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Oil washes onto US shores as latest spill solution stallsNew Orleans, Louisiana (AFP) May 15, 2010 Oil leaking from a ruptured well pipe in the Gulf of Mexico washed ashore in two new locations Saturday, the Coast Guard said, as the latest attempt to contain the spill faltered. Efforts to siphon leaking oil via an "insertion tube" up to a container vessel continued a day after US President Barack Obama blasted oil companies for seeking to shift blame for a growing oil slick threatening environmental disaster. Petty Officer Erik Swanson told AFP Saturday that oil from a riser pipe that rupture ... read more |
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Boulder CO (SPX) May 17, 2010A team of researchers led by the University of Colorado at Boulder believe a dry powder, inhalable vaccine developed for measles prevention and slated for human clinical trials later this year in India will lead to other inhalable, inexpensive vaccines for illnesses ranging from tuberculosis to cervical cancer. The inhalable measles vaccine, developed by a team led by CU-Boulder chemistry ... more  
Buenos Aires (UPI) May 14, 2010 Mercosur countries are inching toward winning European Union agreement to talk about an association agreement that runs counter to the wishes of Europe's heavily subsidized farmers. After protracted lobbying by member countries of the Latin American trade bloc - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay - the EU announced it would reopen talks that have remained suspended since 2004. ... more  
Niamey (AFP) May 15, 2010Niger's transitional government on Saturday announced the launch of a food distribution operation for nearly 1.5 million people facing severe shortages. "This distribution of supplies complements other operations which are already under way and involves coming to the aid of a population estimated to be a little under 1.5 million people," said spokesman Mahamadou Dan Dah. According to the ... more |
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Certified logging no match for Indonesia's timber 'mafia'Long Hubung, Indonesia (AFP) May 16, 2010 Dayak tribesman Hanye Jaang didn't know it, but he used to be part of a multi-billion-dollar "mafia" that is ravaging Indonesia's forests and, scientists say, warming the climate. The wiry 36-year-old still cuts down trees but now he's doing it legally in a way that minimises damage to fragile forest ecosystems. "I don't have to play hide-and-seek with the forest police anymore. It's safe doing my job now," he told AFP in the jungles of East Kalimantan, or Indonesian Borneo. He is also free ... read more |
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