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Sudan Flood Toll Hits 100, While Nairobi Panics As Tremors Rattle City
Khartoum (AFP) July 18, 2007The death toll from floods that have ravaged Sudan over the past fortnight has tripled tp around 100 people since last week, officials said Wednesday. At least another 100 people were injured while some 5,000 homes were destroyed or damaged in the worst flooding to have hit the country since 1988, said a crisis centre cited by Sudan's official SUNA news agency. Caused by rising waters of t ... more RAND Study Finds Wind Insurance Costly And Scarce On Gulf Of Mexico Coast 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 19, 2007Many businesses along the Gulf of Mexico coast have had a difficult time obtaining wind insurance coverage since Hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma hit in 2005 and have often ended up paying more than twice as much for the insurance as they did previously, according to a RAND Corporation study issued today. Gulf Coast businesses are also paying higher wind insurance deductibles while gett ... more Violent Thunderstorms Kill Dozens In China 
Beijing (AFP) July 18, 2007At least 32 people died as thunderstorms of unprecedented intensity rocked southwestern China, smashing rainfall records and paralysing transportation, state media reported Wednesday. Lightning struck more than 40,000 times in the Chinese metropolis of Chongqing during a frightening 16-hour downpour on Tuesday, the Beijing News reported. Heavy rains continued on Wednesday and were expect to rage ... more Eat A Steak, Warm The Planet 
Paris (AFP) July 18, 2007A kilogram (2.2 pounds) of beef causes more greenhouse-gas and other pollution than driving for three hours while leaving all the lights on back home, according to a Japanese study. A team led by Akifumi Ogino of the National Institute of Livestock and Grassland Science in Tsukuba, calculated the environmental cost of raising cattle through conventional farming, slaughtering the animal and distr ... more In An Evolutionary Arms Race A Bacterium Is Found That Outwits Tomato Plant's Defenses 
Ithaca NY (SPX) Jul 19, 2007An arms race is under way in the plant world. It is an evolutionary battle in which plants are trying to beef up their defenses against the innovative strategies of pathogens. The latest example of this war is a bacterium (Pseudomonas syringae) that infects tomatoes by injecting a special protein into the plant's cells and undermines the plant's defense system. "Plant breeders often find t ... more |
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Bethesda MD (SPX) Jul 19, 2007Scientists report they have merged two of nature's most elegant strategies for wet and dry adhesion to produce a synthetic material that one day could lead to more durable and longer-lasting bandages, patches, and surgical materials. As published in this week's issue of the journal Nature, the scientists, supported by the National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR), part of th ... more The Trouble With Sarkozy 
Paris (UPI) July 18, 2007With nearly three weeks left to go of his first hundred days, the honeymoon of France's new President Nicolas Sarkozy has been more like a whirlwind. His latest coup this week resolved the decade-long dispute over of the divided leadership of the Franco-German EADS group that builds Airbus jets and runs one of Europe's top aerospace and defense groups. Last week, after a long telephone call to h ... more Vattenfall Europe Chief Quits After German Nuclear Incidents 
Berlin (AFP) Jul 18, 2007The head of Vattenfall Europe, an arm of Swedish energy giant Vattenfall, resigned Wednesday after a series of incidents, including a fire, at two of the group's German nuclear power plants. Vattenfall Europe chief Klaus Rauscher "has offered to step down from his position," the company said in a statement which named Hans-Juergen Cramer, a member of Vattenfall's German management, as acting hea ... more US And India Identify Solutions To Salvage Nuclear Deal 
Washington DC (AFP) Jul 18, 2007The United States and India have identified possible solutions to issues hampering a final accord on a landmark bilateral civilian nuclear deal, the State Department said Wednesday. The two powers have been for two years trying to devise a comprehensive agreement under which the United States would provide nuclear technology and fuel after agreeing in principle to reverse three decades of sancti ... more Japan's Quake-Hit Nuclear Plant Ordered To Remain Shut 
Kashiwazaki, Japan (AFP) July 18, 2007Authorities Wednesday ordered the world's largest nuclear plant to stay shut indefinitely after Japan's deadly earthquake, as its operator revealed a radiation leak was worse than thought. As the death toll rose to 10, some of Japan's top automakers said they would reduce or suspend production nationwide because of a parts shortage caused by the quake. Monday's 6.8 Richter-scale earthquake ... more |
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Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jul 18, 2007Russian President Vladimir Putin's two-day stay at the Bush family home in Kennebunkport, Maine, was more fruitful than the press and political analysts expected. They thought the two presidents would mainly discuss ways to maintain good relations between the United States and Russia after they step down. They thought Putin and U.S. President George Bush would at best prevent them from going sou ... more Can Heart Tissue Be Regenerated 
Boston MA (SPX) Jul 18, 2007When human hearts are injured, as during a heart attack, healthy tissue normally can't regrow. Researchers now demonstrate in rats that a sponge-like patch, soaked in a compound called periostin and placed over the injury, can not only get heart cells to begin dividing and making copies of themselves again, but also improves heart function. Their findings appear in the July 15 online edition of ... more Strict Quake Standards Spare Japan Again, But Factory Lines Suspendend 
Kashiwazaki (AFP) Jul 18, 2007The massive earthquake that struck central Japan this week proved again that the country's strict quake-resistance standards and preparations can limit casualties. The 6.8-magnitude earthquake destroyed more than 340 houses, triggered landslides and cut off roads. But while such a disaster could kill thousands in many parts of the world, the death toll was limited to nine so far with one person ... more Toxic Fumes Threaten Thousands In Ukraine After Rail Crash 
Lviv (AFP) Jul 18, 2007Toxic fumes threatened thousands of residents in western Ukraine on Tuesday after a freight train derailed and caught fire, causing mass evacuations and leaving at least 21 people injured. Authorities were urging residents to use gas masks and remain inside as yellow clouds of highly toxic phosphorus hung over the area. Six of the train's tank cars caught fire in Monday's accident near the ... more New Technology Transforming Life For The Deaf 
Madrid (AFP) Jul 18, 2007Multi-function phones, webcams and other new technological innovations have transformed the lives of the hard of hearing, delegates at an international congress of the deaf said Tuesday. "Technology is important for the deaf community. There's the internet, internet, webcams, email, SMS and chat systems," said Amparo Minguet, director of training at the institute for the deaf in the eastern cit ... more
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