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Patna, India (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Nearly one million people have been evacuated in India's Bihar state where a rain-swollen river burst its banks three weeks ago and swamped hundreds of villages, an official said Monday. "Some 971,000 people have been evacuated from districts that are flooded," Bihar's disaster management chief Pratayay Amrit said in the state capital Patna. The official said that around 50,000 more were ... more Ike death toll in Haiti climbs to 61, including many children 
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Hurricane Ike has killed 61 people in Haiti, including 57 in a single village, civil protection officials said in an updated toll given Monday. "Fifty-seven people including many children aged one to seven are dead in Cabaret, three died in Gonaives and one further north," Nazaire Tide, a member of the Haiti's Office of Civilian Protection, told AFP. Many houses were destroyed by flooding ... more Global Sea-Rise Levels By 2100 May Be Lower Than Some Predict 
Boulder CO (SPX) Sep 09, 2008Despite projections by some scientists of global seas rising by 20 feet or more by the end of this century as a result of warming, a new University of Colorado at Boulder study concludes that global sea rise of much more than 6 feet is a near physical impossibility. Tad Pfeffer, a fellow of CU-Boulder's Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research and his colleagues made calculations using ... more Chemists Identify Sources Of Mexico City's Smokey Air 
La Jolla CA (SPX) Sep 09, 2008Mexico City once topped lists of places with the worst air pollution in the world. Although efforts to curb emissions have improved the situation, tiny particles called aerosols still clog the air. Now, atmospheric scientists from UC San Diego and six other institutions have sorted through the pall that hangs over the city to precisely identify aerosols that make up the haze and chart ... more DNA Shows That Last Woolly Mammoths Had North American Roots 
Hamilton, Canada (SPX) Sep 09, 2008In a surprising reversal of conventional wisdom, a DNA-based study has revealed that the last of the woolly mammoths-which lived between 40,000 and 4,000 years ago-had roots that were exclusively North American. The research, which appears in the September issue of Current Biology, is expected to cause some controversy within the paleontological community. "Scientists have always ... more |
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Corvallis OR (SPX) Sep 09, 2008A team of scientists is studying the complex ocean upwelling process by mimicking nature - pumping cold, nutrient-rich water from deep within the Pacific Ocean and releasing it into surface waters near Hawaii that lack the nitrogen and phosphorous necessary to support high biological production. The researchers are harnessing the power of the ocean to conduct their experiments, using the ... more TSF Deploys To Haiti For Gustav And Hanna Relief 
Pau, France (SPX) Sep 09, 2008Following the devastating courses of hurricanes Gustav and Hanna in the Caribbean, Telecoms Sans Frontieres deployed Wednesday a team of emergency telecommunications specialist to Haiti. The crew landed in Gona�ves, a city in the North seriously affected by the heavy rains and winds of the successive Hurricanes. In some parts of Gona�ves, water reached over 3 meters. Reports indicate that ... more EU clears imports of GM soybean strain 
Brussels (AFP) Sept 8, 2008The European Commission authorised Monday the import of a genetically modified strain of soybean for use in feed and food for 10 years. The European Union's executive branch said the strain, known as A2704-12 and developed by German group Bayer Cropscience, had won a "positive safety assessment" from the European Food Safety Authority. The authority found in August 2007 that the soybean ... more Biocontrol Insect Exacerbates Invasive Weed 
Madison Wi (SPX) Sep 09, 2008Biocontrol agents, such as insects, are often released outside of their native ranges to control invasive plants. But scientists in Montana have found that through complex community interactions among deer mice, native plants and seeds, the presence of an introduced fly may exacerbate the effects of the invasive plant it was meant to control. The authors report their results in the September ... more China says little interest in 88 quake orphans up for adoption 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Chinese authorities have reported receiving little response after putting 88 children orphaned in the devastating May earthquake up for adoption, state press said Monday. Despite interest from around the world, only childless mainland Chinese couples aged over 30 were allowed to adopt quake orphans, the China Daily reported. Only one child has been adopted since civil affairs officials ... more |
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Washington (AFP) Sept 8, 2008The White House said Monday it was "hopeful" that the US Congress will pass a landmark US-India civilian nuclear cooperation deal before US President George W. Bush's term ends in January. "We will work with Congress to get this agreement approved. We're hopeful," spokesman Gordon Johndroe said of prospects for the pact, which Bush and Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh signed in July 2005 ... more Russia ambivalent about US civilian nuclear freeze: report 
Moscow (AFP) Sept 8, 2008Russia reacted with ambivalence to the decision by US President George W. Bush to postpone a US-Russia civilian nuclear pact, Interfax reported on Monday citing a foreign affairs ministry official. "Such a step is regrettable" and is "out of keeping with bilateral relations," the official, said by the news agency to have requested anonymity, was quoted as saying. However, "Russia does ... more India to seek nuclear trade after US Congress go-ahead: FM 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 8, 2008India on Monday said it will seek international nuclear commerce but only after a landmark civilian atomic energy deal with Washington is cleared by the US Congress. Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee's announcement came after nuclear supplier nations on the weekend lifted a decades-old ban on trading with India, saying it would fuel the country's economic growth. "India will actually ... more Power-Save Energy Introduces The Fluorescent Light Manager 
San Luis Obispo CA (SPX) Sep 09, 2008Power-Save Energy Company has announced the release of its newest product, the Fluorescent Light Manager.As the world phases out incandescent lights, new more efficient light sources are gaining popularity, and as such, the need for controlling these devices is becoming increasingly critical. For the past decade, dimming fluorescent light sources has been a challenging task because the ... more Third Annual Oklahoma Biofuels Conference Slated For November 2008 
Oklahoma City OK (SPX) Sep 09, 2008As Oklahoma continues to research and develop its alternative fuel sources and production, the Governor of Oklahoma will host GROW: The Oklahoma Biofuels Conference, November 12-13 in Oklahoma City at the Skirvin Hotel conference center. Through the efforts of the Oklahoma Bioenergy Center and other public and private research and investment, Oklahoma has emerged as a national leader in ... more
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