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US Charitable Giving Sets New Record Topping Katrina Effort
Washington (AFP) June 25, 2007US charitable giving hit a record 295.02 billion dollars in 2006 as Americans topped the philanthropic effort from major disasters a year earlier, a survey showed Monday. A report by Giving USA Foundation showed a third straight year of charity giving growth fueled in part by mega-gifts from billionaires life Warren Buffett, but also from mainstream Americans, who donated roughly two percent of ... more Organic Farms Provide A Clue For India's Struggling Farms 
New Delhi (AFP) June 25, 2007As India struggles to deal with stagnation in its crucial agricultural sector, small-scale organic farming initiatives near the capital are providing clues on how to reap healthy profits from the land. Many farmers in India, where more than 70 percent of the people depend on the land, eke out a living -- or else fall steadily into debt -- trying to grow water, fertiliser and pesticide-heavy crop ... more Colorado Study Shows Desert Droughts Lead To Earlier Annual Mountain Snow Loss 
Boulder CO (SPX) Jun 26, 2007A new study spearheaded by the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center indicates wind-blown dust from drought-stricken and disturbed lands in the Southwest can shorten the duration of mountain snow cover hundreds of miles away in the Colorado mountains by roughly a month. Led by Tom Painter, the study found seasonal snow coverage in the sub-alpine and alpine a ... more March Of The Giant Penguins 
Raleigh NC (SPX) Jun 26, 2007Giant prehistoric penguins? In Peru? It sounds more like something out of Hollywood than science, but a researcher from North Carolina State University along with U.S., Peruvian and Argentine collaborators has shown that two heretofore undiscovered penguin species reached equatorial regions tens of millions of years earlier than expected and during a period when the earth was much warmer than it ... more Why A Rocky Mountain High 
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Jun 26, 2007A University of Utah study shows how various regions of North America are kept afloat by heat within Earth's rocky crust, and how much of the continent would sink beneath sea level if not for heat that makes rock buoyant. Of coastal cities, New York City would sit 1,427 feet under the Atlantic, Boston would be 1,823 feet deep, Miami would reside 2,410 feet undersea, New Orleans would be 2,416 un ... more |
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Oxnard CA (SPX) Jun 26, 2007With research backgrounds ranging from materials engineering to molecular biophysics, seventeen leading scientists issued a statement announcing that, much as the discovery of DNA and creation of the transistor revolutionized science, there is a new scientific field on the brink of revolutionizing our approach to problems ranging from eco-safe energy to outbreaks of malaria. That research ... more Asia Urged To Innovate To Stay Competitive 
Singapore (AFP) June 25, 2007From China to Singapore, Asia must nurture a culture of innovation if the region is to emerge as a formidable global player, the World Economic Forum (WEF) on East Asia was told Monday. With the Cold War over, nations around the world are now in a race for knowledge, and technology can mean the difference in who remains on top, business leaders said. "Innovation comes from countries that h ... more Cooling Problem Halts Russian Nuclear Reactor 
Moscow (AFP) Jun 25, 2007Technicians shut down a nuclear reactor in southwest Russia Monday after a problem with the cooling system, but no increase in radiation levels was recorded, state-run nuclear power company Rosenergoatom said. "Personnel at the Kursk nuclear power station noticed a leak of cooling agent from a pipe in reactor number two," the statement said. "To avoid a malfunction" the reactor was stopped. ... more Ukraine To Move Away From Russian Design For Nuclear Plant 
Kiev (RIA Novosti) Jun 26, 2007Ukraine's nuclear power utility Energoatom said Monday a new reactor it plans to build in the country's south will break with a long-standing tradition of using Russian design and technology. "We imagine this unit as one of a non-Russian type," the company's chief executive, Andrei Derkach, was quoted as saying in a press release. He said the design for a fourth reactor at the Soviet-era ... more Electricite de France In Running To Build Slovak Nuclear Plant 
Bratislava (AFP) Jun 25, 2007French state-owned electricity giant Electricite de France (EDF) is interested in building a new nuclear plant in Slovakia, the SITA news agency reported on Monday. "We would like to participate in the development of the electricity sector in Slovakia and to use our means and know how to develop new production capacity to ensure that Slovakia is self-sufficient as regards production," vice presi ... more |
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Karachi (AFP) Jun 24, 2007More than 200 people were killed as torrential rain and thunderstorms lashed the Pakistani port city of Karachi, destroying hundreds of homes and causing widespread power outages on Sunday. Gale-force winds uprooted trees and power pylons and blew down roofs and walls, crushing and electrocuting scores of victims. Provincial health minister Syed Sardar Ahmed said 43 people were killed on Saturda ... more 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
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