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Japan to step up mineral exploration in Pacific: reportTokyo (AFP) Jan 3, 2011 Japan is to step up its search for undersea mineral reserves in the Pacific, according to a media report on Monday, setting up a likely exploration race with China and South Korea. The Japanese government plans to begin fully fledged surveys near Minamitorishima, the nation's southeasternmost territory, during the 12 months from April, the Nikkei business daily said. Rare earth metals and minerals such as manganese, cobalt, nickel, platinum, neodymium are believed to lie beneath the seabed near ... read more |
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  Bashir says door open to peace in Darfur Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said on Friday that the door to peace in Darfur remains open and called on Darfuris to put out the fire of war, just a day after Khartoum withdrew from peace talks. ... more | .. |
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 Back To The Dead (Sea, That Is) They'll drill through four ice ages, epic sandstorms, mankind's migration from Africa to the New World, and the biggest droughts in history. Tel Aviv University is heading an international study tha ... more | .. |
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 Six Years After The Tsunami Disaster Six years after the tsunami disaster of 26/12/2004, the set-up of the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean (GITEWS) has been completed. The project ends on 31 March 20 ... more | .. |
 Drifting Fish Larvae Allow Marine Reserves To Rebuild Fisheries Marine ecologists at Oregon State University have shown for the first time that tiny fish larvae can drift with ocean currents and "re-seed" fish stocks significant distances away - more than 100 mi ... more | .. |
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