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Typhoon slams into Taiwan, at least two missing
Taipei (AFP) Sept 14, 2008A powerful typhoon pounded Taiwan on Sunday with fierce winds and torrential rains, leaving at least two people missing and 17 others injured, officials said. Traffic was severely disrupted as Typhoon Sinlaku made landfall in northeastern Ilan county early Sunday, packing winds of up to 173 kilometres (107 miles) per hour, the Central Weather Bureau said. TV reports said two small cars ... more Wild elephants kill six people in Nepal: police 
Kathmandu, Nepal (AFP) Sept 13, 2008At least six people have been killed in southern Nepal in rampages by wild elephants in the last two days, police said Saturday. "Five people were trampled to death overnight while one was killed on Friday morning in the villages of Saptari and neighbouring Siraha districts," police officer Bhoj Narayan Shrestha told AFP. Police said three wild elephants entered the villages from the ... more Search widens for survivors of Ike 
Galveston, Texas (AFP) Sept 14, 2008Rescuers Sunday searched Hurricane Ike's trail of destruction and floods for survivors, with fears mounting of a gasoline crunch after the monster storm hammered the US oil hub and left millions without power. Emergency teams backed by dozens of helicopters rescued 940 people along the Texas coast by midday, Houston radio reported, as the search widened for those stranded or missing in ... more Report: Greenland seeks to kill humpbacks 
Nuuk, Greenland (UPI) Sep 13, 2008 Greenland wants to remove its whale hunt from the jurisdiction of the International Whaling Commission, documents obtained by the BBC show. The commission, for the past two years, has refused Greenland's request to add 10 humpback whales to its annual kill quota, the BBC reported Saturday. Documents from government delegations for an upcoming commission meeting show deep division ... more One dead in blast at petrochemical plant in China: report 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 14, 2008One worker was killed and two others were missing after an explosion ripped through a petrochemical plant in northeast China Sunday that also caused several injuries, state media said. The blast at the Dengta Jinhang Petrochemical Co., in Jianshanzi village of Liaoning province, occurred around dawn, according to the Xinhua news agency. Windows in buildings near the plant were shattered ... more |
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Los Angeles CA (SPX) Sep 15, 2008Warner Bros and IMAX have confirmed that the release date for the next original IMAX 3D release, Under the Sea 3D, will be February 13, 2009. The film follows the box office hit Deep Sea 3D, also shot by award-winning Cinematographer/Director Howard Hall, which has grossed more than $72 million to date. Four of the planned filming expeditions for Under the Sea 3D have been completed, with ... more Sudan army attacks peace signatory Darfur rebels: leader 
Khartoum (AFP) Sept 14, 2008Sudanese armed forces have attacked the only Darfur rebel group to have signed a 2006 peace deal, killing four ex-rebels and threatening to end a two-year alliance, their leader said on Sunday. Minni Minnawi, a leader of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) faction turned presidential advisor after signing the peace deal with Khartoum, said his forces came under attack at their base at Kolge in ... more Pakistan's 14th Attempt At Democracy 
Moscow (RIA Novosti) Sep 15, 2008A new president was sworn in yesterday in Pakistan. Asif Ali Zardari is a 53 year-old businessman, the current leader of the Pakistan People's Party (PPP), and the widower of the legendary former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto. On September 6, he won a sweeping victory in the presidential election - of the 702 deputies of the Electoral College, consisting of the members of the National ... more Miscalculations In Geological Undersea Record 
Virginia Key FL (SPX) Sep 15, 2008The precise timing of the origin of life on Earth and the changes in life during the past 4.5 billion years has been a subject of great controversy for the past century. The principal indicator of the amount of organic carbon produced by biological activity traditionally used is the ratio of the less abundant isotope of carbon, 13C, to the more abundant isotope, 12C. As plants ... more China landslide death toll raised to 254: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Sept 14, 2008The death toll from a landslide that engulfed a northern Chinese town jumped to 254 on Saturday with the discovery of dozens more bodies, state-run Xinhua news agency said, citing local authorities. State media on Thursday had quoted Minister of Work Safety Wang Jun saying "several hundred" people were thought still buried in the mud that swamped the town of Taoshi after a mining waste ... more |
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Hong Kong (AFP) Sept 12, 2008Hong Kong's largest energy company China Light and Power (CLP) is looking to invest in a liquefied natural gas processing plant on the mainland, reports said on Friday. The company wanted to invest in a regasification plant in southern Shenzhan planned by PetroChina, the country's largest oil and gas producer, CLP commercial director Richard Lancaster told the South China Morning Post. ... more Scientists Develop Model To Map Continental Margins 
Liverpool, UK (SPX) Sep 15, 2008Scientists at the University of Liverpool have developed a new exploration method to assist the oil and gas industry in identifying more precisely where the oceans and continents meet. Geophysicists at Liverpool have produced a mathematical technique to process satellite data that can map the thickness of the Earth's crust under the oceans in order to locate where the continents meet ocean ... more US, China to hold top-level trade talks Tuesday 
Washington (AFP) Sept 14, 2008The United States and China hold cabinet-level trade talks in California this week amid tensions over China's massive export surplus and worries about the slowing global economy. The talks come in the sunset of George W. Bush's Republican presidency that has seen trade disputes with China over a host of issues, ranging from copyright infringement, automobile parts and investment barriers to ... more Australian Carbon Capture Project To Help Tackle Climate Change 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 15, 2008The project will see the installation of a post-combustion capture (PCC) pilot plant at Tarong Power Station, 45km south of Kingaroy. The pilot plant is designed to capture 1500 tonnes per annum of CO2 from the power station and is part of a broader research program to identify ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the energy sector. The two-year project will start immediately ... more Compost Heap Bacteria Could Provide 10 Percent Of UK Transport Fuel Needs 
London, UK (SPX) Sep 15, 2008Bacteria found in compost heaps able to convert waste plant fibre into ethanol could eventually provide up 10% of the UK's transport fuel needs, scientists heard at the Society for General Microbiology's Autumn meeting being held this week at Trinity College, Dublin. Researchers from Guildford, UK, have successfully developed a new strain of bacteria that can break down straw and ... more
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