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Rains threaten China mudslide disaster zoneZhouqu, China (AFP) Aug 11, 2010 Rescuers racing against a potential new deluge on Wednesday hurried to drain an unstable lake formed by China's worst mudslides in decades, as the death toll surged past 1,100. More than 10,000 soldiers and rescuers combed through the mountains of mud that buried a remote area of the northwest province of Gansu at the weekend, killing 1,117 people by the latest count and leaving more than 600 others missing. But the window of survival was fast closing, with only two survivors found on Wednesday, ... read more |
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St. Petersburg, Russia (UPI) Aug 9, 2010 The largest European gene bank of fruits and berries is threatened by development that could destroy irreplaceable biological heritage, environmentalists say. The Global Crop Diversity Trust is urging the Russian government to step in and protect a valuable crop collection near St. Petersburg from developers' bulldozers, a trust release said. The Pavlovsk Experiment Station's fie ... more 
Moscow (AFP) Aug 9, 2010Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin on Monday slashed the leading wheat producer's grain harvest forecast due to a record drought, saying it would produce 10 million tonnes less grain than planned. Russia's grain harvest for 2010 will be 60-65 million tonnes, Putin said at a meeting with Agriculture Minister Elena Skrynnik, Russian news agencies reported. Only last week, Skrynnik's dep ... more  
Sukkur, Pakistan (AFP) Aug 10, 2010The United Nations said Monday it is to appeal for hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to Pakistan's flood victims after the crisis eclipsed the scale of the devastating 2004 tsunami. UN chief Ban Ki-moon announced the imminent appeal hours after its representatives in Pakistan said the massive floods had affected 13.8 million people. "We will soon issue an... appeal for several hundr ... more |
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How To See The Best Meteor Showers Of The YearPasadena CA (JPL) Aug 09, 2010 There are several major meteor showers to enjoy every year at various times, with some more active than others. For example, April's Lyrids are expected to produce about 15 meteors an hour at their peak for observers viewing in good conditions. Now, if you put the same observer in the same good conditions during a higher-rate shower like August's Perseids or December's Geminids, that person could witness up to 80 meteors an hour during peak activity. Whether you're watching from a downtown a ... read more |
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