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Millions in China at risk from run-down dams: reportBeijing (AFP) Aug 26, 2011 More than a quarter of Chinese cities are at risk from tens of thousands of run-down reservoirs, prompting the government to speed up efforts to make repairs, state media said Friday. More than 40,000 reservoirs around the country have been in use longer than their design life and are poorly maintained due to a lack of funds over the past few decades, the state-run Global Times reported. As a result, more than 25 percent of Chinese cities and vast rural areas are at threat from potential devasta ... read more |
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  US hunkers down after hurricane smashes Bahamas Millions of people on the US east coast prepared Friday for a rare hurricane hit after Irene battered the Bahamas, leaving a trail of destruction and at least five dead. ... more | .. |
  Japan PM to step down, race to replace him begins Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan on Friday stepped down as president of the ruling party, paving the way for the selection of the disaster-hit nation's sixth new premier in five years. ... more | .. |
  Patient dies in China after hospital staff flee fire A man died during an operation in a Chinese hospital after doctors and nurses fled during a fire, leaving him to suffocate in thick smoke, state media and officials said Friday. ... more | .. |
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 Iran: Some urge caution in aiding Assad The European Union imposed new sanctions on Iran's elite al-Quds Force, clandestine arm of the Revolutionary Guards, for helping Syrian President Bashar Assad, Tehran's strategic ally, crush a 5-month-old insurrection. ... more | .. |
  Argentina, Uruguay end pulp mill row Argentina is dropping its objections to Uruguay pulping its eucalyptus for export revenues, raising hopes in Uruguay the Latin American country can go ahead with more pulp-making plants for European and Asian paper industries. ... more | .. |
 Chilean student protests snowballing Chilean student protests are snowballing into a political storm with President Sebastian Pinera finding himself right at the center of it and not liking it. ... more | .. |
  African donors pledge $351 million for drought crisis African countries and donors pledged more than $350 million Thursday at a fund-raiser in the Ethiopian capital to help millions facing starvation in the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades. ... more |
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 Russia, China boycott UN Syria sanctions talks Russia and China on Thursday boycotted UN Security Council talks on a Western proposal to impose sanctions on Syria's President Bashar al-Assad, diplomats said. ... more | .. |
 Storm delays Martin Luther King memorial ceremony The long-awaited dedication of a US national memorial to slain civil rights icon Martin Luther King scheduled for this weekend has been delayed due to Hurricane Irene, organizers said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Incognito US diplomat probed China tiger farm: cable A US diplomat disguised himself as a Korean tourist to probe a tiger farm in China where he voiced alarm at conditions that included whippings of the endangered big cats, a leaked memo said. ... more | .. |
 Study on global plant die-off faces questions A study on plant productivity that said drought and global warming were killing off plants worldwide is now being questioned by scientists, according to research published Thursday. ... more |
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 Scientists find underground river beneath Amazon Brazilian scientists have discovered an underground river some 4,000 meters (13,000) feet deep, which flows from west to east like the country's famous waterway. ... more | .. |
 US orders ships to sea, coast braces for hurricane The US Navy Thursday ordered all its ships away from its huge port at Hampton Roads, Virginia, as the eastern US seaboard braced for the destructive-strength Hurricane Irene. ... more | .. |
  S.Africa's HIV infections fall to 5.4 million: government The number of people living with HIV in South Africa has dropped slightly to 5.38 million, and the number of AIDS deaths is finally starting to fall, Deputy President Kgalema Motlanthe said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Iraq unveils 100,000-home 'master plan' Iraq's investment commission and a South Korean construction firm unveiled a "master plan" on Thursday to develop a sprawling suburb of Baghdad with 100,000 homes in a $7.25 billion deal. ... more |
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 China bans songs in culture crackdown China has banned 100 songs from being featured on websites, barring artists ranging from Lady Gaga to the Backstreet Boys apparently for being out of tune with the country's cultural authorities. ... more | .. |
Hurricane Irene batters Bahamas, aims at US coast Hurricane Irene pounded the Bahamas Thursday en route toward the populous US east coast, punishing the nation of small islands with heavy rain and powerful winds. ... more | .. |
African leaders meet to raise funds for drought crisis African leaders held a rare fund-raiser in Ethiopia Thursday in a bid to plug a $1.1 billion shortfall in aid for millions facing starvation in the Horn of Africa's worst drought in decades. ... more | .. |
  Rhino bloodbath surges on S.Africa's private reserves The giant rhino slumps to the ground with haunting cries as it fights for its life, a bloodied, fleshy pulp in the place where poachers sawed off its horn. ... more |
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 Copenhagen tap water safe again after E.coli scare: city After nearly a week of boiling their tap water amid an E.coli scare, thousands of Copenhagen residents have been given the green light by city officials to resume normal use. ... more | .. |
 Clashes at China hospital over patient's death Nearly 100 people, some armed with clubs, fought at a hospital in eastern China earlier this week after the relatives of a patient who died confronted staff, state media said on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Warning call of the wild: US zoo animals sensed quake Many animals at the National Zoo in Washington sensed the rare 5.8 magnitude earthquake that shook the US east coast before it struck and began to behave strangely, zoo officials said. ... more | .. |
 Japan lifts ban on beef following radiation scare Japan on Thursday lifted bans on beef from disaster-hit regions, a month after imposing restrictions over fears thousands of cattle had been contaminated in the Fukushima nuclear accident. ... more |
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 Rat poison may be killing raptors Rat poison appears to have gotten into the food chain in parts of Scotland and is killing birds of prey and other unintended targets, scientists said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Facebook-Twitter to face riot-spooked British officials Facebook and Twitter on Thursday will meet with riot-spooked British officials to discuss how social networks can play roles in keeping people safe during civil unrest. ... more | .. |
China bans songs by Lady Gaga, Backstreet Boys China has banned websites from featuring 100 songs by artists from Lady Gaga to the Backstreet Boys, a statement on the culture ministry's website said. ... more | .. |
  Melanin's 'trick' for maintaining radioprotection studied Sunbathers have long known that melanin in their skin cells provides protection from the damage caused by visible and ultraviolet light. More recent studies have shown that melanin, which is produce ... more |
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 Summer Drought limits the positive effects of CO2 and heat on plant growth in future climate Although the rain this summer has been pouring down over Denmark, most scientists agree that global temperature increases will intensify periods with summer drought already in 2075. The large ... more | .. |
  A New Nuance to Neurons A fundamental new discovery about how nerve cells in the brain store and release tiny sacs filled with chemicals may radically alter the way scientists think about neurotransmission - the electrical ... more | .. |
 Children's hospitals not equipped to handle pandemics A new study of children's hospitals nationwide has found them underequipped to handle a major surge of patients in the event of a pandemic, and urges health care institutions and government agencies ... more | .. |
 Lasting evolutionary change takes about 1 million years In research that will help address a long-running debate and apparent contradiction between short- and long-term evolutionary change, scientists have discovered that although evolution is a constant ... more |
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