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Deadly Ike cuts across Cuba as Haiti toll rises
Havana (AFP) Sept 9, 2008Deadly Hurricane Ike on Tuesday made its second pass in a week over Cuba, lashing the country's northwest and its crumbling capital Havana, tearing off roofs, uprooting trees, and leaving four dead. The storm crashed into Pinar del Rio province from the south barely 100 kilometers (60 miles) west of the capital, sparking new flooding in a region blasted two weeks ago by Hurricane Gustav. ... more Unexplored Arctic Region To Be Mapped 
Reston VA (SPX) Sep 10, 2008A scientific expedition this fall will map the unexplored Arctic seafloor where the U.S. and Canada may have sovereign rights over natural resources such as oil and gas and control over activities such as mining. Both countries will use the resulting data to establish the outer limits of the continental shelf, according to the criteria set out in the Convention on the Law of the Sea. The ... more Solution Found For World's Worst Mass Poisoning Case 
Belfast, UK (SPX) Sep 10, 2008A solution to the world's worst case of ongoing mass poisoning, linked to rising cancer rates in Southern Asia, has been developed by researchers from Queen's University Belfast. Currently over 70 million people in Eastern India and Bangladesh, experience involuntary arsenic exposure from consuming water and rice; the main staple food in the region. This includes farmers who have to use ... more Petascale Climate Modeling Heats Up At University Of Miami 
Virginia Key FL (SPX) Sep 10, 2008The development of powerful supercomputers capable of analyzing decades of data in the blink of an eye mark a technological milestone capable of bringing comprehensive changes to science, medicine, engineering, and business worldwide. Researchers at the University of Miami's Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science, collaborating with NCAR (National Center for Atmospheric ... more US renews offer to send aid team to Cuba after Hurricane Ike 
Washington (AFP) Sept 9, 2008The United States on Tuesday renewed an offer to send experts to Cuba to see how much more disaster US aid is needed to an island hit by yet another hurricane, the State Department said. The State Department said Cuba declined its offer last week to send a team to assess the damage from Hurricane Gustav on August 30, but decided to renew the offer after Hurricane Ike hit. In the meantime ... more |
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Tempe AZ (SPX) Sep 10, 2008Amidst the semi-arid stretches of Phoenix, a visitor might blink twice at the sight of a sailboat cutting across the horizon. Tempe Town Lake, on the northern edge of Arizona State University (ASU), is just one of a multitude of lakes, small ponds, canals and dams combining flood control, water delivery, recreational opportunities and aesthetics, and altering perception of water ... more China central bank says Fannie, Freddie takeover is 'positive' 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 9, 2008China's central bank sees the US takeover of struggling mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac as "positive", given the billions of dollars of exposure of Chinese banks, state media said Tuesday. "Chinese investors have a certain amount of exposure" to the companies, central bank governor Zhou Xiaochuan said, according to the China Daily. "I think they welcome the new policy, but we ... more Caught In A Trap: Bumblebees Versus Robotic Crab Spiders 
London, UK (SPX) Sep 10, 2008Bumblebees learn to avoid camouflaged predators by sacrificing foraging speed for predator detection, according to scientists from Queen Mary, University of London. One of the bumblebee's main predators is the crab spider. Crab spiders hunt pollinating insects like bees and butterflies by lying in wait on flowers, and are particularly difficult for their prey to spot because they can ... more Arctic meeting calls for closer international cooperation 
Ilulissat, Denmark (AFP) Sept 9, 2008Representatives from the European Union, Canada, Russia, China and South Korea met Tuesday in Greenland to put the spotlight on the Arctic, which is hard hit by global warming and home to vast untapped natural resources. In Ilulissat, at the foot of one of Greenland's biggest glaciers, some 100 delegates gathered to discuss ways of encouraging "stronger international commitment to the Arctic ... more Analysis: China sends tanks to East Africa 
Hong Kong (UPI) Sep 9, 2008 China recently exported its T85IIM Main Battle Tanks to Uganda, according to a military industry source. But the tanks may be more for display than for defense. "This is a very small batch, intended for a military parade only," the source said. This would be the first instance for the Ugandan army to employ Chinese-made tanks. The same type of Main Battle Tank made an appearance ... more |
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Spremberg, Germany (AFP) Sept 9, 2008One of Europe's biggest power firms inaugurated a prototype coal-fired power station on Tuesday it says is almost emissions-free but environmentalists were less than impressed. Located on the site of the existing Schwarze Pumpe power station in eastern Germany, Sweden's Vattenfall said the new technology has the potential to allow coal to be burnt without releasing harmful greenhouse gases. ... more End to India nuclear isolation opens huge market 
New Delhi (AFP) Sept 9, 2008The end to India's nuclear pariah statuspaves the way for atomicfuel and technology sales worth tens of billions of dollars and companies are racing to exploit the market, officials say. A host of companies -- from Westinghouse Electric Co and General Electric of the United States, France's state-controlled Areva to Russia's atomic energy agency Rosatom -- have been jockeying for a slice of ... more Outside View: Russia changes nuke plant 
Moscow (UPI) Sep 9, 2008 The birthplace of the first-ever floating nuclear power plant will be the Baltic Sea instead of the White Sea. The formal keel-laying ceremony took place in April 2007 at the Sevmash shipyard of the Russian State Center for Nuclear Shipbuilding in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk region. After about a year and a half, the state-owned corporation Rosatom revoked the general contract, handing it ... more Putting The Squeeze On Nitrogen For High Energy Materials 
Washington DC (SPX) Sep 10, 2008Nitrogen atoms like to travel in pairs, hooked together by one of the strongest chemical bonds in nature. By subjecting nitrogen molecules to extreme temperatures and pressures scientists are getting a new understanding of not only nitrogen but other similar molecules, including hydrogen. In the current online edition of Physical Review Letters, researchers from the Carnegie Institution's ... more Pennsylvania Governor Touts Potential Of Cellulosic Biofuels 
Harrisburg PA (SPX) Sep 10, 2008With America's dependence on foreign oil jeopardizing its national security and way of life, Governor Edward G. Rendell said that the commonwealth and other Chesapeake Bay watershed states can emerge as the national leader in developing advanced homegrown alternatives by following the recommendations of a report. The report, Next Generation Biofuels: Taking the Policy Lead for the Nation ... more
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