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Haiti fault capable of another big quake: studyParis (AFP) Oct 24, 2010 The January 12 earthquake in Haiti failed to release all the tension in a notorious seismic fault, leaving its capital exposed to the risk of another seismic disaster, US scientists reported Sunday. The magnitude 7.0 event, which killed a quarter of a million Haitians, occurred to the west of the capital Port-au-Prince. The culprit was initially thought to be a well-known but poorly understood fault called the Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Zone (EPGZ), where 7.0 quakes occurred in 1751 and 1770. ... read more |
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  Philippines, Norway vaults play key roles in rice diversity In a greenhouse near the Philippine capital, botanists grow strange grasses that bear tiny seeds which are promptly flown to a doomsday vault under Norway's Arctic permafrost. ... more | .. |
  Rwanda, China boost military ties Kigali and Beijing agreed to enhance their military cooperation during a visit to China by Rwandan Defence Minister James Kaberebe, an army statement said Saturday. ... more | .. |
  Latin America and money laundering Costa Rica, Cuba, Honduras and Nicaragua are among nations that pose rising risks in the global fight against money laundering and related security threats, a new survey indicated. ... more | .. |
  Russian environmentalists protest lakeside factory, highway Around 200 activists gathered Sunday in the centre of the Russian city of Saint Petersburg to protest the impact on the environment of a series of government projects. ... more | .. |
  Malaria deaths in India 'underestimated' Deaths from malaria in India may be as much as 10 times higher than official World Health Organization estimates, researchers say. ... more |
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Cancun, Mexico (AFP) Oct 25, 2010Hurricane Richard pummeled the Central American nation of Belize with torrential rains and fierce winds early Monday after making landfall just south of low-lying Belize City. Richard made landfall around 0045 GMT along the coast of Belize, about 35 kilometers (20 miles) south-southwest of Belize City, packing sustained winds of 150 kilometers (90 miles) per hour, the Miami-based National Hu ... more  
Beijing (AFP) Oct 22, 2010A Chinese blogger is tracking violent and sometimes deadly land grabs taking place in the Asian nation and recording them on Google Maps in a bid to try and get people to boycott "blood housing." The anonymous blogger on Sina.com has recorded more than 70 different confirmed and unconfirmed incidents around the country on two so-called "Bloody Maps," which had registered more than 52,000 hit ... more  
Washington (AFP) Oct 24, 2010New technologies allowing voters to cast ballots via the Internet or other electronic means are catching on in the United States and elsewhere, even as fears mount about security of the systems. A total of 33 US states are allowing some email, fax or online ballots in 2010, according to the Verified Voting Foundation, a group that monitors security of election systems. These systems, whi ... more |
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London's fruit trees offer bountiful urban harvestLondon (AFP) Oct 25, 2010 An apple tree heavy with fruit hangs over the road from a private garden, unnoticed by passers-by until fruit pickers start the age-old harvest ritual - smack in the midst of London's urban jungle. Brandishing a long pole, Rupert Kenyon stretches to get the apples from even the highest branches while Marlene Barrett gathers them into a cart, to be sold or juiced. The city pickers' motivation is two-fold: partly in protest about tonnes of London fruit regularly left to rot, and partly out of env ... read more |
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