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Typhoon Lekima pounds central Vietnam
Ky Hai Commune, Vietnam (AFP) Oct 4, 2007Typhoon Lekima smashed into central Vietnam overnight, flooding thousands of homes, disrupting air travel and power and leaving at least two people dead, officials said Thursday. Packing maximum sustained winds of 117 kilometres (72 miles) an hour, the typhoon made landfall in central provinces where tens of thousands of people had already been evacuated in advance. A 13-year old boy try ... more US plan to protect owl 'polluted by politics': lawmakers 
Washington (AFP) Oct 3, 2007US Democratic lawmakers have accused the Bush administration of "polluting" a plan to protect an endangered owl species and make it more favorable to the timber industry, while scientists have rejected the plan as seriously flawed. In separate letters sent Tuesday to Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne, 113 scientists and 23 lawmakers said the draft plan to protect the northern spotted owl di ... more Bush vetos key bills supporting better health care for children 
Washington (AFP) Oct 3, 2007President George W. Bush Wednesday vetoed an emotive children's health bill, igniting a fierce new clash with Democrats, now spoiling for a fight on domestic issues after failing to end the Iraq war. Bush has repeatedly defied Democratic attempts to change his war strategy, so his political foes are now plotting new lines of attack on health, delinquent mortgages and student loans, as electi ... more Arctic Sea Ice Shatters Record Low: Diminished Ice Leads To Northwest Passage Opening 
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 04, 2007Arctic sea ice during the 2007 melt season plummeted to the lowest levels since satellite measurements began in 1979, according to researchers at the University of Colorado at Boulder's National Snow and Ice Data Center. The average sea ice extent for the month of September was 1.65 million square miles (4.28 million square kilometers), the lowest September on record, shattering the previous rec ... more Walker's World: A British election soon? 
Washington (UPI) Oct 3, 2007 The British political class is in a speculative fever about the prospects of Prime Minister Gordon Brown taking advantage of his current honeymoon in the opinion polls to call a snap election next month that would give him the prospect of five more years in power. Brown is 11 points ahead of the Conservative opposition in the polls and has just announced the withdrawal of yet another 50 ... more |
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Rome (AFP) Oct 3, 2007Nearly 30 Italian groups representing farmers, consumers and environmentalists on Wednesday launched a nationwide signature campaign against genetically modified food. "The unprecedented initiative for a popular debate aims to collect at least three million signatures," said spokesman Mario Capanna, once the leader of Italian student protests in 1968 and today the head of the Foundation for ... more High cereal prices may fuel problems in poor areas: FAO chief 
Brussels (AFP) Oct 3, 2007UN Food and Agriculture Organization chief Jacques Diouf on Wednesday warned that the global rise in cereal prices could lead to "social and political troubles" in developing nations. The FAO director-general, questioned by deputies in the European parliament, said the increase was fuelled by a variety of factors. "First cereal stocks have reached their lowest levels. Add to that the eff ... more Lomonosov Ridge Could Bring Russia 5 Billion Tons Of Extra Fuel 
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 04, 2007Russia's natural resources minister said Monday the development of the Lomonosov underwater mountain chain in the Arctic could bring Russia up to 5 billion metric tons of equivalent fuel. "Reaching the Lomonosov ridge means for Russia potentially up to 5 billion tons of equivalent fuel," Yury Trutnev said during an online Internet conference. The Natural Resources Ministry said in Septembe ... more Analysis: Iraqi Kurds sign new oil deals 
Washington (UPI) Oct 2, 2007 Iraq's Kurdistan Regional Government made a sudden but not unexpected announcement Tuesday it had signed four more controversial oil deals. While the move highlights success in the region, it comes as the central government in Baghdad struggles to meet long-term agenda items like a national oil law. Iraq's government reacted to the news in the same vein it has to similar deals in the pa ... more Baltics, Poland could sign nuclear deal next week: Lithuanian PM 
Vilnius (AFP) Oct 2, 2007The Baltic states and Poland are next week likely to ink a deal to build a new nuclear power plant to replace Lithuania's ageing Ignalina facility, Lithuanian Prime Minister Gediminas Kirkilas said Tuesday. "There are no particular issues of dispute, and we could sign a declaration" on the sidelines of a summit in Vilnius next week, Kirkilas told reporters following a cabinet session. He ... more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 3, 2007The marriage of innovative technology and financing have led to a spread of energy efficient projects that are improving the quality of life for some of the poorest people across Asia. From solar energy to hydropower and biogas, sustainable energy projects are transforming lifestyles across the region, with much of the impetus and creativity coming from the grassroots as people tire of waiti ... more Tourist industry pledges climate-friendly future 
Davos, Switzerland (AFP) Oct 3, 2007Tourism chiefs and UN agencies on Wednesday pledged to "green" the travel trade while highlighting the 880 billion dollar industry's own vulnerability to global warming. In a four page declaration, UN tourism, environment and weather agencies, national tourism officials and executives from 100 countries agreed the industry must "rapidly respond to climate change" and take "concrete measures" ... more Starsem To Loft Four New Globalstars October 25 Aboard Soyuz Carrier Rocket 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Oct 03, 2007Russia is preparing to launch four U.S. Globalstar satellites into orbit on board a Soyuz-FG carrier rocket from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan on October 25, the space agency said Thursday. Globalstar is a low-earth orbit (LEO) satellite-based telecommunications system founded by U.S.-based Loral Corporation and Qualcomm Inc. It provides high-quality satellite voice and data serv ... more Microbes Gain Strength In Space 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Oct 03, 2007Space flight has been shown to have a profound impact on human physiology as the body adapts to zero-gravity environments. Now, a new study led by researchers from ASU's Biodesign Institute has shown that the tiniest passengers flown in space - microbes - can be equally affected by space flight, making them more infectious pathogens. "Space flight alters cellular and physiological response ... more EU deadlocked over funding for Galileo satnav project 
Luxembourg (AFP) Oct 2, 2007The European Union failed on Tuesday to break a deadlock over how to fund the bloc's ambitious but troubled Galileo satellite network in the face of German opposition to the funding scheme. EU transport ministers meeting in Luxembourg set an end of the year deadline to work out just how to finance Europe's answer to the United States' popular Global Positioning System, after a public-private ... more
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