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White House Denies Iraq War Hampers Home Rescue Efforts
Washington (AFP) May 08, 2007The White House on Tuesday dismissed charges that the Iraq war effort had stripped the United States of resources needed to fight catastrophes at home in the wake of a devastating Kansas tornado. "I think they're separate issues... just as in a time of war, you know, the Pentagon plans for more than one conflict at a time, you have to be able to do more than one thing at a time," White House spo ... more Carbon Monoxide Pollution Over Australia Came From South America 
Paris (AFP) May 09, 2007A pall of carbon monoxide that hovered over Australia during wildfires there in 2004 came mainly from forest fires in South America, some 13,000 kilometers (8,000 miles) away, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Wednesday. The discovery was made by scientists evaluating data from ESA's environmental satellite, Envisat, which is equipped with a highly-sensitive instrument for mapping sources ... more Netherlands Refuses GM Corn Shipment From US 
The Hague (AFP) May 09, 2007The Netherlands will return, or burn, a United States shipment of genetically modified corn that lacks clearance from European authorities, the Dutch food security authority said Wednesday. Environmental organisation Greenpeace recently denounced the corn gluten shipment, which arrived at the Rotterdam port on April 10. The genetically modified corn was not authorised by the European Union, the ... more Churning Sea Spurs Rethink Over Global-Warming Models 
Paris (AFP) May 09, 2007Powerful computer models that simulate ocean circulation -- a key factor in the global-warming equation -- will have to be fine-tuned after scientists discovered a massive eddy in the current that sweeps around Antarctica. The oceans play a vital role in global warming, for the surface layers of the sea absorb heat and carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere. It is essential to know what ... more Advances In HIV And TB Vaccines 
Boston (UPI) May 09, 2007Scientists are zeroing in on discovering vaccines to control malaria, tuberculosis and HIV in poorer nations, say health experts involved in the effort. The diseases kill more than 6 million people each year and impact hundreds of millions of lives, many of them children in Latin America, Africa, Asia and Eastern Europe, Tadataka Yamada, president of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, told U ... more |
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Boulder CO (SPX) May 10, 2007The scientific community can now take a long-awaited look at the research behind the selection of Yucca Mountain, Nevada, as the nation's high-level radioactive waste repository. The Geology and Climatology of Yucca Mountain and Vicinity, Southern Nevada and California, published by the Geological Society of America, presents important results of a significant part of the U.S. Department of Ener ... more A Russian Comeback To Central Asia More Than A Pipe Dream 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) May 10, 2007When Vladimir Putin became president seven years ago, he made a blitz tour of post-Soviet Central Asia. One of the problems he inherited from Boris Yeltsin was lack of proper relations with the former "fraternal" Central Asian republics, which had become members of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). The niche voluntarily vacated by Russia did not remain empty for a long time. Ce ... more Small Fuel Cells Market Thrives On Government Support And Demand For Reliable Backup Power 
Palo Alto CA (SPX) May 10, 2007Enhanced government support, power deficits, and advanced customer requirements are encouraging greater developments in the small fuel cells market. Recent inclement weather and government laws mandating the installation of environment-friendly systems are bolstering sales of small fuel cells. New analysis from Frost and Sullivan, North American Small Fuel Cell Market reveals that the mark ... more New Materials Might Revolutionize Hydrogen Storage 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) May 10, 2007Carnegie Mellon University's David S. Sholl is working to identify new materials that would help make hydrogen more stable and cost-efficient than fossil fuels. Increased concern about global warming and a need to conserve natural fuel sources prompted Carnegie Mellon researchers to find new, lightweight, low-cost hydrogen-storage materials. "We are currently studying the use of metal hydr ... more Papua New Guinea Islanders Drive Their Cars On Coconut Power 
Bougainville, PNG (ANI) May 10, 2007Residents of Bougainville in Papua New Guinea have found an indigenous solution to high-energy prices, the ubiquitous tropical fruit, coconut. The islanders are developing mini-refineries to produce a coconut oil that can eventually replace diesel. Residents say, coconut oil has not only made them less dependant on expensive fuel, which had to be imported onto the island, enquiries about the fue ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) May 08, 2007Greenhouse gas emissions from the 15 most developed EU members eased only slightly in 2005, according to EU figures on Tuesday, suggesting a lot of work remained to be done to meet Kyoto Protocol commitments. The European Environment Agency said that climate-changing greenhouse gases from the 15 countries fell only 0.8 percent in 2005 from 2004, mainly due to lower use of fossil fuels and carbon ... more Heads Begin to Roll In World Bank Scandal 
Washington DC (UPI) May 08, 2007The ongoing saga of Paul Wolfowitz and his girlfriend claimed its first victim Monday, but the first head to roll was not the World Bank president's. Instead, it was Wolfowitz's right-hand man who was pushed out amid the scandal roiling the international agency. Kevin Kellems was the first to leave among the handful of those who joined the bank when the former U.S. deputy defense secretary was ... more At Least 14 Killed In Tornado In Southern Chad 
Ndjamena (AFP) May 08, 2007At least 14 people were killed and more than 100 were injured when a ferocious tornado virtually wiped out the small town of Bebedjia in southeastern Chad, police said Tuesday. "A violent storm accompanied by a vortex (tornado) struck the town yesterday (Monday) evening. It began at around 4:00 pm (1500 GMT) and provoked general panic among the population," prefect Mbainodji Barthelemy told AFP ... more Indonesia's Mud Volcano Bursts Dyke 
Jakarta (AFP) May 08, 2007Sludge has burst through an embankment built around Indonesia's disastrous "mud volcano", flooding a main road, an official said Tuesday. Officials said a large crack had formed in the dyke, which was designed to hold back the massive mud flow in East Java. "We have managed to repair the crack but the road is still impassable," said a government spokesman. "The road should be opened later ... more With Dump Full, Thousands Of Tonnes Of Trash Fill Naples Streets 
Rome (AFP) May 08, 2007Nearing the height of tourist season, thousands of tonnes of trash piled up along Naples streets and in the suburbs on Tuesday after the dumps in the southern Italian region of Campania were declared full. On Monday, the Naples garbage collectors could only collect 500 tonnes of garbage and were forced to leave behind 2,000 tonnes on the sidewalks and in communal rubbish bins in the streets, acc ... more
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