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UN spotlights scope of AIDS epidemic in Asia
United Nations (AFP) March 26, 2008Nearly 500,000 people will die of AIDS each year in Asia by 2020 unless prevention efforts are fully implemented, a UN report said Wednesday. The figure is up from 440,000 that currently die each year, according to the report commissioned by the United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS. The study also said the overall number of infected people would likely double to 10 million by 2020 ... more International Team Of Scientists Discover Clue To Delay Of Life On Earth 
Tempe AZ (SPX) Mar 27, 2008Scientists from around the world have reconstructed changes in Earth's ancient ocean chemistry during a broad sweep of geological time, from about 2.5 to 0.5 billion years ago. They have discovered that a deficiency of oxygen and the heavy metal molybdenum in the ancient deep ocean may have delayed the evolution of animal life on Earth for nearly 2 billion years. The findings, which appear ... more Foreign press visit Tibet as China says 660 surrendered 
Beijing (AFP) March 27, 2008China moved Wednesday to show it had the situation in Tibet under control, saying more than 660 people had surrendered over deadly unrest and escorting foreign journalists on a tour of the region. The media trip came as Chinese state-run press and online forums ramped up criticism over Western reporting about the unrest, and French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned he might boycott the opening ... more Forecasting Tsunami Threats Through Layers Of Sand And Time 
by Staff WritersAzhii peralai: from the deep...large waves. This is the expression for 'tsunami' in Tamil, the oldest language in southern India. For an ancient dialect to have its own phrase for destructive waves triggered by earthquakes, the people of Tamil Nadu likely experienced tsunamis periodically through the centuries, says Halifax scientist Alan Ruffman. In other words, the catastrophic Indian ... more Upright Walking Began 6 Million Years Ago 
Stony Brook NY (SPX) Mar 27, 2008A shape comparison of the most complete fossil femur (thigh bone) of one of the earliest known pre-humans, or hominins, with the femora of living apes, modern humans and other fossils, indicates the earliest form of bipedalism occurred at least six million years ago and persisted for at least four million years. William Jungers, Ph.D., of Stony Brook University, and Brian Richmond, Ph.D ... more |
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Brussels (AFP) March 26, 2008The head of the Tibetan parliament-in-exile on Wednesday decried the Chinese "massacre" in Tibet, which he said had left least 135 people dead, 1,000 injured and 400 arrested. "Information from Tibet is very difficult to get, but we have sources who are very reliable, who phone us at the risk of their lives," parliamentary speaker Karma Chophel told reporters during a visit to the European ... more Chinese vent anger online over 'biased' western Tibet coverage 
Beijing (AFP) March 26, 2008Angry Chinese nationalists are using the Internet to denounce Western media coverage of Tibetan unrest, amid a campaign by the Beijing government to discredit what it says are biased foreign reports. An "anti-CNN website" brands the news channel as the world's "leader of liars", exposing what it calls errors in its reporting and in other Western news outlets. The website was set up by a ... more Bush expresses concerns over Tibet to China's Hu 
Washington (AFP) March 26, 2008US President George W. Bush called Chinese leader Hu Jintao Wednesday and "raised his concerns" over the situation in Tibet, the White House said. "President Bush called President Hu Jintao today. The president raised his concerns about the situation in Tibet and encouraged the Chinese government to engage in substantive dialogue with the Dalai Lama's representatives and to allow access ... more As Japan toasts spring, experts feel heat 
Tokyo (AFP) March 26, 2008Japan relies on its meteorologists to predict earthquakes, tsunamis and floods, but perhaps their most important and eagerly awaited task involves staring at a tree. The weather bureau is in charge of declaring the start of cherry blossom season, an annual rite of spring that lasts only a few days and sends the entire country out picnicking and drinking beneath the flowering pale pink trees. ... more Artificial Photosynthesis Moves A Step Closer 
Julich, Germany (SPX) Mar 27, 2008Julich scientists have made an important step on the long road to artificially mimicking photosynthesis. They were able to synthesise a stable inorganic metal oxide cluster, which enables the fast and effective oxidation of water to oxygen. This is reported by the German high-impact journal "Angewandte Chemie" in a publication rated as a VIP ("very important paper"). Artificial photosynthesis ... more |
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London, UK (SPX) Mar 27, 2008Unite is calling on the government and the UK's nuclear regulator to licence global designs for the new generation of UK power stations. Unite, which has more than 26,000 energy sector members, says that a standard design is vital to encourage the largest number of bids for the new build nuclear contracts and to give UK industry the opportunity to supply the construction and manufacturing ... more Sanford, Florida Chooses MaxWest Environmental Systems To Turn Sludge Into Renewable Energy 
Sanford FL (SPX) Mar 27, 2008Sanford, Florida will be the first municipality in North America to adopt the MaxWest gasification system as an efficient, cost-effective and environmentally friendly way to dispose of biosolids. MaxWest Environmental Systems of Houston Texas has developed the gasification system, which converts sludge from the municipal wastewater treatment system into renewable, green energy. "Compared ... more Analysis: Oil tax upped in Venezuela 
Miami (UPI) Mar 26, 2008 Venezuela is set to impose a new tax on oil profits on petroleum earnings caused by soaring global oil prices, a move seen by some as an effort to replenish diminished state coffers. In light of recent oil prices exceeding $100 a barrel, President Hugo Chavez said Venezuela would readjust its tax scale, saying soaring profits were not "a product of any extraordinary effort." ... more In Japan, robot babysitter always ready to play 
Fukuoka, Japan (AFP) March 25, 2008Japanese parents who can't find a good babysitter now have an alternative that never gets tired -- a friendly robot at the local department store. Major Japanese retailer Aeon Co. said Tuesday it has introduced a 1.4-metre (four-foot-seven) yellow-and-white robot at a store in the southern city of Fukuoka in charge of entertaining the children. If parents want to leave their children with ... more Omnilink Electronic Monitoring Solution Gets Students Back In School 
Atlanta GA (SPX) Mar 26, 2008Truancy not only keeps students from getting an education, it also acts as a gateway to the commission of illegal activities, such as vandalism, theft or more serious crimes. That's why getting students back in school is so important to the Midland County Justice Court in Texas, where they announced the use of Omnilink's electronic monitoring devices on at-risk truant students to track whether ... more
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