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'Diary' of former China premier sheds new light on TiananmenBeijing (AFP) June 7, 2010 Former Chinese premier Li Peng acted on orders from late leader Deng Xiaoping to "shed some blood" when he sent in troops to end the Tiananmen protests, the publisher of Li's purported diary said Monday. Excerpts from the diary have been an Internet sensation, shedding rare light on the decisions leading up to the violence on the square on the night of June 3-4, 1989. They claim to show Li, known as the "Butcher of Beijing", followed Deng's orders in clearing Tiananmen Square after six weeks of ... read more |
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London, UK (SPX) Jun 03, 2010A study published in the journal Nature casts doubt on the widely held notion that warming global temperatures will lead to a future intensification of malaria and an expansion of its global range. The research, conducted by the Malaria Atlas Project (MAP), a multinational team of researchers funded mainly by the Wellcome Trust, suggests that current interventions could have a far more dra ... more  
Jos, Nigeria (AFP) June 7, 2010Soldiers deployed to maintain peace in Nigeria's flashpoint central city of Jos Monday halted a protest by motor-taxi riders against an official ban on their operation, army spokesman said. "They were resisting the enforcement of the ban. Our soldiers monitored the situation and we succeeded in dousing the tension. All we did was to ensure that hoodlums did not hijack the protest," said Lieu ... more 
Atlanta (UPI) Jun 7, 2010 U.S. scientists say they've discovered commonalities between flies and humans that make flies a valuable new model for the metabolic disease galactosemia. The researchers said galactosemia results from an inherited genetic defect that prevents the proper metabolism of galactose, a sugar commonly found in dairy products. People with galactosemia have genetic mutations that decrease their ... more |
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Flow In Earth's Mantle Moves MountainsLos Angeles CA (SPX) Jun 07, 2010 If tectonic plate collisions cause volcanic eruptions, as every fifth grader knows, why do some volcanoes erupt far from a plate boundary? A study in Nature suggests that volcanoes and mountains in the Mediterranean can grow from the pressure of the semi-liquid mantle pushing on Earth's crust from below. "The rise and subsidence of different points of the earth is not restricted to the exact locations of the plate boundary. You can get tectonic activity away from a plate boundary," said study co-a ... read more |
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