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Chile quake wrecks vineyards, wine stocksSantiago (AFP) March 4, 2010 Chile's famous grape-growing region, which has helped propel the country into ninth place among the world's top wine producers, is soberly counting the cost of the massive earthquake. Growers believe some 12.5 percent of Chile's current production, just coming into the fall early harvest in this southern hemisphere nation, was destroyed by Saturday's 8.8-magnitude quake. Some 70 percent of the country's vineyards are based in the area struck by the quake - one of the largest ever recorded - an ... read more |
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Beijing (AFP) March 2, 2010Chinese authorities have reported an outbreak of highly contagious foot and mouth disease in the south of the country and have destroyed more than 8,000 pigs, state media reported Tuesday. Xinhua news agency quoted local veterinary officials in Guangdong province as saying a total of 8,382 pigs had been culled after the outbreak was reported in a district of the provincial capital Guangzhou ... more  
Kanpur (PTI) Feb 26, 2010A satellite developed by IIT Kanpur 'Jugnu' that will provide information on natural calamities will be handed over to scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) on March six by Indian President Pratibha Patil. After testing it, ISRO will launch the satellite from Sriharikota, IIT-K Registrar Sanjeev Kasalkar told PTI. The satellite will help in gathering prior infor ... more 
Paris, France (ESA) Feb 26, 2010The European Investment Bank has an annual lending portfolio of around 75 billion euros, operating globally in more than 130 countries. The Bank has been increasingly mainstreaming environmental considerations into its lending portfolio, boosting the need to monitor the impact of the projects it funds. As its environmental commitments have increased, so too has the demand for geospatial informat ... more |
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Indian festival goers warned about water wastageMumbai (AFP) Feb 27, 2010 A chronic water shortage in the Indian city of Mumbai could put a dampener on a popular Hindu festival normally celebrated with wild "rain dances" and riotous fights using powdered paint. The municipal authorities in India's financial capital have issued an edict to Holi revellers not to waste drinking water on Monday and vowed to crack down on anyone caught misusing precious supplies. Holi - also called the Festival of Colours - is a public holiday, marking the end of winter and the arrival o ... read more |
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