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Congo boat disaster leaves 140 deadKinshasa, Democratic Republic Of Congo (UPI) Jul 29, 2010 Congolese rescue teams Thursday searched for survivors after a boat ferrying about 200 passengers to the capital on the Congo river hit a rock and capsized, leaving at least 140 people dead. Analysts said the boat's sinking was an accident and appeared to bear no relation to major security operations elsewhere in the capital and environs because of continuing rebel activity aimed at toppling the government in neighboring Uganda. Armed marauding gangs of the Allied Democratic Force have b ... read more |
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Norwich UK (SPX) Jul 30, 2010Why does female infidelity occur so frequently throughout the animal kingdom? A 10-year study from the University of East Anglia shows that female birds may increase their offspring's survival through their infidelity. Although in many animals females may pair up with a specific 'social' mate who helps raise the pairs' offspring, DNA fingerprinting studies across a wide range of animals re ... more  
Jakarta (AFP) July 29, 2010Greenpeace made fresh allegations Thursday that units of Indonesian paper and palm oil giant Sinar Mas are clearing high conservation-value forests including habitats of endangered orangutans. Greenpeace Indonesia forest campaigner Bustar Maitar said new investigations showed Sinar Mas subsidiaries logging peat forests and orangutan habitats on Borneo island despite repeated promises to end ... more  
Warwick, England (UPI) Jul 28, 2010 Use of a particular genetically modified crop in India has produced massive gains in women's employment and income in that country, a U.K. research study says. Planting of insect-resistant Bacillus thuringiensis toxin cotton generated not only higher income for rural workers but also more employment, especially for hired female labor, a release from the University of Warwick in the Unit ... more |
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Divers Plumb The Mysteries Of Sacred Maya PoolsChampaign IL (SPX) Jul 29, 2010 Steering clear of crocodiles and navigating around massive submerged trees, a team of divers began mapping some of the 25 freshwater pools of Cara Blanca, Belize, which were important to the ancient Maya. In three weeks this May, the divers found fossilized animal remains, bits of pottery and - in the largest pool explored - an enormous underwater cave. This project, led by University of Illinois anthropology professor Lisa Lucero and funded by the National Geographic Society and an Arnold O. Beck ... read more |
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