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China chill prompts power rationingBeijing (UPI) Jan 7, 2009 Some provinces in east and central China have resorted to power rationing amid increased demand due to record cold temperatures. Coal transport has been hampered by heavy snow. Beijing recorded its coldest day in 29 years Tuesday, with temperatures dropping to 3.2 degrees Fahrenheit, and the heaviest snowfall in 60 years over the weekend. While power rationing had been ... read more |
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Tegucigalpa, Honduras (AFP) Jan 6, 2010Honduras' attorney general charged the country's top military chiefs Wednesday with "abuse of power" for a coup that ousted President Manuel Zelaya, a Supreme Court spokesman told AFP. "They are various commanders, and the crimes are abuse of power," said Danilo Izaguirre, adding that the court had three days to respond to the charges filed by Attorney General Luis Rubi. Armed forces ... more  
Hong Kong (AFP) Jan 7, 2010China's top official in Hong Kong made a rare appeal for pro-democracy protests to remain peaceful as a politician close to the central government warned it will send in troops if the demonstrations get out of hand, a report said Thursday. The remarks were made after thousands of people took to the streets on New Year's Day to call for universal suffrage and for the release of jailed Chines ... more  
London (AFP) Jan 7, 2010Europe shivered in bitterly cold temperatures again Thursday, as Britain braced for more snow that has already caused chaos amid its most brutal winter in decades. Millions of Britons endured another day of icy conditions and disrupted transport links that have already kept many away from work and knocked Britain's recession-hit economy. Temperatures overnight dropped to minus 18 degrees ... more |
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Boston MA (SPX) Jan 08, 2010Fossils may provide tantalizing clues to human history but they also lack some vital information, such as revealing which pieces of human DNA have been favored by evolution because they confer beneficial traits - resistance to infection or the ability to digest milk, for example. These signs can only be revealed through genetic studies of modern humans and other related species, though the ... more 
Jacksonville FL (SPX) Jan 08, 2010Scientists who compare insect chirps with ape calls may look like they are mixing aphids and orangutans, but researchers have found common denominators in the calls of hundreds of species of insects, birds, fish, frogs, lizards and mammals that can be predicted with simple mathematical models. Compiling data from nearly 500 species, scientists with the University of Florida and Oklahoma ... more 
Chicago IL (SPX) Jan 08, 2010Researchers at the University of Chicago are studying communication in animals to improve their understanding of how language develops in humans and how they use it. "We find compelling evidence that language is a phenomenon of evolutionary biology and within the reach of biological investigation," write biologist Daniel Margoliash and psychologist Howard Nusbaum in "Language: The Perspect ... more |
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