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August 31, 2009
Six killed by lightning in China: state media
Beijing (AFP) Aug 30, 2009
Six farmers were killed in eastern China Sunday when the hut they were sheltering in during a storm was struck by lightning, state media reported. Another farmer in the hut was injured and taken to hospital, the Xinhua news agency quoted local officials in Anhui province as saying. The accident happened during a heavy rainstorm in the village of Qiaodong, around 650 kilometres(400 miles ... read more

Powerful Hurricane Jimena could hit Mexican coast
La Paz, Mexico (AFP) Aug 30, 2009
Potentially deadly Hurricane Jimena, churning in the Pacific off Mexico, now has a "high possibility" of crashing into the coast, the National Weather Service warned Sunday. After earlier moving on a track that looked as if it would curve away from the coast, the service said there is a "high possibility of a direct (land) hit by Hurricane Jimena in the next 72 hours," in Baja California ... more

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Don't look back, weathermen say ahead of climate meeting
Geneva (AFP) Aug 28, 2009
Changing weather patterns mean experts face fresh challenges trying to forecast conditions, a leading meteorologist warned ahead of Monday's meeting of world leaders and environment experts in Geneva. Climate change had brought about a "new situation," World Meteorological Organisation Director General Michel Jarraud warned ahead of the World Climate Conference. This meant that basing ... more

Neglected Tropical Diseases Take Devastating Toll In Sub-Saharan Africa
Washington DC (SPX) Aug 31, 2009
An analysis published in the open-access journal PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases sheds new light on the toll that neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) take on sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), with an estimated 500 million people suffering from these debilitating and sometimes deadly diseases. Helminth infections account for approximately 85% of the NTD burden. Overall, the NTD burden may be ... more

Map Characterizes Active Lakes Below Antarctic Ice
Seattle WA (SPX) Aug 31, 2009
Lakes in Antarctica, concealed under miles of ice, require scientists to come up with creative ways to identify and analyze these hidden features. Now, researchers using space-based lasers on a NASA satellite have created the most comprehensive inventory of lakes that actively drain or fill under Antarctica's ice. They have revealed a continental plumbing system that is more dynamic than scienti ... more

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  • Coastal erosion threatens Goa's idyllic beaches

  • ESA Investigates New Methods Of Mapping Tropical Forest From Space

  • Kenya's hippos hard hit by drought

  • Melting glaciers threaten 'Nepal tsunami'

  • Zelaya in limbo, calls for poll boycott

  • Unique Acacia Tree Could Nourish Soils And Life In Africa
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    Uganda rebel negotiating team wants peace deal revised
    Nairobi (AFP) Aug 28, 2009
    The Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army's negotiating team on Friday announced it had a new leader and demanded that a peace deal already signed by Kampala be revised. Justine Labeja told reporters in Nairobi he was the new acting head of the peace team of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), following the August 14 announcement by former delegation head David Matsanga that he was stepping ... more

    Swine flu spreading at 'unbelievable' rate: WHO chief
    Paris (AFP) Aug 28, 2009
    Swine flu spreads four times faster than other viruses and 40 percent of the fatalities are young adults in good health, the world's top health official warned in an interview appearing Saturday. "This virus travels at an unbelievable, almost unheard of speed," World Health Organisation Director General Margaret Chan told France's Le Monde daily in an interview. "In six weeks it travels ... more

    The last of their kind: the nomads of Borneo
    Long Nen, Malaysia (AFP) Aug 30, 2009
    In the language of the nomadic Penan there is no word for forest, it is simply their universe, and its destruction is snuffing out the ancient lifestyle of this tribe who are among the world's last hunter-gatherers. Wielding spears and dressed in loincloths, one small band who emerged from the Borneo jungles to tell their tale said that encroachment by timber and plantation firms has made ... more

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  • Recession, swine flu cloud US back-to-school

  • Japan centre-left sweeps to power in landslide win

  • India faces 'severe' drought: PM

  • Colombian president has swine flu: official

  • Argentine farm strike a blow to exports

  • LNG boom to make Australia 'Middle East of gas': analysts

  • RFA Wins Favorable IRS Decision
  • Australia denies 'downplaying' oil spill
  • Another Major Setback For A "Nuclear Renaissance"
  • Lockerbie and Libyan oil
  • Chinese giant Baosteel to take major stake in Aquila
  • Russia halts reactor after leak at nuclear plant
  • EU bans Edison's light bulbs
  • Cost of Brazil-Venezuela refinery triples

  • China nuclear sites delayed: companies
  • 15 killed by poisonous gas in China mine: state media
  • Himalayan nations to hold first climate talks
  • Strong quake hits northwest China: USGS
  • Somali pirates open fire on US navy helicopter
  • Appetite spells three wolves' doom in Switzerland
  • Australia sweats through long, hot winter
  • China taps paramilitary force to handle unrest: state media

  • Living 'like fish' in Senegal's flooded capital
  • Nepal villagers on climate change frontline
  • Pandemic virus could get nastier in year two: expert
  • Lightning's Mirror Image ... Only Much Bigger
  • Farmers Protecting And Growing Significant Amount Of World's Trees
  • Taiwan confirms 543 dead, 117 missing after typhoon
  • Most China transplants come from executed prisoners: state media
  • More fighting feared as thousands flee Myanmar: activists



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