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Rare 'white Christmas' in US southWashington (AFP) Dec 25, 2010 Americans in the deep south were treated to a very rare white Christmas Saturday, and several hundred flights were cancelled amid foul weather that could see much of the US east coast snowbound by Boxing Day. Light to moderate snow blanketed communities in the southern Gulf states of Alabama and Mississippi, meteorologists said, while Atlanta, Georgia reportedly enjoyed its first snowy Christmas in 128 years. Snowfalls were expected to break records in the normally mild south, where residents in ... read more |
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  China to invest 30 billion dollars in water saving projects China plans to invest 30 billion dollars on water conservation projects in 2011 to reduce the impact of natural disasters on grain production, state media said Saturday. ... more | .. |
GE to pay 500 mln dollars for New York river cleanup General Electric said Thursday it will soon complete a 500-million-dollar toxic waste cleanup project in New York's Hudson river to settle a decades-old battle with US environmental authorities. ... more | .. |
  Adopted Haitian children fly in to Paris on Christmas Eve A second French government-chartered plane bringing 84 Haitian children to their adoptive French parents arrived in Paris on Friday morning where icy weather had grounded many Christmas flights. ... more | .. |
  Denmark cancels Australian toxic waste shipment Denmark is cancelling planned imports of hazardous chemical waste from Australia for disposal following public opposition, the environment minister said Thursday. ... more |
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  California cleans up after deluge, more feared California began clearing up Thursday after days of torrential storms and flash floods, although more rain was forecast here and in neighboring western US states. ... more | .. |
  Polar bear status at heart of climate war A U.S. federal decision on the species status of polar bears has environmentalists and businesses arguing over the issue of global warming, observers say. ... more | .. |
  Price rises highlight China food supply challenges: UN envoy Recent food price surges in China have underscored the supply challenges the country faces, as decreasing arable land is making it harder to maintain farm output, a UN envoy said Thursday. ... more | .. |
Irrigation pump helps rural Indian farmers For rural farmers in India, an irrigation pump means no longer having to depend on unreliable monsoon showers to sustain livelihoods. ... more |
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  Revived Obama celebrates year-end wins US President Barack Obama has capped a crisis-strewn first two White House years by flexing restored power at home and abroad as he secured big wins in Congress on nuclear arms and gay rights. ... more | .. |
  24 swine flu deaths in Britain since October: official A total of 24 people have died of swine flu in Britain since October with children among the dead, authorities said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Strong aftershock hits Japanese islands A strong 6.3-magnitude aftershock struck off southern Japan on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, a day after the region was rocked by a major earthquake. ... more | .. |
  Ancient human group identified by DNA Scientists say human fossils in Siberia have been identified as those of an ancient human group dubbed the Denisovans, cousins of the Neanderthals. ... more |
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Obama gives 'lump of coal' to polar bears: activists Environmental groups on Thursday accused US President Barack Obama's administration of failing to ensure the survival of polar bears after it stopped short of listing the animals as endangered. ... more | .. |
  Africa: A continent in constant conflict Ivory Coast, the West African state that is the world's top cocoa producer, is on the brink of civil war - its second in a decade - amid mounting violence triggered by a disputed presidential election. ... more | .. |
 Lightning could signal volcanic eruptions A worldwide network of lightning detectors is being put to a new use detecting volcanic eruptions that could be hazardous to aviation, U.S. researchers say. ... more | .. |
  Japan reprimands fisheries officials for taking whale meat The Japanese fisheries agency has warned officials not to accept whale meat as gifts from whalers, amid embezzlement allegations involving tax-funded whaling programmes, reports said Wednesday. ... more |
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 Russian winter brings dangers to its most European city Every winter, Russia's most European city battles traditional Russian problems as snow blocks streets and falling icicles injure and even kill pedestrians. ... more | .. |
  France passes law beefing up navy's anti-piracy powers France's parliament on Wednesday passed a law giving French naval forces sweeping legal powers to detain and send for trial pirates irrespective of their nationality or that of their victims. ... more | .. |
 Ocean Acidification Changes Nitrogen Cycling In World Seas Increasing acidity in the sea's waters may fundamentally change how nitrogen is cycled in them, say marine scientists who published their findings in this week's issue of the journal Proceedings of ... more | .. |
  Tiny 3D Images From Stanford And Slac Shed Light On Origin Of Earth's Core To answer the big questions, it often helps to look at the smallest details. That is the approach Stanford mineral physicist Wendy Mao is taking to understanding a major event in Earth's inner histo ... more |
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 Waterways Contribute To Growth Of Potent Greenhouse Gas Nitrous oxide, a potent greenhouse gas, has increased by more than 20 percent over the last century, and nitrogen in waterways is fueling part of that growth, according to a Michigan State Universit ... more | .. |
  Meat-Eating Dinosaurs Not So Carnivorous After All Tyrannosaurus rex may have been a flesh-eating terror but many of his closest relatives were more content with vegetarian fare, a new analysis by Field Museum scientists has found. The scientists, L ... more | .. |
 How Earth's Orbital Shift Shaped The Sahara The Sahara, the world's largest desert, was once fertile grassland. This fact has been common knowledge in the scientific community for some time, but scientists are still grappling with historic da ... more | .. |
 Without Intervention, Mariana Crow To Become Extinct In 75 Years Researchers from the University of Washington say the Mariana crow, a forest crow living on Rota Island in the western Pacific Ocean, will go extinct in 75 years. The extinction could happen a ... more |
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