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Scientists Refute Greenpeace Claims About GM CornLanham, MD (SPX) Jan 10, 2012 An article in the forthcoming issue of the Journal of Integrated Pest Management (JIPM) refutes claims by Greenpeace Germany that the western bean cutworm (WBC), Striacosta albicosta (Smith), is "a new plant pest" that was "caused by genetically engineered corn." The Greenpeace Germany report, which was written by author Richard Then of Testbiotech, offers a "surprisingly simplistic conclusion" regarding the spread of western bean cutworm over the last decade, according to the JIPM authors. ... read more |
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  Climate change is altering mountain vegetation at large scale Climate change is having a more profound effect on alpine vegetation than at first anticipated, according to a study carried out by an international group of researchers and published in Nature Clim ... more | .. |
  Evolution of complexity recreated using 'molecular time travel' Much of what living cells do is carried out by "molecular machines" - physical complexes of specialized proteins working together to carry out some biological function. How the minute steps of evolu ... more | .. |
 UF research on newly formed plants could lead to improved crop fertility A new University of Florida study shows genomes of a recently formed plant species to be highly unstable, a phenomenon that may have far-reaching evolutionary consequences. Published online in ... more | .. |
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  Differing dangers at sea The probability of being killed at work is 25 times higher for a coastal fisherman than for an offshore worker, according to a study from the UiS. Seafarers also run a high risk of accidents. ... more | .. |
  Exercise in a pill may protect against extreme heat sensitivity Headlines usually tell the story. A young athlete who seems no different from his colleagues on the football field dies suddenly during exercise under the baleful sun of a blistering summer day. ... more | .. |
  Japan to hand over Australian anti-whaling activists Tokyo has agreed to release three anti-whaling activists held aboard a ship escorting the Japanese harpoon fleet on an Antarctic hunt, the Australian government said on Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Indian man recalls leopard attack caught on camera An Indian labourer who had his scalp ripped off by a rampaging leopard over the weekend has spoken of his horrific ordeal, saying he was trying to save the cat when it turned on him. ... more |
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  Kashmir leader opts to shiver with the masses The chief minister of Indian Kashmir has ordered power to be cut to VIPs in the region after blackouts left locals shivering amid snow storms and sub-zero temperatures, officials said. ... more | .. |
 At least eight dead in Brazil landslide: authorities A landslide triggered by torrential rains killed at least eight people in Rio de Janeiro state Monday and 14 others may still be buried in the rubble, local officials told Globo television. ... more | .. |
  Boko Haram and U.S. plans in Africa Oil-rich Nigeria is gripped by an escalating uprising by Islamist militants that has triggered massacres of Christians, including a Christmas Day suicide bombing blitz, which the federal government seems unable to contain. ... more | .. |
 French experts to report on pre-genocide Rwanda plane attack A group of experts mandated by a French inquiry to probe the 1994 downing of Rwandan leader Juvenal Habyarimana's jet is due to say Tuesday where the fatal ground-to-air missile was fired from. ... more |
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 World's 'most expensive' tea grown in Chinese panda poo Chinese entrepreneur An Yanshi is convinced he has found the key ingredient to produce the world's most expensive tea - panda poo. ... more | .. |
  Tibetan monk self-immolates in China: Xinhua A Tibetan monk died after self-immolating in China, state media said Monday, taking to 15 the number of people who have set themselves on fire in Tibetan areas in less than a year in apparent protest. ... more | .. |
  Suspected arson attacks in Chile as firemen buried The home of a Mapuche Indian leader in Chile was destroyed in a suspicious blaze Sunday in an area ravaged by forest fires, which officials say may have been caused by radical indigenous activists. ... more | .. |
  Looters in N.Z. raid cargo washed up from ship New Zealand police were forced to shut down a popular beach Monday to prevent looters raiding containers washed ashore from the stricken cargo ship Rena. ... more |
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UK to build attack subs as part of major defence review
Ukraine strikes Russian bombers ahead of Istanbul talks
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Adrenaline rush with a township view at Soweto's towers Poupienah Makgatho drove 100 kilometres (65 miles) from Pretoria to help his terrified wife to overcome her fear of heights - by bungee jumping off the iconic cooling towers that dominate Soweto's skyline. ... more | .. |
  Next Ice Age Delayed For Thousands Of Years Warn Scientists Unprecedented levels of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere are disrupting normal patterns of glaciation, according to a study co-authored by a University of Florida researcher and published ... more | .. |
 Toll in Philippine landslide rises to 31 Rescuers retrieved three more bodies from a landslide that buried part of an illegal gold-mining site in the southern Philippines, raising the death toll to 31, officials said Sunday. ... more | .. |
Heavy snow in Kashmir closes highway, strands travellers Heavy snowfall over the past two days has closed down Indian-administered Kashmir's main highway, stranding hundreds of travellers, officials said Sunday. ... more |
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 Global warming: European species lag in habitat shift Fast-track warming in Europe is making butterflies and birds fall behind in the move to cooler habitats and prompting a worrying turnover in alpine plant species, studies published Sunday said. ... more | .. |
 Activists board Japanese whaling ship The anti-whaling group Sea Shepherd said three Australian activists were being held as "prisoners" by the Japanese harpoon fleet Sunday after sneaking aboard one of their vessels overnight to protest. ... more | .. |
Tibetan dies after setting himself on fire: Xinhua A Tibetan died after he and another man set themselves on fire in southwest China, state media said Sunday, taking the total number of such acts in the restive region to 14 in less than a year. ... more | .. |
  Russian naval flotilla docks in Syria: state media A large Russian naval flotilla led by an aircraft carrier has docked in the Syrian port of Tartus in what Damascus state media hailed Sunday as a show of solidarity by close ally Moscow. ... more |
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China expands satellite networks for smart connectivity
Iridium and Syniverse to Enable Direct-to-Device Satellite Connectivity for MNOs Worldwide
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  Iran welcomes US rescue of nationals from pirates The Iranian government on Saturday welcomed a US navy rescue of 13 of its nationals from pirates near the entrance to the Gulf, in a rare respite from months of rising tensions between Tehran and Washington. ... more | .. |
 Kenyan jets kill '60 or more' Somali Islamist insurgents Kenyan fighter jets killed at least 60 Islamist Shebab insurgents in southern Somalia in the latest assault by regional countries to heap pressure on the extremist rebels, officials said Saturday. ... more | .. |
 Turkey's former army chief: a moderate pushed to the limit Turkey's former army chief, retired general Ilker Basbug, arrested and detained over an alleged bid to topple the Islamist-rooted government, is no hardliner, say analysts. ... more | .. |
 Paraguay emergency tackles cattle crisis Paraguay's low-key declaration of an emergency over cattle disease outbreaks is keeping officials busy as President Fernando Lugo battles against the odds to save the economy and salvage the landlocked nation's meat export trade. ... more |
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 Choice of Libyan army chief 'irreversible': NTC Libya's ruling National Transitional Council said Saturday its choice for the post of army chief of staff was "irreversible" despite objections raised by some influential ex-rebel groups. ... more | .. |
 Fisherman's gold: Shark fin hunt empties west African seas Retired fisherman Sada Fall is upbeat. His two sons are returning from sea with a boatload of "gold", as he calls shark fins, whose value has near-obliterated the ocean's top predator in these seas. ... more | .. |
  Haitian PM says 2012 is year of reconstruction Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille promised Friday that 2012 would be a year of reconstruction and economic recovery in Haiti with a growth rate of eight percent. ... more | .. |
 Study: 2011 was ninth-warmest in 33 years U.S. scientists say 2011 was the ninth-warmest year on record in 33 years of satellite measurements of temperature readings for almost all regions of Earth. ... more |
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