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China begins moving 330,000 people for water projectBeijing (AFP) Aug 12, 2010 China has begun relocating 330,000 people as part of a massive project to divert water from the Yangtze River to the drought-prone north including the capital Beijing, state media said Thursday. The South-North Water Diversion Project is the country's largest relocation programme since the building of the Three Gorges Dam, which involved the relocation of 1.27 million people, the official Xinhua news agency reported. Authorities began moving the first 500 residents on Wednesday in central Hubei ... read more |
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Tokushevo, Russia (AFP) Aug 12, 2010Overwhelmed and under-equipped, firefighters struggled in vain against spreading wildfires in the forest of Tokushevo, 50 kilometres (30 miles) from Russia's top nuclear research centre. "We have no control (over the fires), now all we can do is get ourselves killed," said firefighter Vasily Filin, who like his colleagues was battling the blazes without the benefit of any protective equipmen ... more  
Kyoto, Japan (SPX) Aug 13, 2010Scientists from Kyoto University, Japan, studying chimpanzees in Guinea have published research revealing why primates attack humans and what prevention measures can be taken. The study, published in a special issue of The American Journal of Primatology, suggests that while rare, attacks by primates on humans may increase as wild habitat is increasingly converted for agriculture. The team ... more 
Washington (UPI) Aug 12, 2010 World wheat supplies have been sharply reduced due to severe drought and wildfires in Russia, a crop report released Thursday by the U.S. Department of Agriculture concludes. The wheat supply will be 6.6 percent smaller than in previous projections and prices, which began a steady increase in June when Russia's heat wave began, will continue to surge, the monthly report said. The ... more |
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Increasing 'Bad' Ozone Threatens Human And Plant HealthHampton VA (SPX) Aug 12, 2010 On July 6 this summer, Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality issued the region's first "unhealthy" air alert since 2008. The culprit? "Bad" ozone and other air pollution that had combined to produce an abnormally high reading of 119 parts per billion in Suffolk and 70-80 parts per billion in other parts of southeastern Virginia. That compares to the natural concentration of ozone of about 10 parts per billion that was the norm more than a century ago. Ozone spikes are part of a patt ... read more |
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