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Spectre of hunger looms over flood-hit India
Madhubani, India, Aug 11, 2007 Senior bureaucrat Nibha Thakur ran short of cash as she shopped for vegetables in India's eastern Bihar state, where severe floods have pushed basic food prices beyond the reach of millions. "Survival is now a major issue," said Thakur, lugging a bagful of potatoes she had just purchased at four times their cost last month. "We may just have to do with boiled rice in the coming days as e ... more 28 dead, hundreds homeless in S.Africa inferno 
Johannesburg, Aug 9, 2007 A total of 28 people died and hundreds of homes were destroyed by a series of forest fires which have swept through parts of South Africa and Swaziland since the end of last month, officials said Thursday. "26 deaths have been reported thus far," in South Africa alone, said a statement issued after a cabinet meeting Wednesday. Two people were reported dead as a result of the fire in n ... more No foot and mouth at fourth British farm: environment ministry 
London (AFP) Aug 11, 2007Tests for foot and mouth disease on animals on a fourth farm in south-east England were negative and a temporary zone has been lifted, the environment ministry said Saturday. A ministry spokeswoman confirmed to AFP that results for the highly contagious virus showed that none of the animals on the farm near Dorking in the county of Surrey was infected. "Tests in the temporary zone have p ... more Death toll in Karachi storms rises to 26, officials say 
Karachi (AFP) Aug 11, 2007At least 13 people, including six children, died Saturday in the aftermath of storms that pounded Karachi for two days, officials said. Separately two men were killed when they were struck by lightning in Badin district of southern Sindh province, of which Karachi is the capital, raising the total death toll in southern Pakistan to 28, provincial health minister Syed Sardar Ahmed told AFP. more Floods, landslides kill 35 in China 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2007At least 35 people were killed after violent rainstorms triggered floods and landslides in various parts of China, state media reported Saturday. At least 25 people were killed and 37 went missing in northwest China after continuous downpours began to hit cities and counties in Shaanxi province Tuesday, Xinhua news agency reported, quoting the local flood control headquarters. Meanwhile, ... more |
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Helsinki (AFP) Aug 10, 2007Construction of Finland's new nuclear reactor, the world's first third-generation plant, is now more than 18 months behind schedule owing to fresh building problems, Finnish energy company TVO said on Friday. The engineering companies behind the project, France's Areva and Germany's Siemens, have informed TVO that the commercial launch of the Olkiluoto 3 reactor could be delayed until 2011, ... more Japan nuclear plant hit by arson wave 
Tokyo (AFP) Aug 9, 2007A Japanese nuclear plant was hit Thursday by the latest in a series of suspicious small-scale fires, the operator said, amid rising public concern about the country's nuclear industry. Six suspected arson incidents have been reported since July 3 at the Tomari nuclear power plant, on the southern tip of Japan's northern Hokkaido island. "We found the scorched remains of toilet paper toda ... more India's PM dares left to withdraw support over US nuclear deal 
New Delhi (AFP) Aug 11, 2007India's prime minister has dared the government's communist allies to withdraw their support if they are unhappy with the landmark Indo-US nuclear technology deal, a report said Saturday. Prime Minister Manmohan Singh insisted in an interview published in the Calcutta-based Telegraph newspaper that the civilian nuclear agreement with Washington will not be renegotiated. "I told them it i ... more Galileo To Support Global Search And Rescue 
Paris, France (ESA) Aug 10, 2007The detection of emergency beacons will be greatly improved by the introduction of Europe's satellite positioning system, Galileo. The Galileo satellites will carry transponders to relay distress signals to search and rescue organisations. In connection with this, representatives of the Galileo project attended the recent 21st annual Joint Committee Meeting of COSPAS-SARSAT, the international pr ... more Conventional Plowing Is Skinning Our Farmlands 
Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 10, 2007Traditional plow-based agricultural methods and the need to feed a rapidly growing world population are combining to deplete the Earth's soil supply, a new study confirms. In fact, long-established practices appear to increase soil erosion to the point that it is not offset by soil creation, said David Montgomery, a University of Washington professor of Earth and space sciences. No-till ag ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Aug 10, 2007New research shows that industrial development in North America between 1850 and 1950 greatly increased the amount of black carbon--commonly known as soot-- that fell on Greenland's glaciers and ice sheets. The soot impacted the ability of the snow and ice to reflect sunlight, which contributed to increased melting and higher temperatures in the region during those years. This discovery may help ... more What We Can Learn From The Biggest Extinction In The History Of Earth 
Stanford CA (SPX) Aug 10, 2007Approximately 250 million years ago, vast numbers of species disappeared from Earth. This mass-extinction event may hold clues to current global carbon cycle changes, according to Jonathan Payne, assistant professor of geological and environmental sciences. Payne, a paleobiologist who joined the Stanford faculty in 2005, studies the Permian-Triassic extinction and the following 4 million years o ... more Climate Change And Permafrost Thaw Alter Greenhouse Gas Emissions In Northern Wetlands 
East Lansing MI (SPX) Aug 10, 2007Permafrost - the perpetually frozen foundation of North America - isn't so permanent anymore, and scientists are scrambling to understand the pros and cons when terra firma goes soft. Permafrost serves like a platform underneath vast expanses of northern forests and wetlands that are rooted, literally, in melting permafrost in many northern ecosystems. But rising atmospheric temperatures a ... more First Votes In 2008 US Election ... Could Be In 2007 
Washington (AFP) Aug 09, 2007The first votes in the marathon US 2008 presidential election could be cast in 2007, if key state South Carolina, as expected, Thursday tips the compressed nominating calendar into deeper turmoil. Traditionally, every four years, beginning nine months before presidential elections held in November, the Democratic and Republican parties go from state to state holding primary contests and caucuses ... more New World Record For A Superconducting Magnet Set At National High Magnetic Field Laboratory 
Tallahassee FL (SPX) Aug 10, 2007A collaboration between the National High Magnetic Field Laboratory at Florida State University and industry partner SuperPower Inc. has led to a new world record for a magnetic field created by a superconducting magnet. The new record -- 26.8 tesla -- was reached in late July at the magnet lab's High Field Test Facility and brings engineers closer to realizing the National Research Council goal ... more
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