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'Slim' survival chance for 107 trapped in China landslideBeijing (AFP) June 28, 2010 Rescuers said Monday that 107 people buried in a landslide triggered by heavy rain in southwest China had a "slim" chance of survival, as the country battles a string of weather-related disasters. State television showed rescuers searching through a huge mudslide and what appeared to be concrete rubble in the village of Dazhai in Guizhou province, and a reporter said workers had still not found any signs of life. "One hundred and seven people from 37 families were trapped or buried," an official ... read more |
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Orlanda, Fla. (UPI) Jun 28, 2010 A drug to treat malaria, one of the world's deadliest diseases, could come from sponges, sea worms and other undersea creatures, a scientist says. Debopam Chakrabarti of the University of Central Florida has analyzed samples of more than 2,500 marine organisms collected near Florida's coast in hopes of finding a key to treating malaria, the mosquito-borne illness that kills more than 1 ... more  
Washington (UPI) Jun 28, 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama was the invisible nominee as the U.S. Senate began to consider Solicitor General Elena Kagan for the U.S. Supreme Court. "Whatever the president's motivation, his view of the role of judges is wrong," said Sen. John Kyl, R-Ariz., during Monday's confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee. "Judges are to apply the law impartially, not take on ... more  
Algiers, Algeria (UPI) Jun 28, 2010 The U.S. military's Africa Command, whose mission is widely seen as protecting U.S. energy interests, is reported to be seeking to move in private defense contractors to set up a sophisticated intelligence-gathering operation to monitor terrorist infiltration. This project, if it gets going, could provide a vital link between U.S. forces and those of North African states that in April l ... more |
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BP denies Hayward to resign as oil disaster costs soarLondon (AFP) June 28, 2010 BP denied on Monday that its under-fire chief executive Tony Hayward was set to resign over the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, after revealing that the crisis has so far cost 2.65 billion dollars. Russian Deputy Prime Minister Igor Sechin, preparing to meet Hayward on Monday, said the British boss was to resign and present a successor, Russian news agencies reported. However, a BP company spokeswoman insisted that Hayward was not stepping down. "Tony Hayward remains chief executive and is not res ... read more |
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