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Australia dodges cyclone 'bullet', but worse fearedSydney (AFP) Jan 31, 2011 Australia's Queensland state could be hit by a monster cyclone packing fierce 260 kilometre (162 mile) per hour winds, just as it recovers from weeks of deadly floods, officials warned Monday. Only a day after Cyclone Anthony ripped off roofs and downed trees and powerlines, but failed to inflict major damage, officials warned that its "big, ugly sister" could eclipse Cyclone Larry, a devastating storm in 2006. The threat of Cyclone Yasi, which was brewing over the Coral Sea and expected to make ... read more |
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  Modern Humans Reached Arabia Earlier Than Thought Artifacts unearthed in the United Arab Emirates date back 100,000 years and imply that modern humans first left Africa much earlier than researchers had expected, a new study reports. In light of th ... more | .. |
  NASA Scientists Study More Than Rockets In The 'Deep South' A city that rarely sees snowfall, Huntsville, Ala., was blanketed the evening of Jan. 9 under several inches of snow following a winter storm that also produced a rare "thundersnow" or lightning fla ... more | .. |
  Test Shows Dinosaurs Survived Mass Extinction By 700,000 Years University of Alberta researchers determined that a fossilized dinosaur bone found in New Mexico confounds the long established paradigm that the age of dinosaurs ended between 65.5 and 66 million y ... more | .. |
  Warming North Atlantic Water Tied To Heating Arctic The temperatures of North Atlantic Ocean water flowing north into the Arctic Ocean adjacent to Greenland - the warmest water in at least 2,000 years - are likely related to the amplification of glob ... more |
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  Climate Tax On Meat And Milk Results In Less Greenhouse Gases A climate tax corresponding to euros 60/ton CO2eq on meat and milk could reduce greenhouse gas emissions from European agriculture by around seven per cent. If the land made available is used for b ... more | .. |
 High School Biology Teachers Reluctant To Endorse Evolution In Class The majority of public high school biology teachers are not strong classroom advocates of evolutionary biology, despite 40 years of court cases that have ruled teaching creationism or intelligent de ... more | .. |
 Dating The Dawn Of The Dinosaurs Careful dating of new dinosaur fossils and volcanic ash around them by researchers from UC Davis and UC Berkeley casts doubt on the idea that dinosaurs appeared and opportunistically replaced other ... more | .. |
  First Report On Fate Of Underwater Dispersants In Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Scientists are reporting that key chemical components of the 770,000 gallons of oil dispersants applied below the ocean surface in the Deepwater Horizon spill did mix with oil and gas spewing out of ... more |
  
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  Notre Dame Biologists Call For Regulation Of Rare Plant Sales People are increasingly obtaining endangered or threatened plants, often illegally, and moving them outside their native range, according to an article in the journal Nature by Patrick Shirey and Ga ... more | .. |
 Fishy Consequences Of Transplanting Trout, Salmon, Whitefishes Not all trout are created equal. Those swimming up the streams of British Columbia might resemble their cousins from Quebec, yet their genetic makeup is regionally affected and has an impact on how ... more | .. |
 Raging Bolivia river sweeps away bus, killing 34 At least 34 people were killed when a river in southeastern Bolivia burst its banks, sweeping away a passenger bus and a truck, authorities said Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Mubarak counts on military to prop up regime President Hosni Mubarak has turned to Egypt's military to uphold his regime as fighter jets buzzed downtown Cairo where mass demonstrations against his rule on Sunday raged for a sixth day. ... more |
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  Clinton visits quake-hit Haiti as new vote looms US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton left for Haiti on Sunday in a bid to smooth its course towards a final vote after disputed first-round elections shook the earthquake-ravaged country. ... more | .. |
Asian nations raise alarm on Egypt travellers Australia and China told their citizens not to travel to Egypt Sunday, as Tokyo appealed for help for 500 Japanese stranded at Cairo airport and Asian nations voiced concern about the country's turmoil. ... more | .. |
  Rising risk of major quake in Chile: study Central Chile faces increased risk of a very large earthquake close to the site of last February's 8.8-magnitude temblor that killed 520 people and cost 30 billion dollars, scientists said on Sunday. ... more | .. |
  Human rights top US-China issue: survey Americans believe human rights are the most important issue in relations between Beijing and Washington, according to the first Chinese-led study of US attitudes towards the country, released Sunday. ... more |
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 Slowly but surely, Bordeaux vineyards go organic Two historical Bordeaux wine estates have gone green, breaking a long resistance to organic viticulture amongst the region's elite producers. ... more | .. |
China authorities seek maximum fine for Carrefour China price regulators are seeking to fine French retail giant Carrefour 2.5 million yuan ($380,000) - the maximum fine for overcharging customers, state media reported Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Cyclones to hit flood-weary Australia Flood-shattered Australia braced for further downpours on Sunday as two tropical cyclones hammered toward the devastated northeast, threatening further misery for already submerged towns. ... more | .. |
 More Africa droughts as global temps rise The increased frequency of drought conditions in Eastern Africa for the last 20 years is likely to continue while global temperatures rise, researchers say. ... more |
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Iraqis: Egypt, Tunisia inspired by Saddam's fall Iraqis on Saturday welcomed the revolt in Egypt that threatens to topple President Hosni Mubarak, with some claiming the tremors shaking Arab rulers had begun with the overthrow of Saddam Hussein. ... more | .. |
  Flu epidemic shuts Moscow schools Moscow and two other cities shut their schools for a week Saturday and urged children not to play in groups in a bid to stamp out the worst flu outbreak to hit central Russia in more than a decade. ... more | .. |
 Iraq water shortages raise ethnic tensions A worsening water shortage in Iraq is raising tensions in the multi-ethnic Kirkuk province, where Arab farmers accuse the Kurdistan region of ruining them by closing the valves to a dam in winter. ... more | .. |
  North Africa faces 'demographic tsunami': Bildt The countries of North Africa face a "demographic tsunami" of restless young people that must be met by democratic reform, Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt warned Saturday. ... more |
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Chileans poorer in 2010 quake aftermath Many Chileans are poorer in the aftermath of last year's 8.8-magnitude earthquake that devastated housing, wiped away jobs and damaged economic infrastructure, an official survey found. ... more | .. |
  Beijing on high alert for Lunar New Year fires Firefighters in Beijing have been placed on high alert for this week's Lunar New Year festivities, with especially dry weather raising the risk of fireworks-related blazes, state media said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Probe into illegal waste-dumping in Naples, 14 arrests Italian police arrested 14 people on Friday for alleged illegal waste-dumping in the sea off Naples, including an ex-top figure in the Civil Protection Agency and a state representative, Italian media said. ... more | .. |
 Climate: UN talks set for April in Bangkok UN climate talks will take place in Bangkok from April 3-8 to follow up on last month's meeting in Mexico, including the future of the Kyoto Protocol, sources close to the negotiations said on Friday. ... more |
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  The First Single-Fingered Dinosaur A new species of parrot-sized dinosaur, the first discovered with only one finger, has been unearthed in Inner Mongolia, China. Scientists named the new dinosaur Linhenykus monodactylus, after the n ... more | .. |
No 'magic pot of money' for Australia floods: PM Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard on Friday defended her plan for a one-off tax to pay for the flood disaster, insisting there was no "big pile of money" to fund the rebuilding. ... more | .. |
  Global Pacts Like REDD Ignore Primary Causes Of Destruction Of Forests A new study issued by some of the world's top experts on forest governance finds fault with a spate of international accords, and helps explain their failure to stop rampant destruction of the world ... more | .. |
 World's first artificial hip for German tiger A tiger in Germany has become the world's first to be given an artificial hip after a three-hour-operation by a team of vets that she only just survived, Leipzig University said on Thursday. ... more |
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