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Water Week starts with calls for better urban waterStockholm (AFP) Aug 22, 2011 World Water Week opened in Stockholm on Monday with calls for greater, more resilient water management in cities to ensure better food and water security in a rapidly urbanising world. "More than ever we need new technologies and policy solutions" to compensate for water shortages hitting a growing number of the world's inhabitants," Swedish Minister for International Development Cooperation, Gunilla Carlsson, said in her opening address. "The proportion of poor people is increasing more in urba ... read more |
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  Suicides stalk Japan disaster zone When Japanese farmer Hisashi Tarukawa watched the local nuclear plant blow up on television, he uttered a sentence that will forever chill his family: "Oh, no. It's over." ... more | .. |
  Nitrogen in the soil cleans the air Eutrophication harms the environment in many ways. Unexpectedly, nitrogen fertilizer may also be positive for the environment. And even acidic soils, promoting the destruction of forests, can have a ... more | .. |
 Toxic vinegar suspected of killing 11 in China Eleven people in China have died and about 140 have fallen ill after consuming vinegar stored in plastic barrels that once contained antifreeze, officials and state media said Monday. ... more | .. |
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  On militia patrol in Somalia's war-torn capital Sprinting through the bombed out buildings in Somalia's famine-stricken capital, gunmen chase a man suspected of belonging to Al-Qaeda-linked Shebab rebels. ... more | .. |
Water crisis, population surge prompt rethink on food: UN Population growth and water stress are driving Earth to a food and environmental crunch that only better farming techniques and smarter use of the ecosystem will avert, a UN report issued on Monday said. ... more | .. |
Gunmen threaten sister of killed Amazon activist: lawyer In an apparent bid of intimidation, gunmen fired at the home of the sister of an environmental activist who was killed in May amid violent land disputes in Brazil's Amazon region, a monitoring body's lawyer said Friday. ... more | .. |
Somalia's drought 'problem for all humanity': Turkish PM Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan toured famine-hit Mogadishu Friday on the first visit by a major leader in almost 20 years, calling the extreme drought ravaging Somalia "a problem for all humanity." ... more |
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Famine-struck babies in Somalia lose fight to live With a ragged breath soft as the beat of a butterfly's wing, two-year old Mahmud Mohamed sighed, rolled his eyes upwards towards his mother, and died, succumbing to the effects of the extreme drought ravaging the Horn of Africa. ... more | .. |
  Google Maps taking armchair explorers to the Amazon Two women washed clothes in the dark water of the Rio Negro as a boat glided past with a camera-laden Google tricycle strapped to the roof, destined to give the world a window into the Amazon rain forest. ... more | .. |
 SSTL successfully launches two further Earth observation satellites SSTL's NigeriaSat-2 and NigeriaSat-X satellites were successfully launched Wednesday at 07:12:20 UTC onboard a Dnepr rocket from Yasny in southern Russia. The highly advanced Earth observation satel ... more | .. |
 Rapid evolution within single crop-growing season increases insect pest numbers New research by scientists at the University of California, Riverside shows that evolution - genetic changes in populations over time - can occur so rapidly in organisms that its impact on populatio ... more |
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 Making a bee-line for the best rewards Bumblebees use complex problem solving skills to minimise the energy they use when flying to collect food, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London. For the bumblebee (B ... more | .. |
Emergency aid trickles out to famine-hit Somalis In the days before Somalia descended into decades of war, people would queue outside Cinema Hodan for the latest screening at the elegant open air film house and theatre beloved by youth. ... more | .. |
Chinese food maker fakes sell-by date: Xinhua A Chinese manufacturer has been faking the production date on its food to make it appear fresher than it really is, state media said Thursday, in the latest safety scare to hit China's food industry. ... more | .. |
 UBC researchers discover key mechanism that regulates shape and growth of plants UBC researchers have discovered a key mechanism that - much like a construction site foreperson - controls the direction of plant growth as well as the physical properties of the biopolymers that pl ... more |
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Zelensky urges allies against appeasing Russia after US trip
Pakistan, Afghanistan agree to 'immediate ceasefire' in Qatar talks
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OIC meets on Somalia in Istanbul The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation was to hold an emergency meeting of foreign ministers in Istanbul on Wednesday on the drought and famine ravaging the Horn of Africa. ... more | .. |
OIC members vow to donate $350 million to Somalia Members of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, at an emergency meeting in Istanbul Wednesday, vowed to donate 350 million dollars for famine relief in Somalia. ... more | .. |
 Banana peels purify contaminated water topic of the latest episode in the American Chemical Society's (ACS) award-winning "Global Challenges/Chemistry Solutions" podcast series. It actually points out that minced banana peel perfor ... more | .. |
 The Flight of the Bumble Bee: Why Are They Disappearing A U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientist is trying to learn what is causing the decline in bumble bee populations and also is searching for a species that can serve as the next generation o ... more |
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 Corn Silage Hybrids and Seeding Rates Recent studies report that corn hybrids released in the late 2000s, especially Bt hybrids, require higher seeding rates than commercial hybrids released in the 1990s to reach maximum yields. Expecte ... more | .. |
 Urban Impacts on Phosphorus in Streams Although phosphorus is an essential nutrient for all life forms, essential amounts of the chemical element can cause water quality problems in rivers, lakes, and coastal zones. High concentrations o ... more | .. |
 New technology could capture ammonia from liquid manure Though it may not sound very glamorous, a new method of extracting ammonium from liquid animal manure could be exciting news for both confined animal operations and environmental groups, according t ... more | .. |
 UN says most Somalia food aid reaching those in need The UN's World Food Programme said Tuesday that the "vast majority" of its aid relief to famine-stricken Mogadishu was reaching those in need, in response to claims that some is being stolen. ... more |
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Malnutrition ravaging Somali refugees in Ethiopia Mohamed Ibrahim fled to Ethiopia to seek relief from a harsh drought devastating his country Somalia, but misery stalked him in refuge where malnutrition recently killed his one-year-old son. ... more | .. |
UN probes theft of food aid to famine-hit Somalia The United Nations is investigating the possible theft of food from supplies shipped to Somalia to counter a famine that has killed tens of thousands of people, a spokesman said Monday. ... more | .. |
 Unusual Fault Pattern Surfaces in Earthquake Study Like scars that remain on the skin long after a wound has healed, earthquake fault lines can be traced on Earth's surface long after their initial rupture. Typically, this line of intersection betwe ... more | .. |
 Border town a break for drought-fleeing Somalis Exhausted, sick and starving Somalis fleeing extreme drought tarry in this desolate village before making the final long trek across the border to become refugees in neighbouring Kenya. ... more |
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 Smoke from Virginia Lateral West Fire The GOES-13 satellite captured a visible image of the thick brown smoke streaming from the Lateral West Fire burning in the Great Dismal Swamp National Wildlife Refuge (GDSBWR) in southeastern Virgi ... more | .. |
  Spaceships, Meteors, and Moonlight Bright moonlight streams through your window. A nugget of space debris disintegrates in a sparkling fireball. A huge spaceship glides silently overhead. By itself, any one of these events migh ... more | .. |
China jails seven over tainted pork A Chinese court has jailed seven people for selling an illegal fat-burning chemical that can sicken humans to pork producers, official media said Thursday. ... more | .. |
US announces $17 million in new Africa famine aid Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on Thursday announced $17 million in new US aid to famine-hit East Africa, to tackle what she called the world's "most severe humanitarian emergency." ... more |
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