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China orders safety drive after environment protestsBeijing (AFP) Sept 29, 2011 China on Thursday ordered manufacturers of potentially toxic products to conduct safety and environmental checks after a recent spate of major anti-pollution protests triggered fears of more unrest. The Asian nation has been hit by two large-scale demonstrations in as many months, sparked by concerns among residents that factories were polluting the environment, forcing local authorities to shut the plants. In the northeastern city of Dalian, for instance, thousands of locals protested last mont ... read more |
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  US, Indonesia sign $30m debt-for-nature swap The United States forgave almost $30 million in Indonesian debt Thursday, diverting the funds to tropical forest conservation on Borneo. ... more | .. |
  Typhoon shuts down Hong Kong, hits China A powerful typhoon brought Hong Kong to a shutdown Thursday, with financial markets and businesses forced to close as it swept past before slamming into the Chinese island of Hainan. ... more | .. |
 Philippines struggles in wake of killer typhoon Slum dwellers in the Philippine capital rummaged through their flattened homes Thursday as villagers on remote farms battled floods, two days after a monster typhoon killed at least 39 people. ... more | .. |
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 Cambodian flood toll tops 100: disaster official More than 100 Cambodians, nearly half of them children, have died in the country's worst flooding in a decade, a disaster official said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Quake rocks Japan's crippled nuclear power plant A 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook an area of northeast Japan which includes the tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant Thursday but there were no reports of damage to the facility, officials said. ... more | .. |
  Glow-in-the-dark millipede says stay away As night falls in certain mountain regions in California, a strange breed of creepy crawlies emerges from the soil: Millipedes that glow in the dark. The reason behind the glowing secret has stumped ... more | .. |
  What can magnetic resonance tractography teach us about human brain anatomy? Magnetic resonance tractography (MRT) is a valuable, noninvasive imaging tool for studying human brain anatomy and, as MRT methods and technologies advance, has the potential to yield new and illumi ... more |
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Leaders warn race for minerals could turn seabed into 'wild west'
China carefully assembling a deep-sea mining strategy
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 Feathered friends are far from bird-brained when building nests Nest-building is not just instinctive but is a skill that birds learn from experience, research suggests. Scientists filmed male Southern Masked Weaver birds in Botswana as they built multiple nests ... more | .. |
  Gene controlling flowering boosts energy production from sorghum A sorghum hybrid that does not flower and accumulates as much as three times the amount of stem and leaf matter may help the bioenergy industry, according to a study appearing in the Proceedings of ... more | .. |
 How global warming could cause animals to shrink The way in which global warming causes many of the world's organisms to shrink has been revealed by new research from Queen Mary, University of London. Almost all cold-blooded organisms are af ... more | .. |
  Cancer screening rates lower among those with fatalistic attitudes Even if health care is free, colorectal cancer screening rates among those without financial means are still low, and results of a new study suggest that may be due to an idea psychologists call can ... more |
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 Potatoes largest and most affordable source of potassium of any vegetable or fruit A frequently expressed concern in the ongoing public health debate is that fresh fruits and vegetables, particularly those that are nutrient dense, are not affordable to the average consumer. ... more | .. |
 A Labor Saving Way to Monitor Vast Rangelands U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have found that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a tool used by the military, may be suitable for keeping an eye on changing land-use patterns across ... more | .. |
 Balanced meals, farm-fresh food benefits families, communities Leaders at the recent United Nations meeting emphasized nutrition as critical to producing thriving children, families, and communities. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said a key focus is helpin ... more | .. |
 Germplasm, irrigation management make a difference in corn production Germplasm and stay-green technology utilized by Texas AgriLife Research corn breeders could make growing corn on limited water a greater possibility in the near future, according to AgriLife Researc ... more |
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Iran says has intel to strike Israel in response to 'any' attack on nuclear sites
Iran says to submit own nuclear proposal to US soon
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 Reactor cooldown at Japan's Fukushima plant The operators of Japan's crippled Fukushima power plant said Wednesday that the temperature of reactor number two had dropped below 100 degrees Celsius as the site slowly recovers from the March 11 tsunami. ... more | .. |
  Brazil court orders halt to work on $11 bn mega-dam A federal court in Brazil has ordered a halt in construction at the controversial $11 billion Belo Monte hydroelectric dam, saying it would disrupt fishing by local indigenous people. ... more | .. |
 Death toll hits 79 in Indian floods The death toll from severe flooding in the eastern Indian state of Orissa has risen to 79 with an estimated five million people affected, local officials said on Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Philippines deports Vietnam poachers The Philippines said Wednesday it had begun deporting 122 Vietnamese fishermen arrested nearly four months ago for illegally fishing in local waters, but huge fines against them were waived. ... more |
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 Chinese engineer, global activists get 'alternative Nobels' A Chinese energy engineer, a Chadian lawyer, an international agricultural rights group and a US safe childbirth advocate won this year's Right Livelihood Awards, often dubbed the "Alternative Nobels," organisers said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  Global warming: New study challenges carbon benchmark The ability of forests, plants and soil to suck carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air has been under-estimated, according to a study on Wednesday that challenges a benchmark for calculating the greenhouse-gas problem. ... more | .. |
 Japan tsunami was wake-up call for S. Asia: expert Japan's March tsunami was a wake-up call for Indian Ocean nations still restoring their coastlines after a massive wave struck in December 2004, an expert said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Japan donor leaves 10 million yen gift in public toilet An anonymous donor has left a wad of cash worth $131,000 in a public toilet in Japan, with instructions it be used to help victims of the March earthquake and tsunami, an official said Thursday. ... more |
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Axiom private mission to ISS delayed because of weather
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 Volcano threat sparks evacuation in Canaries Police evacuated residents and tourists from houses at the foot of a volcano on Spain's Canary Islands after a growing series of earthquakes raised fears of an eruption, officials and locals said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Rare white whale calf spotted off Australia An extremely rare white humpback whale calf has been spotted near Australia's Great Barrier Reef in an event witnesses described Thursday as a "once in a lifetime experience". ... more | .. |
 Pakistan's flooded breadbasket spells economic misery Monsoon floods that sunk Pakistan's arable belt for a second year running have piled economic woes on top of a humanitarian catastrophe facing up to eight million people in the south. ... more | .. |
 Top Bolivia minister quits over Amazon crackdown Sacha Llorenti, Bolivia's interior minister and a top official in leftist President Evo Morales' government, resigned Tuesday over a violent weekend crackdown on protesting Amazon natives. ... more |
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Japan's post-tsunami tourism haunted by atomic fears Seagulls flock around passengers on the deck of a cruise boat, hoping for scraps; hotels and inns show no-vacancy signs and fresh oysters are served in seaside restaurants. ... more | .. |
  US urges China to respect Tibetans' rights The United States on Tuesday urged China to respect the rights of Tibetans and address their grievances after two monks set themselves on fire, triggering a security clampdown. ... more | .. |
 Sneaking up on the glassy transition of water Rapid cooling of ordinary water or compression of ordinary ice: either of these can transform normal H2O into an exotic substance that resembles glass in its transparency, brittleness, hardness, and ... more | .. |
 Living in damp river valleys leads to lung problems A new study has shown that living in a river valley at low altitude can increase the risk of developing lung problems. The research was presented September 25 at the European Respiratory Socie ... more |
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