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Japanese parents live with radiation fearFukushima, Japan (AFP) Aug 5, 2011 Parents living near Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant are facing a nightmare dilemma: evacuate their children or live with the fear that radiation will make them sick. Since the crisis started on March 11, authorities have raised the exposure limit for children to that used for atomic plant workers in many countries but have sought to reassure families their children are safe. Some people have listened to the official advice, then voted with their feet and moved out of the fallout zone -- ... read more |
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  Future of seawater desalination studied U.S. researchers have reviewed the current state of seawater desalination technology and its potential as a sustainable solution to global water shortages. ... more | .. |
  South African troops to remain in Sudan South Africa will continue to maintain its troop deployment in Sudan's contested Darfur's province. ... more | .. |
  China, Saudi must do more on Africa famine: Pelosi Top US House Democrat Nancy Pelosi urged China and Saudi Arabia on Thursday to "step up their efforts" to help the Horn of Africa battle a disastrous famine, calling for an enhanced US role as well. ... more | .. |
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  Indian trekking hub struggling a year after floods One year after floods devastated an arid part of northwest India popular with foreign trekkers, claiming almost 200 lives, residents say the government has failed to deliver on pledges to help. ... more | .. |
 China braces for approaching typhoon Muifa China called more than 7,000 fishing boats back to port on Friday in preparation for Typhoon Muifa, one of the most powerful storms to hit the region in recent years, state media said. ... more | .. |
  Polar dinosaurs not different from others Small dinosaurs that lived near the South Pole weren't much different from dinosaurs that lived everywhere else on the planet, a U.S. researcher says. ... more | .. |
  Asian glacier on a speed run A glacier in Tajikistan is on a speed kick, scientists say, moving more since June than it has at any time in the last 22 years. ... more |
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 Somali rebels stopping men fleeing drought Somali rebels are blocking men fleeing harsh drought and forcibly recruiting them, while women and children who escape alone risk attack and rape in crowded camps, witnesses and officials said. ... more | .. |
  Toll rises to 13 after storm abates The toll from floods and mudslides in Thailand caused by the tail end of tropical storm Nock-ten has risen to 13, Thai authorities said on Friday. ... more | .. |
Tropical storm drenches southern Haiti, peters out Haitians heaved a sigh of relief Thursday as a storm brought some flooding to the south but was felled by the mountains, sparing quake refugees living in tent cities from more misery. ... more | .. |
  UN leader to visit Japan nuclear zone UN leader Ban Ki-moon sets out Saturday on a trip to Japan, where he will become one of the most senior foreign leaders to enter the Fukushima nuclear disaster zone. ... more |
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Huge tropical storm whips Haiti Tropical Storm Emily whipped southern Haiti with winds and rains Thursday as hundreds of thousands huddled in squalid makeshift camps, some perched precariously on bare, slippery hillsides. ... more | .. |
 Famine to engulf all of southern Somalia: UN The famine ravaging parts of Somalia, including the capital Mogadishu, is likely to persist for the rest of the year, engulfing all of the country's south, experts warned Thursday. ... more | .. |
S. Sudan splinter rebel faction disowns peace deal A group of South Sudanese rebels formerly linked to militia leader Peter Gadet, who agreed to a ceasefire this week, accused him on Thursday of taking government bribes and rejected the peace deal. ... more | .. |
 Arctic ice cap near 2007 record minimum: Russia The polar ice cap in the Arctic has melted to near its 2007 record minimum level and in some areas is 50 percent smaller than average, Russia's environmental monitoring agency said Thursday. ... 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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  Forest or grassland: where did humans learn to walk? Grasslands dominated the cradle of humanity in east Africa longer and more broadly than thought, says a study published Thursday, bolstering the idea that the rise of such landscapes shaped human evolution. ... 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 after a wave of contamination scares, the government said. ... more | .. |
 China allows cooking oil prices to rise China has allowed cooking oil producers to hike prices to cover rising raw material costs, companies and state media said Thursday, but the government denied that it was intervening in the key market. ... more | .. |
  Fire devastates 130 hectares on Greek island A fire on the picturesque Ionian island of Corfu has devastated some 130 hectares (320 acres) of pine forest and olive groves, the island's mayor said on Thursday, blaming arsonists. ... more |
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 Famine-struck Somalis struggle to celebrate Ramadan fast Islam's holy month of Ramadan should be a time of celebration and prayer, but for Mohamed Idris, a Somali struggling in the famine-hit and war-torn capital, daily survival is all he can care about. ... more | .. |
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 | .. |
 Japan to sack top nuclear energy officials 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. ... 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 |
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Macron says Europe must become 'space power' again
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  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 | .. |
 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 | .. |
 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 |
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 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 | .. |
  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 | .. |
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 | .. |
 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 |
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