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US, Japan call for action on oil, food prices ahead of G8 meet
Toyako, Japan (AFP) July 6, 2008The United States and Japan called Sunday for urgent action on red-hot oil and food prices that could derail the global economy on the eve of a summit of the world's richest nations. As US President George W. Bush arrived at this mountain resort, authorities sealed off Japan's northern island of Hokkaido, with demonstrations relegated to its largest city, Sapporo. Group of Eight leaders ... more Tropical storm Bertha forms in Atlantic 
Miami (AFP) July 3, 2008Tropical storm Bertha has formed in the Atlantic, southwest of Africa's Cape Verde islands, the US National Hurricane Center in Miami said Thursday. At 11 am (1500 GMT) Bertha was located 310 kilometers (190 miles) from the Cape Verde islands, and was moving west at 22 kilometers (14 miles) per hour. If the storm follows the expected path, it is likely eventually to pass through the ... more Researchers Identify Potential Drug Candidates To Combat Bird Flu 
San Diego CA (SPX) Jul 07, 2008As the specter of a worldwide outbreak of avian or "bird flu" lingers, health officials recognize that new drugs are desperately needed since some strains of the virus already have developed resistance to the current roster of anti-flu remedies. Now, a team of UC San Diego scientists - with the help of resources at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC), also at UC San Diego - have ... more No revamp of EU rules on GMO crops: ministerial meeting 
Paris (AFP) July 4, 2008A review of the European Union's procedures for vetting genetically modified crops does not imply the policy will undergo far-reaching change, a French environment minister said Friday. "We are not fundamentally questioning the European system, or looking to overhaul procedure," said Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet, secretary of state for ecology, at an informal meeting of the EU's 27 environment ... more A Microsatellite-Guided Insight Into The Genetic Status Of The Adi Tribe 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2008North-east India has always been a hotspot for population geneticists due to its unique, strategic geographic location and the presence of linguistically, culturally and demographically diverse populations practicing varied occupations (from hunter-gathering to settled agriculture). There are an estimated 532 tribal communities who inhabit the different geographical regions, who vary in ... more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2008The ecology of penguins makes these iconic swimming and diving seabirds of the Southern Hemisphere unusually susceptible to environmental changes. Pronounced warming in the Antarctic, as well as commercial fishing, mining, and oil and gas development at lower latitudes, has led to declines in many species, according to P. Dee Boersma, of the University of Washington in Seattle. ... more Extended Cyclone Relief Efforts Aided From Space 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 07, 2008Earth observation satellites have provided vital information to relief workers in Myanmar throughout a particularly long crisis response window following the devastating Cyclone Nargis that hit the country on 2 and 3 May 2008. Immediately after the disaster, the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) asked the International Charter on 'Space and Major Disasters' ... more China faces serious challenges on grain supply: premier 
Shanghai (AFP) July 3, 2008China faces serious challenges in ensuring it will have enough grain to feed its population in the decades to come, with urbanisation and climate change two major problems, Premier Wen Jiabao said. China's grain supply and demand are basically balanced now but the situation is expected to worsen in the long term, Wen said in a statement published late Wednesday on the website of State ... more Bacterial Resistance Is Futile Against Wound-Cleaning Laser 
Washington DC (SPX) Jul 07, 2008A laser-activated antimicrobial offers hope for new treatments of bacterial infections, even those that are resistant to current drugs. Research published in the open access journal BMC Microbiology describes the use of a dye, indocyanine green, which produces bacteria-killing chemicals when lit by a specific kind of laser light. Michael Wilson led a team from UCL (University College ... more Analysis: Controlling Tibet -- Part 2 
Hong Kong (UPI) Jul 2, 2008 Should China-India relations deteriorate to the verge of military confrontation and the riots in Tibet spread extensively, the first combat units of the Chinese People's Liberation Army to be called to action would be the No. 52 and No. 53 Mountain Brigades under the Tibet Military Region. The No. 52 Brigade, stationed at Linzhi, is highly mechanized and armed with T-92 wheeled armored ... more |
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Berlin (AFP) July 6, 2008In the end it was a sneaking suspicion that the eyes had lost their iconic melancholy look that made Steiff realise that if you want top-quality teddy bears, there's no place like home. Before that it was the three-month wait for 80,000 cuddly white polar bears to arrive just as "Knut", Berlin zoo's real life star, was gracing the cover of Vanity Fair and demand was exploding. For the ... more France to build second latest-generation nuclear plant 
Le Creusot, France (AFP) July 3, 2008President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Thursday that France will build a second third-generation EPR nuclear plant, arguing nuclear power was the country's best answer to soaring energy prices. Sarkozy, who has made exporting French nuclear know-how a priority of his presidency, made the announcement during a speech on energy policy at an ArcelorMittal steel factory in central France. ... more EU ministers 'discover' biofuels not an obligation after all 
Paris (AFP) July 5, 2008European Union energy ministers said at an informal meeting Saturday they had been labouring for 18 months under the false impression that an EU plan to fight global warming included an obligation to develop controversial biofuels. What seems to be a stunning misreading on the part of policymakers in Brussels comes at a time when the image of biofuels has shifted over a matter of a months ... more Difficult to replace Iranian oil output, says OPEC: report 
Madrid (AFP) July 3, 2008The secretary general of the OPEC oil exporting group said that it would difficult to replace the crude output of Iran if the country was attacked, in comments published on Thursday. "If somethng happened in Iran, it is difficult to replace 4.1 or 4.2 million barrels a day," Abdallah el-Badri told the daily newsletter of the World Petroleum Congress here, referring to Iran's daily output. ... more Biofuels behind food price hikes: leaked World Bank report 
London (AFP) July 4, 2008Biofuels have caused world food prices to increase by 75 percent, according to the findings of an unpublished World Bank report published in The Guardian newspaper on Friday. The daily said the report was finished in April but was not published to avoid embarrassing the US government, which has claimed plant-derived fuels have pushed up prices by only three percent. Biofuels, which ... more
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