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Japan groups alarmed by radioactive soilTokyo (AFP) July 5, 2011 Soil radiation in a city 60 kilometres (40 miles) from Japan's stricken nuclear plant is above levels that prompted resettlement after the Chernobyl disaster, citizens' groups said Tuesday. The survey of four locations in Fukushima city, outside the nuclear evacuation zone, showed that all soil samples contained caesium exceeding Japan's legal limit of 10,000 becquerels per kilogram (4,500 per pound), they said. The highest level was 46,540 becquerels per kilogram, and the three other readings w ... read more |
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 Japan minister quits over gaffe in fresh blow to PM Japan's embattled Premier Naoto Kan suffered another blow Tuesday as his disaster reconstruction minister quit, having caused a furore with scathing remarks to leaders of tsunami-hit regions. ... more | .. |
  Australia to unveil pollution tax Australia will unveil the full details of its contentious pollution tax within days, Treasurer Wayne Swan said Tuesday, promising help for households facing higher energy bills. ... more | .. |
  Argentina unveils economic plans against volcano Argentine President Cristina Kirchner announced a slew of economic measures Monday to mitigate the effects of ash spewing from Chile's Puyehue volcano that has upended air travel and tourism. ... more | .. |
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  Amnesty slams China over Xinjiang, two years after riots Amnesty International on Tuesday slammed an ongoing crackdown on mainly Muslim Uighurs in China's far-western Xinjiang, as authorities vowed stability two years after deadly riots rocked the region. ... more | .. |
  Global warming could alter the US premium wine industry in 30 years, says Stanford study Higher temperatures could significantly impact California and other premium winegrowing regions of the United States in the next 30 years, according to a new study led by Stanford University climate ... more | .. |
  Clues to why 'they' all look alike Northwestern University researchers have provided new biological evidence suggesting that the brain works differently when memorizing the face of a person from one's own race than when memorizing a ... more | .. |
  Time to let science drive Great Lakes policy on Asian carp, experts say The threat Asian carp pose to the Great Lakes community may be politically controversial, but pales in comparison to the costs and danger of continuing to wring hands over established facts. It's ti ... more |
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  Mutations help organisms become kings of the mountain Evolutionary adaptation is often compared to climbing a hill, and organisms making the right combination of multiple mutations - both good and bad - can become the king of the mountain. A new ... more | .. |
  Capturing the Boundary Between Magma and Water Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) Expedition 335 Superfast Spreading Rate Crust 4 recently completed operations in Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) Hole 1256D, a deep scientific borehole that ext ... more | .. |
 Finding showing human ancestor older than previously thought offers new insights into evolution New excavations in Indonesia and dating analyses show that modern humans never co-existed with Homo erectusa. This finding runs counter to previous hypotheses of human evolution. The research, repor ... more | .. |
 Fertility rates affected by global economic crisis The global economic recession of 2008-09 has been followed by a decline in fertility rates in Europe and the United States, bringing to an end the first concerted rise in fertility rates in the deve ... more |
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  Domed dinosaur king of the head butt Llamas can't really manage it. Giraffes aren't very good at it and while big horn sheep and muskox excel at it, it turns out a small plant eating dinosaur - the pachycephalosaur Stegoceras validum - ... more | .. |
 The seasonal potato The "Potsdam Gravity potato", as this representation of terrestrial gravity has become known, can for the first time display gravity variations that change with time. The seasonal fluctuations of th ... more | .. |
 Radiohead tests China's tightly controlled web The outspoken British rock group Radiohead, which has been critical of China's human rights record, appears to be testing the country's censored Internet by opening a Chinese microblog account. ... more | .. |
 Italian court seeks 20-year terms in asbestos mega-trial A court in Turin on Monday requested jail terms of 20 years against a Swiss billionaire and a Belgian baron in the biggest ever trial over asbestos-related deaths, judicial officials said. ... more |
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Israel targets Iran Guards, Tehran prison in fresh wave of strikes
Israel says struck to 'obstruct access routes' to Iran's Fordo
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 Chinese sweetmaker Hsu Fu Chi and Nestle confirm talks Chinese sweetmaker Hsu Fu Chi and Swiss food giant Nestle said on Monday that they were in acquisition talks, in what could be one of the biggest takeovers of a Chinese company by a foreign competitor. ... more | .. |
 Europe drought leading to more property damage: study Increasing occurences of drought have led to a jump in European insurance claims for damage to homes owing to subsiding soil, a study by reinsurer Swiss Re and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology said on Monday. ... more | .. |
  India PM hails success in battle against HIV India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Monday hailed the country's success in slashing new HIV/AIDS infections by half in the past decade, but warned against complacency. ... more | .. |
 Mass tourism threatening Venice lagoon: ecologists An Italian environmental group warned Monday that mass tourism was slowly eroding the Venice lagoon, which it said was also threatened by major real estate development and an inadequate transport network. ... more |
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 Wind of change: Aussie 'farting camels' cull under attack The world's association of camel scientists fought back angrily on Monday over Australian plans to kill wild dromedaries on the grounds that their flatulence adds to global warming. ... more | .. |
  Thai military 'accepts' opposition polls landslide Thailand's powerful military will respect a landslide election win by allies of Thaksin Shinawatra, who it toppled five years ago, the defence minister said Monday, easing fears of another coup. ... more | .. |
 Greenpeace ship Rainbow Warrior III debuts Greenpeace unveiled a new weapon in its campaign against environmental destruction on Monday - a 23 million euro ($33.4 million) ship dubbed the Rainbow Warrior III. ... more | .. |
 Nearly 200 rhinos killed this year in South Africa: WWF Nearly 200 rhinos were killed in South Africa in the first half of 2011, with most slaughtered in the world-famous Kruger National Park, environmental group WWF said Sunday. ... more |
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Lunar dust poses lower health risk than urban air pollution study shows
Macron says Europe must become 'space power' again
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  Mysterious seaweed dump chokes S.Leone's coastline Massive piles of seaweed have washed ashore along Sierra Leone's coastline, covering the white sand and raising fears for tourism and the fishing industry, officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Five dead in Philippine landslide: military At least five people were killed and several others believed to be missing after a landslide on a mountainous road in the Philippines Monday, the military said, as heavy rain hampered rescue efforts. ... more | .. |
  248 women report being raped by soldiers in DR Congo in June Some 248 women said they were raped by soldiers in the Democratic Republic of Congo's Sud-Kivu province last month, local medical reports showed Monday, in a region the UN has called the world's "rape capital." ... more | .. |
 Overfull Kenya refugee camp swamped in new arrivals Kenya's already overcrowded Dadaab complex in June received 1,000 new refugees a day, five times more than a year ago, most of them fleeing drought in Somalia, aid workers said Monday. ... more |
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 Passer-by saves China toddler in 10-storey fall A two-year-old Chinese girl survived a fall from a 10th-floor window thanks to a passer-by who raced to catch the toddler, state media reported Sunday. ... more | .. |
 Thaksin allies in Thai vote landslide: exit polls Allies of Thailand's fugitive ex-leader Thaksin Shinawatra scored a landslide election win Sunday, exit polls showed, in a stunning comeback after years of turmoil sparked by his ouster in a coup. ... more | .. |
 Britain pledges 38 million Pounds to fight Africa famine Britain on Sunday pledged 38 million Pounds in food aid to Ethiopia after the United Nations warned many countries in the Horn of Africa were facing famine following the "worst drought in 60 years". ... more | .. |
 16 dead in Mexico after Tropical Storm Arlene At least 16 people have been confirmed dead Sunday in Mexico after Tropical Storm Arlene drenched much of the country with heavy rains and left hundreds of thousands homeless. ... more |
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