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Vanishing island solves India-Bangladesh disputeKolkata (AFP) March 25, 2010 A tiny island at the centre of a territorial dispute between India and Bangladesh has disappeared beneath the waves due to rising sea levels and erosion, scientists say. The uninhabited outcrop - called New Moore island by India and South Talpatti by Bangladesh - was 3.5 kilometres (about two miles) long and 3.0 kilometres wide before it was swallowed up by the Bay of Bengal. "There's no trace of the island anymore. After studying satellite images, I confirmed this from fishermen," Sugata Hazr ... read more |
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Washington DC (SPX) Mar 26, 2010Researchers in Australia have demonstrated that blocking a certain protein can reduce or prevent cigarette smoke-induced lung inflammation in mice. Inflammation underlies the disease process of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and many other smoking-related ailments. The findings have been published online ahead of print publication in the American Thoracic Society's American J ... more  
New York (AFP) March 25, 2010The planet is overheated, under-resourced, and almost out of time, but technical innovation and green economics could still save the day, experts and leaders told an international conference here. Video-linked panels from Beijing, London, Mexico City, Monaco, Nairobi and New Delhi painted an alarming picture of environmental degradation and mass poverty at Thursday's conference in New York. ... more  
Washington (AFP) March 25, 2010Americans are lining up to snap up rebates for "cash for refrigerators" and "dollars for dishwashers," as part of a US government program aimed at both economic stimulus and reduced emissions. The effort, modeled after the "cash for clunkers" auto trade-in program, includes nearly 300 million dollars to encourage consumers to dump older appliances in favor of newer, energy-efficient models. ... more |
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Australian Rio Tinto exec made mistake: lawyerShanghai (AFP) March 26, 2010 An Australian mining executive charged with bribery and corporate espionage in China was an honest man who made a mistake, his lawyer said Friday, ahead of a verdict in the highly sensitive trial. After hearing Rio Tinto employee Stern Hu's testimony this week, a prosecutor recommended the court give a lenient sentence to the head of the mining giant's Shanghai office, his lawyer Jin Chunqing told AFP. Hu pleaded guilty to taking two bribes totalling more than 900,000 dollars, Jin said, but decl ... read more |
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