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Sydney (AFP) Jan 16, 2008Japan has agreed to free two anti-whaling activists held captive after boarding a whaling vessel in Antarctic waters, Australian Foreign Minister Stephen Smith said Wednesday. "Late last night I was advised the Japanese had agreed to this and they had instructed the relevant whaling ship to return the men to the Steve Irwin," Smith told national radio. The agreement to release Australian ... more Australian court orders Japan to stop whaling 
Sydney (AFP) Jan 15, 2008Australia's Federal Court on Tuesday ordered Japan to stop hunting and killing whales anywhere around its coastline or off Australian Antarctic territory. The ruling, in a case brought by the Humane Society International, comes with a Japanese fleet sailing in Antarctic waters where they plan to kill around 1,000 whales this season. Judge James Allsop found that the Japanese company Kyod ... more Hundreds have died alone since Kobe quake: police 
Tokyo (AFP) Jan 15, 2008More than 500 people have died alone in public housing since the massive 1995 Kobe earthquake, which shattered the community structure, police said Tuesday. Japan on Thursday will mark the 13th anniversary of its worst disaster since World War II, in which a 7.3-magnitude tremor devastated the western city of Kobe, killing 6,433 people and leaving about 400,000 others homeless. Japan bui ... more Scientists sound alarm over starfish threat in Indonesia 
Jakarta (AFP) Jan 15, 2008The predatory crown of thorns starfish is threatening Indonesia's portion of the "coral triangle," the richest area of coral reef biodiversity on the planet, scientists warned Tuesday. The starfish have been discovered in large numbers by researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society and the Australian-based ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, who surveyed reefs around Halm ... more Wildlife Conservation Society Measures Its Carbon Footprint 
Bronx NY (SPX) Jan 16, 2008The Wildlife Conservation Society has calculated its carbon footprint and is taking steps to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. As a leader in global conservation, WCS aims to lead by example by taking steps to help New York City reduce its footprint by 30 percent by 2030. "We can't be a leader in global conservation, if we don't also live it at home," said Steven E. Sanderson, President ... more |
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Beijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2008China will plant 2.5 billion trees this year, 10 percent more than last year, as part of reforestation efforts as the country battles increasing environmental problems, state media reported Tuesday. The newly planted trees will lead to a 5.3-million-hectare (13.1-million-acre) expansion of China's forest area, the China Daily reported, citing the State Forestry Administration. "China has ... more Exploration Of Lake Hidden Beneath Antarctica's Ice Sheet Begins 
London UK (SPX) Jan 16, 2008A four-man science team led by British Antarctic Survey's (BAS) Dr Andy Smith has begun exploring an ancient lake hidden deep beneath Antarctica's ice sheet. The lake - the size of Lake Windermere (UK) - could yield vital clues to life on Earth, climate change and future sea-level rise. Glaciologist Dr Smith and his colleagues from the Universities of Edinburgh and Northumbria are camped o ... more FDA OKs food from some cloned animals 
Washington (UPI) Jan 15, 2008The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has concluded meat and milk from cloned cattle, swine and goats are as safe to eat as food from normally bred animals. The announcement Tuesday capped years of controversy and study and included the offspring of clones from the three species traditionally consumed as food. The FDA said there was insufficient information for it to reach a conc ... more Analysis: Biofuels law attracts opposition 
The Dalles, Ore. (UPI) Jan 15, 2008A major energy bill signed last month by President Bush could decrease domestic oil consumption by increasing biofuels, but opposition to the new law has come hard and fast from an unusual source: environmentalists. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, signed Dec. 19, establishes a Renewable Fuel Standard that mandates a certain volume of biofuels be produced and mixed with ... more Indian PM proposes nuclear energy cooperation with China 
Beijing (AFP) Jan 15, 2008With a controversial nuclear deal with the United States now in limbo, India held out the possibility Tuesday of civilian nuclear cooperation with China. Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, on the last day of a visit to China, said the world's two most populous nations -- who have a decades-long history of mistrust -- should work together to develop their nuclear energy programmes. "In ... more |
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Sofia (AFP) Jan 15, 2008Bulgaria and Russia are to sign a contract for the construction of a nuclear plant later this week during the visit here of Russian President Vladimir Putin, a Bulgarian minister said Tuesday. "We will sign on January 18 an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build two pressurized water reactors of 1,000 megawatts each," Economy and Energy minister Petar Dimitrov told ... more Australia reverses plan to sell uranium to India 
Sydney (AFP) Jan 15, 2008The new Australian government will scrap a landmark deal to sell uranium to India for its nuclear energy programme, Foreign Minister Stephen Smith indicated Tuesday. The deal was struck by former premier John Howard last August, shortly before his conservative government was ousted in elections by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd's Labor Party. Smith said he had told a visiting Indian envoy tha ... more Meet Blob The Robot 
Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2008Moffett Field CA (SPX) Jan 15, 2008 No one knows if there is life on Mars, but if Dennis Hong has his way, the Red Planet could some day sport a creature that moves a lot like an amoeba. The assistant professor of mechanical engineering and director of Virginia Tech's Robotics the Mechanisms Laboratory (RoMeLa), has developed a Whole Skin Locomotion (WSL) device that may be one of the world's m ... more Behind the scenes, tech firms mapping the world 
Las Vegas, Nevada (AFP) Jan 11, 2008Two firms are racing to map the world as the Internet goes increasingly mobile with ever more sophisticated gadgets for people on the move. Netherlands-based Tele Atlas and Navteq, which has a US headquarters, crisscross countries around the world to gather information about what is where and how to drive to it. The data they stockpile turns up in mapping services offered by Google, Yaho ... more Russian Fuel Flows Into Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle 
Kourou, French Guiana (ESA) Jan 15, 2008Fuelling of the Jules Verne Automated Transfer Vehicle has started at Europe's Spaceport. ATV is being loaded with Russian refuelling propellant destined for the International Space Station. After a month of fuelling operations, the launch and maiden voyage of the first European resupply spaceship is scheduled for the second half of February. Early this month, the 20-tonne Jules Verne Auto ... more
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