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UNHCR wants access to all Somali regionsGeneva (AFP) Oct 7, 2011 The head of the UN's refugee agency on Friday called for humanitarian workers to be given access to all parts of Somalia, where conflict and drought have left millions facing starvation. "The situation that draws the most attention (among) member states is Somalia," said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres after a meeting of the agency's executive committee. He described the drought in Somalia as the world's worst ongoing humanitarian catastrophe and expressed his "deep gratitude" ... read more |
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 Airlift for drought-stricken Pacific island New Zealand and Australia will Friday begin an airlift to help supply fresh water to the tiny drought-stricken Pacific nation of Tuvalu, which is under a state of emergency due to the crisis. ... more | .. |
  World's highest webcam brings Everest to Internet The world's highest webcam has been installed in the Nepalese Himalayas, beaming live images of Mount Everest back to scientists studying the effects of climate change on the planet's tallest peak. ... more | .. |
  Floods drown Asia's rice bowl Massive floods have ravaged vast swathes of Asia's rice bowl, threatening to further drive up food prices and adding to the burden of farmers who are among the region's poorest, experts say. ... more | .. |
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 RADA Selected for a SAR Development Program RADA Electronic Industries reports that its advanced, Fiber-Optic-Gyro (FOG) based Embedded GPS-INS (EGI) has been selected by an undisclosed European leading radar provider to be integrated into it ... more | .. |
  Space Observatory Provides Clues to Creation of Earth's Oceans Astronomers have found a new cosmic source for the same kind of water that appeared on Earth billions of years ago and created the oceans. The findings may help explain how Earth's surface ended up ... more | .. |
  Draconid Meteor Outburst On October 8th Earth is going to plow through a stream of dust from Comet 21P/Giacobini-Zinner, and the result could be an outburst of Draconid meteors. "We're predicting as many as 750 meteors per ... more | .. |
 Google Earth eclipses one billion downloads Google Earth software has been downloaded more than one billion times, and that stellar achievement was marked Wednesday with a website showcasing ways the interactive replica of the planet is used. ... more |
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 Petition demands US label genetically engineered food Supporters and producers of organic foods petitioned the US government Tuesday for mandatory labeling of genetically engineered foods, and encouraged consumers to go online and join the cause. ... more | .. |
Micro-breweries take on local flavour in China In a poky room in a backstreet of Beijing, self-taught brewer Carl Setzer uses spicy Sichuan peppercorns, oolong tea leaves and cinnamon to invent beer flavours suited to Chinese tastebuds. ... more | .. |
 US Coastguard to help drought-hit N.Z. territory The US Coastguard will ship drinking water to a remote New Zealand territory in the Pacific which faces a state of emergency due to severe drought, Wellington said Wednesday. ... more | .. |
 Pope urges 'concrete aid' for African famine victims Pope Benedict XVI Wednesday urged the international community to offer concrete aid for the drought and famine-struck Horn of Africa region, where more than 13 million need aid. ... more |
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 Arctic Sea Ice Continues Decline, Hits Second Lowest Level Last month the extent of sea ice covering the Arctic Ocean declined to the second-lowest extent on record. Satellite data from NASA and the NASA-supported National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) a ... more | .. |
 Productivity of land plants may be greater than previously thought London. The global uptake of carbon by land plants may be up to 45 per cent more than previously thought. This is the conclusion of an international team of scientists, based on the variability of h ... more | .. |
 APL Builds On Earth Science Success With New Hosted Payload Proposal Researchers at The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) are proposing a new space-based monitoring system that would help scientists answer some of the most fundamental question ... more | .. |
 NASA Leads Study of Unprecedented Arctic Ozone Loss A NASA-led study has documented an unprecedented depletion of Earth's protective ozone layer above the Arctic last winter and spring caused by an unusually prolonged period of extremely low temperat ... more |
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Trump says to meet Putin in Budapest after 'great' call
'Wonder weapon'? Five things about US Tomahawks coveted by Ukraine
EU says drone defences not 'optional' in push to face Russia | .. |
 Second Pacific island declares drought emergency A second South Pacific community has declared a state of emergency in a drought crisis that has seen water rationing imposed in parts of the region, officials in Wellington said Tuesday. ... more | .. |
 Loss of "lake lawnmowers" leads to algae blooms Unprecedented algae growth in some lakes could be linked to the decline of water calcium levels and the subsequent loss of an important algae-grazing organism that helps keep blooms at bay. Da ... more | .. |
 Bigger profits for Asian rice producers? Rice farmers in Vietnam, Indonesia and the Philippines harvested an additional $1.46 billion through the use of rice varieties developed by the International Rice Research Institutes, a new study concludes. ... more | .. |
 Scientists hail Africa's steps into space More African countries are launching satellites and taking advantage of space technology, the world's top scientists heard Monday at a meeting marking the 50th anniversary of human space flight. ... more |
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 Climate: Act now to diversify crops at risk, say scientists Farm chiefs have a narrowing chance to diversify vital crops at rising threat from drought, flood and pests brought by climate change, food researchers warned on Monday. ... more | .. |
Young Indonesians paint the town green Young Indonesians are breathing new life into their polluted concrete capital city with little more than buckets of soil and seeds. ... more | .. |
Brazil native killing blamed on ranchers: advocates A Guarani Indian was stabbed to death in western Brazil in an attack blamed on cattle ranchers, an indigenous advocacy group said Friday. ... more | .. |
 Dead Sea researchers discover freshwater springs and numerous micro-organisms Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU) researchers have discovered deep freshwater springs on the Dead Sea floor that feed into this rapidly dwindling body of water. In the first-ever Dead S ... more |
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Are there living microbes on Mars? Check the ice
Unexpected discovery on Saturn's moon challenges our view on chemistry before life emerged
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 Weeds are vital to the existence of farmland species Weeds, which are widely deemed as a nuisance plant, are vital to the existence of many farmland species according to a new University of Hull study published in the journal Biological Conservation W ... more | .. |
  US encourages Japan to look at Pacific trade pact The United States said Thursday it would welcome Japan's participation in a future trans-Pacific trade agreement as it voiced frustration at a lack of new initiatives tying together the two allies. ... more | .. |
 Nigerian satellite demonstrates stunning high resolution capability The first high resolution satellite imagery was released Thursday from NigeriaSat-2, as engineers from the Nigerian space agency (NASRDA) and the satellite's manufacturer Surrey Satellite Technology ... more | .. |
 Famed Armenia lake under threat: activists Environmentalists in Armenia warned on Thursday that the country's largest lake was in peril despite government efforts to save the Caucasus republic's most important water source. ... more |
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Chinese engineer, global activists get 'alternative Nobels' A Chinese energy engineer, a Chadian lawyer, an international agricultural rights group and a US safe childbirth advocate won this year's Right Livelihood Awards, often dubbed the "Alternative Nobels," organisers said Thursday. ... more | .. |
 Gene controlling flowering boosts energy production from sorghum A sorghum hybrid that does not flower and accumulates as much as three times the amount of stem and leaf matter may help the bioenergy industry, according to a study appearing in the Proceedings of ... more | .. |
 Potatoes largest and most affordable source of potassium of any vegetable or fruit A frequently expressed concern in the ongoing public health debate is that fresh fruits and vegetables, particularly those that are nutrient dense, are not affordable to the average consumer. ... more | .. |
 A Labor Saving Way to Monitor Vast Rangelands U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have found that unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), a tool used by the military, may be suitable for keeping an eye on changing land-use patterns across ... more |
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