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Extra Police And Military For Australian Aboriginal Towns
Sydney (AFP) Jun 24, 2007Police backed by military support will arrive in Australian Aboriginal communities within days as part of a controversial plan to end child sex abuse, Prime Minister John Howard said Sunday. The deployment heralds a new strategy to end rampant sexual exploitation of children fuelled by alcohol abuse in indigenous communities in the vast Northern Territory. The plan, which has been criticis ... more Environment Woes Key Source Of Sudan Conflicts 
Nairobi (AFP) June 22, 2007Lasting peace in Sudan will not be possible unless the fractious country takes serious steps to address alarming environmental woes, said a UN report published Friday. Decades of war have devastated Africa's largest country and fresh competition for its resources continue to fuel conflict, said the report by the United Nations Environment Programme said. "Long-term peace in the region will ... more Thousands Clash With Police In China Housing Dispute 
Beijing (AFP) Jun 24, 2007Thousands of protesters clashed with police in eastern China last week after security teams moved in to forcefully relocate families involved in a housing dispute, a rights group said Sunday. Residents refusing to move out of their homes threw gas bombs at the security forces, igniting riots Wednesday in Shengzhou city, Zhejiang province, the Hong Kong-based Information Centre for Human Rights a ... more Chinese Bid For Africa Could Have Substantial Trickle Down Effect 
Washington DC (UPI) Jun 23, 2007China's growing interest in Africa should not be seen as a threat, but rather as a major boost for international efforts to raise living standards on the continent. Yet there are also growing concerns that Chinese financial aid to struggling African nations may lower standards for environmental protection and human rights. With its seemingly insatiable appetite for oil and other natural re ... more Three Cases Of H5N1 Bird Flu Confirmed In Germany 
Berlin (AFP) Jun 24, 2007Three wild birds in Germany have died of the feared H5N1 strain of bird flu, a health official in Nuremberg in southern Germany said on Sunday. Katja Guenther told AFP tests carried out by the Friedrich Loeffler Institute confirmed that two swans and a duck suffered from the H5N1 strain of the virus. She said tests were being conducted on another seven birds who died of bird flue to see whether ... more |
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Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jun 22, 2007Research and Markets has announced the addition of Green Energy in the US: Renewable Investment, Capacity Growth and Future Outlook to their offering. The future of power generation in the US is at an interesting cross-road. On the one hand, cheap generation technologies such as coal and natural gas fired plants are well positioned to dominate future power generation if the current legislative a ... more OPEC Wants Reasonable Price For Its Oil 
Vienna (AFP) June 21, 2007OPEC Secretary-General Abdullah al-Badri said Thursday his group was committed to selling its crude oil for an unspecified "reasonable price," while coolly receiving EU plans for boosting biofuels. Speaking during an energy meeting with European Union leaders, Badri declined to detail the price level sought by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, saying: "I do not want to go throug ... more EPA Wants Tighter US Smog Controls 
Washington (AFP) June 21, 2007The Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday proposed stricter standards for air quality by lowering ground-level ozone standards, saying the current levels do not protect public health. The EPA's proposal, which is to be put to a public debate over the next three months, suggests lowering the level of acceptable ozone to 0.070 to 0.075 parts per million. Its current eight-hour ozone standard ... more Russia TVEL To Supply Uzbek Test Reactor With Nuclear Fuel 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 22, 2007Russian state-run nuclear fuel producer TVEL will supply nuclear fuel for a nuclear research reactor in Uzbekistan, the company said Thursday. Under a contract signed between TVEL, the U.S. Department of Energy, and the nuclear physics institute of the Uzbek Academy of Science in June, TVEL will deliver low-enriched uranium to the research reactor in December, the company said in a statement. ... more China Hits Back On Climate Change After Being Tagged Top Culprit 
Beijing (AFP) June 21, 2007China on Thursday accused the developed world of hypocrisy on climate change as it defended itself against a report that said it had passed the United States as the world's top emitter of carbon dioxide. A Dutch government research body said Tuesday that China's carbon dioxide emissions -- the main greenhouse gas responsible for global warming -- surpassed those of the United States by eight per ... more |
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Washington (RIA Novosti) Jun 21, 2007The United States is ready to work together with Russia on a new nuclear security regime to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) expiring in 2009, an assistant secretary of state said Thursday. Addressing a Senate session on strategic aspects of Russian-American relations, Daniel Fried said Washington favored transparency and predictability, and added that the sides were discussing ... more Missiles Key To Counter US Shield Plans Says Top Russian General 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 21, 2007Chief of Russia's General Staff said Thursday the military component is key in defending Russian national interests wherever the state feels they are being infringed, specifically if U.S. deploys missiles in Central Europe. "If we see that Russia's national interests are under threat, this threat will be minimized. By what means - political, diplomatic, or military - is a technical issue. ... more GPS Wing At LA Air Force Base Changes Command 
Los Angeles AFB (AFNS) Jun 22, 2007Lt. Gen. Michael Hamel, commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, officiated the Global Positioning Systems Wing Change of Command ceremony here June 18. Col. David Madden, who served as vice commander of the GPS Wing since July 2006, assumed command of the wing from Col. Wesley Ballenger Jr. Colonel Madden has more than 26 years of experience in the acquisition, engineering and operati ... more Robots To Hunt For Life Among Arctic Ocean Hydrothermal Vents 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Jun 22, 2007Scientists and engineers from the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution have just completed a successful test of new robotic vehicles designed for use beneath the ice of the Arctic Ocean to conduct the first search for life on the seafloor of the world's most isolated ocean. They hope to discover exotic seafloor life and submarine hot springs in a region of the ocean that has been mostly cut off from other ecosystems for at least 26 million years. ... more Indonesian Activists Report Snoozing Newmont Judges 
Jakarta (AFP) June 21, 2007Indonesian activists on Thursday submitted a complaint against judges who presided over the pollution trial of US mining giant Newmont, alleging they had dozed off during proceedings. The activists said they gave video recordings to the Supreme Court showing judges were "sleeping, chatting over the phone and among themselves and ignoring witnesses' presentations in court." Footage aired fo ... more
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