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Quake Cuts Off Much Of Asia Internet Hong Kong (AFP) Dec 28, 2006 
Internet and phone services were disrupted across much of Asia on Wednesday after an earthquake damaged undersea cables, leaving one of the world's most tech-savvy regions in a virtual blackout. From frustrated traders seeking in vain for stock quotes to anxious newshounds accustomed to round-the-clock updates on world events, millions of people from China to Japan to Australia were affected. The disruption was widespread, hitting China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Thailand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and elsewhere, with knock-on effects as far away as Australia for companies whose Internet is routed through affected areas. |
Russian airspace closure raises CO2 emissions from flying: study
Iran shuts schools, government offices amid cold snap Ford CEO says Trump policy uncertainty creating chaos 'What would you have us do?': the plastic credits problem The squad saving deer from tourist trash in Japan's Nara After Patagonia, Argentina's northern prairies consumed by fires Could a climate megaproject cloud Chile's unparalleled views of universe? Dam fine: beavers save Czech treasury $1 million Key north Sweden railway moves to next stop Tibetan tree rings link climate stress to Chinese dynastic turmoil: study 
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Two Killed Scores Wounded In Taiwan Quakes
Pingtung (AFP) Dec 27, 2006Taiwan was taking stock Wednesday after a powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake that left two people dead, at least 42 injured and caused millions of dollars in damage. Hundreds of rescuers were dispatched to the worst-hit Pingtung area in southern Taiwan where at least three houses were reported to have collapsed and other buildings also suffered damage. Rescuers Struggle To Reach Indonesian Flood Victims 
Langsa (AFP) Dec 27, 2006Indonesian troops and rescue workers were Wednesday struggling to deliver food supplies to thousands of people stranded for at least five days by floods that have claimed around 105 lives. Torrential rains last week triggered flash floods and landslides that have forced more than 400,000 people to flee their homes on the island of Sumatra, with Aceh and North Sumatra provinces the worst hit. Indonesia Faces Further Disasters If Forests Not Replanted 
Jakarta (AFP) Dec 27, 2006Disasters such as the flash floods which have killed 100 people and displaced more than 400,000 will be repeated unless Indonesia takes swift action to restore forests lost to logging, activists and analysts said Wednesday. Conservationists and scientists say deforestation reduces the capacity of the ecosystem to regulate the water and also leads to soil erosion and landslides. |
War Looms In The Horn Of Africa
Washington (UPI) Dec 27, 2006The number of dead in the conflict between Somalia and Ethiopia are unknown and will probably remain unknown; such is the confusion around this latest war being played out in the Horn of Africa. International aid workers speak of more than 800 people wounded since the fighting took a turn for the worse when Ethiopian warplanes began strafing and bombing Somali positions just before Christmas. Into Africa And Interview With Xechem CEO 
Washington (UPI) Dec 21, 2006United Press International interviewed Dr. Ramesh Pandey, an Indian-born medicinal chemist who founded his own company after years of working for large pharmaceutical companies, with this mission statement: make needed drugs that no one else would make. More than 20 years later, Xechem, his New Jersey-based company, holds lucrative patents on drugs like paclitaxel, a cancer treatment derived from the Yew tree. Rising Sea Levels Engulfing Indian World Heritage Islands 
Kolkata (AFP) Dec 21, 2006Rising sea levels have submerged two islands in the Sunderbans, where tigers roam through mangrove forests in the Ganges River delta, and a dozen more islands are under threat, scientists say. A six-year study of the impact of future climate change on the world natural heritage site that India shares with Bangladesh came up with alarming results. |
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Animal Rights Heating Up In 2007
Washington (UPI) Dec 22, 2006Despite intensified law-enforcement efforts and the passage of a new federal law aimed at animal-rights extremists in 2006, the year ahead looks to be a busy one, with pharmaceutical companies squarely in activists' crosshairs. Earlier this year the FBI, which considers animal activists one of the biggest domestic terrorist threats, helped prosecute and essentially shut down a group called Stop Huntingdon Animal Cruelty that was focused on financially ruining Huntingdon Life Sciences, a firm that conducts animal research for pharmaceutical companies. Why Mexico's Former President Fox Failed 
Washington (UPI) Dec 26, 2006As the new president of Mexico, Felipe Calderon, begins his term, one unresolved question from the past remains. Why did Mexico under his predecessor, Vicente Fox, reach a turning point at which history failed to turn? Dire Warnings From First Chinese Climate Change Report 
Beijing (AFP) Dec 27, 2006Temperatures in China will rise significantly in coming decades and water shortages will worsen, state media said Wednesday, citing the government's first national assessment of global climate change. "Greenhouse gases released due to human activity are leading to ever more serious problems in terms of climate change," the Ministry of Science and Technology said in a statement. |
Diversity In The Air
Berkeley CA (SPX) Dec 28, 2006Want biodiversity? Look no further than the air around you. It could be teeming with more than 1,800 types of bacteria, according to a first-of-its-kind census of airborne microbes recently conducted by scientists from the U.S. Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The team used an innovative DNA test to catalog the bacteria in air samples taken from the Texas cities of San Antonio and Austin. Surprisingly, they found a widely varied bacterial population that rivals the diversity found in soil. Global Warming Threatening Polar Bears 
Washington (AFP) Dec 27, 2006The United States on Wednesday proposed listing polar bears as threatened, marking the first time the US administration has singled out climate change as the potential driving force behind the demise of a species. The proposal by the Interior Department's US Fish and Wildlife Service is linked to the fact that rising temperatures in the Arctic are reducing the sea ice that polar bears need for hunting, Secretary of the Interior Dirk Kempthorne told a news conference. Elbit Systems Developed BCMS - An Advanced Border Control Management System 
Haifa, Israel (SPX) Dec 28, 2006Elbit Systems has developed BCMS - Border Control Management System for the Israeli Police. The innovative system interfaces with all government and security agencies in Israel, managing all entry and exit posts including: airports, sea ports and land crossings. HP and Sapiens collaborated with Elbit Systems on this project. |
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