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Tsvangirai seeks safety guarantees as Zimbabwe defies world opinion
Harare (AFP) June 24, 2008Zimbabwe's opposition leader Tuesday sought assurances for his safety from his shelter in the Dutch embassy as President Robert Mugabe's regime seemed set to defy the world and hold a run-off vote. Morgan Tsvangirai, who took refuge in the mission on Sunday night after announcing he would not challenge Mugabe in the run-off, told AFP by phone he would leave when he was "satisfied that it's ... more Whaling commission buys time to resolve thorny issues 
Santiago (AFP) June 24, 2008The International Whaling Commission agreed Tuesday to put off votes on a Japanese bid to resume commercial whaling and an environmentalist initiative to create a whale reserve in the South Atlantic. The divided, 80-nation IWC bought some time at its week-long annual meeting to see if it can bridge the gap between member states opposed to the hunts and those -- chiefly Iceland, Japan and ... more World weather expert says El Nino, La Nina outlook mild 
Geneva (AFP) June 24, 2008The World Meteorological Organisation said Tuesday that 2008 was proving a year of respite from natural climatic phenomena identified by scientists as causing havoc with weather patterns. The effects of El Nino and La Nina, respectively the warming and related cooling of Pacific sea surface temperatures, are felt in many parts of the globe, and have been blamed for a lengthy drought in Australia ... more World-Class Environment Vision To Bring Back The Species 
Adelaide, Australia (SPX) Jun 25, 2008One of Australia's leading environmentalists will spearhead a world-class project to help revegetate the Mount Lofty Ranges, to stave off the effects of climate change and halt the loss of bird, animal and plant species. Associate Professor David Paton AM from the University of Adelaide will lead a multi-million-dollar program that aims to ... more Researchers Find An Evolutionarily Preserved Signature In The Primate Brain 
Uppsala, Sweden (SPX) Jun 25, 2008Researchers from Uppsala University, Karolinska Institute, and the University of Chicago, have determined that there are hundreds of biological differences between the sexes when it comes to gene expression in the cerebral cortex of humans and other primates. These findings, published June 20th in the open-access journal PLoS Genetics, indicate that some of these differences arose a very ... more |
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Singapore (AFP) June 24, 2008Access to water is increasingly seen as a potential global flashpoint, Singapore's prime minister said Tuesday. Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said the pace and scale of urbanisation has intensified the challenge of providing safe, reliable and affordable water. "More and more cities and countries see access to water as a security concern and a potential trigger of conflict," Lee said in ... more Bacteria Anticipate Coming Changes In Their Environment 
Princeton NJ (SPX) Jun 25, 2008Microbes may be smarter than we think. A new study by Princeton University researchers shows for the first time that bacteria don't just react to changes in their surroundings -- they anticipate and prepare for them. The findings, reported in Science, challenge the prevailing notion that only organisms with complex nervous systems have this ability. "What we have found is the first ... more Bangladesh steps up earthquake response plans 
Dhaka (AFP) June 24, 2008The earthquake that devastated China's Sichuan province last month has prompted Bangladeshi authorities to step up contingency plans in the quake-prone South Asian nation, an official said Tuesday. Fire Service and Civil Defence director major Motihur Rahman told AFP that 62,000 volunteers would be trained to deal with quakes and other natural disasters. "We've seen the damage caused by ... more EU declares war on illegal fishing with tougher sanctions 
Luxembourg (AFP) June 24, 2008EU governments agreed Tuesday to step up the fight against illegal fishing with plans for hefty fines for the worst offenders amid a row over whether tuna fishermen declared all of their catches. The measures, unanimously adopted by fisheries ministers at a meeting in Luxembourg, "set an example for other world countries," said Slovenian minister Iztok Jarc, whose country holds the EU's ... more France, Italy isolated in opposition to EU tuna fishing ban 
Luxembourg (AFP) June 24, 2008France and Italy found scant support on Tuesday from their EU partners to challenge the European Commission's decision to call an early halt to the industrial tuna fishing season. However, most member states were in favour of pressing the European Union's executive arm to do more to help fishermen cope with soaring fuel prices, which have triggered waves of protests in the sector recently. ... more |
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Dublin, Ireland (SPX) Jun 25, 2008Utility companies have largely fallen behind the curve on renewable generation and are now increasingly applying global strategies to leverage major renewable growth opportunities at a time of record valuations in the sector. The Renewables Landscape - Wind at the Threshold, is a report that analyses the current wind power generation landscape across key European and world markets. ... more AMEC Paragon Contributes To Installation Of Chevron's Takula Gas Processing Platform 
Houston TX (SPX) Jun 25, 2008AMEC has announced that subsidiary AMEC Paragon made significant contributions to the successful installation of the Takula Gas Processing Platform (TGPP), which recently has been completed in Block 0 offshore Angola. Located in approximately 186 feet (57 meters) of water, TGPP is the newest platform to be installed by Chevron subsidiary Cabinda Gulf Oil Company Limited (CABGOC) for the ... more Analysis: Bush pressed on Iraqi oil deals 
Washington (UPI) Jun 24, 2008 U.S. congressional leaders are pressing the Bush administration to block deals to be signed between the Iraqi federal government and the world's largest oil companies and to cancel deals between the Iraqi Kurdish region and smaller U.S. oil firms. Sens. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., John Kerry, D-Mass., and Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., want the United States to dam negotiations on contracts the ... more Bulgaria to look at new reactors at partly shut nuclear plant 
Sofia (AFP) June 24, 2008Bulgaria will look at building new reactors at the Kozloduy nuclear plant as it seeks to guarantee its long-term electricity supply and exports, Prime Minister Sergey Stanishev said Tuesday. Stanishev said the government was "studying the possibility to build additional nuclear capacity at the site of the Kozloduy nuclear power plant. "We have set up a special working group to study this ... more Gasrec, BOC And SITA UK Announce First Fuel Production At Biomethane Project 
London, UK (SPX) Jun 25, 2008Gasrec, BOC, and SITA UK are pleased to announce the successful production of liquid biomethane ('LBM') fuel from the Gasrec plant at SITA UK's Albury landfill site in Surrey, UK. Gasrec has been working closely with BOC and SITA UK to develop an LBM production facility at Albury which can recover over 85% of the methane contained in the raw gas produced from the landfill site. ... more
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