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Foreign Navies Powerless To Eradicate Somalia Piracy Nairobi (AFP) Oct 27, 2008 
A spate of high-profile hijackings by Somali pirates has spurred western navies into action but experts argue that a handful of warships can do little to stamp out the lucrative piracy business. An Italian destroyer as well as British and Greek frigates arrived in the Gulf of Aden last week as the front guard of NATO's anti-piracy Operation Allied Provider. NATO announced Monday that one ... read moreNATO launches anti-piracy operations off Somalia 
Brussels (AFP) Oct 27, 2008NATO has launched its first anti-piracy mission off Somalia after one of its warships successfully escorted a cargo ship to the port of Mogadishu, the alliance's chief said Monday. "One NATO ship just finished escorting a ship which was bringing in supplies" for the Burundi section of the UN-mandated African Union peacekeeping mission in Somalia, NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer ... 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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China knew of tainted eggs in September: official
Beijing (AFP) Oct 27, 2008Eggs tainted with the industrial chemical melamine were detected last month in the same northeast Chinese city from where contaminated ones sold in Hong Kong originated, an official said Monday. The safety inspector from Dalian city's food and drug department said tests were carried out on eggs for melamine in the wake of the scandal about the widespread use of the chemical in Chinese dairy ... more Police arrest eight after east China riot: state media 
Beijing (AFP) Oct 27, 2008Police in east China have arrested eight security guards allegedly involved in a riot triggered by a dispute between a timber company and villagers, state media said Monday. The riot, which broke out Thursday last week in a disagreement over rent paid by a forestry company in Jiangxi province to farmers for their land, involved almost 200 people and 15 were injured, Xinhua news agency said. ... more WHO slashes AIDS mortality projections 
Geneva (AFP) Oct 27, 2008The number of deaths arising from HIV and AIDS is expected to peak in the next five years, the World Health Organization said Monday, as it sharply cut an earlier mortality forecast. "Deaths (from HIV and AIDS) will continue to increase somewhat for a few years... by 2030 they would have declined from current levels today," said Colin Mathers, WHO coordinator for epidemiology and the burden ... more  |
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Genetic Based Human Diseases Are An Ancient Evolutionary Legacy
Plon, Germany (SPX) Oct 28, 2008Tomislav Domazet-Loso and Diethard Tautz from the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology in Plon, Germany, have systematically analysed the time of emergence for a large number of genes - genes which can also initiate diseases. Their studies show for the first time that the majority of these genes were already in existence at the origin of the first cells. The search for further ... more EU agrees to tougher protection of tuna stocks 
Luxembourg (AFP) Oct 27, 2008EU fisheries ministers agreed Monday to step up protection of dwindling bluefin tuna stocks and fight illegal fishing, but stopped short of a fishing ban demanded by environmental groups. The ministers, meeting in Luxembourg, called on the European Commission to push for a series of measures at a key international meeting next month on tuna, which are particularly threatened in the Mediterra ... more African Migrants Flood Into Spanish Enclave 
Madrid (AFP) Oct 27, 2008Around 40 African migrants took advantage of flood damage at the border to cross into Spain's North African enclave of Melilla from Morocco on Monday, police and local government officials said. Seventeen people were detained shortly after entering Spanish territory while the rest managed to enter the city of roughly 70,000 people which was lashed by heavy rain and strong winds on Sunday, a ... more CITES chief in southern Africa to supervise ivory auctions 
Geneva (AFP) Oct 27, 2008CITES chief Willem Wijnstekers is in southern Africa for two weeks to oversee auctions of some 108 tonnes of ivory, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora said Monday. Wijnstekers arrived Monday in the Namibian capital Windhoek, where the first auction of nine authorized tonnes of ivory will be held tomorrow, said the UN-backed group. ... more |
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