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Tropical Storm Emily barrels towards fragile HaitiPort-Au-Prince (AFP) Aug 3, 2011 Haiti hurried Wednesday to prepare for incoming Tropical Storm Emily, urging evacuations ahead of the roiling system that could bring flash floods to the impoverished nation still struggling to recover from a devastating earthquake. A tropical storm warning was in effect for Haiti as well as the neighboring island of Hispaniola, the Dominican Republic, and for the US territory of Puerto Rico, the US National Hurricane Center said. Haiti's weather service chief Ronald Semelfort said heavy rains c ... read more |
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  China to explore Indian Ocean seabed: report China has won the right to explore for minerals in part of the Indian Ocean as the energy-hungry country scours the world for resources to fuel its fast-growing economy, state media said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Japan moves closer to nuclear payout Japan's government moved a step closer Wednesday to multi-billion-dollar compensation payouts for the victims of the country's enduring nuclear crisis, but angry farmers demanded faster action. ... more | .. |
  Aid efforts falter as widening Somali famine looms As warnings grow that famine could engulf all of southern Somalia, the relief efforts needed to ease the crisis are being hampered by escalating conflict and restrictions by rebels on aid groups. ... more | .. |
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  Ban turtle eggs trade in Malaysia: WWF Conservationists Wednesday urged Malaysia to impose a national ban on the trade and consumption of turtle eggs to ensure the survival of the marine creatures. ... more | .. |
 S. Korea offers N. Korea flood aid South Korea offered aid worth 5 billion won ($4.7 million) to flood-hit North Korea on Wednesday, its first such proposal since Pyongyang's deadly island attack last November sent relations into deep freeze. ... more | .. |
  Radioactive decay keeps inner Earth hot Almost half of Earth's heat comes from naturally occurring radioactive decay of underground materials, U.S. and other scientists have calculated. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong's CKI soars after British water deal Shares in a firm controlled by Hong Kong's richest man Li Ka-shing hit a record high Wednesday, a day after it announced a $3.9 billion deal to buy one of Britain's biggest water utilities. ... more |
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Human activities said threat to sea lions Marine scientists in New Zealand say the impact of fishing is the largest human factor in the decline of the country's endangered native sea lion population. ... more | .. |
Aid groups warn famine may engulf southern Somalia The harsh drought ravaging the Horn of Africa is likely to worsen and could trigger famine in more regions of Somalia, aid groups warned Tuesday as they struggle to help the millions already affected. ... more | .. |
  Amazon deforestation on the rise again in Brazil Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon accelerated in June, with more than 300 square kilometers destroyed, a 17 percent increase over the previous month, government researchers said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Fleeing Somalis overstretch drought relief efforts Arriving in their hundreds every day to seek relief in overcrowded Kenyan camps, weak and weary Somalis fleeing extreme drought and conflict face a new struggle to get food and shelter. ... more |
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  Narrative therapy helps child soldiers: study Brief therapy to help Ugandan former child soldiers talk about their experiences showed the best results in getting rid of post-traumatic stress disorder, said a study published in the US on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Hong Kong tycoon to buy British water utility Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing on Tuesday announced his firm would buy one of Britain's biggest water utilities in a deal worth nearly $4 billion. ... more | .. |
  Tensions high after deadly unrest in China Tensions ran high in China's remote Kashgar city Tuesday after authorities shot dead two men suspected of fomenting deadly ethnic unrest and vowed a further crackdown on "religious extremists". ... more | .. |
 Kyoto on the line as S. Africa preps UN climate talks South African ministers hosting UN climate talks at the end of the year said Tuesday the meeting must focus on keeping alive the Kyoto Protocol, the only binding global deal to cut greenhouse gases. ... more |
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Russia: Other nations ready to supply Iran with nukes; as US claims strikes 'devastated' program
Russian drone and missile barrage on Kyiv kills seven
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Migrants to China's northwest live in fear Chinese migrants who have flocked to the country's far northwest lured by government policies to enrich the region say ethnic violence has made them fear for their lives - and their livelihoods. ... more | .. |
  China jails officials over deadly blaze: Xinhua A Chinese court has jailed five officials including the local government head of construction over a fire in Shanghai that left 58 people dead, the Xinhua news agency and Shanghai media said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
Minor accident in Indian nuclear plant: report Four labourers were exposed to low levels of radiation at an Indian nuclear plant at the end of May after an error in the control room, a report said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
  NOAA's Draft Integrity Policy Applauded by International Scientific Organization Today's release of a draft scientific integrity policy by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been applauded by the world's largest organization of Earth and space scienti ... more |
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 Reforestation's cooling influence a result of farmer's past choices Decisions by farmers to plant on productive land with little snow enhances the potential for reforestation to counteract global warming, concludes new research from Carnegie's Julia Pongratz and Ken ... more | .. |
 Geographic analysis offers new insight into coral disease spread In the last 30 years, more than 90 percent of the reef-building coral responsible for maintaining major marine habitats and providing a natural barrier against hurricanes in the Caribbean has disapp ... more | .. |
 Largest recorded tundra fire yields scientific surprises In 2007 the largest recorded tundra fire in the circumpolar arctic released approximately as much carbon into the atmosphere as the tundra has stored in the previous 50 years, say scientists in the ... more | .. |
 Rainforest plant developed sonar dish to attract pollinating bats The researchers discovered that a rainforest vine, pollinated by bats, has evolved dish-shaped leaves with such conspicuous echoes that nectar-feeding bats can find its flowers twice as fast by echo ... more |
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  Strength in numbers New research sheds light on why, after 300,000 years of domination, European Neanderthals abruptly disappeared. Researchers from the University of Cambridge have discovered that modern humans coming ... more | .. |
  Turkey's Supreme Military Council meets Turkey's Supreme Military Council began its annual four-day meetings Monday in disarray after the unprecedented mass resignations last week put the country's new military command structure in question. ... more | .. |
 Criticism of Syria grows, but no Libya-style raids ahead Syria faced a groundswell of international condemnation over its deadly crackdown on the city of Hama but NATO's chief on Monday ruled out a Libya-style intervention to halt the bloodshed. ... more | .. |
Lobster mini-season reels in hunters despite dangers With their mouths watering, thousands of divers took to Florida's waters for the southern US state's annual 48-hour mini-season when lobster lovers can hunt for gourmet gold. ... more |
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 Iraq declares holiday as mercury soars A public holiday was declared Monday for Baghdad and southern Iraq as the mercury hit 50 degrees Celsius (122 Fahrenheit) at the start of the holy Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. ... more | .. |
Record high radiation at crippled Japan nuke plant Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) said Monday it had monitored record high radiation at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant crippled by the March 11 quake and tsunami. ... more | .. |
 Russian city reels from $3 million tornado damage: official A Russian town on the border with China was on Monday recovering from a rare tornado that killed a man and wreaked havoc that may cost the Far Eastern town up to $3 million, authorities said. ... more | .. |
 South African soldiers battle rhino poachers in Kruger The soldiers sleep in tents, hidden from roaming lions by a blind, and protected by high-powered rifles that also ward off the even more dangerous threat of poachers. ... more |
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