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The ancestors of modern-day Europeans likely were farmers and not hunter-gatherers, British researchers said. DNA analysis taken from burial grounds suggests early farmers migrated into Europe with plants and domesticated animals and replaced Stone Age hunter-gatherers, geneticist Mark Thomas of University College London said in a release Friday. There is little evidence of a ... read more 
Paris (AFP) Sept 7, 2009Most of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia are facing extreme or high risk of food shortages, according to a ranking of 148 nations obtained by AFP on Monday. The United States is least at risk followed by France, Canada, Germany and the Czech Republic, according to the Food Security Risk Index, calculated from dozens of variables that determine a country's capacity to feed its people. ... 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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Ankara, Turkey (UPI) Sep 4, 2009 Turkey says it cannot give drought-stricken Iraq and Syria any more water from the Euphrates and Tigris rivers, claiming it's short of water itself as it forges ahead with a mammoth dam-building program. The thirsty downstream states, witnessing their farmland turning into dustbowls and their people migrating to overcrowded cities, say Turkey's dams are the root of the problem. Both ... more  
Seoul (AFP) Sept 7, 2009South Korea protested to North Korea Monday after a wall of water was suddenly released from a dam in the North, creating a flash flood that swept away six people south of the border. The floodwaters hit five campers and a fisherman early Sunday after water was released from the dam into the Imjin River that crosses the frontier, briefly swelling it to twice its normal depth. ... more 
Dakar (AFP) Sept 7, 2009The United Nations on Monday sharply increased its toll of the number of people affected by floods in West Africa, putting the number at more than 592,000 in no less than 10 countries. In Senegal alone, floods resulting from several weeks of heavy rain have impaced on 264,000 people, the regional representative of the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Aid (OCHA) said. ... more |
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Paris, France (ESA) Sep 03, 2009With launch just two months away, members of the SMOS team are currently in Russia inspecting the facilities where the launch campaign will soon get underway to prepare the ESA's water mission for liftoff on 2 November. Members of the team are busy checking the facilities at both Arkhangelsk, where the satellite and support equipment will arrive in Russia by plane, and the integration faci ... more 
Rome (AFP) Sept 1, 2009A group of 91 countries have agreed on a treaty that will block ships involved in illegal fishing from entering signatory ports and thus help prevent the fish going to market, the UN said on Tuesday. The UN's Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) hailed the agreement to prevent, deter and eliminate illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing as "the first ever global treaty focused ... more 
Canberra, Australia (SPX) Sep 02, 2009New analysis shows that the water scarcity being experienced in southeast Australia started up to 15 years ago. While the results from the work by senior CSIRO researcher, Dr Albert van Dijk, may not surprise many people, it provides scientific evidence of the shift. The finding follows the first ever national and comprehensive analysis of 30 years of on-ground and satellite observations ... more |
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