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Powerful quake rattles Tonga Nuku'Alofa (AFP) Oct 19, 2008 
A powerful earthquake hit near the South Pacific archipelago of Tonga on Sunday, but there was no tsunami alert and no immediate report of injuries, Australian seismologists said. The 6.8-magnitude quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (six miles) and hit east of the Tongan capital of Nuku'alofa, Geoscience Australia said. An AFP correspondent said the Tongan capital shook steadily ... read moreTropical depression dumps rain, misery on Central America 
San Jose (AFP) Oct 16, 2008Intense rainstorms for five consecutive days as a tropical depression swept over Central America has left four people dead, three missing, numerous villages flooded and thousands evacuated to safety, officials reported Thursday. The storms left two dead in Costa Rica, one dead and two missing in Guatemala, and one dead in Honduras. Some 15,000 people have moved into shelters throughout the ... more |
Airbus acknowledges slow progress on hydrogen plane
Trump slams paper straws, vows 'back to plastic' Iran schools, offices close in cold snap Rare otter 'disappeared' in Kyrgyzstan, experts warn UK MPs warn billions spent on carbon capture may hit bills UK engineers warn on AI risks to environment A stream turns blood red in Argentina, residents blame pollution Indonesia halts development of estate hosting Trump properties COP30 president urges most 'ambitious' emissions targets possible Fighting global warming in nations' self-interest: UN climate chief 
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India sends warship to pirate-infested Gulf of Aden
New Delhi (AFP) Oct 17, 2008India is deploying one of its latest warships to the pirate-infested Gulf of Aden off the coast of Somalia to protect its merchant vessels, officials said Friday. A "stealth frigate is being diverted to these waters," Indian navy spokesman Nirad Sinha said. The Russian-designed vessel can evade radar and is armed with guided missiles and cannons, naval officials said. The move comes afte ... more China's Wen says government partly to blame for milk scandal 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 18, 2008China's Premier Wen Jiabao said his government was partly to blame for the tainted milk scandal that has killed four infants and sickened 53,000 throughout the country. In an interview with a US magazine, Wen said although contamination of milk had occurred at dairy companies in China, the government was responsible for monitoring the industry at the heart of the crisis. "We feel that al ... more EPA's Stormwater Program Needs A Significant Overhaul 
Washington DC (SPX) Oct 20, 2008Radical changes to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's stormwater program are necessary to reverse degradation of fresh water resources and ensure progress toward the Clean Water Act's goal of "fishable and swimmable" waters, says a new report from the National Research Council. Increased water volume and pollutants from stormwater have degraded water quality and habitats in ... more  |
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China quake rumour-monger jailed for four years: court
Beijing (AFP) Oct 17, 2008A 19-year-old man who hacked into a government website just after southwest China's devastating earthquake and warned of another huge tremor has been jailed for four years, a court said Friday. The court in Nanning, capital of the southern Guangxi region, convicted Chen Zhifeng of deliberately spreading false and terrifying news. Chen hacked into the website of Guangxi's seismological bu ... more Arctic autumn temperature hits record high 
Washington (AFP) Oct 17, 2008Autumn temperatures in the Arctic region are a record 5.0 degree Celsius (9.0 Fahrenheit) higher than normal due the melting of the ice cap, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration report said Friday. "Changes in the Arctic show a domino effect from multiple causes more clearly than in other regions," said NOAA oceanographer James Overland, lead author of the report titled ' ... more 6.5 earthquake sparks panic in southern Mexico 
Tuxtla Gutierrez, Mexico (AFP) Oct 16, 2008A 6.5 magnitude earthquake struck Mexico's southern Chiapas state Thursday, near the Guatemalan border, sparking panic in the region, local officials and US scientists said. The quake struck about 21 kilometers (13 miles) from the Mexican city of Suchiate at 2:41 pm (1941 GMT), according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Mexican officials, who estimated the strength of the temblor at 6.2 us ... more After setbacks, hunt for AIDS vaccine pushes on 
Cape Town (AFP) Oct 19, 2008One year after a puzzling setback in the hunt for an AIDS vaccine, researchers say their defeats have forced them to look for entirely new ways of creating a defence against the disease. After nearly 30 years, 25 million deaths and billions of dollars spent with no vaccine to show for it, scientists at this year's international AIDS Vaccine Conference said they were turning to novel ... more |
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