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Satellite for tracking sea levels set for launch
Washington (AFP) June 19, 2008The French-US satellite Jason 2, slated for lift-off Friday from California, will provide precise monitoring of rising sea levels and currents and track the effects of climate change. Weather permitting, the high-tech oceanography space lab will be launched aboard a Delta 2 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base from 1946 GMT, when a nine-minute window of opportunity for the launch opens. ... more World Bank expects Chinese economic slowdown 
Beijing (AFP) June 19, 2008The World Bank said Thursday it expected China's economic growth to fall to single digits in 2008 for the first time in six years, while inflation would be higher than previously forecast. "China's economic growth has moderated to a more sustainable pace," the bank said in its quarterly report on China, adding it expected 9.8 percent expansion this year, down from 11.9 percent in 2007. ... more Urgent Need For New Computer Models To Address Climate Change 
Princeton NJ (SPX) Jun 20, 2008Two papers published in the journal Science by Microsoft Research ecologist Drew Purves together with research colleagues at Princeton University and universities in Madrid, Spain, highlight how an improved understanding of forest dynamics is needed to better predict environmental change. The research suggests that a new generation of realistic forest modelling, which is urgently needed ... more Sony says new camcorder will photograph smiles 
Tokyo (AFP) June 19, 2008Japan's Sony Corp. said Thursday that it would next month launch the world's first high-definition camcorder that records video while snapping smiling photos at the same time. The palm-held handycam automatically releases the shutter when the subject smiles during video taping, freeing the user from switching between recording mode and picture-taking. The still photos are stored in a ... more China improving air drop ability after quake setbacks: state media 
Beijing (AFP) June 19, 2008The Chinese military has begun drills to improve its ability to parachute into disaster areas after its troops struggled during last month's earthquake, state media reported. The training, the first of its kind in China, began Wednesday and involved eight large aircraft delivering soldiers, vehicles, radar and other equipment, the Xinhua news agency said. The People's Liberation Army has ... more |
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Singapore (AFP) June 19, 2008Disasters like the devastating earthquake in China have highlighted the need for countries to develop better emergency communications plans, experts say. With indications that the number of disasters may be rising around the globe, nations need to think seriously about how to deliver communication equipment to make rescue operations quicker and more efficient, they say. Telecommunication ... more Commentary: Oversight overkill 
Washington (UPI) Jun 19, 2008 It's the world's greatest deliberative body, but it's in bad need of another overhaul. Pity the poor secretary for Homeland Security, Michael Chertoff. His department reports to 86 congressional oversight committees and subcommittees, down only two committees since myriad appeals were made to give DHS officials more time making the nation more secure and less time preparing testimony for ... more Bush visits flooded US Midwest 
Cedar Rapids, Iowa (AFP) June 19, 2008US President George W. Bush toured parts of flood-ravaged Iowa on Thursday, praising exhausted rescue workers and promising swift aid for relief and to rebuild the storm-battered region. "Obviously, to the extent that we can help immediately, we want to help, and then plan for recovery," said Bush, who took sharp criticism over Washington's sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina in 2005. ... more British minister sparks row over GM crops 
London (AFP) June 19, 2008A British minister came under attack from environmentalists Thursday after suggesting that genetically-modified crops could help ease the global food crisis. Prime Minister Gordon Brown's Downing Street office was obliged to defend environment minister Phil Woolas after groups like Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace attacked his remarks. Speaking to The Independent newspaper, Woolas ... more Caviar for the masses -- Japan offers 'Cavianne' 
Aomori, Japan (AFP) June 19, 2008As a plunge in the Caspian Sea's sturgeon population cuts caviar production, a Japanese factory has come up with a novel solution -- an imitation of the salty delicacy. Sticky grey liquid comes through tubes and quietly drips from nozzles, forming tiny balls that look like black caviar at the workshop in the city of Aomori, some 600 kilometres (370 miles) north of Tokyo. The imitation ... more |
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Rome (AFP) June 19, 2008A right-wing party allied with Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi voted Thursday against a government decree to ease a garbage crisis in Naples but the vote was later annulled due to a technicality. Lower house of parliament speaker Gianfranco Fini said the vote -- in which the Northern League voted along with the centre-left opposition against an amendment -- was annulled because of a ... more 100 Wind Farms Open For European Wind Day 2008 
Brussels, Belgium (SPX) Jun 20, 2008All across Europe, a wide range of events took place to help celebrate European Wind Day 2008. Thousands of members of the public have already taken part in activities from exhibitions in Belgian train stations to photo contests in Sweden. The events all focussse on how wind energy works and the benefits it brings as a clean and sustainable power source. The official Wind Day was on Sunday ... more Oil prices hit 137 dollars after fresh Nigeria outage 
London (AFP) June 19, 2008World oil prices jumped to 137 dollars a barrel on Thursday, within reach of record heights, after a militant attack slashed output in Nigeria, Africa's biggest crude producer. Prices later fell, however, as dealers banked profits. New York's main oil futures contract, light sweet crude for July delivery, spiked to 137.00 dollars per barrel before pulling back slightly. It later ... more Cardinal Gas Storage Partners Acquires Two Natural Gas Storage Development Projects 
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 20, 2008Cardinal Gas Storage Partners has announced that it has acquired two natural gas storage development projects from CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission Company (CEGT) an indirect, wholly-owned interstate natural gas pipeline subsidiary of CenterPoint Energy. The projects, located near the Perryville Hub, in north Louisiana, include a salt dome storage development project and a depleted ... more Coalminers' slaughter: in US, they blow up mountains for coal 
Kayford, West Virginia (AFP) June 19, 2008The traditional lifestyle of the Appalachian peaks of West Virginia is under threat from mining companies who blow the summits off mountains to reach the coal deposits that lie beneath the surface. "They are killing off the culture of the mountain people," said Maria Gunnoe, who lives on a hillside which has had its insides dug out to expose a huge mine called Jupiter. "We are fighting ... more
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