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Death toll in China from cold snap reaches 107: state media
Beijing (AFP) Feb 13, 2008The ferocious cold weather that struck southern China over the past month killed 107 people and caused over 15 billion dollars in economic losses, state media reported Wednesday. Minister of Civil Affairs Li Xueju said the freezing temperatures, icy rain and heavy snow also led to about 1.5 million people having to be evacuated from dangerous situations, according to the Xinhua news agency. ... more Missing Link Shows Bats Flew First, Developed Echolocation Later 
Ann Arbor MI (SPX) Feb 14, 2008The discovery of a remarkably well-preserved fossil representing the most primitive bat species known to date demonstrates that the animals evolved the ability to fly before they could echolocate. The new species, named Onychonycteris finneyi, was unearthed in 2003 in southwestern Wyoming and is described in a study in the Feb. 14 issue of the journal Nature, on which University of Michigan ... more 911 Calls Offer Potential Early Warning System 
La Jolla CA (SPX) Feb 14, 2008When confronted with emergencies or natural disasters, such as the wildfires that raged through San Diego and Los Angeles counties last October or the tornadoes that hit the southern U.S. last week, residents often dial 9-1-1 as their first course of action. Now, UC San Diego researchers from the San Diego Supercomputer Center and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, using 9-1-1 data from ... more Skin disease linked with deforestation 
Ann Arbor, Mich. (UPI) Feb 13, 2008U.S. scientists have determined deforestation and social marginalization increase the risk of acquiring an infectious, tropical skin disease. The University of Michigan researchers examined the incidence of the disease American cutaneous leishmaniasis, or ACL, in Costa Rica. ACL -- characterized by skin lesions caused by an infectious organism carried by sand flies -- most common ... more New Dinosaur From Mexico Offers Insights Into Ancient Wild West 
Salt Lake City UT (SPX) Feb 14, 2008A new species of dinosaur unearthed in Mexico is giving scientists fresh insights into the ancient history of western North America, according to an international research team led by scientists from the Utah Museum of Natural History at the University of Utah. "To date, the dinosaur record from Mexico has been sparse," said Terry Gates, a paleontologist with the Utah Museum of Natural ... more |
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New Delhi (AFP) Feb 13, 2008India, China and other emerging economies are in the "perfect storm" of global financial risk sparked by the US credit crunch and should mull steps to avoid a sharp downturn, the IMF chief said Wednesday. International Monetary Fund director general Dominique Strauss-Kahn told a meeting of Indian economists that large fast-growing economies like India and China had not "decoupled" from poor ... more High waves kill one, force hundreds to flee in Indonesia: official 
Kupang, Indonesia (AFP) Feb 13, 2008High waves that struck coastlines across Indonesia's eastern islands killed one and forced hundreds to flee their homes, an official said Wednesday. "A local tourist aged 16 was swept away yesterday (Tuesday) by waves as high as three metres (10 feet) while he was fishing on the beach," Lasarus, a local official from East Nusa Tenggara's disaster management centre, told AFP. He said that ... more Oil Majors Face Increased Political Risk From State Intervention 
London, UK (SPX) Feb 14, 2008Oil multinationals face increased political and economic risks as governments readdress the balance of power by taking more control over their domestic product, according to Aon's Political and Economic Risk Map 2008. The report found that countries such as Venezuela and Uzbekistan pose a high risk for companies with potential problems such as confiscation, sovereign non-payment and political in ... more World oil market could be set for lengthy slowdown: IEA 
Paris (AFP) Feb 13, 2008The world oil market could be set for a lengthy slowdown, the International Energy Agency said on Wednesday, signalling a sharp shift in the climate that pushed the oil price to 100 dollars last month. In light of weaker global economic prospects, the IEA cut its forecast for world demand for oil this year by 200,000 barrels per day. It said it expected world demand in 2008 to grow by ... more Triple Five Energy Enters Saskatchewan With Major Undertakings 
Saskatoon, Canada (SPX) Feb 14, 2008Triple Five Energy announces the signing of several major economic development agreements with seven Saskatchewan First Nations for the creation of new joint ventures in natural resource development including oil, gas and uranium exploration. Negotiations took place with the seven Chiefs and their Councils including English River First Nation, Ahtahkakoop First Nation, Moosomin First Nation ... more |
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Miami (UPI) Feb 12, 2008Officials at Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas giant PDVSA appeared Tuesday to back away from threats to "cut off" oil supplies to the United States amid a multibillion-dollar legal fight with ExxonMobil. While PDVSA head Rafael Ramirez said Venezuela was still "ready" to cut off supplies if the lawsuit filed by ExxonMobil persisted, he did note that South America's top oil supplier ... more Top scientists gather for debate on 21st century challenges 
Boston, Massachusetts (AFP) Feb 13, 2008Burning public health issues, cloned animals and the dangers of climate change will top the agenda at a conference drawing some 10,000 eminent scientists from around the world. The annual conference of the American Association for the Advancement of Science opens on Thursday in Boston and will gather participants from 56 countries to discuss the latest scientific breakthroughs and challenges ... more Mao proposed sending 10 million Chinese women to US 
Washington (AFP) Feb 12, 2008Chinese leader Mao Zedong proposed sending 10 million Chinese women to the United States, in talks with top envoy Henry Kissinger in 1973, according to documents released Tuesday. The powerful chairman of the Chinese Communist Party said he believed such emigration could kickstart bilateral trade but could also "harm" the United States with a population explosion similar to China, according ... more China suffers first defeat at WTO over auto parts 
Geneva (AFP) Feb 13, 2008China suffered its first defeat at the World Trade Organisation after the body upheld a complaint by the US, EU and Canada over Beijing's import tariffs on car parts, a source said Wednesday. The case is the first time China has been the subject of a complaint that went all the way through to the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body since joining the organisation in 2001. China has a minimum ... more Stratos Introduces New SCADA VSAT Service For Oil And Gas Utility Markets 
Bethesda, MD (SPX) Feb 13, 2008Stratos Global Corp. a global provider of mobile and fixed-site remote communications solutions - has introduced its DataSat II shared-hub VSAT service to support supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) applications for U.S. upstream oil, gas and utility companies. Based on Gilat's high-performance SkyEdge VSAT platform, DataSat II from Stratos offers acceleration, VPN, QoS, high ... more
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