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At least 10 years to eradicate bird flu: UN health agencyRome (AFP) April 21, 2011 It will take at least 10 years to eradicate the H5N1 bird flu virus, which has killed scores of humans, from poultry in the six countries where it is endemic, a UN agency said Thursday. The strain of the avian influenza virus was reported in 60 countries at its peak in 2006 but most had managed to stamp it out, the Food and Agriculture Organisation said in a report. It however remained "firmly entrenched" in Bangladesh, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia and Vietnam, including because of the nature ... read more |
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  Fog 'harvesting' could mean water for poor A U.S. researcher says he wants to help the world's poor gain access to water through a technology based on nature called fog harvesting. ... more | .. |
  Ozone hole linked to southern rain increases The hole in the ozone layer over Antarctica is a significant driver of climate change and rain increases in the southern hemisphere over the past 50 years, US scientists said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Japan PM declares no-go zone around nuclear plant Japan on Thursday banned people from going within 20 kilometres (12 miles) of the tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, which has been leaking radiation for nearly six weeks. ... more | .. |
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  Gold mining blamed for hippo deaths in Sierra Leone Villagers residing around Lake Sonfon in northern Sierra Leone have reported the deaths of at least 10 baby hippos this week, with experts saying illicit gold mining could be to blame. ... more | .. |
  New Haiti president vows to create 'modern army' Incoming Haiti president Michel Martelly vowed Thursday to create a "modern army," saying the violence-prone Caribbean nation could not rely on UN peacekeepers forever for its security. ... more | .. |
  Belgium probes Google's Street View Belgium became Thursday the latest European country to investigate Google's Street View picture map after cars taking pictures for the programme collected private data. ... more | .. |
 EU eyes fish quota shake-up to replenish stocks The European Commission wants to replenish EU fish stocks within four years by introducing national quota trading in moves already upsetting key fishing states in France and Spain. ... more |
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 Australia PM vows to back disaster-hit Japan Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard vowed on Thursday to help Japan recover from last month's earthquake and tsunami by securing natural resources and energy supplies for the Asian country. ... more | .. |
  US envoy hits out at China on Ai Weiwei detention US ambassador Jon Huntsman hit out at the Chinese government for its detention of artist Ai Weiwei, who was voted one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time magazine on Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Raging Texas wildfires claim two firefighters Massive wildfires ripping across the bone-dry state of Texas have claimed the lives of two firefighters and consumed more than 1.8 million acres (730,000 hectares) and nearly 400 homes. ... more | .. |
  Burkina Faso president assumes defence post Burkina Faso President Blaise Compaore, faced with a soldiers' mutiny and violent student protests, late Thursday named himself as the country's new defence minister, decrees read on public television said. ... more |
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 NASA Specialists To Descend On Offutt More than 20 NASA flight crew, ground crew and technicians are scheduled to arrive here late this month as the base's newest, if only temporary, members. The team will bring a NASA ER-2 to par ... more | .. |
  Television Breakups Can Cause Some Viewers Distress And Lead To More Media Use Even temporary "breakups" can be distressing for some people - at least when it comes to their favorite television programs. A new study examined how college-aged television viewers reacted when the ... more | .. |
  For Testing Skin Cream, Synthetic Skin May Be As Good As The Real Thing New research suggests that currently available types of synthetic skin may now be good enough to imitate animal skin in laboratory tests, and may be on their way to truly simulating human skin in th ... more | .. |
 Life Among A Hundred Thousand Cousins When your family members gather at a picnic in your backyard, there may be 10 to 20 people - maybe more - enjoying your barbecue. When flies visit your party, be glad they don't bring their entire f ... more |
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Geopolitical instability and AI drive transformation in EO market
'Western tech dominance fading' at Lisbon's Web Summit
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 Simple Injection Could Limit Damage From Heart Attacks And Stroke Medical researchers have held out promise that a simple injection is being developed to limit the devastating consequences of heart attacks and strokes. Described by the lead researcher as 'a fascin ... more | .. |
  Leaf Characteristics Improves Accuracy Measuring Past Climates A study led by Baylor University and Wesleyan University geologists shows that a new method that uses different size and shape traits of leaves to reconstruct past climates over the last 120 million ... more | .. |
  Report Cites "Liquefaction" As Key To Much Of Japanese Earthquake Damage The massive subduction zone earthquake in Japan caused a significant level of soil "liquefaction" that has surprised researchers with its widespread severity, a new analysis shows. The finding ... more | .. |
 Man's Best Friend: A Joint Tumour Marker In Man And Dog The dog may be man's best friend but even so it comes as a surprise that the two species share a common tumour marker. This finding comes from a joint study between scientists of the Vetmeduni Vienn ... more |
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 Music can keep brain sharp into old age Music lessons in childhood may keep people's brains sharper as they age even if they don't keep up with playing an instrument, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
  Melting ice on Arctic islands boosts sea levels: study Melting glaciers and ice caps on Canadian Arctic islands play a far greater role in sea level rise that previously suspected, according to a study published Thursday. ... more | .. |
China: Tibetan monastery situation normal Chinese authorities said the situation around the Tibetan Kirti Buddhist monastery in Sichuan province is "normal" after reports that police surrounded the building. ... more | .. |
 Swiss face one of worst droughts on record Swiss officials began moving trout from a river this week to save them from plunging water levels, amid one of the worst droughts to hit the country in 150 years. ... more |
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Tiangong hosts dual crews after debris impact delays Shenzhou-20 return
Dust and Sand Movements Reshape Martian Slopes
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HK activists urge boycott over China crackdown Hong Kong rights groups on Wednesday urged the territory's residents to stop travelling to mainland China in protest at a crackdown on dissidents and activists. ... more | .. |
US renews concerns over China clampdown The United States on Wednesday reiterated its concerns about China's clampdown on dissent after Beijing freed two of the human rights lawyers held in a wave of detentions. ... more | .. |
Chinese rights lawyer released amid crackdown A top Chinese rights lawyer has returned home after two months in police custody, his wife said Wednesday, amid a fierce crackdown on government critics and activists. ... more | .. |
Hackers attack petition to free Chinese artist: site Hackers based in China have disrupted an online petition signed by nearly 100,000 people which urges Beijing to free outspoken artist Ai Weiwei, the website operator said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Japan to enforce evacuation zone around plant: report Japan is to begin enforcing the exclusion zone around its crippled nuclear plant after midnight on Friday, a report said Wednesday, as worries mounted over the effects of long-term radiation exposure. ... more | .. |
  Disease hits wheat crops in Africa, Mideast Aggressive new strains of wheat rust disease have decimated up to 40 percent of harvests in some regions of north Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia and the Caucasus, researchers said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
Germany's Munich Re issues profit warning on Japan quake Munich Re, the world's top re-insurance company, warned Wednesday it would post a loss for the first quarter because of Japan's massive earthquake and tsunami in March. ... more | .. |
 Japan bans catching konago fish off Fukushima Japan on Wednesday formally banned the shipment and consumption of a small fish caught off its Fukushima prefecture where a crippled nuclear power plant has leaked radioactive water into the sea. ... more |
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