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Record-breaking storm closes US federal governmentWashington (AFP) Dec 21, 2009 The federal government was closed Monday after a record-breaking snowstorm swept across the northeastern United States and put a damper on one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year. Just days before Christmas, the eastern seaboard from North Carolina to New England was digging out from the worst blizzard in years, which closed train and bus service, paralyzed air traffic, crippled ... read more |
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Paris (AFP) Dec 21, 2009French President Nicolas Sarkozy has ordered Eurostar to get its trains back on track by Tuesday after a shutdown blamed partly on "fluffy" snow caused misery for tens of thousands of travellers. Eurostar said services between London and Paris could partially resume on Tuesday morning if test runs on trains "go well", but that schedules would not get back to normal before Christmas on Friday ... more  
Pasadena CA (SPX) Dec 21, 2009New space observations reveal that since October 2003, the aquifers for California's primary agricultural region - the Central Valley - and its major mountain water source - the Sierra Nevadas - have lost nearly enough water combined to fill Lake Mead, America's largest reservoir. The findings, based on data from the NASA/German Aerospace Center Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment ... more  
London (UPI) Dec 16, 2009 The genetic codes for lung and skin cancer have been mapped, an accomplishment that could lead to vastly improved treatments, scientists in Britain say. The Wellcome Trust researchers told the BBC knowing the genetic code ultimately could mean better blood tests to spot tumors sooner and drugs that pinpoint cancer cells. Scientists in 10 countries are moving on to catalog genes ... more |
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Taichung, Taiwan (AFP) Dec 21, 2009China's chief Taiwan negotiator hailed improving ties between the two neighbours as he arrived Monday for high-level trade talks in the face of anti-Beijing demonstrations. Security was tight as hundreds of demonstrators gathered in the central city of Taichung for the four-day visit by Chen Yunlin, the head of a quasi-official Chinese body handling Taiwan relations in the absence of formal ... more 
Blantyre (AFP) Dec 21, 2009Malawi on Monday launched an emergency appeal for food and tents for victims of a strong weekend earthquake that left three dead and about 300 injured in the northern part of the country. "We immediately needfamily tents, blankets, plastic sheets, maize flour and other items so that families are not separated," Lilian Ng'oma, commissioner for the government's disaster management department ... more  
London (AFP) Dec 21, 2009British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday accused a handful of countries of holding the UN climate summit to ransom as bitter recriminations swirled over the outcome of the negotiations. While China's Premier Wen Jiabao insisted his government had played an "important and constructive" role, Britain said the meeting had lurched into farce and pointed the finger of blame at Beijing. ... more |
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