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Mud torrent kills 42 on Portuguese tourist islandFunchal, Portugal (AFP) Feb 21, 2010 Troops and rescuers dug through mud-filled houses and streets on Portugal's tourist island of Madeira Sunday after flash floods unleashed brown torrents that killed at least 42 people. The government in Lisbon rushed medical teams, rescuers, divers and relief supplies to the Atlantic island. But morgue pathologists also sent a grim warning that more bodies would be found in the mud that swept people off their feet as they tried to escape. The heavy rains ended Sunday, revealing scenes of devasta ... read more |
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Greenbelt MD (SPX) Feb 19, 2010For decades, climatologists have studied the gases and particles that have potential to alter Earth's climate. They have discovered and described certain airborne chemicals that can trap incoming sunlight and warm the climate, while others cool the planet by blocking the Sun's rays. Now a new study led by Nadine Unger of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City of ... more  
Manila (AFP) Feb 18, 2010The Philippines said Thursday that its farming industry could lose about 433 million dollars this year due a drought caused by the El Nino atmospheric phenomenon. The damage estimates range from eight to 20 billion pesos (173 to 433 million dollars), depending on whether El Nino will cause a prolonged dry spell or a short one, said agricultural undersecretary Joel Rudinas. Local governme ... more  
Yanqing, China (AFP) Feb 17, 2010China's ever-growing taste for luxury goods is extending into the culinary world - and that's good news for Jean-Marie Vallier, who runs a duck farm and foie gras factory outside Beijing. Two years ago, French group Euralis - the world leader in foie gras production - invested 2.7 million dollars in the facilities, aimed at producing the delicacy for high-end restaurants under the Rougie ... more |
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CryoSat To Observe Earth's Ice CoverParis, France (ESA) Feb 16, 2010 The European Space Agency is about to launch the most sophisticated satellite ever to investigate the Earth's ice fields and map ice thickness over water and land: lift-off scheduled for 25 February. ESA's ice mission satellite CryoSat will be placed into orbit 700 km above Earth by a Russian Dnepr rocket to be launched from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Lift-off is scheduled to take place at 14:57 CET (13:57 UTC) on Thursday 25 February 2010. The launcher is operated by the interna ... read more |
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