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Analysis: Putin's master plan
Berlin (UPI) Oct 2, 2007 Vladimir Putin's ambitions to become prime minister may only be a covert master plan to grab a third term as Russian president. No, he won't change the constitution to be able to become Russian president for a third time in a row, Putin has repeatedly insisted. The West, however, has long doubted that the most popular leader Russia has seen since the fall of communism is ready to entire ... more Bangladesh children flock to school on water 
Natore, Bangladesh (AFP) Oct 3, 2007On a simple wooden boat in a remote part of Bangladesh, school is underway for young housemaid Mosa Rita who has been up since dawn toiling for a few taka in the homes of better-off villagers. It is now nearly 9:00 pm, but nothing can dim her enthusiasm for her lessons. Outside, parents and other villagers -- most of them illiterate due to their own lack of schooling -- gather to listen ... more Two more Atlantic hurricanes expected this year: experts 
Miami (AFP) Oct 2, 2007Two more hurricanes, one of them of major intensity, are expected to form over the Atlantic ocean this year, forecasters said in a report out on Tuesday. In all, four named storms are likely to form in the remainder of the six-month Atlantic hurricane season, which ends on November 30, according to Colorado State University experts Philip Klotzbach and William Gray. Two of the storms sho ... more China offers surprise hope in climate change fight 
Yanqing, China (AFP) Oct 3, 2007Teenager Zhu Xiaotong's home a few hours' drive outside Beijing is a world away from the acrid air and snarling traffic jams that have come to dominate China's energy-hungry capital. Cherry tomatoes, capsicum and spring onions rise up from a little garden patch that forms the centrepiece of her family's brick courtyard home, while a solar panel heater ensures the Zhu's have warm water even i ... more Pakistan turmoil won't slow quake recovery: army general 
Islamabad (AFP) Oct 2, 2007Pakistan's political chaos will not hinder efforts to rebuild after the 2005 earthquake that killed 73,000 people, even if the government is toppled, the top general involved in relief said. The Islamic republic has been embroiled in months of crisis ranging from opposition to President Pervez Musharraf to Islamist violence, raising fears that victims of the October 8 quake could be forgotte ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Oct 02, 2007NASA's STEREO satellite captured the first images ever of a collision between a solar "hurricane", called a coronal mass ejection (CME), and a comet. The collision caused the complete detachment of the comet's plasma tail. Comets are icy leftovers from the solar system's formation billions of years ago. They usually hang out in the cold, distant regions of the solar system, but occasionally a gr ... more Walker's World: Get rich and shut up 
Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2007 The iron hand of Asian repression has succeeded once more, at least for the moment. Just as in the bloody crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square nearly 20 years ago, the troops of Myanmar obeyed their orders to crush peaceful dissent. Most of the world protested. Even the Parisian practitioners of modern realpolitik, the French government and its Total oil giant, were shamed to the poi ... more Analysis: Cold War over North Pole? 
Berlin (UPI) Oct 1, 2007 What may turn into a Cold War-like resource conflict started quietly, with a vehicle called "Peace 1" some 2,500 miles below the North Pole. The Mir 1 miniature submarine, manned with three Russian scientists, on Aug. 2 planted a titanium capsule with a Russian flag into the seabed -- a symbol for Russia's controversial claim of the vast resources that are believed to be stored below it. ... more Prehistoric lake is oasis of hope for California conservationists 
Lee Vining, California (AFP) Oct 1, 2007A prehistoric ecological marvel nestling high in the mountains of eastern California, Mono Lake has become an oasis of hope for conservationists battling drought in the state. Home to an unusually diverse ecosystem, which includes nesting grounds for several species of marine birds, the vast 180 square kilometers (69 mile) prehistoric lake had been on course to disappear entirely until the 1 ... more Ocean Oxidation Preceded First Great Rise In Atmospheric Oxygen 
College Park MD (SPX) Oct 02, 2007The history of life on Earth is closely linked to the appearance of oxygen in the atmosphere, which scientists think first occurred in significant amounts during a "Great Oxidation Event" some 2.4 billion years ago. However, until now little was known of environmental changes prior to this event. New findings by two teams of scientists - one led by geologists from the University of Maryland and ... more |
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Hodeida, Yemen (AFP) Oct 1, 2007A volcano erupted on a Red Sea island, burning to death six Yemeni soldiers and sparking a major rescue operation for their comrades on the garrison island, the military said Monday. Survivors evacuated to the Yemeni port city of Hodeida said four of the soldiers were killed outright when the volcano erupted on the island of Jabal al-Tair, some 150 kilometres (90 miles) away. "Four of o ... more Tourism set to suffer from the climate change it generates: UN 
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Oct 1, 2007A booming worldwide tourism industry could prove its own worst enemy by contributing to the global warming that threatens some of the planet's most prized destinations, UN agencies warned Monday. If no measures are taken, tourism's impact on climate change is set to more than double in the next 30 years, according to advance data from a report by the UN tourism, environment and weather agenc ... more Analysis: Yemen, Jordan hope for nuclear 
Washington (UPI) Oct 1, 2007 Deals to build nuclear power plants in Yemen and Jordan have come sooner than many expected, but a lack of funding and internal violence could derail those plans before they ever get off the ground. Many countries in the Middle East are considering nuclear power, hoping to free up petroleum reserves for export, and also to balance Iran's nuclear ambitions. Among others, regional heavywe ... more Engineered Eggshells To Help Make Hydrogen Fuel 
Columbus OH (SPX) Sep 27, 2007Engineers at Ohio State University have found a way to turn discarded chicken eggshells into an alternative energy resource. The patented process uses eggshells to soak up carbon dioxide from a reaction that produces hydrogen fuel. It also includes a unique method for peeling the collagen-containing membrane from the inside of the shells, so that the collagen can be used commercially. L.S. ... more Paris adopts 'climate plan' to slash emissions 
Paris (AFP) Oct 1, 2007Paris on Monday adopted a plan aimed at slashing the city's greenhouse-gas emissions and energy use, as France gears up for a high-profile conference on the environment. Under the plan adopted by the mayors of Paris's 20 districts, both left- and right-wing, city authorities pledge to cut the emissions and energy consumption of public buildings and services by 30 percent by 2020. The city ho ... more
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