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Turkey quake kills seven, topples buildingsAnkara (AFP) Nov 10, 2011 An earthquake rocked eastern Turkey late Wednesday, killing seven people and toppling buildings less than three weeks after a massive quake killed more than 600 people in the same area. Television footage showed rescue teams searching through the rubble trying to find possible survivors after the 5.6 magnitude quake struck near the city of Van, sending two hotels and about two dozen other buildings crashing down. The death toll has been put at seven, while 23 people were found alive, according t ... read more |
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  US climate study group gets big oil funds A reputable US think-tank that seeks solutions for climate change has lost most of its charitable donations and will now take funding from big oil and energy interests, it said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
  Unraveling the causes of the Ice Age megafauna extinctions Was it humans or climate change that caused the extinctions of the iconic Ice Age mammals (megafauna) such as the woolly rhinoceros and woolly mammoth? For decades, scientists have been debati ... more | .. |
  Decline in dead zones: Efforts to heal Chesapeake Bay are working Efforts to reduce the flow of fertilizers, animal waste and other pollutants into the Chesapeake Bay appear to be giving a boost to the bay's health, a new study that analyzed 60 years of water qual ... more | .. |
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  Drinking water from plastic pipes - is it harmful? Pipe-in-pipe systems are now commonly used to distribute water in many Norwegian homes. The inner pipe for drinking water is made of a plastic called cross-linked polyethylene (PEX). Are these pipes ... more | .. |
 Precipitation variability in Northeast, Southwest linked in 1,000-year analysis An analysis of precipitation data collected from a lakebed in New York and a Rhode Island estuary has provided a link between the variability of precipitation in the Northeast with that of the South ... more | .. |
  Holm oaks will gain ground in northern forests due to climate change Holm oaks and other forests in lowland areas of Mediterranean mountains could expand by up to 350% due to global warming. In contrast, those forest formations that are more adapted to cold and humid ... more | .. |
 Carbon Monoxide - The Silent Calmer? According to scientists, carbon monoxide (CO), a tasteless, colorless and odorless gas, is not only a danger to the environment but also highly toxic to human beings. Found in the exhaust of vehicle ... more |
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'No doubt' Canadian firm will be first to extract deep sea minerals: CEO
Tabletop particle blaster: How tiny nozzles and lasers could replace giant accelerators
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  TerraSAR-X image of the month - Tents in the desert Viewed from above, the US 'Burning Man' festival resembles a spider web. The structure laid out on the site for this festival looks very much like a small town. In October and September 2011, the Te ... more | .. |
 Hey bacterial slime get off of my boat Submerge it and they will come. Opportunistic seaweed, barnacles, and bacterial films can quickly befoul almost any underwater surface, but researchers are now using advances in nanotechnology and m ... more | .. |
 Living, and coughing, downwind of Texas smoke stacks When the black smoke pours out of the Texan oil refinery across the road in yet another unplanned discharge, Erma Lee Ellas has just one way to try to keep the cloud of chemicals from reaching her asthmatic lungs: "I close the door." ... more | .. |
  Tibet protester sets himself alight in Nepal: police A Tibetan exile chanting anti-China slogans briefly set himself on fire in Nepal on Thursday before his companions put out the flames, police said. ... more |
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  Evacuations ordered as record storm blasts Alaska Residents were ordered to evacuate as a massive storm pounded the rural western coast of Alaska on Wednesday with hurricane-force gusts and severe coastal flooding, US meteorologists said. ... more | .. |
  Thaksin keeps low profile in Thai flood crisis With a flood crisis rocking his sister's government, fugitive ex-Thai premier Thaksin Shinawatra is lying low as prospects of a triumphant homecoming look ever more distant, observers say. ... more | .. |
  Erasing the signs of aging in cells is now a reality Inserm's AVENIR "Genomic plasticity and aging" team, directed by Jean-Marc Lemaitre, Inserm researcher at the Functional Genomics Institute (Inserm/CNRS/Universite de Montpellier 1 and 2), has recen ... more | .. |
 The selective advantage of being on the edge of a migration wave Research published in Science reveals that the first individuals settling on new land are more successful at passing on their genes than those who did not migrate. According to Dr. Damian Labuda at ... more |
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Iran FM warns Europe against 'strategic mistake' at IAEA; Iran obtained 'sensitive' Israeli intel
DOD is investigating Hegseth's staffers over Houthi-strikes chats
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  Scientists find big chink in malaria's armour Researchers said Wednesday they had discovered a unique microscopic channel through which malaria parasites must pass to infect red blood cells, a finding that opens up a highly promising target for a vaccine. ... more | .. |
 Japan lower house approves $156bn recovery budget Japan's lower house on Thursday approved a 12.1 trillion-yen ($156 billion) draft budget to finance post quake reconstruction and boost an economy hit by slow global growth and a strong yen. ... more | .. |
  Philippine town claims world's largest croc title A small Philippine town on Wednesday laid claim to having the world's largest captive crocodile after an Australian expert measured the saltwater beast at more than six metres. ... more | .. |
 'Father of Mangroves' fights for Pakistan's forests It was a brutal kidnap that turned him into an eco-warrior, and 27 years later Pakistan's "Father of the Mangroves" still lets nothing get in the way of fighting against timber "mafia" and deforestation. ... more |
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  China food chain shares up after buyout gets OK Shares in a Chinese restaurant chain extended its gains further Wednesday after a buy-out bid by the owners of US fast-food giants KFC and Pizza Hut was given regulatory approval. ... more | .. |
 Brazil court refuses to stop work on Amazon dam A federal court on Wednesday rejected an appeal for suspending construction of Brazil's controversial $11 billion Belo Monte hydroelectric dam in the heart of the Amazon until after indigenous people have been consulted. ... more | .. |
 Stalled Weather Systems More Frequent in Decades of Warmer Atlantic Slow-moving winter weather systems that can lead to massive snowfalls are more frequent during the decades when the North Atlantic Ocean is warmer than usual, a new NASA study finds. The study ... more | .. |
 Thai opposition challenges PM over flood budget Thailand's opposition lashed out Wednesday at Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra's financial plans for dealing with the worst floods in half a century, saying the economy was under threat. ... more |
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Trump-Musk showdown threatens US space plans
Japanese company aborts Moon mission after assumed crash-landing
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 Record storm blasts US state of Alaska A massive storm pounded the rural western coast of Alaska early Wednesday with hurricane-force gusts, severe coastal flooding and widespread blizzard conditions, US meteorologists said. ... more | .. |
  US condemns bombing by Sudan Armed Forces The United States Wednesday condemned what it called "provocative" bombing by the Sudan Armed Forces near the border with South Sudan, and demanded a halt to such strikes. ... more | .. |
 Supporters travel huge distances to visit Ai Weiwei Chinese artist Ai Weiwei said Wednesday supporters had travelled thousands of kilometres to his Beijing studio to express their support and donate money towards a huge tax bill he has to pay. ... more | .. |
 China broadcaster attracts record bids for ad slots: report China's state broadcaster CCTV attracted a record 14.26 billion yuan ($2.25 billion) in bids for advertising slots in 2012, state media said Wednesday, as firms scramble to boost recognition. ... more |
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 Climate to widen sleeping sickness risk to southern Africa Sleeping sickness could threaten tens of millions more people as the tsetse fly which transmits the disease spreads to southern Africa as a result of global warming, a study published on Wednesday says. ... more | .. |
 Desert in bloom: colors explode in Chile's arid Atacama The world's driest desert is covered in flowers after the wettest winter in decades. Some 200 species of flowers are bursting from the sand after five times the annual rainfall in just one month. ... more | .. |
 Two rhino species bite the dust: Red List Several species of rhino have been poached into extinction or to the point of no return, according to an update of the Red List of Threatened Species, the gold standard for animal and plant conservation. ... more | .. |
 Aid groups warn over Pakistan flood fund Aid groups warned on Wednesday that vital relief efforts for five million people affected by floods in Pakistan's fertile southern belt could be cut back because of a shortfall in foreign donations. ... more |
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