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TalkingFields Guides European Farmers From SpaceParis, France (ESA) Oct 19, 2010 Farmers traditionally keep a close eye on their fields, but a new ESA-led project seeks to build on their vigilance with monitoring from space. The TalkingFields initiative is now showing how to combine satellite observation with satellite navigation to benefit European farmers. Sustainable food production and food security are critical challenges. TalkingFields will help by using precision farming methods to produce crops more efficiently. For instance, by optimising farmers' use of fertili ... read more |
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Cotonou (AFP) Oct 18, 2010Flooding in the West African nation of Benin has killed 43 people and left nearly 100,000 homeless, a UN official said Monday, citing numbers collected since the beginning of October. "Over about the first 15 days of the month of October, a UN mission has traveled the country's 77 communes and counted 43 deaths due to continued flooding," Kemoral Jadjombaye, an official with the UN's Office ... more  
Geneva (AFP) Oct 18, 2010The international Red Cross on Monday appealed for more than one million dollars in aid for victims of heavy flooding in Vietnam. "With large parts of central Vietnam still battling the after-effects of flooding, which has killed dozens of people and affected half a million residents, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies is launching an emergency appeal for 1, ... more 
Hanoi (AFP) Oct 19, 2010The death toll from flooding in Vietnam climbed to 59 on Tuesday after police said 18 passengers whose bus was swept away are presumed dead. Heavy rains that began late last week have washed over three provinces, Nghe An, Quang Binh, and Ha Tinh - where a state of emergency was declared on Tuesday afternoon. Police in Ha Tinh said the bus disappeared on Monday in flood waters on the mai ... more |
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Obama backs Venezuela's right to nuclear energyWashington (AFP) Oct 19, 2010 US President Barack Obama said Tuesday he had no objection to Venezuela developing nuclear power for civilian energy purposes, days after Caracas and Moscow signed a landmark deal. "We have no incentive nor interest in increasing friction between Venezuela and the US, but we do think Venezuela needs to act responsibly," Obama told Spanish media at the White House. "Our attitude is that Venezuela has rights to peacefully develop nuclear power," he said, adding that as a signatory of the nuclear n ... read more |
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