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China tells rich nations to improve emission targetsTianjin, China (AFP) Oct 5, 2010 China on Tuesday told the United States and other rich nations to "dramatically" improve their greenhouse gas emission targets, blaming the countries for gridlock at UN climate change talks. Delegates from more than 170 countries are in the northern Chinese city of Tianjin this week in an effort to break the stalemate in long-running United Nations negotiations aimed at forging a deal on tackling global warming. Chief Chinese negotiator Su Wei told reporters that the actions of rich nations shou ... read more |
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Paris, France (SPX) Oct 05, 2010Members of the space and oil and gas sectors have come together in the first meeting of its kind to discuss current Earth observation capabilities and the evolving information requirements within the oil and gas industry. While remote-sensing experts and specialist value-adding companies shared information about routine and innovative Earth observation-based services, industry experts outl ... more  
Quito (AFP) Oct 5, 2010Ecuador's President Rafael Correa on Tuesday extended until Friday a state of emergency that was imposed in response to a police uprising last week. Correa said he acted at the request of lawmakers who questioned whether the police could be relied on to keep order. "I have lost all confidence in the police who were here," said the speaker of Congress, Fernando Cordero, who suspended sess ... more  
Cold Spring NY (SPX) Oct 06, 2010Radiation therapy is used to treat more than half of all cancer cases, but patient response to therapy can vary greatly. Genetics is increasingly being recognized as a significant contributor to inter-individual response to radiation, but the biology underlying response remains poorly understood. In a study published online in Genome Research, researchers employed a pharmacogenomics approa ... more |
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Indonesian flash floods kill 56, dozens missing: officialJakarta (AFP) Oct 5, 2010 At least 56 people were killed and 24 remain missing after flash floods in a remote region of Indonesia's West Papua province, a disaster management official said Tuesday. The floods were unleashed on Monday after torrential downpours that began late Sunday in West Papua's Teluk Wondama district. "We just received information from local officials there that 56 people were killed and 24 people went missing," Dani Kismianto told AFP. He said 81 people were seriously injured and most of them h ... read more |
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