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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 13, 2008Scientists have discovered that there are more bee species than previously thought. In the first global accounting of bee species in over a hundred years, John S. Ascher, a research scientist in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology at the American Museum of Natural History, compiled online species pages and distribution maps for more than 19,200 described bee species, showcasing the diversity of ... more Sierra Leone imposes logging rules after lifting timber ban: minister 
Freetown (AFP) June 12, 2008Sierra Leone on Thursday announced strict new rules to curb logging misuses, a day after lifting a six-month ban on the export of timber to stop alleged widespread plundering of its natural forests. "With immediate effect, forest rangers will have to supervise the cutting of trees for logs and no tree should be cut without their supervision," Forestry Minister Sam Sessay said. He added ... more Fossils Found In Tibet By FSU Geologist Revise History Of Elevation And Climate 
Tallahassee FL (SPX) Jun 13, 2008About 15,000 feet up on Tibet's desolate Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau, an international research team led by Florida State University geologist Yang Wang was surprised to find thick layers of ancient lake sediment filled with plant, fish and animal fossils typical of far lower elevations and warmer, wetter climates. Back at the FSU-based National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, analysis of ... more Origins Of The Brain 
London, UK (SPX) Jun 13, 2008One of the great scientific challenges is to understand the design principles and origins of the human brain. New research has shed light on the evolutionary origins of the brain and how it evolved into the remarkably complex structure found in humans. The research suggests that it is not size alone that gives more brain power, but that, during evolution, increasingly sophisticated molecule ... more Persistent Man-Made Chemical Pollutants Found In Deep-Sea Octopods And Squids 
Woods Hole MA (SPX) Jun 13, 2008New evidence that chemical contaminants are finding their way into the deep-sea food web has been found in deep-sea squids and octopods, including the strange-looking "vampire squid". These species are food for deep-diving toothed whales and other predators. In a study to be published in the journal Marine Pollution Bulletin, Michael Vecchione of NOAA Fisheries' National Systematics Lab ... more |
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Dujiangyan, China (AFP) June 12, 2008Police on Thursday kicked foreign journalists out of a city where the collapse of several schools in China's earthquake drew charges of corruption from parents of dead children. The action, which came one month after the May 12 quake, followed a promise the day before by China that foreign reporters would be allowed unfettered access to report on the disaster aftermath. The reporters' ... more Chinese brokerage to launch investment fund in quake-hit city 
Shanghai (AFP) June 12, 2008China's CITIC Securities said Thursday it plans to launch a six-billion-yuan (870-million-dollar) industrial investment fund to serve reconstruction in a southwestern quake-hit city. The country's top listed brokerage said it has incorporated a new fund management company with registered capital of 100 million yuan in Mianyang of Sichuan province, according to a statement with Shanghai Stock ... more China's quake homeless endure with stoicism 
Mianzhu, China (AFP) June 12, 2008His home destroyed and future uncertain, 51-year-old welder Jiang Cheng would seem to be at his lowest ebb as he swelters in a camp for those displaced by China's earthquake. But Jiang and thousands like him are taking the ordeal in their stride, in a testament to the legendary stoicism of China's masses. Many, too, are thankful for the help of the nation's ruling Communist Party. ... more Hong Kong traders may have ignored bird flu warning signs: govt 
Hong Kong (AFP) June 12, 2008Poultry traders in Hong Kong may have failed to promptly alert the authorities to a possible bird flu outbreak, the city's health secretary said on Thursday, following a mass cull of chickens. An investigation team was now trying to identify why the H5N1 virus had gone undetected despite spreading to four wet markets across the territory, said York Chow, secretary for health, welfare ... more Indonesian police could use study in mud volcano investigation 
Jakarta (AFP) June 12, 2008Indonesian police are considering using a new study which blames a "mud volcano" on bungled gas drilling as evidence in a criminal investigation into the disaster, a spokesman said Thursday. A study by foreign scientists released this week found the mud volcano in East Java province, which started flowing in 2006, was caused by drilling by oil and gas firm Lapindo Brantas, not an earthquake ... more |
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Gaithersburg MD (SPX) Jun 13, 2008After a close examination of crude oil made from pig manure, chemists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) are certain about a number of things. Most obviously, "This stuff smells worse than manure," says NIST chemist Tom Bruno. But a job's a job, so the NIST team has developed the first detailed chemical analysis revealing what processing is needed to ... more Czech watchdog highlights risk from ageing missiles 
Prague (AFP) June 12, 2008The Czech army's arsenal of guided anti-aircraft missiles is so outdated as to present a risk to the forces using them, a national spending watchdog warned on Thursday. In nearly all cases, the recommended technical lifespan of the missiles currently in service has been exceeded "two or threefold," the Supreme Audit Office (NKU) said in a report. The only exception was the more recently ... more 70 detained in fresh protests against India fuel hike 
Srinagar (AFP) June 12, 2008Police in revolt-hit Indian Kashmir detained 70 people as protests against a rise in fuel prices announced by the national government continued for a fourth day on Thursday. Police used batons and water cannons to repel government employees shouting "roll back fuel prices" as they tried to march on the office of Chief Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad in Kashmir's summer capital Srinagar. ... more Analysis: The Azeri elections and oil 
Washington (UPI) Jun 12, 2008 Since Sept. 11, 2001, the Bush administration has pursued a "global war on terror" and a mission to advance democracy around the world. The latter campaign, however, elicits muffled criticism when an oil-rich state is holding elections, even in the former Evil Empire post-Soviet space. While Americans are increasingly absorbed in their upcoming presidential election, even while ... more France, Nigeria sign strategic partnership deal 
Paris (AFP) June 12, 2008France and Nigeria on Thursday signed an accord aimed at promoting cooperation in civilian nuclear energy development and in strengthening economic ties, a French presidential statement said. The agreement was signed during a visit here of Nigerian President Umaru Yar'Adua and French counterpart Nicholas Sarkozy. The economic component of the accord focuses on a number of "priority ... more
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