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2008 avalanches in Europe kill 26 this year
Milan, Italy (AFP) Jan 14, 2008The new year has proved a lethal one in European mountains, where avalanches in Italy, Austria, France and Switzerland have killed 26 people since January 1. The latest casualties were announced Monday, when Swiss police reported a 44-year-old Dutchman had died from his injuries after being swept away by an avalanche the day before while walking on snow shoes in eastern Switzerland. Mean ... more Memphis to clean up water act 
Memphis (UPI) Jan 14, 2008Memphis officials are considering treating wastewater with small amounts of bleach to protect Mississippi River recreational users from E. coli infection. Until now, Tennessee state regulators have not required the city to disinfect its wastewater because it empties into the vast Mississippi River in a stretch where previously there was little recreation, The Memphis Commercial Appeal r ... more Lend Me Your Ears - And The World Will Sound Very Different 
London, UK (SPX) Jan 15, 2008Recognising people, objects or animals by the sound they make is an important survival skill and something most of us take for granted. But very similar objects can physically make very dissimilar sounds and we are able to pick up subtle clues about the identity and source of the sound. Scientists funded by the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC) are working out ... more Sea Otter Study Reveals Striking Variability In Diets And Feeding Strategies 
Santa Cruz CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2008Ecologists have long observed that when food becomes scarce, animal populations exploit a wider range of food sources. So scientists studying southern sea otters at different sites in California's coastal waters were not surprised to find that the dietary diversity of the population is higher where food is limited. But this diversity was not reflected in the diets of individual sea otters, which ... more Analysis: Bush tries to 'sell' democracy 
Washington (UPI) Jan 14, 2008After spending the last few days trying to resolve the Palestinian-Israeli dispute, President Bush continued his tour of the Middle East, this time flaunting democracy to the oil-rich Gulf countries the way traders in this business-minded society flaunt their wares along the Dubai waterfront or in the old market place in Abu Dhabi. Sunday's speech, delivered by Bush in Abu Dhabi, was th ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2008Beijing chided Washington on Monday for allowing Taiwan President Chen Shui-bian to make a travel stopover in the United States, calling him a "destroyer of peace". "Chen Shui-bian is a destroyer of peace and stability in the Taiwan Straits and a troublemaker in Sino-US relations," foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said in a statement on the ministry's website. "We demand the US not ... more Rapid Growth, Early Maturity Meant Teen Pregnancy For Dinosaurs 
Berkeley CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2008Dinosaurs descended from reptiles and evolved into today's birds, but their growth and sexual maturation were more like that of mammals - complete with teen pregnancy, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, scientists. Though dinosaurs grew for much of their lives, they experienced a rapid growth spurt in adolescence, like mammals, said UC Berkeley graduate student Sarah ... more Activists threaten to ram Japanese whalers 
Sydney (AFP) Jan 14, 2008The militant environmental group Sea Shepherd said Monday that it had located the Japanese whaling fleet near Antarctica and threatened to ram them if they resumed slaughtering the giant sea creatures. Paul Watson, captain of the Sea Shepherd's ship, said the leading Japanese vessel, the Nisshin Maru, was now outside the hunting area and had not killed any whales in the past 48 hours. "I ... more Very few Chinese migrant workers are happy: report 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 14, 2008Less than eight percent of China's 200 million migrant workers are happy with life in the city, as most complain of discrimination, overwork and low salaries, state press said Monday. Some 68 percent of 30,000 migrant workers in major Chinese cities said they faced discrimination from urban residents who do not "fully accept" them, according to a survey by Shanghai's Fudan University, the Ch ... more Ice loss from Antarctica is accelerating, warns study 
Paris (AFP) Jan 14, 2008Global warming has caused annual ice loss from the Antarctic ice sheet to surge by 75 percent in a decade, according to the most detailed survey ever made of the white continent's coastal glaciers. In 2006, accelerating glaciers spewed an estimated 192 billion tonnes of Antarctic ice into the sea, scientists calculate. The West Antarctica ice sheet lost some 132 billion tonnes, while the ... more |
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The Dalles, Ore. (UPI) Jan 14, 2008Proponents of a major piece of energy legislation signed by President Bush last month say the new law will lead to huge energy savings and increased national security, but not everyone's convinced it will pan out as promised. The most prominent and publicized aspect of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, signed on Dec. 19, hinges on the increased fuel-efficiency requirem ... more GM to make biofuel out of garbage 
Detroit, Michigan (AFP) Jan 13, 2008General Motors Corp. is planning on making biofuel with garbage at a cost of less than a dollar a gallon, the company's chief has said. The US automaker has entered into a partnership with Illinois-based Coskata Inc. which has developed a way to make ethanol from practically any renewable source, including old tires and plant waste. The process is a significant improvement over corn-base ... more Trade, Iran stand-off driving Sarkozy's nuclear strategy in Gulf 
Paris (AFP) Jan 14, 2008President Nicolas Sarkozy's decision to export French atomic know-how to the Middle East and Africa promises rich commercial rewards, while further isolating Iran over its nuclear ambitions, experts say. After visiting Saudi Arabia, Sarkozy arrived Monday in Qatar and was to go on to the United Arab Emirates (UAE), where he is expected to sign a framework accord Tuesday on nuclear energy coo ... more Analysis: China, Taiwan strategies 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jan 11, 2008China, Taiwan and Singapore all share the Chinese language and culture. Yet due to their different positions in the international sphere and the capabilities of their respective military industries, the three have chosen very different military strategies and weapons systems. It is interesting to compare the three approaches. First, in terms of military strategy, China is now gradually ... more Syrians are rebuilding bombed site: report 
Washington (AFP) Jan 11, 2008Syrians are rebuilding a desert site bombed by the Israeli military last September on suspicions it was supposed to house a nuclear reactor, The New York Times reported on its website late Friday. The newspaper said a satellite picture released Friday by a private Colorado-based company, DigitalGlobe, shows a square building under construction in Syria, on the eastern bank of the Euphrates ... more
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