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 Tadcaster, England (UPI) Jul 27, 2009 
A British university has quietly resumed growing genetically modified potatoes a year after protesters ripped up the crop, prompting calls of foul play.
The 400 plants in the field near Tadcaster, 15 miles east of Leeds and 10 miles west of York, were originally removed in May 2008, just weeks after planting, as a result of damage caused by unidentified environmentalists. ... read more 
London, UK (SPX) Jul 27, 2009SSTL's UK-DMC2 satellite has successfully completed pre-launch tests and is integrated with a Dnepr launch vehicle at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in readiness for launch on Wednesday, 29th July 2009 at 18:46 UTC, 19:46 BST. The new satellite will be operated by subsidiary company DMCii to provide an enhanced imaging capability and operational service to the Disaster Monitoring Constellation ... more
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Prisoners used to shovel snow-bound US capital
Heavy rain, snow disrupts transport in Spain Washington slaps fee on plastic shopping bags Vietnam says parched Red River at record low Philippine volcano darkens New Year for 50,000 villagers Shocked residents survey Australia wildfire wreckage Honduras declares state of emergency amid drought Residents flee terrifying Australian wildfires Sarkozy scrambles to salvage carbon tax Thrill-seeking tourists flock to Philippine volcano 
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Dubai, UAE (IANS) Jul 27, 2009The launch of the United Arab Emirates' first remote sensing satellite DubaiSat-1, scheduled Saturday, has been postponed to July 29, WAM news agency reported. The Emirates Institution for Advanced Science and Technology (EIAST) announced that the launch was postponed by the launching company - International Space Company (Cosmotras) - to undertake some safety and security tests. ... more 
Paris, France (ESA) Jul 27, 2009ESA and EUMETSAT, the European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, signed on 20 July a Framework Agreement on the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) Programme. The Agreement was signed by EUMETSAT Director General Lars Prahm and ESA Director General Jean-Jacques Dordain. "This Agreement is a major step in the implementation of the GMES Program ... more 
Dhaka (AFP) July 25, 2009Bangladesh has ordered free electricity for millions of farmers to pump underground water after a severe lack of monsoon rains threatened its main rice crop, an official said Saturday. Downpours normally lash Bangladesh from June to September and the impoverished South Asian country gets more than 75 percent of its annual rainfall during this period. But the country's weather department ... more |
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Manila (AFP) July 22, 2009Genetic modification may be the only viable way to produce sufficient quantities of rice in the future as drought, climate change and dwindling acreage impact yields, experts said in a new report. Rice is the staple food of around three billion people and the main challenge facing producers is how to raise yields of the water-dependent crop as 70 percent of the world's food-growing areas tur ... more 
Davis CA (SPX) Jul 22, 2009Winter chill, a vital climatic trigger for many tree crops, is likely to decrease by more than 50 percent during this century as global climate warms, making California no longer suitable for growing many fruit and nut crops, according to a team of researchers from the University of California, Davis, and the University of Washington. In some parts of California's agriculturally rich ... more  
Dhaka (AFP) July 21, 2009A delay to Bangladesh's monsoon season is posing a severe risk of drought in the impoverished nation and threatening food supplies, officials warned Tuesday. Monsoon rains normally sweep Bangladesh from June to September and the South Asian country gets more than 75 percent of its annual rainfall during this period but a lack of rain is hampering crop potential. "For weeks there have ... more |
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