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Big freeze tightens grip in Europe, kills 218Kiev (AFP) Feb 3, 2012 Temperatures plunged to new lows in Europe where a week-long cold snap has now claimed more than 200 lives as forecasters warned that the big freeze would tighten its grip at the weekend. In the Czech Republic, the mercury dropped to as low as minus 38.1 degrees Celsius (minus 36.5 Fahrenheit) overnight while even Rome was sprinkled in snow. In the last seven days, a total of 218 people have died from the cold weather, according to an AFP tally. Ukraine's emergencies ministry said that the c ... read more |
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 Homeless go underground to survive deep freeze Stanislaw clutches a soup pot as he sticks his head up above the rim of a manhole just long enough for police to fill it with steaming stew before he ducks back into the heating duct he calls home on the outskirts of Warsaw. ... more | .. |
  NASA's GCPEX Mission: What We Don't Know about Snow Predicting the future is always a tricky business - just watch a TV weather report. Weather forecasts have come a long way, but almost every season there's a snowstorm that seems to come out of nowh ... more | .. |
  Correlation between summer Arctic sea ice cover and winter weather in Central Europe Even if the current weather situation may seem to speak against it, the probability of cold winters with much snow in Central Europe rises when the Arctic is covered by less sea ice in summer. ... more | .. |
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  India's air the worst, says study India has the worst air quality in the world, beating even its neighbour China, according to an annual survey based at Yale and Columbia universities in the United States. ... more | .. |
 164 dead as cold snap grips Europe Europe's cold snap has claimed 164 lives, as countries from Ukraine to Italy struggle with temperatures that plunged to record lows in some places and with more cold weather forecast. ... more | .. |
  Livestock, not Mongolian gazelles, drive foot-and-mouth disease outbreaks Wildlife health experts from the Wildlife Conservation Society have published evidence which supports the conclusion that Mongolian gazelles-one of the most populous large land mammals on the planet ... more | .. |
  Floods create 'inland sea' in Australia Major flooding hit parts of Australia's east Friday, stranding thousands of residents, prompting a military airlift and leaving some communities only accessible by helicopter. ... more |
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Seoul's power giant pushes back on EU probe into Czech nuclear bid
Nuclear option: Indonesia seeks to grow energy, cut emissions
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  Temperate Freshwater Wetlands Are 'Forgotten' Carbon Sinks A new study comparing the carbon-holding power of freshwater wetlands has produced measurements suggesting that wetlands in temperate regions are more valuable as carbon sinks than current policies ... more | .. |
  New technology allows scientists to watch cancer cells in action at unprecedented resolution A photograph of a polar bear in captivity, no matter how sharp the resolution, can never reveal as much about behavior as footage of that polar bear in its natural habitat. The behavior of cells and ... more | .. |
  Voyage to the most isolated base on Earth Alexander Kumar, the next ESA-sponsored crewmember to stay in Concordia, has arrived safely at the research base in Antarctica. The voyage to one of the remotest places on Earth takes even longer th ... more | .. |
  Satellite study reveals critical habitat and corridors for world's rarest gorilla Conservationists working in Central Africa to save the world's rarest gorilla have good news: the Cross River gorilla has more suitable habitat than previously thought, including vital corridors tha ... more |
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  Are Nuisance Jellyfish Really Taking Over the World's Oceans? In recent years, media reports of jellyfish blooms and some scientific publications have fueled the idea that jellyfish and other gelatinous floating creatures are becoming more common and may domin ... more | .. |
 Cattle outbreak hitting Paraguay exports Outbreaks of foot-and-mouth disease have hit Paraguay hard, forcing a drop in beef exports that may top 30 percent this year, latest trade data indicated. ... more | .. |
  New study shows millions risk losing lands in Africa New studies released in London suggest that the frenzied sell-off of forests and other prime lands to buyers hungry for the developing world's natural resources risk sparking widespread civil unrest ... more | .. |
  EU climate chief sees 'unpleasant' talks ahead EU climate chief Connie Hedegaard acknowledged Friday that "difficult and unpleasant" negotiations lay ahead with countries like India and China to agree a global framework to cut greenhouse-gas emissions. ... more |
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North Korea says US missile shield plans risk 'nuclear war' in space
NATO head expects members to agree to spend 5% GDP on defense
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 Scavengers face tough times as Mexico dump closes Roadside trash is piling up here and thousands who make a living picking through other people's garbage are staring at a bleak future after Mexico's largest open waste dump was shut down. ... more | .. |
 Groundhogs clash over US weather prognosis Hollywood star and weather seer Punxsutawney Phil used to be the only groundhog that mattered in weather predicting, but Phil's shock decision Thursday that spring is still six weeks away put him out on a limb. ... more | .. |
 Deforestation threatens Brazil's wetland sanctuary The Pantanal, a stunning biodiversity sanctuary in central-western Brazil, is threatened by intensive farming and deforestation, a leading environmental group warned as the world marked World Wetlands Day on Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Mali instals new defence minister after Tuareg raids Malian President Amadou Toumani Toure Thursday swapped his defence and security ministers after a series of Tuareg rebel raids and warned against attacks on civilian members of the nomadic tribe. ... more |
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 China considers Google Maps request Chinese authorities say an application by Google for an online maps license, required for operating such services in China, is under official examination. ... more | .. |
  China police stop rights lawyer meeting Merkel A rights lawyer who has defended some of China's most prominent dissidents said Friday police prevented him from meeting the visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel. ... more | .. |
 Russian drill approaching long-buried lake Russian researchers say their drilling project is close to breaching a prehistoric lake trapped deep beneath Antarctica for the last 14 million years. ... more | .. |
 Indian PM says lack of collective will on climate change Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said Thursday that "a lack of collective will" was hampering efforts to forge a common global front against the threat of climate change. ... more |
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 Rare rhino pregnancy offers hope to species A Sumatran rhino which is 10-months pregnant is receiving special medical care after suffering two miscarriages, a conservationist said Thursday, fuelling hope for the critically-endangered species. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong 'locust' ad angers mainland netizens Chinese netizens voiced anger Thursday over a Hong Kong advert portraying mainlanders as "locusts", sparking a call for calm in a state newspaper after an increasingly bitter exchange of words. ... more | .. |
  Debt crisis, earthquakes slam Munich Re 2011 profits Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurer, said Thursday that profits plummeted last year due to heavy losses from both the eurozone debt crisis and a string of natural catastrophes. ... more | .. |
  Western diplomats press Russia, China over Syria The UN Security Council met Wednesday amid tense negotiations aimed at persuading Russia to back a tough resolution condemning violence in Syria. ... more |
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 Filmmaker sounds alarm over ocean of plastic On Midway atoll in the North Pacific, dozens of young albatross lie dead on the sand, their stomachs filled with cigarette lighters, toy soldiers and other small plastic objects their parents have mistaken for food. ... more | .. |
 Eight executives detained in China pollution case China has detained another company official, bringing the total to eight, over a massive river pollution case in the country's south, the government and state media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Mouse to elephant? Just wait 24 million generations Scientists have for the first time measured how fast large-scale evolution can occur in mammals, showing it takes 24 million generations for a mouse-sized animal to evolve to the size of an elephant ... more | .. |
 Team Proves Plausibility of New Primordial Pathway to Life's Chemical Building Blocks For decades, chemists considered a chemical pathway known as the formose reaction the only route for producing sugars essential for life to begin, but more recent research has called into question t ... more |
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