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No quick fix on warming, says new UN climate chiefBonn (AFP) June 9, 2010 The UN's incoming chief on climate change cautioned on Wednesday it could take until 2050 to build the machinery that will ultimately tame greenhouse gases. In an interview with newswire reporters on the sidelines of UN talks in Bonn, Christiana Figueres said she was approaching her new job with optimism tempered by hard-edged realism. "I continue to be confident that governments will meet this challenge, for the simple reason that humanity must meet the challenge. We just don't have another opt ... read more |
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Riyadh (AFP) June 9, 2010Scientists from Saudi Arabia and China said on Wednesday that they had completed mapping the genome of the Arabian camel. It took 20 scientists from Riyadh's King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology and China's Shenzhen-based BGI - formerly the Beijing Genomics Institute - more than one year to decode the entire genetic makeup of the single-humped camel, Camelus dromedarius, the omni ... more  
Port-Au-Prince (AFP) June 9, 2010Before the earthquake ripped through Haiti in January, Anne Luze Denestant had never really thought about what life would be like as a disabled person in the impoverished Caribbean nation. Then on January 12, the earth convulsed bringing a wave of destruction to the capital Port-au-Prince, killing some 200,000 people, and trapping Denestant under the rubble of her home for three days. Wh ... more 
Tegucigalpla, Honduras (UPI) Jun 9, 2010 Honduran President Porfirio Lobo Wednesday pinned hopes on an end to diplomatic and political isolation that began with the ouster of Manuel Zelaya as constitutional president and continued through Lobo's controversial election last year. Analysts said next week's talks at the Organization of American States in Washington gave Lobo's government hope that a compromise could be reached. / ... more |
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Yangtze River's Ancient Origins RevealedDurham, UK (SPX) Jun 09, 2010 The Yangtze River in China is 40 million years older than was previously thought, according to new research. A study of minerals by a team led by Durham University reveals that the Yangtze River began to cut the Three Gorges area around 45 million years ago, making it much older than previously believed. The Yangtze River, the third-longest river in the world, has played a central role in the development of Chinese culture, and the Three Gorges, which separate the Sichuan Basin in the west f ... read more |
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