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Can Government Force TB Treatments
Washington (UPI) June 25, 2007Controlling tuberculosis requires a massive effort, and although many communities effectively track and treat the disease, success relies heavily on patient cooperation, experts say. In the aftermath of the highly publicized Andrew Speaker incident -- an Atlanta attorney who traveled across the Atlantic and back while infected with a rare strain of TB -- leaving compliance largely in the patient ... more Main Component For World Latest Satellite To Measure Greenhouse Gases Delivered 
Quebec City, Canada (SPX) Jun 27, 2007ABB has announced it has delivered a spatial interferometer which is the main component on the new Japanese satellite GOSAT (Greenhouse gases Observing SATellite). The satellite, which will be launched in 2008 by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), will enable Japanese scientists to study and measure greenhouse gases in support of the Kyoto protocol made it mandatory for developed na ... more Farmers Buckle Under As Drought Ravages Lesotho 
Mafeteng, Lesotho (AFP) June 26, 2007For Lesotho farmer Setsabo Mothibeli it has been too long since the rain came, as he stands desolately among dried maize stalks in the barren field he should have been harvesting. Like many subsistence farms in the small southern African mountain kingdom, his fields would have fed about 15 people -- but another year of drought, another failed harvest and the news could not be worse for the small ... more Mother Nature Aiding Firefighters In Massive California Blaze 
San Francisco (AFP) June 26, 2007Mother Nature helped firefighters tackling a raging forest blaze near California's Lake Tahoe early Tuesday, with weather conditions helping to halt the advance of the flames, officials said. More than 1,800 firefighters were deployed in a full assault to contain the fire, which erupted Sunday near the southern tip of Lake Tahoe, a popular tourist spot 304 kilometers (189 miles) northeast of San ... more MIT Tool Determines Landslide Risk In Tropics 
Cambridge MA (SPX) Jun 27, 2007Engineers at MIT have devised a simple yet effective system for determining an area's landslide risk, a tool that could help planners improve building codes, determine zoning and strengthen mitigation measures in mountainous tropical regions frequently hit by typhoons. Devised originally for Baguio City, Philippines--a city that averages five typhoons annually and holds the world record fo ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 27, 2007The Russian Ministry of Economic Development and Trade spent nearly a year working on President Vladimir Putin's instructions to elaborate a socioeconomic development strategy for the period until 2020. According to the press, the strategy is ready and has been forwarded to the government. It includes three development scenarios: the inertial scenario (which is the least desirable, as it involve ... more Japan And China Struggle To Resolve Gas Dispute 
Tokyo (AFP) Jun 26, 2007Japan and China on Tuesday failed to break the deadlock in a longstanding dispute over drilling rights in the energy-rich East China Sea in their latest round of talks, officials said. The Asian rivals' one-day meeting in Tokyo, the ninth round of talks since the dialogue began in 2004, ended without tangible results and with no fresh formal proposals from either side, Japanese officials said. more Baltic And Polish Premiers To To Build A New Nuclear Power Plant 
Vilnius (SPX) Jun 27, 2007The prime ministers of Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Poland are to sign a joint declaration on building a new nuclear power plant in Lithuania, the spokeswoman for Lithuania's premier said on Tuesday. "Premier Gediminas Kirkilas discussed the declaration with Latvian head of government Aigars Kalvitis and Estonia's Andrus Ansip during the recent EU summit in Brussels," the spokeswoman Nemira Pu ... more Gazprom Takes Over Another Gas Deposit 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 27, 2007The Russian government is making efforts to regain control of its energy resources. Last week, BP's Russian subsidiary, TNK-BP, sold the rich Kovykta gas deposit in the Irkutsk Region in Eastern Siberia, one of the largest in the world, to Russia's Gazprom. Foreign investors are taking the news with reserved optimism, because the Kovykta license could have been revoked without any compensation a ... more Co2 Burial Could Help Extract Methane From Old Coal Mines 
Pittsburgh PA (SPX) Jun 27, 2007Deep coal seams that are not commercially viable for coal production could be used for permanent underground storage of carbon dioxide (CO2) generated by human activities, thus avoiding atmospheric release, according to two studies published in Inderscience's International Journal of Environment and Pollution. An added benefit of storing CO2 in this way is that additional useful methane will be ... more |
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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 Algae Choking Another Major Chinese Lake 
Beijing (AFP) June 25, 2007A massive algae bloom has spread out over another of China's big lakes, a press report said Monday, despite hundreds of millions of dollars being spent on years of clean up efforts. "In recent days, due to the hot and humid weather, a large amount of algae has bloomed in Dianchi Lake, turning the water as green as paint in a stretch along the shore near Kunming city," the Oriental Daily reported ... more Hundreds Of Homes Destroyed As Fire Rages In California 
San Francisco (AFP) June 25, 2007Firefighters tackled a ferocious forest fire near California's Lake Tahoe on Monday that destroyed up to 220 homes and forced the evacuation of 1,000 people, officials said. The blaze, which officials said was man-made, erupted Sunday in tinder-dry forest land near the southern tip of Lake Tahoe, a popular tourist destination 304 kilometers (189 miles) northeast of San Francisco. By 7:00pm ... more
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