medicine researcher who led the research that appears today in the journal Science. Dictyostelium discoideum usually exists as a single-celled organism. However, when stressed by st ... more |
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Kiev (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will grant Ukraine 330 million euros (about $460 mln) to secure the Chernobyl nuclear power plant to prevent radioactive leaks, the emergencies ministry said. Under an agreement the bank signed with the ministry and the state company overseeing the plant on Tuesday, the funds will be allocated to build a giant protective shield over the fourth ... more Iraq Oil Deals Signed Under Saddam Up For Review 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007All contracts concluded by foreign oil companies with Saddam Hussein's regime and the Kurdistan authorities will be reviewed in line with Iraq's new legislation, the Iraqi oil minister said Wednesday. "A draft oil law stipulates that any contract concluded with the previous regime or the Kurdistan autonomy must be reviewed and brought in line with the new law," Hussain al-Shahristani said on arr ... more Russia Oil Firm Russneft Securities Seized 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007Investigators from Russia's Interior Ministry said Wednesday they had seized on a court order 100% of private oil group RussNeft's securities. The seizure had been requested by the Interior Ministry, whose investigators are conducting a tax evasion and illegal business probe against the company's CEO. "On July 31, Moscow's Lefortovo district court upheld a motion to seize 100% of the company's s ... more Belarus Pays Gazprom Bill For Russian Natural Gas In Full 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Aug 09, 2007Belarus has fully paid its $460 million debt for Russian natural gas supplies, ending a dispute between the country and Gazprom, the state-controlled gas giant said Wednesday. "Gazprom today received the last installment of debt payment for Russian gas supplied in the first half of the year," company spokesman Sergei Kupriyanov said. Gazprom threatened last Wednesday to slash gas supplies to Bel ... more Russian Hostages Freed In Nigeria 
Miami (UPI) Aug 08, 2007Six Russian hostages held by militants in the Niger Delta were freed after more than two months amid gang violence in Port Harcourt that left at least 15 dead. The six Russians were taken hostage June 3 while working at an aluminum factory run by Russian firm UC RUSAL, the No. 1 producer of aluminum in the world. The captives were among the more than 200 people abducted so far this year by milit ... more |
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Lusaka, Zambia (SPX) Aug 08, 2007Zambian water authorities are integrating information based on satellite imagery to alleviate water shortages. With inadequate information causing many water-related problems, an ESA project has generated a variety of environmental maps to provide local policy makers with the necessary tools for effective water resource management. As part of the IWAREMA (Integrated Water Resource management for ... more 2006 Tectonic Plate Motion Reversal Near Acapulco Puzzles Earthquake Scientists 
Boulder CO (SPX) Aug 08, 2007A reversal of tectonic plate motion between Acapulco and Mexico City in the last half of 2006 probably didn't ease seismic strain in the region or the specter of a major earthquake anticipated there in the coming decades, says a University of Colorado at Boulder professor. Instead of creeping toward Mexico City at about one inch per year - the expected speed from plate tectonic theory - th ... more UQ Researchers Discover Some Of The Oldest Forms Of Life 
Brisbane, Australia (SPX) Aug 08, 2007University of Queensland researchers have identified microbial remains in some of the oldest preserved organic matter on Earth, confirmed to be 3.5 billion years-old. The UQ team, led by School of Physical Sciences scientists Dr Miryam Glikson and Associate Professor Sue Golding as well as Associate Professor Lindsay Sly from the School of Molecular and Microbial Sciences, are the first to concl ... more The Turkish Crisis 
Paris (UPI) Aug 08, 2007Three crises are coming to a head at once in Turkey. And despite its powerful mandate from last month's elections, the re-elected government of Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan is ill-placed to tackle any one of them. The first crisis is the appearance in Parliament of 18 elected new members of the pro-Kurdish Democratic Society Party, accused of links to the outlawed separatist guerilla move ... more Electric Fields Have Potential As A Cancer Treatment 
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 08, 2007Low-intensity electric fields can disrupt the division of cancer cells and slow the growth of brain tumors, suggest laboratory experiments and a small human trial, raising hopes that electric fields will become a new weapon for stalling the progression of cancer. The research, performed by an international team led by Yoram Palti of the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology in Haifa, is explai ... more
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