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Twenty die in torrential rain in southwest China: state media
Beijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2008Twenty people have died in southwest China in floods and landslides caused by torrential rain, and 10 are still missing, state media reported on Monday. The rain fell on parts of Yunnan province for four days from August 7, the official Xinhua news agency said, quoting the provincial civil affairs office. More than 810,000 people were affected by the rain, and direct economic losses were ... more Taiwan to push ahead with US arms purchases: Ma 
Taipei (AFP) Aug 11, 2008Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou Monday said his administration would push ahead with plans to purchase arms from ally Washington while trying to improve ties with traditional rival China. Ma, who was elected in a landslide in March and took office in May, has pledged better relations with China. The two sides launched regular direct flights for the first time in nearly six decades last month. ... more Successful Series Of Measurements In Arctic Sea Ice 
Bremerhaven, Germany (SPX) Aug 12, 2008The German Research Vessel Polarstern had to prove its ice breaking capabilities in Arctic waters to gain data on two series of long-term research measurements. After working in regions up to latitude 82 degrees N, Polarstern of the Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research in the Helmholtz Association will enter port in Reykjavik (Iceland) on August 10th. "This year, we had ... more Large Reservoir Of Mitochondrial DNA Mutations Identified In Humans 
Blacksburg VA (SPX) Aug 12, 2008Researchers at the University of Newcastle, England, and the Virginia Bioinformatics Institute at Virginia Tech in the United States have revealed a large reservoir of mitochondrial DNA mutations present in the general population. Clinical analysis of blood samples from almost 3,000 infants born in north Cumbria, England, showed that at least 1 in 200 individuals in the general public ... more Microbes, By Latitudes And Altitudes, Shed New Light On Life's Diversity 
Eugene OR (SPX) Aug 12, 2008Microbial biologists, including the University of Oregon's Jessica L. Green, may not have Jimmy Buffett's music from 1977 in mind, but they are changing attitudes about evolutionary diversity on Earth, from oceanic latitudes to mountainous altitudes. In two recent National Science Foundation-funded papers in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Green and colleagues show ... more |
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Vienna (AFP) Aug 11, 2008Japan signed a key agreement here Monday that is to help boost its defences against killer tsunamis in the future. Japan's ambassador to the UN organisations in Vienna, Yukiya Amano, signed the agreement with the body that oversees the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) giving his country access to fast and reliable seismic and hydroacoustic data that will enable Japan to respond ... more Climate Change May Be Pushing Birds Move Farther North 
Syracuse NY (SPX) Aug 12, 2008A study by researchers at the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry (ESF) has documented, for the first time in the northeastern United States, that a variety of bird species are extending their breeding ranges to the north, a pattern that adds to concerns about climate change. Focusing on 83 species of birds that have traditionally bred in New York state, the researchers ... more Walker's World: $200 oil is coming 
Washington (UPI) Aug 11, 2008 Oil prices may be dropping like a stone, but it won't last, according to one of the West's top experts on the industry, who is forecasting "an oil supply crunch" in or around the year 2013 when the price could soar as high as $200 a barrel. The problem will come "not because of below-ground resource constraints but because of inadequate investment by international oil companies and ... more Trade surplus shrinks, inflation risk returns in China 
Beijing (AFP) Aug 11, 2008China's trade surplus has shrunk and factory gate inflation has soared to a 12-year high, official data showed Monday, as the country's stock market plunged 9.4 percent in two days. The benchmark stock index closed below the psychologically important 2,500 mark, reflecting serious concerns about where the economy was heading, observers said. "Investors were jittery over the economy ... more Wind Energy Development Path Cleared In South Texas 
Houston TX (SPX) Aug 12, 2008Babcock and Brown announced that a federal court in Texas dismissed a final lawsuit, clearing the path to bring wind energy to South Texas. Babcock and Brown's wind farm on the Texas Gulf Coast, which will provide enough clean and renewable energy to power 80,000 Texas homes, will be completed and operational later this year. The wind farm is located on the property of the Kenedy Memorial ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Aug 11, 2008Broadcom has announced that a U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) judge ruled that products of SiRF Technology Holdings infringe six patents related to improving global positioning system (GPS) processing and sensitivity. The patents are held by Global Locate, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Broadcom. The Initial Determination containing the infringement ruling followed a trial ... more Introducing The Nikon COOLPIX Digital Cameras 
Melville NY (SPX) Aug 11, 2008Nikon has announced the launch of six new COOLPIX digital cameras featuring robust technologies designed to make photography easy and fun. New to the COOLPIX product line and present in each of the new cameras is the Scene Auto Selector Mode, which automatically selects the right scene mode for the image you are shooting for carefree photography. Nikon COOLPIX also makes taking great ... more Magellan Showcases Latest Innovations In GPS 
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Aug 11, 2008Magellan will showcase its Fall 2008 outdoor and vehicle navigation lineup at the 2008 Outdoor Retailer Summer show, featuring the latest in design, ease-of-use, content, and accessibility. Offerings include the Intermap Technologies comprehensive AccuTerra maps, and the Magellan Triton Series AdventurePack, which includes one of five Triton units, National Geographic's TOPO! Explorer ... more Boeing Awarded Contract For GPS Enhancement Demonstration 
St. Louis MO (SPX) Aug 11, 2008Boeing has been awarded a $153.5 million U.S. Naval Research Laboratory contract to demonstrate High Integrity Global Positioning System (GPS) technology concepts. The contract is expected to run through 2010. The High Integrity GPS effort combines satellite signals from the Iridium Low Earth Orbit telecommunications system and GPS Mid Earth Orbit navigational satellites to enhance ... more Outside View: Strategic lessons -- Part Two 
Washington (UPI) Aug 8, 2008 Though privately as pro-British as his cousin President Theodore Roosevelt almost 40 years earlier, U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt had no intention of declaring war against Germany on behalf of another state, including Britain. More important, he would not make Woodrow Wilson's mistake and commit millions of Americans to an ideological crusade that promised no tangible strategic ... more
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