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Saudi faces daunting task of post-hajj cleanupMina, Saudi Arabia (AFP) Nov 18, 2010 As the hajj pilgrimage nears its end, Saudi authorities in Mecca face the daunting task of cleaning up after pilgrims who have turned the streets of Muslim holy sites into a garbage dump. During the short hajj season, it has become almost impossible to walk in the streets of the tent city of Mina, outside Mecca, without a mask due to an overwhelming stench which has pervaded every open space. Islamic teaching stresses cleanliness, with Muslims taught from an early age that "cleanliness is half o ... read more |
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  Dire Messages About Global Warming Can Backfire Dire or emotionally charged warnings about the consequences of global warming can backfire if presented too negatively, making people less amenable to reducing their carbon footprint, according to n ... more | .. |
  As Arctic Temperatures Rise, Tundra Fires Increase In September, 2007, the Anaktuvuk River Fire burned more than 1,000 square kilometers of tundra on Alaska's North Slope, doubling the area burned in that region since record keeping began in 1950. ... more | .. |
  China defends Brahmaputra dam project amid Indian concern China on Thursday defended its decision to build a dam on the Brahmaputra river in Tibet, amid concerns it could disrupt water supplies downstream in India and harm ecosystems. ... more | .. |
  WHO says flu risk assessment unchanged after Hong Kong case The World Health Organisation said Thursday that it was not changing its risk assessment on avian flu, even though Hong Kong reported its first human case of infection in seven years. ... more |
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 Expect more rain, heat and hurricanes, say scientists Hungry polar bears gathering along the tundra, twice as many record-breaking temperatures and stronger hurricanes are among the latest signs of climate change, scientists say. ... more | .. |
 Hong Kong confirms first human case of bird flu since 2003 Hong Kong scrambled Thursday to contain any outbreak of bird flu, seeking to reassure the public after the teeming city recorded its first human case of the illness since 2003. ... more | .. |
 EU, Japan sketch battle lines in bluefin tuna meet A meeting on the fate of the Atlantic bluefin tuna got into its stride on Thursday as Europe mulled a call for a modest cut in catches and Japan said it would propose a ban on nations that cheat on fishing quotas. ... more | .. |
  Japanese whaler cleared of ramming Sea Shepherd protest boat A Japanese whaler did not deliberately ram and sink a Sea Shepherd protest boat during a high-seas confrontation in Antarctic waters early this year, New Zealand investigators found Thursday. ... more |
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 Anti-UN unrest spreads to Haiti capital Gangs of angry Haitians trawled Port-au-Prince on Thursday as violence aimed at UN peacekeepers blamed for the cholera crisis spread to the capital after deadly rioting in the north. ... more | .. |
  Pelletized Manure Reduces Toxic Runoff There is considerable amount of uncertainty concerning the environmental impacts that animal hormones have on surface water. Higher concentrations of hormones in waterways have been found to cause p ... more | .. |
  Months Of Geologic Unrest Signaled Reawakening Of Icelandic Volcano Months of volcanic restlessness preceded the eruptions this spring of Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajokull, providing insight into what roused it from centuries of slumber. An international team ... more | .. |
  Mortal Chemical Combat Typifies The World Of Bacteria Like all organisms, bacteria must compete for resources to survive, even if it means a fight to the death. New research led by scientists from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School ... more |
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  New Sensor Allows On-Site, Faster Testing For Scour Assessment Researchers from North Carolina State University have developed a sensor that allows engineers to assess the scour potential of soils at various depths and on-site for the first time - a technology ... more | .. |
 Widely Adopted Indicator Of Fisheries Health Questioned The most widely adopted measure for assessing the state of the world's oceans and fisheries led to inaccurate conclusions in nearly half the ecosystems where it was applied. The new analysis w ... more | .. |
 China says over 81 million disaster-hit people need aid China said Thursday more than 81 million of its people would need government relief this winter, after it suffered one of its worst years for natural disasters in two decades. ... more |
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  Madagascar general says power take-over bid unchanged A Madagascar army general who declared a coup in the troubled Indian Ocean island said Thursday he would persist with his power grab despite failing to win the support of the army. ... more | .. |
  Six countries turn down Nobel ceremony invite: Institute Six countries, including China, Russia and Iraq, have turned down an invitation for their ambassadors in Oslo to attend the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in honour of jailed Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo next month, the Nobel Institute said Thursday. ... more | .. |
  With Suu Kyi free, China's Liu is only jailed peace laureate China is now the only country to detain a Nobel Peace laureate after Myanmar released Aung San Suu Kyi, but experts say the unwonted limelight will not prod Beijing into freeing dissident writer Liu Xiaobo anytime soon. ... more | .. |
 Delayed ice threatening Canada polar bears Delayed ice formation along the west coast of Canada's Hudson Bay has put hundreds of polar bears at risk of starvation, wildlife experts say. ... more |
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 Whales found suffering from sunburn Whales have been observed with skin damage similar to acute sunburn in humans, and the problem is getting worse with time, British researchers say. ... more | .. |
Swazi life expectancy halved by AIDS, TB: health charity Twin epidemics of AIDS and tuberculosis are ravaging Swaziland, helping to halve life expectancy to 31 years, Medecins Sans Frontieres said Thursday, warning of a health emergency. ... more | .. |
 Chips bags too noisy for US, but a hit in Canada Frito-Lay had hoped its launch of the first compostable chips bag would be a hit with environmentally-conscious consumers, but a backlash over the very noisy pouch forced its removal from US store shelves. ... more | .. |
 Panama Canal said at earthquake risk The risk of earthquakes around the Panama Canal is greater than previously believed, a seismological survey of faults around the canal indicated. ... more |
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