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European freeze hits transport as Britain limits gasLondon (AFP) Jan 8, 2010 Europe was faced with grounded planes and axed trains Friday amid bitter winter weather and hard-hit Britain was forced to curb industrial gas usage to save dwindling supplies. Significant snowfalls in France caused major delays to train services and electricity cuts, while Germans were urged to stock up on food and medicines as they braced for up to 20 centimetres (eight inches) of snowfall ... read more |
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Boulder, Colo. (UPI) Jan 7, 2009 Western U.S. sub-alpine forests will soak up less carbon dioxide than they do now as the climate warms and growing seasons lengthen, a university study found. As a result, more of the so-called greenhouse gas will be left to concentrate in the atmosphere, the study by researchers at the University of Colorado in Boulder indicated. "Our findings contradict studies of other ecosyst ... more  
Beijing (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 ... more  
Honiara (AFP) Jan 9, 2010A strong, 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck near the Solomon Islands in the western Pacific on Saturday, seismologists said, but there was no immediate tsunami warning or reports of damage. The US Geological Survey said the quake was measured at a depth of about 35 kilometres (22 miles) and struck 146 kilometres southeast of the town of Gizo at 4.51 pm (0551 GMT). Two aftershocks, one of 5 ... more |
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Barcelona, Spain (SPX) Jan 11, 2010A research published in Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences rejects the theory that the origin of life stems from a system of self-catalytic molecules capable of experiencing Darwinian evolution without the need of RNA or DNA and their replication. The research, which was carried out with the participation of Mauro Santos, researcher of the Department of Genetics and Microbiology ... more  
Addis Ababa (AFP) Jan 8, 2010The African Union on Friday extended the mandate of its Somalia peacekeeping mission by six months and called for more support for the country's embattled transitional government. "During our discussions, there was unanimous support for the renewal of the African force in Somalia," the AU's Peace and Security Commissioner Ramtane Lamamra told a press conference. The force, whose first ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Jan 8, 2010China has said it will offer free swine flu jabs to children aged six months to three years, as the government ramps up its vaccination programme ahead of the Lunar New Year holidays. Children are among the most susceptible to the A(H1N1) influenza virus, the health ministry said in a statement posted on its website Thursday. A vaccination designed for children had been tested in several ... more |
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