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Shallow OriginsMoffett Field CA (SPX) Dec 23, 2009 In finding answers to the mystery of the origin of life, scientists may not have to dig too deep. New research is shedding light on shallower waters as a possible location for where life on Earth began. Hydrothermal vents have been a focus of origin of life studies ever since the first one was discovered in 1977. These were mainly deep vents that averaged 2,100 meters down on the ocean floor. The hot gasses emanating from the center of the Earth through these vents could reach temperatures greater than 300 degrees Celsius. ... read more |
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Rathgama, Sri Lanka (AFP) Dec 23, 2009Billions of dollars were pledged after the 2004 Asian tsunami to help people like Pradeepa Niroshani who waited in vain for money to rebuild her destroyed home. Five years after the disaster, the government in Sri Lanka is under pressure from a leading anti-corruption group to account for nearly half of the 2.2 billion dollars pledged to the country by official foreign donors. Niroshani, ... more 
Apia (AFP) Dec 22, 2009Even in deeply Christian Samoa, Christmas promises little joy for the thousands trying to rebuild their lives after September's devastating tsunami. Mekala Tainano lost two children -- two-year-old Lutia and 10 year-old Losivale -- when towering waves smashed into Samoa, killing 143 people. A further 43 lives were lost in neighbouring American Samoa and Tonga. "My three kids are alwa ... more  
Sydney (AFP) Dec 23, 2009Residents were "fleeing for their lives" Wednesday as savage wildfires blazed out of control in South Australia, with several homes destroyed and more under threat, officials and witnesses said. Less than a year after 173 people lost their lives in fires in neighbouring Victoria state, officials warned that searing heat and strong winds could prove catastrophic as a large blaze burned outsid ... more |
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Taichung, Taiwan (AFP) Dec 23, 2009A Taiwanese policeman was injured and six protesters detained in a scuffle Wednesday night outside the hotel of a top envoy visiting from China, an official said. The incident marked the first injury and arrests since Chen Yunlin arrived in the central Taiwan city of Taichung on a trip which anti-Beijing activists fear could strengthen the mainland's influence on the island. The proteste ... more  
Paris (AFP) Dec 23, 2009Land ecosystems will have to move hundreds of metres each year in order to cope with global warming, according to a letter published on Thursday in Nature, the British-based science journal. On average, ecosystems will need to shift 420 metres (about a quarter of a mile) per year to cooler areas this century if the species that inhabit them are to keep within their comfort zones, scientists ... more  
Berlin (AFP) Dec 23, 2009A seven-year-old boy was stopped by police in northern Germany while trying to plough snow with a front loader he borrowed from his parents' business, authorities said. Officers on patrol found the boy atop the 3.5-metre-tall (11.5-foot-tall) excavator after he had cleared the street in the town of Reinfeld and was driving back to the parking lot. The child noticed the police car behind ... more |
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