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Moscow deaths double in Russia's 'worst ever' heatMoscow (AFP) Aug 9, 2010 The daily mortality rate in Moscow has doubled and morgues are overflowing amid an acrid smog caused by the worst heatwave in Russia's thousand-year history, officials said Monday. The smog from the peat and forest fires burning in the countryside around 100 kilometres (60 miles) outside the city has choked Moscow for days, seeping into apartments, offices and even the metro, and causing thousands to flee. "In usual times 360-380 people are dying each day. Now it is around 700," the head of Mosc ... read more |
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Washington (AFP) Aug 9, 2010President Barack Obama's top advisers told BP executives at the White House on Monday they must honor commitments to clean up the Gulf of Mexico and fulfill long-term recovery pledges. The White House said top BP executives Bod Dudley and Lamar McKay met earlier with senior Obama administration officials including chief of staff Rahm Emanuel, energy adviser Carol Browner, and spill pointman ... more  
La Paz, Bolivia (UPI) Aug 9, 2010 Bolivia is building defenses against what it calls poachers from neighboring countries who are out to deprive the country of minerals and natural resources. The buildup involves arms and military purchases from China, Europe, Latin America and Russia, although the government of President Evo Morales says it is still spending less than its neighbors on defense. The government says ... more  
Moscow (AFP) Aug 9, 2010Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday slashed the leading wheat producer's grain harvest forecast due to a record drought, saying it would produce 10 million tonnes less grain than planned. Russia's grain harvest for 2010 will be 60-65 million tonnes, Putin said at a meeting with Agriculture Minister Elena Skrynnik, Russian news agencies reported. Only last week, Skrynnik's dep ... more |
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Ancient Blob-Like Creature Of The DeepLondon, UK (SPX) Aug 10, 2010 A unique blob-like creature that lived in the ocean approximately 425 million years ago is revealed in a 3D computer model in research published in the journal Biology Letters. The model is helping researchers to understand what primitive species on early Earth looked like and how they might have evolved into the types of creatures that are on Earth today. The scientists, from Imperial College London, have developed a detailed 3D model of the only known fossilised specimen in the world of a ... read more |
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