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Rare duo of powerful hurricanes roils AtlanticMiami (AFP) Sept 15, 2010 The Atlantic was roiled Wednesday by a rare duo of powerful hurricanes, the first time there have been two such potent storms at the same time in more than a decade, weather forecasters said. "Two major hurricanes are occurring simultaneously in the Atlantic Ocean for the first time since 1999. Hurricanes Igor and Julia are both category four hurricanes," the Weather Channel reported, adding that neither storm poses an imminent danger to land. Igor, whipped up dangerous swells in the Caribbean ... read more |
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Manila, Philippines (SPX) Sep 16, 2010Farmers cultivating rice on 12 million hectares of flood-prone areas in India are planting flood-tolerant rice varieties at unprecedented rates, thanks to faster seed multiplication, targeted dissemination, and linking of partners. Dr. Umesh Singh, senior scientist at the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI), said, "Earlier, we only provided and field-tested IRRI rice lines that we ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Sept 15, 2010China's coal-fired plants produce enough toxic ash to fill an Olympic-sized swimming pool every two and a half minutes, creating contaminants that travel far and wide, Greenpeace said Wednesday. As the world's largest coal user, China's more than 1,400 coal-fired electrical plants produce at least 375 million tonnes of coal ash every year - 2.5 times the quantity in 2002, the environmental ... more  
West Lafayette IN (SPX) Sep 15, 2010After heavy rains and winds from Hurricane Earl pummeled their operations base in St. Croix, Virgin Islands, three Purdue University students continue to collect data as part of a team flying over the tropical Atlantic Ocean to take measurements of what might develop into tropical storm Gaston. Graduate students Alexandria Johnson, Brian Murphy and Paytsar Muradyan are part of a National S ... more |
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Anti-nuclear opinion powers German Greens to record supportBerlin (AFP) Sept 15, 2010 Germany's opposition Green party has soared to a record 22-percent support, according to a poll published Wednesday, thanks in part to public ire over Chancellor Angela Merkel's nuclear energy plans. The survey by the independent research group Forsa showed the Greens gaining one point over last week to come within reach of Germany's main opposition party, the Social Democrats (SPD), which tallied 24 percent, down one point. The Greens, born 30 years ago out of the environmentalist movement, fie ... read more |
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