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Spill impact will be 'significant... regardless': EPA chiefWashington (AFP) May 7, 2010 Even if BP manages to quickly cap the oil spill at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico, the environmental impact from the massive slick will be "significant," Environmental Protection Agency director Bob Perciasepe said Friday. "There already is going to be a significant environmental impact here, even if it stops leaking now," Perciasepe told AFP in an interview. "Everything we are doing is to try to continue to minimize the amount of environmental damages. But regardless, there will be environmen ... read more |
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Washington DC (SPX) May 10, 2010Researchers have produced the first whole genome sequence of the 3 billion letters in the Neanderthal genome, and the initial analysis suggests that up to 2 percent of the DNA in the genome of present-day humans outside of Africa originated in Neanderthals or in Neanderthals' ancestors. The international research team, which includes researchers from the National Human Genome Research Inst ... more  
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) May 9, 2010A powerful quake with a magnitude of at least 7.2 hit the Indonesian province of Aceh on Sunday, causing panic in an area that was devastated by the killer waves of the 2004 tsunami. Coastal residents fled from their homes and headed inland fearing a destructive tsunami but officials said no casualties were reported, although one official said part of a school under construction collapsed. ... more  
Banda Aceh, Indonesia (AFP) May 9, 2010A gang of people in Indonesia poisoned an endangered Sumatran elephant, removed its tusks and chopped up its body before dumping it into a river, a local wildlife official said Sunday. The gruesome killing of the 15-year-old male was carried out on an oil palm plantation in the Tamiang Hulu area of Aceh province last month by more than 10 people, provincial nature conservation agency officia ... more |
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Egypt urges Sudan unity ahead of referendumKhartoum (AFP) May 9, 2010 Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit pressed for the unity of Sudan on Sunday, ahead of a referendum on independence which could call into question current Nile Basin water-sharing agreements. "Egypt is in favour of the unity of Sudan as a part of Africa and a member of the African Union. We will do everything in our power to save the unity of Sudan," Abul Gheit told reporters in Khartoum after talks with President Omar al-Beshir. Abul Gheit and Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman ar ... read more |
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