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85-Million-Year-Old Sea Monster Re-ExploredLos Angeles CA (SPX) Aug 17, 2010 One of the ocean's most formidable marine predators, the marine mosasaur Platecarpus, lived in the Cretaceous Period some 85 million years ago and was thought to have swum like an eel. That theory is debunked in a new paper published in the journal PLoS ONE. An international team of scientists have reconceived the animal's morphology, or body plan, based on a spectacular specimen housed at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. The paper was co-authored by a team of four scientist ... read more |
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Niamey (AFP) Aug 16, 2010Poachers in Niger killed two baby West African Giraffes, the first attack on the endangered species in the country for 20 years, an environment official said on Monday. "In less than a month, we have recorded two giraffe deaths linked to poaching," Colonel Malam Issa, who heads Niger's environment and wildlife efforts, told AFP. One of the giraffes had its foot "completely broken" after ... more  
Islamabad (AFP) Aug 16, 2010The United Nations warned Monday that up to 3.5 million children were at risk from water-borne diseases in Pakistan's floods and said it was bracing for thousands of potential cholera cases. Fresh rains threaten further anguish for millions of people who have been affected by the country's worst floods for 80 years and UN chief Ban Ki-moon has urged the world to speed up international aid ur ... more  
Shanghai (AFP) Aug 16, 2010Shares in Agricultural Bank of China were mixed Monday after it confirmed it fully exercised its overallotment option in Shanghai to officially become the world's biggest initial public offering. Shanghai-listed shares closed up 0.74 percent at 2.71 yuan (40 US cents), slightly higher than its IPO price of 2.68 yuan. It hit a high of 2.88 yuan on July 29. But in Hong Kong, its shares end ... more |
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More swine flu deaths in New Zealand as vaccine runs lowWellington (AFP) Aug 16, 2010 The number of swine flu deaths in New Zealand has risen to six and vaccine supplies are dwindling, officials said Monday, despite the World Health Organisation declaring the pandemic over. Two of the swine flu deaths have been reported in the week since the WHO announced the world had entered a post-pandemic phase. "So far this year there have been six deaths reported as linked to swine flu," health ministry director of public health Mark Jacobs said. There have been 389 people admitted to h ... read more |
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