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15 dead in Nepal floods, landslides
Kathmandu (AFP) Sept 9, 2007Landslides and floods triggered by torrential rains in Nepal have killed at least 15 people in the last three days, officials said Sunday. "Five bodies were recovered Sunday morning after they were swept away by a flooding river in Rautahat late Saturday," local official Durga Prasad Bhandari told AFP from Rautahat district, 80 kilometres (50 miles) south of Kathmandu. Bhandari said the ... more Transgenic Maize Is More Susceptible To Aphids 
Neuchatel, Switzerland (SPX) Sep 10, 2007The environmental consequences of transgenic crops are the focus of numerous investigations, such as the one published in the journal PloS ONE, which was carried out by Cristina Faria and her colleagues, under the supervision of Ted Turlings, professor in chemical ecology at the University of Neuchatel. The researchers observed that most transgenic maize lines were significantly more ... more Study Identifies Key Player In The Body's Immune Response To Chronic Stress 
Houston TX (SPX) Sep 10, 2007Osteopontin (OPN), a protein molecule involved in many different cellular processes, plays a significant role in immune deficiency and organ atrophy following chronic physiological stress, resulting in increased susceptibility to illness. These findings appear in the September 4th issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. The study is supported by the National Space ... more Bacterial To Animal Gene Transfers Widespread; Implications For Evolution, Control Of Diseases And Pests 
Rochester NY (SPX) Sep 10, 2007Scientists at the University of Rochester and the J. Craig Venter Institute have discovered a copy of the genome of a bacterial parasite residing inside the genome of its host species. The research, reported in today's Science, also shows that lateral gene transfer-the movement of genes between unrelated species-may happen much more frequently between bacteria and multicellular organisms than ... more Microsoft teams up in Japan to set robotics standards 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 7, 2007Microsoft Friday announced a tie up with Japanese humanoid maker Tmsuk in a bid to set the standard in the development of cutting-edge robots. Microsoft Corp. is the unquestioned leader in computer operating systems with Windows but the growing field of robotics relies on diverse programming platforms. The Redmond, Washington-based software giant last year launched Microsoft Robotics ... more |
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Vienna (AFP) Sept 9, 2007The UN atomic agency meets on Iran this week with its chief Mohamed ElBaradei calling for worried nations to give him a few months to see if new inspections shed light on whether Tehran seeks the bomb. The International Atomic Energy Agency will be hearing an ElBaradei report backing a timetable agreed last month for Iran to answer outstanding questions over its nuclear programme. ... more Iran admits hurt by high domestic oil consumption 
Tehran (AFP) Sept 9, 2007High domestic consumption is harming Iran's oil industry on top of international financial pressures linked to its nuclear programme, a top oil official was quoted as saying on Sunday. "The consumption of energy is very high, efficiency is low. There is no energy saving and consumption habits and low prices are harmful," Iran's representative to OPEC, Hossein Kazempour Ardebili, said in an ... more Bulgarian nuclear power plant running after repairs 
Sofia (AFP) Sept 9, 2007A 1,000-megawatt reactor at a Bulgarian nuclear power plant was Sunday reconnected to the national electricity grid after a short circuit put it out of action for a week. "Energy bloc No. 5 of NPP Kozloduy was switched back on to the country's electric energy grid at 02:04 am (2304 GMT) Sunday after repair," the plant's management said in a statement. A short circuit in the reactor's ... more Chinese power chief gets life for graft 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2007The former chief of a Chinese state power company has been sentenced to life imprisonment for taking bribes valued at nearly 10 million yuan (1.3 million dollars), state press reported Sunday. Zhang Shaocang, a Communist Party official and general manager of Anhui Province Energy Group based in eastern China, was convicted of accepting seven million yuan from a local company in 1992, Xinhua ... more Central Asia's electricity sector 
Washington (UPI) Sep 7, 2007 "Communism is Soviet power plus the electrification of the entire country." -- Vladimir Lenin (1920), "Collected Works," Vol. 31, page 516. Despite the Soviet Union's baleful 74-year experience under communism, one of the few positive aspects of Soviet rule was Moscow's insistence from the very beginning on industrialization and its corollary, electrification. The collapse of communism ... more |
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Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 07, 2007The impactor believed to have wiped out the dinosaurs and other life forms on Earth some 65 million years ago has been traced back to a breakup event in the main asteroid belt. A joint U.S.-Czech team from Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) and Charles University in Prague suggests that the parent object of asteroid (298) Baptistina disrupted when it was hit by another large asteroid, creating ... more One dead, more than 40 injured as typhoon lashes Japan 
Tokyo (AFP) Sept 7, 2007A strong typhoon lashed Japan on Friday, bringing torrential downpours and violent winds that left one person dead, more than 40 injured and flooded hundreds of homes. Typhoon Fitow slammed into the Tokyo region shortly before 2:30 am (1730 GMT), packing strong winds that also felled trees, smashed windows and swept people off their feet. The storm hit Kanagawa prefecture, just south of ... more Central America on flooding alert after storms 
Bilwi, Nicaragua (AFP) Sept 6, 2007Nicaragua, Honduras and Mexico geared up for flooding from rain-swollen rivers Thursday in the wake of two devastating hurricanes that left at least 109 dead and scores more missing. Nicaragua and Honduras in a joint death toll Thursday, said that Hurricane Felix killed 100 people in their two countries. In Mexico, meanwhile, nine people were killed in the wake of Hurricane Henriette ... more China leads charge against Australian climate pact 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 6, 2007Australia's plans for a strong statement by Asia Pacific leaders on climate change fell into disarray Thursday as emerging nations led by China insisted the United Nations must retain the upper hand. Prime Minister John Howard had put climate change at the top of the agenda for a weekend summit of Pacific Rim leaders here as a way to shape the debate on how to tackle global warming. ... more US, China join forces to warn Taiwan over UN bid 
Sydney (AFP) Sept 6, 2007In an unusual diplomatic two-step, the US and Chinese presidents Thursday set aside their differences on Taiwan and put pressure on the island to drop plans for a referendum on UN membership. Presidents George W. Bush and Hu Jintao warned Taipei that its proposed vote on whether to apply for United Nations membership under the name "Taiwan" was provocative and could propel the region into a ... more
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