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 Canberra, Australia (UPI) Sep 14, 2009 
Australia has surpassed the United States as the world's biggest per capita producer of carbon emissions, according to a report by a risk consultancy.
The study by British-based Maplecroft released last week finds that Australia tops the CO2 energy emissions index, which measures how much carbon dioxide a country spews into the atmosphere relative to its population size. Carbon emission ... read more 
Vienna (AFP) Sept 14, 2009About 40 percent of people who have died of swine flu or fallen seriously ill were young and otherwise healthy, an expert from the World Health Organisation told a conference in Vienna Monday. Forty percent of the most serious cases, as well as deaths, concerned people "who would otherwise be considered healthy," WHO expert Sin Lun Tam told a conference on pulmonary diseases that runs until ... more |
CORRECTED: 36 injured in Australian army truck accident on storm deployment
36 injured in Australian army truck accident on storm deployment Ex-cyclone batters Australia, causing huge blackouts Ex-Cyclone Alfred sparks flood warnings in eastern Australia Ten dead, hundreds evacuated in Argentina floods Cyclone Alfred downgraded to tropical low as it nears Australia Six dead, hundreds evacuated in Argentina floods At least six dead, hospital evacuated in Argentina floods UK court cuts longest jail terms on activists, rejects 10 appeals Protections drop for wolves in most of Europe 
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London (UPI) Sep 14, 2009 The Somali pirates preying on shipping in the Gulf of Aden and more recently the Indian Ocean are zeroed in on their targets by well-placed informers in London, a world center for shipbroking and insurance, using satellite phones, according to a European military intelligence report. The document, which was obtained by Cadena SER, a Spanish radio station, says the "consultants" in ... more  
Jerusalem (AFP) Sept 14, 2009The Gaza Strip's underground water supplies are "in danger of collapse" following years of overuse and a devastating war Israel waged in the territory at the turn of the year, the UN said Monday. "The underground water supplies, upon which 1.5 million Palestinians depend for agriculture and drinking water, are in danger of collapse," the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) said in a statement ... more  
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 15, 2009Advancing research and education to reduce the devastation and loss of human life from earthquakes and tsunamis is the goal of a new center at Purdue University. The National Science Foundation awarded $105 million to a Purdue-led team to spearhead a center that will serve as headquarters for the operations of the George E. Brown, Jr. Network for Earthquake Engineering Simulation, or NEES. ... more |
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London (AFP) Sept 14, 2009British drugs giant GlaxoSmithKline said on Monday that trials had shown one dose of its swine flu vaccine produced "a strong immune response". "The results demonstrate that after one dose the candidate vaccine can provide a strong immune response," GSK said in a statement. The trial, which is taking place in Germany, involves 130 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 60. Chinese biotech ... more  
Taipei, Taiwan (UPI) Sep 14, 2009 The courts have moved to sequester properties and bank accounts of Taiwan's former president and first lady after they were sentenced to life for corruption. Chen Shui-bian and his wife, Wu Su-chen, own two luxury apartments worth $9 million in the capital Taipei and another apartment in Kaohsiung, a port and the country's second-largest city. Their bank accounts are said to be worth ... more  
Dharamshala, India (AFP) Sept 14, 2009The Dalai Lama hopes to meet Barack Obama after the US president's maiden presidential trip to China in November, according to a statement issued after talks with US officials Monday. The statement from the Tibetan spiritual leader's office appeared to end speculation about whether the Nobel Peace Prize winner would meet Obama during a scheduled trip from India to the United States next ... more |
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