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US storms leave 11 dead, millions without powerWashington (AFP) June 30, 2012 Sizzling high temperatures punished much of the eastern United States again on Saturday, one day after hurricane-like thunderstorms killed at least 11 people and cut power supply to millions. Thermometers brushed the 100 degree Fahrenheit (37.7 Celsius) mark from the Mississippi River to the Mid-Atlantic coast as a vast area of high pressure squatted over the southern states with no signs of moving on soon. The storms delayed third-round play at the USPGA Tour's AT&T National in the suburbs of t ... read more |
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  Huge demo as Hong Kong marks 15 years under China Hong Kong's biggest protest for nearly a decade packed the former British colony's streets Sunday in a defiant reception for its new leader and a show of popular anger after 15 years of Chinese rule. ... more | .. |
  China netizens slam Hu for evading Hong Kong protests Chinese web users accused President Hu Jintao of "hiding" from protesters in Hong Kong Sunday even as state media covered the anniversary of the city's return to rule by Beijing in glowing terms. ... more | .. |
 Power slowly returns as US heatwave drags on Utility crews made slow progress Monday in restoring electricity to millions of households amid a record-setting heatwave in the eastern United States that showed no sign of abating soon. ... more | .. |
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  Guinness says Philippine croc world's largest A saltwater crocodile weighing more than a tonne and suspected of killing two people in the Philippines has been declared the largest such reptile in captivity by the Guinness Book of World Records. ... more | .. |
  Forest fires ravage eastern Spain Two forest fires sweeping Spain's eastern Valencia region that have forced 3,000 people to evacuate their homes showed no sign of abating on Sunday, authorities said. ... more | .. |
  Northeast India floods kill 79, displace two million At least 79 people have died and 2.2 million forced to leave their homes over the last week as torrential monsoon rains triggered floods across India's northeast, officials said Monday. ... more | .. |
  Google urges governments to share disaster data Google on Monday urged governments to get better at sharing information to allow citizens and first responders to make better use of the Internet during natural disasters. ... more |
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Nvidia unveils plan for Taiwan's first 'AI supercomputer'
China's Xiaomi to invest nearly $7 bn in chips
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 'CY' Leung: Hong Kong's controversial new leader Hong Kong's new leader Leung Chun-ying takes over the city of seven million people amid falling popularity ratings, a series of setbacks and protests over his leadership before he even started his term. ... more | .. |
Mass demo as Hong Kong marks 15 years under China Tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets of Hong Kong Sunday, adamant there was nothing to cheer as the former British colony marked 15 years of Chinese rule and swore in a new leader. ... more | .. |
  Adoption of advanced techniques could propel crop improvement Scientists could take greater strides toward crop improvement if there were wider adoption of advanced techniques used to understand the mechanisms that allow plants to adapt to their environments, ... more | .. |
  Diet of early human relative Australopithecus shows surprises Australopithecus sediba, believed to be an early relative of modern-day humans, enjoyed a diet of leaves, fruits, nuts, and bark, which meant they probably lived in a more wooded environment than is ... more |
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  Dinosaurs were warm-blooded reptiles The journal Nature has published a study analysing the lines of arrested growth (LAG) in the bones of around a hundred ruminants, representative of the specific and ecological diversity of that grou ... more | .. |
  A step toward minute factories that produce medicine inside the body Scientists are reporting an advance toward treating disease with minute capsules containing not drugs - but the DNA and other biological machinery for making the drug. In an article in ACS' jo ... more | .. |
 Study helps African communities resolve conflicts A new report released by Namati and the International Development Law Organization (IDLO) details an effective and cost-efficient process to help rural communities work together to protect their lan ... more | .. |
 US storms leave 11 dead, millions without power Sizzling high temperatures punished much of the eastern United States again on Saturday, one day after hurricane-like thunderstorms killed at least 11 people and cut power supply to millions. ... more |
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Denmark in 'frank' talks with China over backing Russia; Germany says China has 'a responsibility for global peace'
UK FM says EU defence pact will 'complement' NATO
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 Pepper spray fired as Chinese leader visits H.K. Police fired choking volleys of pepper spray against protesters denouncing President Hu Jintao Saturday as he visited unruly Hong Kong to mark the 15th anniversary of its return to Chinese rule. ... more | .. |
  Study: Wrong diet doomed 1912 polar try Members of an ill-fated British expedition to the South Pole in 1912 were effectively killed by the equivalent of a modern slimming diet, research has shown. ... more | .. |
 Shallow 6.3-magnitude quake hits northwest China A strong 6.3-magnitude earthquake rattled China's northwestern Xinjiang region Saturday, injuring at least 24 people according to state media. ... more | .. |
  India's monsoon seen picking up after slow start India's crucial monsoon rains should pick up in July after a slow start over vast swathes of the country, which has threatened crops from rice to sugar, forecasters said. ... more |
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 Hong Kong reporter asks Hu about Tiananmen, briefly held A Hong Kong journalist was briefly detained Saturday after he asked Chinese President Hu Jintao a question about the 1989 Tiananmen Square crackdown, sparking criticism from a media group. ... more | .. |
 Spain forest fire displaces 700: authorities A forest fire in eastern Spain forced 700 people to evacuate their homes and indirectly caused a brief power cut at a nuclear plant, authorities said Friday. ... more | .. |
 France slaps ban on Swiss pesticide as bee threat The French government on Friday slapped an immediate ban a pesticide made by Swiss giant Syngenta used in rapeseed cultivation that has been found to shorten bees' lifespan. ... more | .. |
 Floods swamp eastern India, 1.3 million displaced Torrential monsoon rains triggered floods which swamped villages in eastern India and forced at least 1.3 million people to leave their homes for higher ground, officials said Friday. ... more |
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Space tourism's growth blurs the line between scientific and symbolic achievement
The space race is being reshaped by geopolitics, offering opportunities for countries such as New Zealand
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  American man critical after chimpanzee mauling in S.Africa An American research student was in a critical condition in a South African hospital on Friday after he was dragged by chimpanzees into an enclosure at a primate sanctuary and attacked. ... more | .. |
 Lightning strike kills three women in Germany Three women were killed by lightning and a fourth was badly injured Friday in the central German city of Korbach, police said. ... more | .. |
  Australia counts down to pollution, mining taxes Australia said Friday the world expects it to do its part to reduce pollution linked to global warming as the nation counts down to controversial new taxes on carbon emissions and mining profits. ... more | .. |
 Scientists to produce first 3-D models of Arctic sea ice Scientists working with Greenpeace will undertake an expedition to the Arctic that will produce the first 3D models of the Arctic sea ice, the group said on Friday. ... more |
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 UCSB scientists compile first study of potential for tsunamis in northwestern California Using studies that span the last three decades, scientists at UC Santa Barbara have compiled the first evidence-based comprehensive study of the potential for tsunamis in Northwestern California. Th ... more | .. |
 Agricultural Land Grabs Still Remain Above Pre-2005 Level An estimated 70.2 million hectares of agricultural land worldwide have been sold or leased to foreign private and public investors since 2000, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch I ... more | .. |
  Scientists measure soot particles in flight "For the first time we can actually see the structure of individual aerosol particles floating in air, their 'native habitat'," said DESY scientist Henry Chapman from the Center for Free-Electron La ... more | .. |
 Britain hit by more floods in summer of storms Britain was bracing for more disruption on Friday after storms and flash floods in which one man died and hundreds of homes were evacuated. ... more |
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