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 Athens (AFP) Aug 25, 2009 
Firefighters claimed victory Tuesday over a huge wildfire that ravaged the outskirts of Athens over four days, destroying scores of homes and leading to fierce criticism of the government's response. "There are no more fires currently in Greece," a fire department spokesman told AFP late Tuesday. But he added that firefighters remain mobilised "to respond to any possible resurgence of ... read more 
United Nations (AFP) Aug 25, 2009UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon is to visit a Norwegian island deep inside the Arctic Circle, near the North Pole, to see firsthand the effects of climate change, his spokeswoman said. Ban is scheduled to arrive in Oslo on August 31 for an official visit where he will be received by Norway's King Harald V, and hold meetings with Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg and Foreign Minister Jonas ... more |
Energy industry meets after Trump tears up US green agenda
Argentina flooding death toll rises to 16, two girls missing Japan's worst wildfire in 50 years brought under control: mayor Floods, mass power cuts as wild weather bashes eastern Australia Wild weather blacks out 300,000 properties in Australia Wild weather leaves mass blackouts in Australia Argentina port city 'destroyed' by massive rainstorm, 13 dead Thirteen Australian troops injured in truck crash 'We have to rebuild a city,' Argentine official says after storm kills 10 Attack on Iran nuclear plant would leave Gulf without water, Qatar PM warns 
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Paris (AFP) Aug 25, 2009Barely 100 days before the world hopes to seal a global climate treaty, the UN's top climate scientist has given his personal endorsement to hugely ambitious goals for slashing emissions. "As chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) I cannot take a position because we do not make recommendations," said Rajendra Pachauri when asked if he supported calls to keep ... more  
Copenhagen, Denmark (SPX) Aug 26, 2009When Planet Earth was just cooling down from its fiery creation, the sun was faint and young. So faint that it should not have been able to keep the oceans of earth from freezing. But fortunately for the creation of life, water was kept liquid on our young planet. For years scientists have debated what could have kept earth warm enough to prevent the oceans from freezing solid. Now a team ... more  
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 26, 2009In the first study to look at what happens over the years to the billions of pounds of plastic waste floating in the world's oceans, scientists are reporting that plastics - reputed to be virtually indestructible - decompose with surprising speed and release potentially toxic substances into the water. Reporting here today at the 238th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society ... more |
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Houston TX (SPX) Aug 26, 2009When the nose encounters two different scents simultaneously, the brain processes them separately through each nostril in an alternating fashion. This finding by researchers at Rice University in Houston is the first demonstration of "perceptual rivalry" in the olfactory system. The study was published online today by the journal Current Biology and will appear in the Sept. 29 print ... more 
San Francisco (AFP) Aug 25, 2009When it comes to getting things done, multitasking is a bane not a blessing, according to Stanford University researchers. While Internet Age hipsters may be simultaneously listening to iPods, watching online video, instant messaging, checking email and firing off updates to Facebook, they likely aren't doing any of it well. "They're suckers for irrelevancy," said Stanford communication ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) Aug 25, 2009Celebrity chef Jamie Oliver is planning to launch 30 Italian family-style restaurants in Asia, with the first one set to open its doors to his gastronomic followers in Hong Kong early next year. The move marks the first step in taking his chain Jamie's Italian -- which now has five eateries in England -- outside his hometown, to a region which takes pride in its rich diversity of ... more |
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