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Japan to sack top nuclear energy officialsTokyo (AFP) Aug 4, 2011 Japan will sack three top energy officials over their handling of the Fukushima atomic disaster and scandals that have fuelled public mistrust in the country's nuclear policy, the government said Thursday. Banri Kaieda, the minister of economy, trade and industry, told a press conference that he was planning a sweeping staff changes at his powerful ministry, which both promotes and regulates the nuclear industry. Kaieda said the reshuffle aimed to "breathe new life" into the ministry. He sig ... read more |
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  Sea level rise less from Greenland, more from Antarctica During the last prolonged warm spell on Earth, the oceans were at least four meters - and possibly as much as 6.5 meters, or about 20 feet - higher than they are now. Where did all that extra ... more | .. |
  More healthy Americans could save Medicare $632 billion by 2050 Forty years ago, Americans could expect to live slightly longer than Europeans. This has since reversed: in spite of similar levels of economic development, Americans now live about a year-and-a-hal ... more | .. |
  Penn Chemists Make First Molecular Binding Measurement of Radon Philadelphia PA (SPX) Aug 04, 2011 Even in trace quantities, the radioactive gas radon is very dangerous; it is second only to cigarette smoking as a cause of lung cancer deaths in the United State ... more | .. |
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  Storm abates after killing seven in Thailand Seven people have died in flooding across northern Thailand caused by the tail end of tropical storm Nock-ten, which left more than 60 people dead in the Philippines, officials said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Seeing the wood for the trees: New study shows sheep in tree-ring records Nibbling by herbivores can have a greater impact on the width of tree rings than climate, new research has found. The study, published this week in the British Ecological Society's journal Functiona ... more | .. |
  China arrests 2,000 in food safety crackdown China has arrested around 2,000 people and closed nearly 5,000 businesses in a major crackdown on illegal food additives, the government said, after a wave of contamination scares. ... more | .. |
  Humans evolved in grassland, not forests? A U.S. study questions the theory that early humans evolved in closed woodland in Africa and then moved to open savannah as they become bipedal. ... more |
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 China allows cooking oil prices to rise China has allowed cooking oil producers to hike prices to cover the rising cost of raw materials, companies and state media said Thursday, despite its struggles to curb already high inflation. ... more | .. |
 Plant immunity discovery boosts chances of disease-resistant crops Researchers funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) have opened up the black box of plant immune system genetics, boosting our ability to produce disease- and pe ... more | .. |
 Put the brakes on using your brain power German researchers have used drivers' brain signals, for the first time, to assist in braking, providing much quicker reaction times and a potential solution to the thousands of car accidents that a ... more | .. |
 Grapes protect against ultraviolet radiation Some compounds found in grapes help to protect skin cells from the sun's ultraviolet radiation, according to a study by researchers from the University of Barcelona and the CSIC (Spanish National Re ... more |
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  Scientists Report Dramatic Carbon Loss From Massive Arctic Wildfire In a study published in this week's issue of Nature, Marine Biological Laboratory (MBL) senior scientist Gauis Shaver and his colleagues, including lead author Michelle Mack of the University of Flo ... more | .. |
 NASA Measures Wildfire Pollution Pour Over Niagara Falls Water isn't the only thing pouring over Niagara Falls. Pollution from fires in Ontario, Canada is also making the one thousand mile trip, while being measured by NASA's Aqua satellite. One ins ... more | .. |
 Genetic evidence clears Ben Franklin The DNA evidence is in, and Ben Franklin didn't do it. Genetic tests on more than 1,000 Chinese tallow trees from the United States and China show the famed U.S. statesman did not import the tallow ... more | .. |
  Haitian tent cities brace for huge tropical storm Hundreds of thousands of Haitians living in squalid makeshift camps hunkered down Wednesday as lashing rain and wind from the outer bands of Tropical Storm Emily hit the quake-stricken country. ... 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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  Mubarak's fate in court's hands Hosni Mubarak, on trial in Cairo for murder and fraud, may be a sacrificial lamb but he should have known what was going on during the revolution, experts say. ... more | .. |
  Famine declared in three new Somali regions: UN Famine has spread to three new regions of Somalia, including the capital Mogadishu and the world's largest camp for displaced people, the United Nations said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  DR Congo colonel arrested for mineral trafficking: army Officials arrested a colonel in the Democratic Republic of Congo as he was smuggling a convoy of minerals in the east of the country, the army told AFP Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 African governors discuss food prices African central bank governors and finance ministers warned against the combined effect of natural disasters and soaring food prices on the continent's economies. ... more |
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 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 | .. |
 DR Congo entrusts forest management to Canada's ERA The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) has entrusted a Canadian company with managing a vast section of its forest, including containing deforestration, the environment ministry has announced. ... more | .. |
  HIV 'epidemics' emerging in MENA region: study The AIDS virus is spreading like an epidemic in some Middle East and North African countries because of homosexual encounters between men, a study warned on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Striking Chinese taxi drivers back at work Thousands of Chinese taxi drivers who went on strike over pay in the eastern hub of Hangzhou returned to work on Wednesday after accepting a government deal, the city's biggest taxi company said. ... 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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Tropical Storm Emily barrels towards fragile Haiti Haiti on Wednesday braced for incoming Tropical Storm Emily, urging evacuations ahead of a churning system that could bring flash floods to the nation still recovering from a massive earthquake. ... more | .. |
 South Sudan rebels declare ceasefire: spokesman A South Sudan rebel group led by renegade general Peter Gadet has agreed to an unconditional ceasefire and is committed to talks on merging its troops with the army, its spokesman said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
  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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