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Study: Evolution creates complex animals![]() A British-led study of 550 million years of the fossil record has found evidence suggesting evolution drives animals to become increasingly more complex. University of Bath researchers investigated the different evolutionary branches of the crustacean family tree seeking examples in which animals evolved that were simpler than their ancestors. Instead they found organisms with in ... more Indonesia's bird flu situation 'grave' ![]() Avian influenza is deeply entrenched in Indonesia despite an international containment effort, a U.N. report said Thursday, "The human mortality rate from bird flu in Indonesia is the highest in the world and there will be more human cases if we do not focus more on containing the disease at source in animals," Joseph Domenech, chief veterinary officer of the U.N. Food and Agriculture ... more Thirsty Jordan scrambles to find new water resources ![]() The desert kingdom of Jordan, one of the 10 most water-impoverished countries in the world, is scrambling to find new resources to meet a chronic shortage of its diminishing "blue gold". Beset by years of drought, the authorities are focusing their energies on two mega projects to develop water resources in a country where 92 percent of the land is desert. They plan to draw water from th ... more US urges final peace deal for northern Uganda ![]() The US State Department on Friday urged the Ugandan government and the rebel Lord's Resistance Army to sign a final peace deal to formally end decades of fighting, a spokesman said. "We urge the parties to sign the Final Peace Agreement on or before March 28 to demonstrate their commitment to peace and to send a strong signal of that commitment to both the international community and norther ... more Farms may get EPA emissions break ![]() The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency may give large livestock farms and feedlots an exemption from emissions regulations. A proposal published in the Federal Register in December would end the requirement that large chicken, hog and cattle operations report ammonia and hydrogen sulfide emissions, the Chicago Tribune reported Wednesday. Opponents of the plan, which would take ... more |
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![]() ![]() A meningitis epidemic has killed 519 people out of 5,046 cases reported in Burkina Faso since the start of January, new health ministry figures said Thursday. Ousmane Badolo, a ministry epidemiologist told AFP "we've gone over the 500- dead mark". Dr Badolo said that of 16 affected districts in Burkina Faso, the outbreak had reached epidemic levels in eight. The last official figures iss ... more Spring snowstorm, floods blanket US midwest ![]() Thick, heavy snow blanketing parts of the central United States could worsen flood conditions along the Mississippi River basin, the National Weather Service warned Friday. Hundreds of flights were cancelled and traffic was snarled as a spring snowstorm dumped as much as 10 inches (25 centimeters) of wet snow in a wide swath ranging from North Dakota to Michigan. Just a few hours drive ... more Taiwan poll rivals put focus on better China ties ![]() Taiwan's presidential rivals pledged Friday to repair relations with big neighbour China as they stumped across the island in a hectic election-eve scramble for votes. Opposition frontrunner Ma Ying-jeou and ruling party chief Frank Hsieh put the focus back on Beijing after nearly a week bashing China over its military crackdown in Tibet. Hsieh, whose Democratic Progressive Party favours ... more Gene silencing may cut tobacco carcinogens ![]() U.S. scientists have discovered the silencing of a specific gene in burley tobacco plants significantly reduces harmful carcinogens in cured tobacco leaves. North Carolina State University researchers said their findings might lead to tobacco products -- especially smokeless ones -- that contain reduced levels of cancer-causing agents. Professor Ralph Dewey and Assistant Professo ... more Defy commanders, Zimbabwe rights group urges security forces ![]() A rights group on Friday urged Zimbabwe's security forces to defy commanders who have vowed they would support only President Robert Mugabe to rule the country after next week's poll. "You have heard your commanders declare that they would not support and salute anyone other than the current president," the National Constitutional Assembly (NCA), a coalition of rights groups campaigning for ... more |
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![]() ![]() A powerful earthquake hit northwest China on Friday, the US Geological Survey said. The 7.2-magnitude quake struck at 6:33 a.m. (2233 GMT Thursday), 140 miles (230 kilometres) southeast of Hotan city in Xinjiang province at a depth of 23 miles, it said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. ... more Lack of toilets putting millions at risk: UN ![]() Every day, worldwide, people are falling sick and dying for no better reason than the lack of a good clean toilet, two UN aid agencies said Thursday, underlining a development issue too often overlooked. About two in every five people have no access to a proper toilet, said the World Health Organisation and the UN Childrens Fund (UNICEF), warning that the lack of sanitation is putting 2.6 bi ... more Thirty-three hurt in Czech motorway pile-up ![]() At least 33 people were hurt in a motorway pile-up involving some 115 vehicles in a heavy snowstorm in the Czech Republic on Thursday, emergency services said. They said some 50 kilometres (30 miles) of the country's main highway, about 100 kilometres (60 miles) east of Prague on the road to Brno would be closed for the rest of the day. Around 20,000 people were blocked on the key road ... more Scientists study test fire in building ![]() U.S. scientists watched carefully last month as firefighters battled a test fire in a seven-story abandoned building in New York. The National Institute of Standards and Technology fire protection engineers set the fire to gain a better understanding of the fast-moving spread of wind-driven flames, smoke and toxic gases through corridors and stairways of burning buildings. The ex ... more China's crackdown on Tibet seen hitting tourism ![]() Chinese travel companies specialising in tours to Tibet say they expect the security lockdown of the Himalayan region to keep foreign travellers out for up to three months. Chinese tourism authorities have ordered travel companies not to apply for permits for people wishing to travel to Tibet, and many foreigners have been diverted elsewhere or had their payments refunded, travel agents told ... more
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