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Scientists Estimate Mercury Emissions From US Fires
Boulder CO (SPX) Oct 18, 2007Forest fires and other blazes in the United States likely release about 30 percent as much mercury as the nation's industrial sources, according to initial estimates in a new study by scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). Fires in Alaska, California, Oregon, Louisiana, and Florida emit particularly large quantities of the toxic metal, and the Southeast emits more tha ... more Malawi cracks down on illegal Chinese and Nigerian traders 
Blantyre (AFP) Oct 17, 2007Malawi has launched a campaign to crack down on Chinese and Nigerian traders accused of operating illegally in the country, Trade and Commerce Minister Ken Lipenga said Wednesday. "We have launched a campaign to flush out illegal foreign investors...the influx of Chinese and Nigerian traders is causing a big problem, " Lipenga said. He said several shops owned by Chinese nationals were ... more New Model Predicts More Virulent Microbes 
New York NY (SPX) Oct 18, 2007Microbes and humans interact in myriad ways, sharing a long history. Many of the most successful microbes are those that inhabit but do not kill their host. Cheaters lose. Tuberculosis settles into the lungs. Helicobacter pylori, the microbe causing ulcers, burrows into the stomach where it thrives on acids. And Salmonella typhi takes up residence in the gallbladder. All of these organisms can p ... more Fossilized Cashew Nuts Reveal Europe Was Important Route Between Africa And South America 
Gainesville FL (SPX) Oct 18, 2007Cashew nut fossils have been identified in 47-million year old lake sediment in Germany, revealing that the cashew genus Anacardium was once distributed in Europe, remote from its modern "native" distribution in Central and South America. It was previously proposed that Anacardium and its African sister genus, Fegimanra, diverged from their common ancestor when the landmasses of Africa and South ... more Indonesians ignore warnings of imminent volcano eruption 
Blitar, Indonesia (AFP) Oct 17, 2007Scores of evacuated villagers ignored mounting warnings of an imminent eruption and returned to their homes on the slopes of an active volcano on Indonesia's Java island Wednesday. Others refused to leave their homes despite the alert status of Mount Kelut in East Java province being raised to the highest level with the likelihood of an eruption within 24 hours, officials said. The head ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) Oct 17, 2007EU heads of state and government meet in Lisbon on Thursday and Friday seeking to endorse a wide-ranging reform treaty for the bloc. The draft text runs to over 250 pages. Here are some of the main aspects of the treaty which Brussels hopes will enter into force in 2009 after being ratified by all 27 member states. A treaty not a constitution An attempt to give the European Union its fi ... more Acid Oceans Warning 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Oct 18, 2007The world's oceans are becoming more acid, with potentially devastating consequences for corals and the marine organisms that build reefs and provide much of the Earth's breathable oxygen. The acidity is caused by the gradual buildup of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere, dissolving into the oceans. Scientists fear it could be lethal for animals with chalky skeletons which make up more than ... more Drought, demand push up food prices in Australia: report 
Sydney (AFP) Oct 17, 2007Drought and increased global demand are behind hikes in food prices, a leading Australian bank said Wednesday as it warned grocery bills could remain permanently higher. ANZ said recent price increases in staples reflected the temporary impact of unusual weather and that prices would revert to more normal levels once Australia's worst drought in a generation broke. "The current sharp gro ... more Sudan in cabinet reshuffle in bid to woo back ex-rebels 
Khartoum (AFP) Oct 17, 2007Sudanese President Omar al-Beshir has reshuffled his cabinet in a bid to ease tensions with southern former rebels who pulled out of the unity government last week, an official said Wednesday. The most important change will be to the post of foreign minister, currently held by Lam Akol, which will go to Deng Alor, the official said. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement recalled its min ... more The Fastest Continent 
Bonn, Germany (SPX) Oct 18, 200750 million years ago the Indian sub-continent collided with the enormous Eurasian continent with a velocity of about 20 cm/year. With such a high velocity India was the fastest of the former parts of Gondwanaland, according to a report by a team of scientists from the GeoForschungsZentrum Potsdam (GFZ, Germany's National Lab for Geosciences) and the National Geophysical Research Institute, India ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2007President George W. Bush Wednesday defied China's fury as he became the first US leader to appear in public with the Dalai Lama, and called on Beijing to abandon "religious repression." The exiled Tibetan spiritual leader accepted the Congressional Gold Medal, lawmakers' highest civilian honor, in a formal ceremony in the US Capitol's ornate Rotunda, certain to further enrage leaders in Beij ... more UCSD Researchers Give Computers Common Sense 
San Diego CA (SPX) Oct 18, 2007Using a little-known Google Labs widget, computer scientists from UC San Diego and UCLA have brought common sense to an automated image labeling system. This common sense is the ability to use context to help identify objects in photographs. For example, if a conventional automated object identifier has labeled a person, a tennis racket, a tennis court and a lemon in a photo, the new post-proces ... more Walker's World: The world and the dollar 
Paris (UPI) Oct 17, 2007 The meetings in Washington this weekend of the supposed managers of the global financial system face a daunting challenge. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, the central bankers and the finance ministers of the Group of 7, U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and the Fed's Ben Bernanke all face a common problem, but most of them have different agendas. The problem is t ... more Asia's super rich are getting richer: report 
Hong Kong (AFP) Oct 17, 2007The number of dollar millionaires in Asia has swelled by 8.6 percent, with Japan home to more than 1.47 million, a report published Wednesday found. Japan has 43.7 percent of the region's High Net Worth Individuals (HNWI) -- those with assets of more than one million dollars excluding their primary house -- according to the annual Asia Pacific Wealth Report, published by Merrill Lynch and Ca ... more IMF presses growing China on currency 
Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2007China's economy is likely to keep leading Asian growth this year and next, the International Monetary Fund said Wednesday, again calling on Beijing to adjust its currency policies. The Chinese economy is expected to expand 11.5 percent this year, the IMF said in its latest global report, revising upwards a July forecast of 11.2 percent. In 2008, China's economy will grow 10 percent, the ... more
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