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Chinese dissident deported from Australia kills himself: advocate
Sydney (AFP) June 16, 2008A Chinese dissident who was forcibly deported from Australia despite voicing fears of persecution if he was returned to his native country has killed himself, a refugee advocate claimed Monday. The pro-democracy activist, known only as Mr Zhang, who had complained of being beaten and tortured by authorities after being sent back to China a year ago, has now committed suicide after losing ... more French navy looking to strengthen ties with China against Somalia piracy 
Hong Kong (AFP) June 16, 2008The French navy and its Chinese counterpart are discussing ways to strengthen intelligence exchange to combat piracy off the coast of Africa, a senior French naval officer said on Monday. "We will see if we can do something together, especially in the waters off Somalia, where many Chinese fishing boats travel to," Vice Admiral Gerard Valin, who is also commander of French joint forces in ... more Will Piracy Never Be Sunk 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Jun 17, 2008The ongoing hijacking of ships off the Somalia coast long ago became a routine part of maritime life in the Arabian Sea. One of the most recent incidents was the seizure of the tanker Amiya Scan, which is owned by Dutch company Reider Shipping. Pirates are still holding the crew consisting of four Russian officers (including the captain) and five Filipino sailors hostage. But the Amiya ... more Flash floods, mudslides kill 25 in India's northeast 
Guwahati, India (AFP) June 16, 2008Flash floods and mudslides unleashed by heavy monsoon rains have claimed 25 lives and displaced 200,000 people in northeastern India, officials said Monday. Six people drowned overnight in Assam state as they tried to escape gushing floodwaters in bamboo rafts, state relief and rehabilitation minister Bhumidhar Barman said. "We have reports of six deaths so far and about 200,000 people ... more China should halt executions, publish statistics: campaigners 
Hong Kong (AFP) June 16, 2008China should impose a moratorium on the death penalty before the Olympic Games in August, and publish statistics on executions, human rights campaigners said here Monday. Since last year all death sentences have to be reviewed by China's Supreme People's Court, but no details have yet been released on how many people have been killed by the Communist state. The measure was seen as a ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jun 17, 2008There are roughly 42 million square kilometers of forest on Earth, a swath that covers almost a third of the land surface, and those wooded environments play a key role in both mitigating and enhancing global warming. In a review paper appearing in this week's Forest Ecology special issue of Science, atmospheric scientist Gordon Bonan of the National Science Foundation's National Center ... more Scientists Confirm That Parts Of Earliest Genetic Material May Have Come From The Stars 
London, UK (SPX) Jun 17, 2008Scientists have confirmed for the first time that an important component of early genetic material which has been found in meteorite fragments is extraterrestrial in origin, in a paper published on 15 June 2008. The finding suggests that parts of the raw materials to make the first molecules of DNA and RNA may have come from the stars. The scientists, from Europe and the USA, say ... more Walker's World: The Irish 'No' won't last 
Washington (UPI) Jun 16, 2008 The immediate question for Europe's leaders after the Irish referendum rejected the European Union's new "constitutional" treaty by 54 percent to 46 percent is how they will contrive to frustrate the will of the people yet again. The grandees of Europe do not give up easily, even though their voters have a troublesome habit of saying "No" on those rare occasions when the question of ... more US envoy says no 'G8 solution' to climate change 
Tokyo (AFP) June 16, 2008The US ambassador to Japan voiced doubt Monday on whether the upcoming Group of Eight summit would take action on climate change, saying that any solution must also involve developing nations. Host Japan has expressed hope that the July 7-9 summit of the Group of Eight (G8) rich nations -- Britain, Canada, Italy, France, Germany, Japan, Russia and the United States -- will help shape ... more Teacher fired after abandoning students in China's quake zone 
Beijing (AFP) June 16, 2008A teacher who fled a classroom leaving his students behind when a massive earthquake hit southwest China has been stripped of his teaching qualification and fired, a former colleague said Monday. Fan Meizhong, a teacher at Guangya school in Dujiangyan, near the epicentre of the quake, admitted online to abandoning his students, earning him the nickname "Running Fan" amid increasingly ... more |
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Kurihara, Japan (AFP) June 16, 2008Rescue workers hampered by giant mounds of mud pulled a man's body out of the remains of a devastated hot spring resort on Monday, bringing the death toll from Japan's earthquake to 10. As the critical first three days for finding survivors drew to a close, ground water was seeping in this mountainous area of northern Japan, causing sludge to cover areas where rescue teams were searching. ... more Thousands evacuated as rains lash China quake region 
Beijing (AFP) June 16, 2008Tens of thousands of victims of China's earthquake were evacuated Monday as torrential rain lashed the region, triggering flood warnings on major rivers including the Yangtze and the Pearl. Heavy downpours have battered large parts of eastern and southern China, leaving at least 65 dead or missing, and adding to the misery in the quake-ravaged southwestern province of Sichuan. ... more Tenth death confirmed after Japan quake: official 
Kurihara, Japan (AFP) June 16, 2008Another body was pulled Monday from a resort in northern Japan hit by a powerful earthquake, bringing the total death toll from the disaster to 10, an official said. "The body of a man was recovered in the morning. We are performing an autopsy and trying to confirm his identity," a local police spokesman told AFP. The body was pulled from the mud-covered rubble of a resort in Miyagi ... more Japan, China close to gas field deal 
Tokyo (AFP) June 16, 2008Japan said Monday it was close to reaching a deal with China on joint development of gas fields in disputed waters, the focus of a long-running spat between the two Asian giants. Japanese news reports said that the two governments had reached a final solution after exhaustive talks and were expected to announce an agreement as soon as this week. In the reported solution, Japan would ... more A Promising Step Towards More Effective Hydrogen Storage 
Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Jun 17, 2008An international research team led by Swedish Professor Rajeev Ahuja, Uppsala University, has demonstrated an atomistic mechanism of hydrogen release in magnesium nanoparticles - a potential hydrogen storage material. The findings have been published in the online edition of Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (PNAS). It is becoming clear that cars of the future will have to ... more
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