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Too many fishermen cause stocks to dwindle in giant Lake Malawi
Senga Bay, Malawi (AFP) June 9, 2008Saidi Afida rows his dugout canoe back to the beach on the shores of Lake Malawi with a worried face. "Things have really changed," says Afida, in between selling his catch to a group of women at Senga Bay beach in central Malawi. "Just five years ago I came back from fishing with a full canoe every day. Now it's barely half full," he says. Afida, 33, knows the the cause of the ... more Quake babies bring joy amid China's tragedy 
Dujiangyan, China (AFP) June 9, 2008Liu Dongmei's road to motherhood ended with a heavily pregnant shuffle down the middle of a five-lane highway and through the flaps of a white tent. About an hour later, a nurse emerged cradling her infant son Xie Zhongde, bringing giddy smiles to a group of relatives in a community that has had precious little to celebrate since China's devastating earthquake. "He's so fat. That's very ... more Chemical spill threatens drinking water for Chinese city: report 
Beijing (AFP) June 9, 2008A poisonous chemical spill was Monday threatening drinking water supplies for more than 200,000 people in a city in southwest China, state media reported. A truck carrying 33.6 tonnes of crude phenol overturned on Saturday and spilled the caustic chemical into the Zhesang river, which feeds a dam serving Baise city in Guangxi province, Xinhua news agency said. The chemicals entered the ... more More rain heading to flooded US midwest as east coast wilts 
Chicago (AFP) June 9, 2008More heavy storms were headed to the flood-ravaged US midwest Monday as the east coast wilted in a sweltering heat wave, the National Weather Service warned. Local media reported at least eight people were killed in the weekend storms which flooded scores of homes and roadways and left hundreds of thousands without power. "There are some counties in which every road is closed or under ... more Drilling to blame for Indonesia's mud volcano: new study 
Paris (AFP) June 9, 2008Scientists on Monday delivered a rebuttal to claims that an earthquake, and not drilling for gas, unleashed a "mud volcano" that has been spewing sludge in Indonesia for the past two years. "We are more certain than ever that the Lusi mud volcano is an unnatural disaster and was triggered by drilling the Banjar-Panji-1 well," said British professor Richard Davies. The volcano in Sidoarjo ... more |
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Washington (AFP) June 9, 2008The United States is second to China as the biggest market for illegal wildlife and wildlife parts, with demand fueled by interest in traditional medicine, a US official said Monday. "The biggest market for illegal wildlife and wildlife parts is China," according to Assistant Secretary of State for Environment, Claudia McMurray. "But the number two market is the United States." ... more Scientists warn G8 of climate peril to food 
Paris (AFP) June 10, 2008Scientists from Group of Eight countries and the five biggest emerging nations urged next month's G8 summit to ratchet up action against global warming, warning that climate change threatened food and water supplies. The 13 academies called for leaders to commit to a goal - sketched in the 2007 Heiligendamm summit as something they would "seriously consider" - that would halve global emiss ... more Mountain Ranges Rise Much More Rapidly Than Geologists Expected 
Rochester NY (SPX) Jun 10, 2008Mountains may experience a "growth spurt" that can double their heights in as little as two to four million years-several times faster than the prevailing tectonic theory suggests. In the latest issue of Science, Carmala Garzione, associate professor of geology at the University of Rochester, says this rapid uplift means the current theory of plate tectonics will have to be substantially m ... more Human Mobility Is Not A Random Event 
Boston, MA (SPX) Jun 10, 2008In a groundbreaking paper published as a cover story in this week's Nature magazine, Northeastern University physicist Professor Albert-Laszlo Barabasi and his team found that humans can be characterized based on how they move. In the article, titled "Understanding Individual Human Mobility Patterns," the authors discuss how, for the first time, they were able to follow individuals in real ... more China consuming twice what its ecosystems can supply: WWF 
Geneva (AFP) June 10, 2008China is now consuming more than twice as much as what its ecosystems can supply sustainably, having doubled its needs since the 1960s, a new WWF report said Tuesday. China now utilises 15 percent of the world's total biological capacity, said the report, which is published jointly by the WWF and the China Council for International Cooperation on Environment and Development. The report ... more |
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Columbia, MO (SPX) Jun 10, 2008At noon, it was black as night. It was May 19, 1780 and some people in New England thought judgment day was at hand. Accounts of that day, which became known as 'New England's Dark Day,' include mentions of midday meals by candlelight, night birds coming out to sing, flowers folding their petals,and strange behavior from animals. The mystery of this day has been solved by researchers at ... more World major economies see new nuclear dawn 
Aomori, Japan (AFP) June 9, 2008Top economic powers have declared that the world is entering a new era of nuclear energy amid rising concerns over high oil prices and global warming, but Germany stood firmly as an exception. The Group of Eight industrial nations got together with China, India and South Korea at the weekend in Aomori, a hub of Japan's nuclear energy industry on the northern tip of the country's main island ... more Outside View: Congress and the gas agenda 
Hastings On Hudson, N.Y. (UPI) Jun 9, 2008 This is a list of basic actions by Congress that would begin to address the devastating impact on U.S. consumers of the unpredictable surges in oil prices. They also would have a positive impact globally in that America accounted for one-quarter of the world's oil demand in 2007. Gasoline rationing and small car loan subsidies are measures intended to bring oil consumption for private ... more Areva aiming to dominate British nuclear design: CEO 
London (AFP) June 9, 2008French nuclear giant Areva is aiming to dominate the design and construction of future reactors in Britain, its chief executive told the Financial Times in an interview published Monday. According to Anne Lauvergeon, as well as having pledges from leading energy companies EDF and Eon, Areva was "in discussions with other players about being in exclusivity with them" to build new nuclear ... more China sees 'bright future' in ties with Taiwan: FM 
Ljublanja (AFP) June 9, 2008The recent positive changes in relations between China and Taiwan augur for a "bright future" but further efforts are needed, China's Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said Monday. "I think we have a bright future in the development of cross-straight relations but, at the same time, the two sides need to make further efforts," he said after talks with EU officials in Slovenia. He noted that ... more
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